GPA Project Headlines October 1-November 15, 2020

TOP HEADLINES

• Governing the Coin: World Economic Forum Announces Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance
• Pandemic Response Will Drive Up Global Public Debt to a Record, IMF Says
• Russian investment fund submits application for accelerated approval of Sputnik V to WHO
• Amazon introduces the Amazon One, a way to pay with your palm when entering stores
• After summer of protests, U.S. National Guard puts troops on standby for coming months: officials
• As U.S. job growth stalls, some workers face long-term unemployment
• U.S. still faces possible default wave, asset declines due to pandemic: Fed
• U.S. House of Representatives passes two blockchain bills
• Euro zone bank profitability collapses in second quarter, ECB says
• Yemeni court sentences Saudi rulers, Trump to death over roles in 2018 massacre of kids
• Europe mulls digital euro as China pushes ahead with own electronic currency
• Eurosystem will decide on digital euro project by mid-2021
• SIBOS 2020: Chinese central bank says 1.1 billion digital yuan paid so far
• Total state debt of Eurozone to be above 100% of GDP in 2020
• Not single issue in Russia-US dialogue resolved in strategic aspect under Trump — diplomat
• Pilot launch of digital rubles is possible in late 2021
• China & Russian-Led Bloc to Replace Trade in Dollar & Euro with Domestic Currencies
• Personal Bankruptcies Expected to Rise in 2021 as Stimulus Ends
• Mega banks should use their lending power against Big Oil, say these Rockefeller family members
• Lagarde Says Her ‘Hunch’ Is That ECB Will Adopt Digital Currency
• Putin says no friends in big politics

GLOBAL

Pope says 'lady' COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask

Be prepared: A return to normal is still a long way away, warns banking billionaire Jamie Dimon

No Jobs, So What Future? Half the World’s Workforce on the Edge

Restaurants Defend Dining Rooms as Covid-19 Spreads

City of London’s Socially Distanced Streets May Be Here to Stay

Unemployment Main Concern for Business Leaders but Climate is Moving Up List of Top Risks

Larry Fink Wants Future With Just 50% of Workers in Offices

IMF warns of potential greater impact from pandemic crisis

Permanently remote workers seen doubling in 2021 due to pandemic productivity: survey

A Third of the World’s Air Routes Have Been Lost Due to Covid

Empty store shelves hint of hoarding in advance of Thanksgiving

Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill

South Korea’s Universal Basic Income Experiment to Boost the Economy

Bullard: 'Household level' virus spread may require new 'education initiative'

Johnson sees bumpy COVID winter, but radical changes by spring

We need a Marshall Plan to tackle the environment: HRH Prince of Wales

“Reimagine and Reset Our World”: “COVID-19, The Great Reset” by Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret

We Are Being Brainwashed Into Another Lockdown

Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe?

RAND and the Malevolent Encirclement of Russia

There is Social Unrest once Again in South Africa

Will The Turkish Economy Kill Erdogan’s New Ottoman Empire?

Influx of Foreign Fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh Could Lead to Region-wide Conflict

Impact of the US-China Conflict on Greater Eurasia. A New Cold War is Looming?

Will Next WTO Head Impose a Gates and Davos Agenda?

Breakingviews - WTO is early test of Joe Biden’s multilateralism

John McAfee Indicted for Tax Evasion

McAfee software creator jailed in Spain, sources say

Putin says no friends in big politics

Would a Universal Basic Income Make Us Lazy or Creative?

Breakingviews - The madness of crowds is bad for the economy

Bill Gates: The 5 biggest setbacks COVID-19 has had on sustainable development

Ground robots are coming – This step can help keep streets safe

Socially Responsible, Low-Carbon Capitalism Can Ensure ‘Job-Full’ Recovery From COVID-19

Qualcomm, FedEx, auto executives to propose transport policies for world in transition

Tech

Governing the Coin: World Economic Forum Announces Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance

Amazon introduces the Amazon One, a way to pay with your palm when entering stores

United Airlines tests COVID-19 'health pass' app to bring back global travel

Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask

Major airline groups push for end to coronavirus quarantines, travel bans with testing

