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COVID-19 deaths in Africa have risen 43 percent in one week, says the WHO.  Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri resigned after nine months of attempts to form a new government.  TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, said it expects the global chip shortage to ease in coming months.

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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 & Existing Hotspots: The US Exit from Afghanistan and Implications for Russia, Iran & Central Asia

As the United States approaches its August withdrawal date from Afghanistan, the surrounding region and major powers such as Russia and China are quickly adapting their strategic postures. While the Taliban has made assurances that their political and military influences will be limited internally, China and Russia are making contingency plans in the event that an Afghan civil war spreads greater instability across the region.

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