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Big tech Q3 earnings beat analyst expectations. Emerging technologies from the US and Singapore provide hope for expanded COVID-19 testing methods in 2021.  The Chinese Communist Party concluded its annual planning meeting on Thursday, outlining broad economic goals. 

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.

Emerging and Existing Hotspots: Expanding Russia-Turkey Conflict

Although geopolitical competition between Moscow and Ankara is not new, the scope of conflicts between the two powers has dramatically increased over the last several weeks and months.  In particular, fighting continues to rage in Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed Armenian-controlled enclave within Azerbaijan, while conflicts in Libya and Syria are ongoing.  

France, Islam, and Backlash Across the Muslim World

The beheading of a French history teacher earlier this month spurred a French crackdown on Islamic extremists and led French officials to double down on the right to display cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that are at the heart of a present wave of unrest, violence, and heightened risk of terrorist attacks.

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