Cellphone Carriers Lobby Against Pentagon Plan for National 5G Network

U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms: lawmaker

Top court rules EU states must curb mass spying on data

Twitter imposes restrictions, more warning labels ahead of U.S. election

Microsoft Will Let Some Staff Work From Home Routinely Post-Pandemic

SEC chair: perhaps all stocks could become blockchain tokens

AI, Quantum R&D Funding to Remain a Priority Under Biden

Google to pay publishers $1 billion over three years for their news

BRICS Countries Agree on the Concept of the BRICS Network Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology

BRICS Countries Continue Developing BRICS Virtual Institute of Photonics

Huawei Enlists Russian Talent and Technology to Ensure Future Innovation

IRGC Seeding Clouds by Iranian Version of US-Made RQ-170 Drone

Russia not losing hope to cooperate with US in cyber security field - Putin

Saudis launch national artificial intelligence strategy

US tech giants ignore demands to end censorship of Russian media, says watchdog

Banks roll out robots as pandemic shakes up IT plans

The secret to designing a positive future with AI? Imagination

Bio News

The ‘darkest’ period of the coronavirus pandemic is still to come, warns top infectious-disease doctor

Russian investment fund submits application for accelerated approval of Sputnik V to WHO

Coronavirus will be defeated in Moscow within several months — mayor

Russia tries to prevent US from obtaining coronavirus vaccine — US intelligence official

No serious side effects of favipiravir recorded in Russia, Healthcare Ministry says

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine can be widely used domestically by early November

Wales imposes two-week lockdown: 'everybody must stay at home'

WHO chief looks forward to working 'very closely' with Biden team

Medical Journal Calls for Mandatory COVID Vaccine: ‘Noncompliance Should Incur a Penalty’

Gates Vaccine Spreads Polio Across Africa

White House Takes Issue With FDA’s Plans for Authorizing a Covid-19 Vaccine

Trump’s vaccine czar says the first vaccine should be submitted for emergency authorization around Thanksgiving

Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says “Second Wave” Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, “Pandemic Is Over”

Qatar signs deal to buy Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Russian, Japanese scientists discover how COVID-19 affects red bone marrow

Argentina first nation to OK drought-resistant GMO wheat, farm industry balks

Meatpackers in the Americas accelerate automation after outbreaks, lagging Europe

Tyson Foods to acquire AdvancePierre Foods

Discovery Life Sciences Becomes the Global Market Leader in Biospecimens

China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use

Russian coronavirus tests supplied to all CIS states

Clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine ‘going well’, says Chumakov Center Director General

Russian COVID-19 vaccine highly sought after abroad, Kremlin says

Several thousand COVID-19 vaccine dozes arrive to Venezuela from Russia - Maduro

Venezuelan President thanks Russia for coronavirus vaccine supply

First component of Sputnik V received by 19,000 people in Moscow Region

Traditional Chinese medicine maker soars after top respiratory expert backs drug in potentially inhibiting coronavirus

South Korea’s kimchi disaster: extreme weather wipes out cabbage fields and prices soar

Five people hospitalized with suspected anthrax in Dagestan

Swelled by rain and COVID curbs, locust swarms ravage Ethiopia

USA

Biden defeats Trump for White House, says ‘time to heal’

U.S. Budget Gap Tripled in Fiscal 2020 as Government Battled Pandemic

Fed's Bostic says significant portions of U.S. recovery are weak or nonexistent

Fed's Clarida says U.S. economic recovery has a 'long way to go'

U.S. Unemployment Claims Remain Elevated Above 800,000

Desperate for a stimulus check, millions of jobless Americans have nearly exhausted their savings

Biden’s pandemic plan: Restore Obamacare, mandatory masks, paid sick leave and free COVID-19 tests

Why The Truth Behind Hunter Biden's Actions In Ukraine Matters To Us All

WHY BIDEN AND HARRIS REFUSE TO CONDEMN ANTIFA – THEIR WEBSITE REDIRECTS TO JOEBIDEN.COM

Specter of election chaos raises questions on military role

Dimon Says He’s Hopeful Biden Would Fix Some of America’s Issues

Biden plans for White House as Trump plans rallies to protest his election loss

Biden returns to battle another economic crisis, but it's no Great Recession

Trump prefers to trust Putin, not US intelligence - US vice-presidential candidate

Biden’s running mate pushes ‘Russia bounties’ conspiracy theory during VP debate

Climate activist Greta Thunberg shows support for Biden in rare political tweet

Polarized electorate, mail-in ballots could spark post-election legal 'fight of our lives'

Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from COVID-19 in the U.S.

