Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- New findings show a direct causal relationship between unemployment and suicide – Conversation
- Poland plans 33% windfall tax on coal firms’ excess profits – Notes from Poland
- UK’s Inflation Crisis Expected to Last Another 10 Months – Bloomberg
- US formally rejoins UNESCO after five-year absence – APNEWS
- Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe – BBC
Americas:
- Donald Trump Is Trying to Delay the Documents Trial Until He Can Retake the White House and Make All His Legal Problems Go Away – VanityFair
- Confidence in U.S. Banks Stood at 60 Percent in 1979. Today, It Stands at 26 Percent. – Washington Times
- Inflation rose just 0.2% in June, less than expected as consumers get a break from price increases – CNBC
- Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds – CNN
- Back-to-school spending is expected to fall for the first time in 9 years, a $3 billion hit to the economy, survey finds – Fortune
Europe:
- Italian uproar over judge’s 10-second groping rule – BBC
- Russian Military Hit by Uncertainty as One General Is Killed and Another Remains Absent – Yahoo
- Russia launches rival version of Wikipedia in new censorship crackdown – The Telegraph
- Berlin scraps plans for joint tank maintenance hub in Poland – Yahoo
- Close to half of Ukrainian refugees in Germany hope to stay – Reuters
- 11-nation coalition to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets in August in Denmark – DefenseReport
Asia:
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- Microsoft says Chinese hackers breached email, including U.S. government agencies – NPR
- North Korean student goes missing in Russian Far East in possible defection – NKNews
- China top threat to UK economic security – Dowden – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- PwC admits to another conflict of interest breach – Guardian
- ABC drops defence in ex-commando’s defamation suit to avoid naming source – SMH
- Hard hearts and closed ears – How can the treasurer expect us to believe that a $19 billion surplus didn’t come “at the expense” of anything else? – Monthly
- Families forced to cut back on school lunches as cost of living drives up food insecurity – ABC
- Largest net migration loss to Australia since 2013 as Kiwis pursue higher wages and cheaper living costs – NZHerald
- TikTok executive admits Australian users’ data accessed by employees in China – Guardian