Monday, July 20th, 2020

Japan launches a ¥70 billion payment scheme to pay firms to move factories out of China to either Japan itself or countries within the Southeast Asian region in an attempt to better secure its supply chains. 57 firms, including face mask manufacturer Iris Ohyama, are among the first to receive the subsidy. (Bloomberg)

Hong Kong recorded its highest one-day increase in cases since the pandemic began, with 108 new cases which contains 83 local transmission cases and 25 imported cases. (BBC)

An Algerian man in Antwerp, Belgium, dies after a police officer was kneeling on his back during an arrest outside a bar. The death was compared to that of George Floyd. (BBC)

A shooting at the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas leaves her son dead and her husband injured. Salas herself is not injured. Law enforcement officials say the gunman was dressed in a FedEx uniform.  (CNN)

Largest street demonstration in Thailand since the 2014 Thai coup d’état erupted at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok with around 2,500 protesters demanded the government resignation, parliament dissolution, and rewriting of the constitution, defying a coronavirus ban on gatherings (Reuters)