Broadway theaters sound alarm as closure extended through May 2021

COVID-19 surges in U.S. Midwest, Broadway dark until June

Las Vegas Strip Empty Without Conventions

Ivy League Nixes Next Sports Season as Virus Rages Across U.S.

California governor says state will conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030

West Coast Wildfires Devastate Heart of California’s Wine Industry

California wildfires threaten towns, wineries ahead of dangerous weekend

U.S. vehicle travel fell 8.6% in September, lowest drop since pandemic start

U.S. oil majors pitch more campaign cash to Democrats as frack battle looms

Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off Alaska's Aleutians: USGS

Colorado wildfire jumps U.S. Continental Divide, threatens mountain towns

Inside a California Covid Revolt

1 in 4 U.S. workers have considered quitting due to pandemic worries

San Francisco Will Pay Artists $1,000 a Month in Universal Basic Income

Opinion: With Universal Basic Income, a 'brighter Baton Rouge'

Landlords Challenge U.S. Eviction Ban and Continue to Oust Renters

Iran hawk Bolton admits receiving ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ from MKO

Former Resident of Stockton, California Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Human Trafficking Convictions Related to Forced Labor of Foreign Nationals

St. Louis couple indicted for brandishing guns at protesters

Netflix faces indictment in Texas over controversial French film 'Cuties'

Texas Man Pleads Guilty in Gun Sale to Mass Shooter

Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests

U.S. detains Mexico's ex-defense minister on DEA warrant

Missing American's mother says Pompeo undermines his release

Militia members, others charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor; she says Trump complicit

U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be 'home by Christmas': Trump

Donald Trump’s four years in power have ‘totally changed manufacturing’, say US firms forced to rethink supply chains

Trump suggests Osama bin Laden's death was faked in Pakistan in 2011

Trump could become an American hero by revealing 9/11 truth

American media hasn’t learned anything from 2016 election

Trump slams Michigan governor Whitmer; crowd chants 'lock her up'

Trump Supporters Protesting Twitter Censorship Clash with Antifa, BLM Activists in Violent Scenes in San Francisco

Philadelphia sets citywide curfew to quell unrest after fatal shooting of Black man

Two arrested with explosives in van during Philadelphia protests: police

After summer of protests, U.S. National Guard puts troops on standby for coming months: officials

Walmart pulls guns, ammo from shelves ahead of potential ‘civil unrest’

Does Trump Really Have COVID or Just a Nasty Cold?

'Don't be afraid' of COVID, Trump says as he returns to White House that is stalked by illness

Food workers, rural Americans go hungry despite U.S. government farm aid

Russia

Russia to open WORLD’S LARGEST gold mine in Siberia

Not single issue in Russia-US dialogue resolved in strategic aspect under Trump — diplomat

Russia will cope with sanctions imposed against it, says Putin

West is afraid of uncomfortable truth about OPCW at UNSC - Russian envoy

Media should behave responsibly, not ‘spew nonsense’ — Putin

Using ‘Russia’ card to bait Trump plays into Moscow’s hands — Putin

Criticizing authorities not prohibited in Russia, but online conduct rules needed — Putin

Russian foreign policy defined by president, his stance taken as guidance, Kremlin says

Putin says US harbors ‘bipartisan consensus’ to contain Russia

Western countries showed nihilism by refusing to listen to former OPCW chief — diplomat

Russian senior diplomat rejects US proposal to freeze nuclear arsenals, extend New START

New US administration will have to face many problems in relations with Russia — diplomat

US national security advisor says Putin’s initiative on New START extension is non-starter

Russia considers all scenarios over US' withdrawal from Treaty on Open Skies — envoy

