Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Doomsday Glacier – Rolling Stone
- The stock market’s “fear gauge” is at a 23-year low, and traders are terrified – Quartz
- Shale Drillers Are Outspending the World With $84 Billion Spree – Bloomberg
- Why the Most Creative Cities Are the Most Unequal – Artsy
Americas:
- Introducing the American Populist Party – Vice
- Before James Comey’s Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House – WSJ
- Donald Trump’s Firing of James Comey Is an Attack on American Democracy – New Yorker
- Will Donald Trump be president at year-end 2018? – Predictit
- Trump pulls from Nixon’s playbook – Politico
- Report: subpoenas issued in FBI Russia probe before Comey firing – Axios
- Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political storm – Reuters
- 3 people fired by Trump were all investigating Trumpworld – Axios
- The Link between Family Structure and Wealth Is Weaker Than You Might Think – St Louis Fed
- GOP senators question Comey firing – Axios
- The Comey debacle only magnifies the Russia mystery – Washington Post
- Obamacare Taxes Aren’t Necessarily Going Away: GOP Senators – Bloomberg
- What happens to Texas if the U.S. withdraws from NAFTA? – Dallas News
- Trump is right. Canada’s lumber trade practices are unfair. – Washington Post
- Mexico Now World’s Deadliest Conflict Zone After Syria: Survey – Bloomberg
- Mexico was second deadliest country in 2016 – CNN
- Canada Wants Silicon Valley’s Tech Employees – The Atlantic
Europe:
- 100 moderate Labour MPs to form breakaway group if Jeremy Corbyn stays on after a Tory landslide – The Telegraph
- Le Pen’s Niece Quits Politics in Blow for National Front Party – Bloomberg
- Italian forces ignored a sinking ship full of Syrian refugees and let more than 250 drown, says leaked audio – Washington Post
- Once tainted, Portugal’s cork industry fights back – Reuters
- Bit rich? Barack Obama ’to pocket £2.5million for sold-out speech in Milan today’ – Express
- Putin shows off Russia’s terrifying firepower at huge military parade – Mail Online
Asia:
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- A Chinese Giant Is on a Global Buying Spree. Who’s Behind It? – NY Times
- N Korea ’not afraid’ as it plans new nuclear test – Sky
- China Stocks Adored Abroad as Local Investors See Losses Mount – Bloomberg
- Think Home Prices in China Can’t Topple? Think Again – Bloomberg
- South Korea Elects Moon Jae-in, Who Backs Talks With North, as President – NY Times
- China’s Newest Propaganda Format: Children’s Bedtime Stories – NY Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Drug-testing will demonise Australians on welfare, experts say – The Guardian
- Federal budget to introduce demerit-point system for dole bludgers – Yahoo
- Budget announcements are a cruel hoax on first home buyers – The Age
- Sorry, first-home buyers: This isn’t the budget you were hoping for – Domain
- Superannuation for house deposit scheme in Federal Budget 2017 criticised – ABC
- Budget 2017: Who fell for the big infrastructure con job? – The SMH
- Earliest signs of life on land have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old Australian rocks – Science Alert
- Coalition backtracks on Paris deal, ABC cuts corners on energy – Renew Economy
- Will the Government’s new measures get through the Senate? – ABC News
- Liberal MP Peter Phelps says students given more freedom in sex education than at the canteen – ABC
- Australia doesn’t need Adani’s Carmichael coalmine, Westpac chief says – The Guardian
- How the new bank tax will work – ABC
- Chinese buying Australian real estate tops foreign investment, report says – The SMH
- Budget sliced and diced: Where every dollar comes from, and how it’s spent – ABC
- Catholic schools say we should trust them on funding. This is not good enough – The Guardian
- Kiwis in Australia are victims of political neglect – The Spin-off
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‘MPs’ property ownership has affected policy making’ – Interest.co.nz
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Westpac follows ANZ, hikes mortgage rates – Interest.co.nz
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