U.S. health officials said the United States has committed more than $700 million to respond to the Ebola outbreak and urged other parties to contribute resources.

Former U.S. vice president Harris said a $400 unexpected expense is enough to push an ordinary American into bankruptcy. She said this war has added about $500 in extra costs, much of it driven by higher gasoline prices.

China's Defense Ministry said Japan's accelerating remilitarization is turning the Asia-Pacific into a 'powder keg', accusing Tokyo of inflating a supposed 'China military threat' to justify loosening military restraints. The ministry pointed to sustained large increases in Japan's defense budget, eased restrictions on lethal weapons exports, plans to deploy medium- and long-range missiles, expansion of offensive capabilities, and moves to revise the pacifist constitution and become a 'combat-capable' state, warning these steps risk regional destabilization and urging containment of what it called 'new militarism'.