Tourist traffic in Russia expected to plunge 40-50% by end of 2020

Russian hotels lose 60% of sales in October

Russian restaurants, bars losing 22% year-on-year in revenues in October

Economic recovery expected in Russia in 2H 2021, says ministry

Alrosa becomes largest diamond mining company in the world, says Putin

Cargoes supplied via Northern Sea Route to exceed 31 mln tonnes in 2020, says Rosatom

Russia must ramp up its presence in the Arctic, Prime Minister Mishustin says

Kamchatka emergency unlikely to be man-caused — minister

Excessive concentrations of three substances found in Kamchatka water samples

Putin approves strategy for development of Russian Arctic zone through 2035

Putin issued personal instructions to let Navalny be transported to Germany — Kremlin

EU bans entry to FSB director, other Russian officials over Navalny incident

German Foreign Ministry denies Russian Embassy consular access to Navalny

There were no toxic substances in Navalny’s body when he was in Russia — intel chief

No less than 20 Western countries worked with Novichok agent - Russia’s Foreign Ministry

Oslo has no proof of Russia’s role in cyber-attack on Norwegian parliament, says diplomat

Russian radars track 41 foreign spy planes and 3 drones over week

Russia’s defense chief highlights tension along borders with NATO countries

Kremlin: Russian healthcare system more stable than in many other advanced countries

DPR/LNR

Bidyevka: Ukraine braces for loss of sovereignty and Western colonization

DPR requests Russia to supply COVID-19 vaccine

Influenza and ARI below epidemic threshold, expected to peak in February 2021

Sea, roses and spoil tip to represent DPR tourism brand

Ukrainian forces use drones to set fire to fields near contact line – DPR militia

DPR Air Defense drills repulsion of air attack

DPR Mission to JCCC reports blasts at Ukrainian positions

Explosion rips through Ukrainian army positions in Mayorsk crossing point area – JCCC

2,000 DPR energy facilities damaged in Ukrainian army strikes since 2014 – Ministry

Belarus

‘Packing a solid punch’: August drills ‘talked sense’ into foreign forces, Lukashenko says

Belarus says it has evidence opposition council members sought to harm national security

Belarus facing terrorist threat, says Lukashenko

Russia issues arrest warrant against Belarus’s ex-presidential candidate Tikhanovskaya

Lukashenko meets with jailed opposition figureheads at pre-trial detention center

Lukashenko claims has no intention to flee Belarus

Lukashenko reminds national security officers of importance of Belarusian sovereignty

Lukashenko proposes Rosatom CEO to create subsidiary in Belarus

Kremlin positive about EU’s decision to refrain from blacklisting Lukashenko

Lukashenko says Belarusian doctors who leave for Poland won’t be allowed back

Ukraine

Zelensky’s move to dismiss Constitutional Court bears signs of coup — court head

EU

Germans should brace for 4-5 months of severe COVID-19 measures, minister says

France and Germany thrust into lockdown as second COVID-19 wave sweeps Europe

France to enact second lockdown to put brakes on COVID-19 surge

Germany to go into circuit-break lockdown as coronavirus surges

Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

Lockdown in England could be extended, UK minister warns

PM Johnson to impose England national lockdown until Dec. 2: ITV

England Virus Lockdown May Be Extended Beyond December

Europe's COVID-19 curbs prompt pushback amid bleak countdown to Christmas

Britain extends payment freeze to coronavirus-hit borrowers

Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church

Greek Orthodox priest shot and wounded at church in France

First Full Train Carries Sanctioned Cargo from Europe to China across Russia

EU 'regrettably' hits U.S. with tariffs, seeks better Biden ties

Unidentified individuals attack ex-Georgian President Saakashvili in Athens

Dozens stage attack on police station in Paris suburb

Moscow ready not to deploy 9M729 missiles in European Russia, Putin says

Paris still in the dark about who could have leaked Putin-Macron phone call

Elysee Palace could not leak Putin-Macron conversation tape to the media — Kremlin

Georgia’s ruling party says Saakashvili backers plotting provocations

China

China accuses U.S. at U.N. of trying to take world back to 'jungle age'

Why did China’s forex reserves fall by US$22 billion in September?

