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Hong Kong researchers document the first case of COVID-19 reinfection. India decides to phase out equipment from Huawei and other Chinese companies from its telecoms networks over an escalating border dispute. Belarusian authorities detain three opposition leaders in a further sign of defiance from President Lukashenko.

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.

Social Unrest in the Middle East: The Levant in Focus

In the Middle East and beyond, the coronavirus pandemic has thrown fuel on the fire of anti-government protest movements. In Jordan and Israel, economic woes amid the coronavirus pandemic have contributed to rising dissatisfaction with the government and protests in typically stable countries. In Lebanon, the humanitarian catastrophe of the Beirut port explosion reinvigorated anti-government protests, and citizens are demanding fundamental change.

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