![The hearing, which will likely be held before the US election, will discuss reforming a section of the US Communications Decency Act, which offers tech companies protection from liability over content posted by their users. [Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/e06451465175438d8eb53bc6ffb01db2_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
After executives declined to appear voluntarily, a US Senate committee voted on a plan to subpoena them.
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![The Hague-based ICC has said the measures are an attack on the court [File: Peter Dejong/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/f72c5d1cca7d441381b64ec685686028_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Rights group launches legal challenge to US order imposing economic sanctions on employees of Hague-based court.
![Florida is a diverse state that is home to voters from 'different cultures, languages and economic realities' [File: Julio Cortez/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AP_20117725241137.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Trump and Biden battle for Florida, the swing state that has voted for every presidential winner...
![Google News Showcase, which allows publishers to pick and present their stories, will launch on Google News on Android devices and eventually on Apple devices [File: Arnd Wiegmann//Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/google.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
News publishers have long battled the world’s top internet search engine for compensation for using...
![Jacqueline Beaulieu's top election issue is climate change [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_4367.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.
![President Donald Trump has advised Congress his administration will set the lowest limit ever on refugee admissions to the US in fiscal year 2021 [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/4f6c844e0218427887924a2388ab5f27_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
State Department tells Congress it will accept fewer than 15,000 refugees in 2021, as Trump campaigns to block migrants.
![Tech stocks and better-than-expected numbers on consumer spending and jobs lifted Wall Street's main indexes on Thursday in New York [File: Brendan McDermid/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/traders.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Better than expected economic news is colliding with waffling hopes for more federal virus relief aid.
![Children make up 10 percent of all US cases, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics [John Minchillo/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20273508824117.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
New York City to test up to 20 percent of students and staff monthly for COVID-19 in every school building.
![Furloughs at United Airlines and American Airlines put more pressure on the White House and Congress to reach a new deal for virus relief aid [File: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/364355042.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Both American Airlines and United Airlines said they would reverse layoffs if US government comes up with more relief.
![US President Donald Trump raises his fist to a crowd of supporters after delivering an anti-immigrant message a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota [Leah Millis/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-01T055025Z_199711274_RC2H9J9P782I_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Trump and Biden are off the campaign trail on Thursday and will hold closed fundraisers instead.
![Music teacher Karyn Kuhl lost half of her income when the pandemic struck. She's been making classes work outdoors in New Jersey, but worries about what will happen when colder temperatures inevitably drive families back indoors - and her income back down. [Courtesy: Karyn Kuhl/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ss1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Restaurants and gig workers have stayed afloat by moving business outdoors, but what happens as cold sets in?
![US President Donald Trump shakes hands with his new National Security Adviser Army Lt Gen HR McMaster after making the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida US February 20, 2017 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Former National Security Advisor HR McMaster talks about the challenges facing US world domination.
![Esper, due in the country as part of a North Africa tour, will arrive in Algiers after talks in neighbouring Tunisia, before heading to Morocco [Fethi Belaid/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8R43EF.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Visit to Algiers by US defence secretary Mark Esper comes amid deteriorating security situation in the region.
![Proud Boys leaders and supporters took to social media to celebrate the president's comments at the debate [File: Andrew Selsky/AP Photo] (AP)](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20274632659222.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
US president’s latest remark brings back memory of 2017 violence in Charlottesville that he blamed on both sides.