China’s population crisis: Beijing must address its falling births and ageing workforce

Chinese military beefs up coastal forces as it prepares for possible invasion of Taiwan

Donald Trump vows to ‘make China pay’ for coronavirus pandemic

US-China tech war: Beijing counters restrictions with new law to curb sensitive exports

Energy Deals Are Creating a Powerful Alliance Between China and Russia

Agroexpress Train Carries Sunflower Oil from Russia to China

Russia, China Approve Plan on Cooperation Between Media for 2021

BRICS to Stand Up for Just World Order — Lavrov

China moves to legalise digital yuan and ban competitors with new draft law

China’s yuan exchange rate: is 6.66 a new sweet spot for the currency against the US dollar?

US-China decoupling: is Beijing ramping up its diversification away from the US dollar?

Russia-China Military Alliance ‘Quite Possible,’ Putin Says

Russia and China Both Subject to Unrelenting Economic and Social Warfare

Israel

Israel Confronts Revolt as Ultraorthodox Defy Covid-19 Public-Health Rules

Israeli journalists attacked while covering COVID-19 haredi communities

30,000 ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students return to school today

Israel finance minister promises budget by December, another official quits

Anti-Netanyahu protests continue amid Israel's second nationwide lockdown

Anti-Netanyahu protests regain strength following lower restrictions

Israel constantly meddled in Yemen’s internal affairs under slain dictator: Army spokesman

Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu despite lockdown

Israel’s arsenal of nuclear, chemical warfare poses greats risk to Middle East peace: Syria UN envoy

Israel would oppose any U.S. F-35 sale to Qatar, Israeli minister says

Israeli settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque under protection of occupation forces

Middle East/Levant/Central Asia

Yemeni court sentences Saudi rulers, Trump to death over roles in 2018 massacre of kids

Yemeni fighters hit positions of Saudi Arabia’s mercenaries, fatalities reported

US, Western intelligence services behind creation of Takfiri terrorist groups: Houthi

Fire erupts at Saudi Arabia’s Jizan petroleum products platform after Yemeni boat attack

Yemen’s Qasef-2k drones target Saudi airports, air base, in response to escalation, continued siege

Yemeni army strikes Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport in retaliatory drone attack

Yemeni forces hit Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in new retaliatory strike

Saudi-led coalition, mercenaries working with al-Qaeda, Daesh in Yemen: Foreign Ministry

Iraq's Hashd Sha’abi fighters, govt. forces foiling Daesh infiltration bids on Syria border: Military official

US seeking to eliminate Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’abi by force: Report

Hashd Al-Shaabi Discovers Explosive Detonators Near Tomb of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis

Iraqi militias say they have halted anti-U.S. attacks

Anti-terror group vows to not allow US breaches of airspace over Iraq

Hotbed of international terrorism in Syria virtually eliminated, says Putin

Russian airstrikes kill 78 Turkish-backed militants in Syria’s Idlib: SOHR

Syrian militants stage another provocation with toxic agents — Reconciliation center

Chechen head: Terrorists neutralized in Chechnya came from Syria to launch attacks

Turkey withdraws from base in northwest Syria, sources say

Russian officials: terrorists’ provocations by using chemical weapons in Syria are failure and uncovered acts

Three civilians martyred in landmines explosion in Hasaka and Deir Ezzor 

countryside

Militants delivered chlorine barrels to White Helmets for false flag gas attack in Syria’s Idlib: Russia

Grospic : QSD militia’s crimes serve the US colonial agendas

Update-QSD militia storms civilians’ houses, kidnaps a number of them in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor countryside

QSD militia kidnaps more civilians in al-Jazeera area

Car bomb explosion kills Damascus mufti west of Syria’s capital

Russia, Iran concerned about Syrian and Libyan fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh: Moscow

Over 300 Syrian Islamists arrive in Karabakh via Turkey — Macron

Paris says has proof Turkish militants involved in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia ready to request military assistance from Russia, ambassador says

Corpses and burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russian troops deploy

Russia warns that Nagorno-Karabakh could become Islamist militant stronghold

Armenian PM says Nagorno-Karabakh conflict spills over regional borders

Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow discusses with Ankara matter of bringing mercenaries from Syria and Libya to Nagorno Karabakh region

Leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia agree peace in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian PM says signs Karabakh deal based on army’s recommendation

First Il-76 planes with Russian peacekeepers depart for Karabakh

Tenth plane with Russian peacekeepers departs for Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan says downed Russian helicopter by mistake

"Like WWI": Rare Video Of Armenian Forces 'Face To Face' With Azerbaijan Army

DM: Iran Not to Tolerate Shelling on Northwestern Borders

Missile Hits Iran’s East Azarbaijan Province

Drone Crashes in Northwestern Ardabil Province

Turkey Creates its Version of NATO?

Turkish regime recruits Daesh terrorists to take revenge on its political opponents

President says attempt made to seize power in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz leader orders state of emergency in Bishkek until October 21

Iran

Rouhani: Govt. foiled ominous US plot to disintegrate Iran

Iran declares official termination of UN arms embargo

Arms embargo termination proves US 'very isolated' in its policy toward Iran: Analyst

With Iran arms embargo terminated, Moscow vows to continue military cooperation with Tehran

Top Commander: Iran Unaffected by US’ Hollow Threats

Three Terrorists Killed, One Captured in Clashes with IRGC in Western Iran

IRGC Deputy Commander: Any War in Region Entails Annihilation of US

Iran Confirms Cyber Attacks against 2 Government Departments

Tehran, Moscow Highlight EAEU-Based Cooperation

Putin discusses Iran nuclear deal, Karabakh, coronavirus vaccine with Rouhani

Iran will give 'direct, clear' response to any Israeli threat in Persian Gulf: Defense minister

Iran rejects US media report on killing of senior al-Qaeda leader in Tehran

IRGC's chief commander: Any threat to our borders will be met with firm, timely response

Iranian Army's Ground Forces cmdr.: No breathing space for enemies near borders

ECONOMIC

Pandemic Response Will Drive Up Global Public Debt to a Record, IMF Says

Unemployment Main Concern for Business Leaders but Climate is Moving Up List of Top Risks

Unemployment is world's biggest risk, business leaders say

States See $31 Billion of Taxes Disappear Due to Covid Recession

Personal Bankruptcies Expected to Rise in 2021 as Stimulus Ends

As U.S. job growth stalls, some workers face long-term unemployment

Total state debt of Eurozone to be above 100% of GDP in 2020

Rich nations tighten firehose of aid as virus outlasts early efforts

G20 strikes historic debt pact to help poorer states hit by COVID

IMF'S Georgieva hails G20 debt framework but 'this crisis is not over'

Euro zone bank profitability collapses in second quarter, ECB says

American, United to Lay Off 32,000 as U.S. Aid Talks Drag On

Over 2K McCarran-based employees to be out of work starting Thursday

28K at Disney theme parks headed for layoffs

Goldman Warns of More Job Losses With Jumbo Mergers on the Rise

Cineworld to close all of its Regal Cinema venues in U.S. and all cinemas across U.K. and Ireland in response to ‘No Time to Die’ delay

Cineworld brings down curtain on U.S., UK theaters; 45,000 jobs hit

Santander plans to cut 4,000 jobs and up to 1,000 branches in Spain, sources say

U.S. railroad Amtrak warns of 2,400 additional job losses without new bailout

San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 898,000 Last Week

Illinois to sell $850 million of bonds as investors brace for junk status

Pandemic expected to push poorer Americans out of banking system: regulator

U.S. job growth slows; millions experiencing long bouts of unemployment

Why the US dollar is only going to fall faster and harder

Dollar's strength to be short-lived; volatility and weakness ahead - Reuters poll

Consumer Spending Rose in August, but Incomes Pose Hurdle for U.S. Recovery

Frontline workers in eye of pandemic storm for months, now fending off repo man

Job losses mount for public school employees as pandemic squeezes education sector

How Covid Broke Times Square, the Heart of New York’s Economy

'Wonder Woman' director warns movie-going could become extinct

‘I’m terrified, frankly’: These people are depending on another stimulus bill to stay afloat

