Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Know your facts: Poverty numbers – VOX
- De Beers Tries to Counter a Growing Threat: Man-Made Diamonds – WSJ
- Stocks, Peso Soar After Comey Clears Clinton (Again) – Zero Hedge
- World currency markets brace for China reserve shock – The Telegraph
- Hedge Funds Are Hiding Out in Gold – Bloomberg
- Top marginal income tax rates, selected countries over time – Our World in Data
Americas:
- Obama calls out Trump for lying about him – Politico
- It’s hard to see how James Comey could have handled this last 9 days any worse – Washington Post
- Following scare at Trump rally, life is now different for protester – USA Today
- Latinos in Nevada waited in line for 2 hours to vote. Republicans smell a conspiracy. – VOX
- Consider a Monarchy, America – NY Times
- Yes, The Clintons Are Uniquely Corrupt: A Grand Finale Essay – Medium
- Clinton vs. Trump: The America They’d Build – Politico
Europe:
- Montenegro: Russians behind coup attempt, plot to kill PM – AP News
- Theresa May backs judges’ independence after Brexit ruling – BBC
- Higher inflation and rising debt threaten millions in UK – The Guardian
- What Does Vladimir Putin Want From America’s Elections? – The Atlantic
- May tells Europhiles ‘accept what the people decided’ – FT
- Half UK budget deficit ’is down to job destruction in older industrial areas’ – The Guardian
- Greek PM looks to ’swift’ completion of second bailout review – Reuters
- German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa: report – Reuters
Asia:
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- Beijing ruling bars Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office – BBC
- Lone Beijing independent intimidated ahead of China elections – FT
- India warns UK immigration policy could wreck trade deal – The Guardian
- Zhang Xiaoming: Beijing will not allow pro-independence advocates to become lawmakers – SCMP
- China’s Debt Addiction Could Lead to a Financial Crisis – Barrons
Trans-Tasman:
- Lack of funding ‘sees scientists leaving labs in droves’ – ABC
- Two of Melbourne’s violent Apex street gang thugs to be deported after their visas were revoked – Daily Mail
- More than 170 criminals have visas revoked under new immigration laws – 9News
- Climate denier senator wants CSIRO inquiry – SBS
- How the 2016 Australian election would have looked under US voting rules – ABC
- Jarryd Hayne shows porn to schoolkids – News.com.au
- African refugees reinvigorating rural Mingoola in social experiment to boost ageing community – ABC
- BlackRock Says Australia Could Lose AAA Rating Next Month – Bloomberg
- Microsoft is Trying to Mitigate ‘Australia Tax’; Admits It’s ‘Brutal’ – Powerupgaming
- One Nation senator Rod Culleton calls on Senate to dismiss High Court judges – ABC
- The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be just another average year by 2025 if carbon emissions continue to rise at their current rate according to Australian scientists. – Journals
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement seems doomed – The SMH
- Chinese ownership of agricultural land soars above 3 million hectares – The Age
- ‘Why Scott Ludlum’s depression leave is important – for you’ – The SMH
- Down on the farm: Australia at war with its backpacker workforce – The Guardian
- Crown’s Chinese middleman to VIP high-rollers among those arrested in raids – The SMH
- The Real Thugs In The Construction Industry: Rethinking Turnbull’s Propaganda – New Matilda
- Job ads rise consistent with gradual improvement in labour market – ABC
- Here’s How A Politician Linked Child Drownings To Renewable Energy – BuzzFeed
- A design-led property boom could help solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis – The Guardian
- More rental properties available in Auckland but strong demand keeps vacancy rates low – Interest.co.nz
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