KYIV, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine recorded a record daily jump of 1,592 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the national council of security and defense said on Thursday.

BHAGALPUR, India (Reuters) - Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River.

BHAGALPUR, India, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Guards armed with rifles escort Dr. Kumar Gaurav as he makes the rounds at his hospital on the banks of the Ganges River.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape Verde has won them appointments as ambassadors for its Olympic team.

TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic, but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape Verde has won them appointments as ambassadors for its Olympic team.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German companies expect business to return to normal in an average of 11 months, the Ifo economic institute said on Thursday.

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Twitter said late on Wednesday it plans to expand its rules against misinformation regarding mail-in ballots and early voting in the U.S. elections this year.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported another record daily rise in novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, while the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 47,000.