Macro Markets, Economics & Investing
Asia
- Taiwan scrambles jets, navy as China aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait – Reuters
- Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled after a number of Chinese Air Force bombers and reconnaissance planes were detected flying over the East China Sea and Sea of Japan – Japantimes
Europe/Middle East
- Two-thirds of all new HIV cases in Europe are being recorded in just one country – Russia: More than a million Russians now live with the virus and that number is expected to nearly double in the next decade – Independent
- Germany’s ugliest word of the year is “traitor of the people” – or Volksverraeter: The word is seen by many as having Nazi overtones and has been used recently by right-wing groups – BBC (nationalism is ugly, full stop)
- Morocco Prohibits Sale of Burqa – Morocco News
Americas
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- In a major shuffle, Justin Trudeau re-tools cabinet in preparation for the Donald Trump era – NationalPost
- Mexico peso hits record low on Trump uncertainty, more weakening feared – Reuters
- Obama’s subtle warning to working class Trump voters: You played yourself – VOX
- The U.S. dropped an average of 72 bombs every day — the equivalent of three an hour — in 2016– NBC (not a record to be proud of…)
- Vaccine Critic Kennedy Set to Chair Trump Panel on Vaccination Safety – ScientificAmerican (oh FFFFFS)
- President Obama’s Farewell Address – Youtube (not the greatest president, but the most eloquent since JFK)
Terra Nullus
- Australia debates handing murderers’ pensions to victims – BBC News
- Homeless people removed from Melbourne CBD ahead of Australian Open tennis tournament – ABC
- Temperatures to soar above 40C as heatwave sweeps eastern Australia – The Guardian
Other:
- There is a “void” galaxy so isolated that if the Milky Way were to be situated in the same way, we would not have known of the existence of other galaxies until the 1960s. – SpaceTelescope (1929 is when we found out actually)
- Giant telescope in Chile to seek habitable planets in Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth – ABC (now if we could only find intelligent life here…)
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