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Iran allowed the IAEA to inspect two sites long suspected of hosting secret nuclear activities, ending a months-long standoff. Global Central Bankers convene remotely to discuss longer-run goals and policy strategy for economic recovery. Moderna said its coronavirus vaccine showed signs of working in older adults.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Black Lives Matter Protests Reinvigorated Across the US

On Sunday evening, police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot a Black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back, reigniting racial tensions and protests in Wisconsin and across the US. The incident has reinvigorated ongoing national protests against racism in the country and prompted four nights of riots in Kenosha, during which two protesters were shot by a teenage vigilante.

Country in Focus: India

Over the past month, the surge of coronavirus cases in India has dominated daily global numbers, surpassing even the US in daily cases, and recent indicators have shown that the outbreak in India is likely many times larger than official testing has captured. While undercounting is not unique to India, a better understanding of the pandemic’s full scale in the country can provide key insight into virus management.

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