1.As Australia moves towards a cashless society, the novel coronavirus crisis has led to the closure of a record number of ATMs and hundreds of bank branches. After at least 2150 ATM ATMs were removed in the June quarter, the number of ATMs across the country fell to 25720, the lowest level in 12 years, according to Australian payment network.

2.The British Prime Minister’s Office says it still believes a post-Brexit trade agreement can be reached with the European Union next month. A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office said that a new round of future Anglo-European relations talks will be held in Brussels on the 18th, and British negotiators will strive to “continue to narrow the gap.” This week’s talks are the last scheduled to take place before the fall, although both sides have previously said they will continue in September.

3.Japanese medical experts say it will be difficult to hold the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games next year without an effective COVID-19 vaccine. The epidemic situation in Japan has been serious since July, with confirmed cases hitting new highs. Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has warned that if the epidemic continues to worsen in the capital, it cannot be ruled out to declare Tokyo a state of emergency again.

4.The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that it will increase the number of regular flights between China and the United States per week to eight. At the same time, China has also approved an increase in the number of flights by American airlines to and from China and the United States. The aviation departments of China and the United States will have 16 round-trip flights a week.

5.TikTok American employees are ready to challenge President Trump’s ban on TikTok. It is reported that the lawsuit will focus on constitutional due process rights. It is not up to the president to decide whether to allow the company to operate in the United States on a whim. It is reported that about 1500 employees of TikTok and its parent company are at risk of not getting paid when Trump’s ban takes effect next month.

6.The Australian government has promised to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all Australians, which was jointly developed by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Oxford University. It is currently in the third phase of the trial and is expected to be put on the market by the end of 2020. The Australian government has signed a vaccine procurement agreement to ensure immediate supply.

7.According to data released by the World Trade Organization on the 19th, the volume of global trade in goods continued to decline sharply in the third quarter, but there are some signs of recovery in global trade, and the strength of the recovery is highly uncertain, which does not rule out the L-shaped recovery track in the future. The latest issue of the “barometer of Trade in goods” released by the WTO on the same day shows that the global climate index for trade in goods, which reflects the market situation in the third quarter, is currently 84.5, lower than the 87.6 released in the previous quarter, and the lowest since the index was launched.

8.Thyrocare, one of India’s main medical research institutes, says at least 1/4 of Indians have been infected with novel coronavirus, much higher than the official figure. Based on current trends, the antibody retention rate of the whole population of India will reach 40% by the end of this year.

9.Qantas, Australia’s largest airline, announced a loss of 1.96 billion Australia dollars in fiscal 2020 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, compared with a profit of 840 million Australia dollars in the previous fiscal year. Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, said it was the biggest dilemma Qantas had experienced in its 100-year history.