1. LVMH, the parent company of the Louis Vuitton brand and the world’s largest luxury goods group, has announced the termination of its $16.2 billion acquisition of US jewelry brand Tiffany (Tiffany). The deal could have created the largest acquisition in the history of the luxury industry.

2. As the world steps up the development of vaccines in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, demand for medical necessities such as syringes is expected to soar. Hindustan syringe, one of the world’s largest syringe manufacturers, is increasing its production capacity of disposable self-destructing syringes from 700 million a year to 1 billion by 2021. This kind of syringe can prevent repeated use.

3. Following the launch of vegetable pork burger in the United States in July this year, Impossible Foods9, an American artificial meat producer, announced on March 10 that it would launch a vegetable pork tenderloin burger in Hong Kong, making it the first “landing point” outside the US market.

4. Science and Technology Daily: according to a study published in the British journal Nature Communications, scientists predicted how much carbon forests would store under climate change through data simulations and were surprised to find that the faster trees grow, the shorter their lives. The results of this study seriously challenge most of the predictions of future carbon stocks and provide an important reference for the estimation of global forest carbon sequestration.

5.From April to June 2020, South Africa’s consumer confidence index rose from-33 to-22, according to (FNB), the first National Bank of South Africa. Although the situation has improved, the index is at its lowest level since the first quarter of 1993.

6.The Malaysian government has banned the entry of more than 150000 national people from 23 COVID-19 confirmed cases from the United States and long-term visa holders such as participants in the Malaysia second Home Program.

7.Germany’s DAX index closed up 257.62 points, or 2.01%, at 13100.28; Britain’s FTSE index closed up 138.32, or 2.39%, at 5937.40; and France’s CAC40 index closed up 88.65, or 1.79%, at 5053.72.

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9.Novel coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be on the market before the general election in early November, Fauci, director of the US Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on the 8th local time. But he is cautiously optimistic that safe and effective vaccine supplies will be available by the end of this year. At present, three COVID-19 vaccines in the United States have entered phase III clinical trials. Fauci pointed out that as a variety of vaccines have entered the final stage, a large number of vaccines are expected to be successfully put on the market by the end of this year. It is difficult to predict the exact time of vaccine supply.

10.As the COVID-19 epidemic ravaged the world. The Frankfurt International Book Fair, the world’s largest book industry fair, announced on the 8th local time that it has decided to cancel this year’s offline exhibition area due to travel restrictions caused by the epidemic, and the entire book fair will be held online in mid-October.However, this year’s German Book Award and the German Book Industry Peace Award will still be held at Frankfurt City Hall and Wei Paul Cathedral respectively before and after the book fair.