1. Us media “breakanklesdaily”: TOP 10, Curry ranks first with US$43 million and LeBron sixth with US$39.2 million, according to the NBA player salary ranking for the new season on social media. It is worth mentioning that the top five are all defenders.

2.India’s Central Bureau of Statistics: India’s GDP grew by-7.5% in the second quarter of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the second consecutive quarter of negative growth. GDP growth in the first quarter was-23.9%, the worst decline since India began publishing quarterly growth figures in 1996.

3. Germany: 2.4 billion euros will be provided to start-ups in 2021. It is planned to provide a total of 10 billion euros in financial support for start-ups from 2021 to 2030, which is expected to attract 20 billion euros of private venture capital.

4. The 28th is the first day for France to relax its ban on epidemic prevention. According to the statistics of the French Interior Ministry, demonstrations took place in more than 70 cities across France on the same day, with a total number of participants exceeding 130000. More than 30 police officers were injured in clashes between police and demonstrators. At least 46 demonstrators were arrested in the capital Paris. According to French media reports, the demonstrations are related to the recent introduction of the “overall Security Act” by the government and the beating of black men by the Paris police.

5.The French National Assembly (the lower house of parliament) passed a bill on the 26th by an overwhelming vote of 98 to 3, adding accent discrimination to the list of prosecutable acts of discrimination, along with racial discrimination, gender discrimination and discrimination against persons with disabilities. Under the Act, discrimination against individuals on the basis of their accent will be considered an offence under labour law and criminal law. The maximum penalty for violating the bill is three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45000 euros.

6.Qantas announced on the 23rd that it will force passengers on all international flights to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and the obligation to be vaccinated will take effect as soon as the public can get the vaccine, adding that this could become a “universal requirement” in the industry.

7.Italy returned to the top 10 with 1625 points in the latest world ranking of men’s football team released by FIFA on the 27th. This means that the traditional international football team will be able to participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifier draw as a seed. In the current ranking, the top six have not changed, followed by Belgium, France, Brazil, England, Portugal and Spain. In the new list, the highest ranking Asian team is the 27th Japanese team. 2022 World Cup host Qatar dropped two places to 59th. The Chinese team ranks 75th.

8.It is reported that the outgoing Trump administration is eager to build as many border walls as possible in the final weeks of taking power in order to fulfill the promise made when he took office four years ago and become a political legacy of the Trump administration. President-elect Joe Biden has said he wants to stop the construction of the border wall and open up immigrants.

9.Financial Times: after India “closed the door”, Chinese capital is turning its attention from India to Indonesia, boosting foreign investment in Indonesia’s technology industry by 55 per cent in the first half of this year. According to data from the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, overall Chinese investment in Indonesia increased by 79% in the first nine months of this year, continuing to maintain Indonesia’s position as the second largest source of investment.