1. On the 14th, local time, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC) released a crude oil market report in September, adjusting the growth rate of global crude oil demand in 2020 from 9.06 million barrels per day to 9.46 million barrels per day. Global crude oil demand is expected to be 90.23 million barrels per day in 2020, lowering the forecast of global crude oil demand for the second month in a row.

2.On the 15th, the Japanese government revealed COVID-19 ‘s response to the Tokyo Olympic Games: foreign athletes will need to undergo at least five tests and submit action plans and vows in Japan. Foreign athletes are first required to be tested and obtain a negative certificate within 72 hours before their arrival in Japan, and then need to be tested on arrival at the airport, at the training ground or at the venue of the event, when entering the Olympic Village and before the competition, and will be tested regularly during their stay in the Olympic Village. On the other hand, as Japanese athletes are likely to come into contact with foreign athletes, they also need to be tested at least three times.

3. Oracle confirmed on Sept. 14, local time, that it had reached an agreement with the Chinese owner of TikTok to become its “trusted technology provider” after Microsoft confirmed that TikTok had rejected its acquisition request, but that the agreement still needs to be approved by the US government.

4.The European Commission: reduce greenhouse gas emissions by “at least” 55% by 2030, with the current target of 40%; plans to issue 225 billion euros of green bonds.

5.According to CNBC, US President Trump said at a White House press conference on the 16th that he did not like the current cooperation agreement between Oracle and TikTok because TikTok’s US business would not be sold to Oracle and he was told that the US Treasury would not be able to get compensation from the deal.

6.Before 2010, the retirement age for women in the UK was 60. Since November 2018, the retirement age for women has been raised to 65, the same age as men. Starting from October 2020, the retirement age for men and women will be raised to 66. From 2026 to 2028, it will be further raised to the age of 67. The British government says men and women retire at the same age to achieve equality between men and women.

7.The UK consumer price index ((CPI)) rose 0.2 % year-on-year in August, down from 1.0 % in July and well below the central bank’s 2% inflation target, the lowest since January 2016, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics on the 16th.

 8.The global tourism industry lost as much as US $460 billion and the number of international tourists decreased by 440 million in the first half of the year due to the global pandemic of the COVID-19 epidemic, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (WTO) said on Sept. 15, local time. it’s down 65% compared with the same period last year.

 9. In its global economic outlook report released on the 16th, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) raised its forecast for Brazilian economic growth in 2020 to minus 6.5% from minus 7.4 % in June. According to the OECD, Brazil’s economy will grow by 3.6% in 2021, 0.06 percentage points lower than the forecast three months ago.