| Cult of personality | Small-dollar donors have provided more than half of President Donald Trump's $1 billion campaign war chest. But their largesse has not extended to other Republican candidates, raising alarms for some 2020 races and the party's prospects in future elections, Bill Allison reports. Campaign 2020 There are 55 days until the election. Here's the latest on the race for control of the White House and Congress. Democratic nominee Joe Biden is set to propose a 10% tax penalty on companies that move operations overseas, alongside a 10% credit for firms that create jobs in the U.S. Other developments: Sign up to receive daily election updates as a direct mobile notification on Twitter. Simply click on this link and like the tweet. The great decoupling | The U.S. and China are in a fight over big data that will outlive Trump's presidency and reshape the world for decades. Under discussion now in the U.S. is whether to restrict Chinese access to data on everything from smart refrigerators to exercise monitors, moves that business leaders on both sides worry could lead to a decoupling of the global economy. 'Like a prison' | Plans by the Singapore government to relax rules for migrant workers who've largely been confined to their residences since April are under threat as coronavirus clusters emerge in dorms where people share bunks and tight living spaces. Philip J. Heijmans writes the resurgence, so soon after the dorms were declared Covid-free, is raising questions about whether conditions for low-wage workers undermine efforts to stamp the virus out. Going backwards | After almost eight years of promises to empower women and tackle aging Japan's labor shortage, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will quit with little progress to show. The race to succeed him is a glaring example of the gender gap in political representation — as Isabel Reynolds reports, not a single woman garnered the necessary 20 supporters to even register as a candidate. Race against heat | Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 may experience their steepest decline in modern history, yet the globe is on track to record its second-hottest, if not hottest, year. As Laura Millan Lombrana, Akshat Rathi and Hayley Warren explain, humanity is caught in a perverse race that it's losing: The later we cut emissions, the faster the planet warms.  Paris has created natural swimming pools for the public in the summer. Photographer: Fred Vielcanet/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images What to Watch And finally ... With no airport, a population of a few hundred, and no beach bars to lure holidaymakers, the Greek island of Serifos was relatively quiet even at the height of summer. That may have helped it avoid the worst of the coronavirus, with confirmed cases in the single digits, according to local doctor Thanasis Kontaris. So, as Nikos Chrysoloras reports, when the U.K. government advised against non-essential travel to Serifos and told visitors to self-quarantine on their return, islanders were baffled. "Surely this is a mistake," says Kontaris.  View of Chora village on Serifos island in Greece. Photographer: Cavan Images/Cavan Images RF | 
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