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Lebanon becomes the latest country to be mired in scandal after politicians jump the vaccination line.  Canada and Australia agree to coordinate on efforts to get big tech to pay for news.  A German court convicts a Syrian security official for crimes against humanity for torturing civilians in the on-going Syrian civil war.

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.

Opportunities and Risks for Business in the Post-SolarWinds Environment

Cybersecurity is in focus this week on Capitol Hill with the first public hearings on the SolarWinds hack before House and Senate Committees. While the CEOs of tech companies involved in the unprecedented supply chain cyber-attack make their defense, White House officials say they are preparing responses to the “largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen” that will be rolled out within weeks.

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