Trade : Rules chair accelerates fisheries talks despite COVID-19 crisis (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Washington DC)
The chair of the Doha Rules negotiating group at the WTO has accelerated meetings on fisheries subsidies from 20 October, in what appears to be a somewhat "reckless" move in holding these meetings despite the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, negotiators told the SUNS.

Finance : Cross-border bank claims contract in second quarter, says BIS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Global cross-border bank claims contracted by $1.1 trillion from end-March to end-June, partly reversing the $2.7 trillion surge observed in the previous quarter, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.

Finance : Limited liability - profit without responsibility (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
Limited liability protection for shareholders in joint stock companies was introduced to encourage investments in them.

UN : Low-cost technology can have life-changing impacts for rural women (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Access to technology which is relatively inexpensive to deploy can have a life-changing impact for rural women, social scientist Valentina Rotondi told IPS.

Opinion : Education - act now, don't wait for the bill (PRIV)
(IPS, Paris)
School reopening doesn't mean that education is back on course. For a start, schools remain closed in over 50 countries, affecting more than 800 million students.