U.S. still faces possible default wave, asset declines due to pandemic: Fed

Analysis: Clouds gather over battered dollar in aftermath of U.S. election

That V-shaped economic recovery forecasters have been calling for? Don’t hold your breath

Jittery Wall Street banks 'war game' the election with drills, client calls, special pollsters

U.S. starts forgiving pandemic loans amid criticism, uncertainty

Failed U.S. stimulus talks could threaten economic recovery

Covid Is Crushing Small Businesses. That’s Bad News for American Innovation

Fed's Harker: Tolerating higher inflation 'worth it' to help achieve employment goals

Bleeding cash, Cineworld boss says no choice but to shut sites

Lufthansa CEO says no end in sight to burning through cash

Southwest seeks pay cuts from unions to avoid layoffs through 2021

FAA waives minimum flight requirements at some U.S. airports through March

Mega banks should use their lending power against Big Oil, say these Rockefeller family members

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Agrees To Pay $920 Million in Connection with Schemes to Defraud Precious Metals and U.S. Treasuries Markets

As World Bank faces scrutiny, U.N. chief warns lenders over fossil fuels

Bank of England says company disclosures on climate risks will be mandatory

Failed US Banks

Failed Bank Information for Almena State Bank, Almena, KS

Failed Bank Information for First City Bank of Florida, Fort Walton Beach, FL

Bankruptcy

U.S. commercial bankruptcies up 33% year to date

Luxury-Goods Retailer Furla USA Files for Bankruptcy

YouFit Health Floats $75 Million Bankruptcy Sale to Lenders

Sun Capital’s Furniture Factory Outlet Is Latest Retail Bankruptcy

Gorham Paper, Linked to Lynn Tilton, Files for Bankruptcy to Clear Way for Sale

Remington Layoffs Roil Ilion, N.Y., One of America’s Oldest Factory Towns

Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Remington Businesses

Ruby Tuesday Files for Bankruptcy Under Strain From Coronavirus

Opioid Crisis Pushes Drugmaker Mallinckrodt to File for Bankruptcy

YogaWorks Files for Chapter 11, Plans to Close All Studios

Mexican-Restaurant Chain Rubio’s Files for Chapter 11 Over Covid-19 Closures

Coronavirus Pushes Detroit-Area Retirement Home Into Bankruptcy

Another restaurant chain, Friendly’s, hits wall in pandemic

Friendly’s Restaurant Owner Files for Bankruptcy Amid Pandemic

CBDC/Crypto

‘Cash Is Trash,’ So Let’s Bet $425 Million on Bitcoin

Which central bank will launch world’s first digital currency?

Central banks sketch out digital currency as China forges ahead

JPMorgan’s ‘JPM Coin’ Is Live, Execs Say

26 million PayPal merchants to accept cryptocurrency

Fed Takes Cautious Approach to Possibly Issuing Digital Currency

Bank of America wades into digital financial planning space

Europe mulls digital euro as China pushes ahead with own electronic currency

Australia enters the race for digital currency

Reserve Bank of Australia to explore wholesale CBDC using Ethereum tech

Estonia launches central bank digital currency project

Global watchdogs agree rules for stablecoins like Facebook's Libra

Central Banks Haven’t Made a Convincing Case for Digital Currencies

China not among major central banks in talks on global digital currency principles

China’s Shenzhen giving away millions in sovereign digital yuan to test technology and boost consumption

China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots

China Should Accelerate Rollout of Digital Yuan, Says Central Bank Official

China’s central bank urges faster digital yuan roll-out as other countries begin tests

Eurosystem will decide on digital euro project by mid-2021

Lagarde Says Her ‘Hunch’ Is That ECB Will Adopt Digital Currency

EU Plans to Regulate Cryptocurrencies in Digital Finance Push

Kuroda says BOJ will start experiments on CBDC next spring

Next big thing for Hong Kong’s virtual banks: wealth management

Precious Metals

UK court overturns Venezuela judgment in $1 billion gold tug-of-war

Other Developments

China & Russian-Led Bloc to Replace Trade in Dollar & Euro with Domestic Currencies

China’s share in EAEU foreign trade growing to 20%

China to publish the list of regulations for foreign investors by the end of 2020

