Roughly one year ago, Joe Biden's candidacy looked miserable and dead in the water yet here we are one year later and Joe Biden has managed by some miracle to be elected the 46th president of The United States of America.

Apparently great friends, Iran and the USA fell out with each other in 1979 due to the Islamic Revolution of Iran, but most Iranians remember no less than 60 years of underlying bi-lateral enmity, beginning with US bullying.

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has led to a fierce political battle over who will fill the vacancy just a few weeks ahead of the presidential election.

Former US President Bill Clinton has advised President Donald Trump to ignore impeachment and focus on the job he was hired for.

"The Epstein affair is almost molecular in the way an otherwise inert scenario has been driven into a global public frenzy by a collision of political agendas," writes Barry Grossman.

Epstein was eliminated by "powerful interests" he was once involved with because he knew too many secrets, says an analyst.

Alan Krueger, an economic adviser to US Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, took his own life over the weekend.