Decline of Russia’s GDP may be below 4% by year end - PM

BRICS Bank Provides Member Nations with Over $10 BILLION in Emergency Assistance to Fight Pandemic

Zambia Stares Down the Default Barrel With Key Creditors to Vote

Argentine bondholders say country in credit 'wasteland' amid economic crises

ENERGY

Moon mining rush: Russia to draw UN’s attention to US plans to grab lunar resources

‘Spoke in the wheel’: Putin castigates schemes to stonewall Russian gas projects

Gazprom to sell around 6 mln tonnes of LNG in 2020, boost volumes starting 2021

Russia’s nuclear orders portfolio totals around $100 bln, says Novak

All Nord Stream 2 project participants appeal against Polish regulator’s decision

Putin urges not to politicize issue of oil prices

Gazprom eyes joint hydrogen projects with EU partners

‘Hostile takeover’ policy: Kremlin castigates US sanctions against Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 pipe supply vessel headed to Baltic Sea

Nord Stream 2 will be completed, timing is unknown - German Foreign Minister

Denmark authorizes Nord Stream 2 AG to operate gas pipeline on national shelf

Nord Stream 2 AG mulls different options of restarting work in Danish waters

Russia's Novak sees more uncertainty on oil market in winter

Belarus: First power unit of BelNPP reaches capacity of 400 MW - Energy Ministry

Lukashenko asks Putin about acquiring oil field in Russia by Minsk

Exxon to Slash Up to 15% of Global Workforce, Including 1,900 Jobs in U.S.

Trump replaces Republican head of energy regulatory panel who supports carbon markets

NextEra, Renewable-Energy Giant, Seeks Greater Scale With a Duke Takeover

Superior Energy Services Plans Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing

Oasis Petroleum Is Latest Driller to Join Bankruptcy Parade

Shale bankruptcies pile on, Lonestar latest to succumb to weak demand

Bankrupt Fracker Sable Permian to Sell to Bank Lenders

Drop in leisure driving stalls global recovery in fuel demand

Chevron, Exxon shrink spending as coronavirus cuts demand

Exxon posts third straight quarterly loss as pandemic hits demand, prices

The Oil Market Has an Aviation Problem

Tribes slam EPA move to give Oklahoma control of environmental rules

The Future of Energy Is About Technology, Not Fossil Fuels

Peak Gas Is Coming to the U.S. Sooner Than Anyone Expected

New business jet travelers help fuel order recovery during pandemic

Iran Ups Gas Output in Parsian Refinery by 9 Percent Y/Y

Iran’s Oil, Gas Output Unaffected by Coronavirus

Iranian NGL project using flare gas feedstock to come on line by March

Energy Research Platform Takes Central Stage under Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship

Russia Invites Other BRICS Countries to Take Part in Arctic Oil and Gas Projects

China's CNPC Says Russian Piped Gas Supply to Double from Jan

Brazil Becomes One of China’s Top Oil Suppliers

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Russia successfully test-fires new ABM interceptor missile

Russia’s fleet to receive ten new icebreakers by 2030

Russia’s upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber performs debut flight with new engines

Solutions integrated in Russia’s Bulava sea-launched missile prove efficient — developer

Russia to complete rearming Strategic Missile Force with advanced Yars ICBMs by 2024

Glonass-K2 satellites to guarantee 30 cm navigation accuracy — general designer

Russian Navy frigate successfully test-fires Tsirkon hypersonic missile

Russia's combat helicopters to be armed with suicide drones — source

Russia's radars track spy 52 planes, 9 drones near borders over past week

Russia to create advanced space tracking system — aerospace forces

New nuclear missile arsenal to cost around $96 billion, Pentagon says

Musk's SpaceX wins Pentagon award for missile tracking satellites

US Space Force to establish new acquisitions command in 2021

Trump executive order targets rare earths minerals and China

IRGC Aerospace Commander: Iran among 10 Top World Radar Manufacturers

Envoy: Russia Ready to Supply Iran with S-400 Defense Shield

Defense Minister says Iran will sell weapons to countries despised by US

China tests swarm of ‘suicide drones’ launched from a truck and helicopters