Global Macro/Investing/Economics
- Bond Traders Aren’t Immune to Automation, Goldman’s CFO Says – Bloomberg
- What 12 major analysts from banks like Goldman, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley think of bitcoin – BI
- Goldman Is Worth Less Than Morgan Stanley for the First Time in a Decade – Bloomberg
- How to reconcile risk sharing and market discipline in the euro area -VOX
- 5 ways GDP gets it totally wrong as a measure of our success – WEForum
Americas
- Trump administration bars Haitians from U.S. visas for low-skilled work -Reuters (no shithole, no work for you!)
- Kelly: We won’t build all of Trump’s wall, and Mexico won’t pay for it – NYPost
- Poll: Under Trump, global approval of U.S. leadership hits historical low – Politico
- Wave of looting shutters stores, spreads fear in Venezuela – Reuters
- How Michael Wolff Got Into the White House for His Tell-All Book – Bloomberg
- Republicans are literally being laughed at while trying to defend Trump – Salon
Europe/Middle East
- Russian disinformation campaign has been ‘extremely successful’ in Europe, warns EU – Independent
- Putin seeks to be ’emperor for life’: Kremlin critic Navalny to AFP – AFP
- Swiss town denies passport to Dutch vegan because she is ‘too annoying’ – Yahoo
- EU needs tougher defense against Russian propaganda: MEPs – Politico
- Wikipedia ‘still not sure’ why it is still banned in Turkey – DailyNews
Asia
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- First ‘ghost ship’ of 2018 washes up in Japan with dead North Koreans – CNN
- Trump says Russia helping North Korea skirt sanctions; Pyongyang getting close on missile – Reuters
- South Korean backlash to joint Korean Olympic campaign – SCMP
- Crackdown Casts Chill on Overseas Investment – Caixin
Australia/New Zealand
- Two teenage boys were rescued by a brand new lifesaving drone in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use it. – BBC
- Dog dies in hot car, two others rescued as RSPCA lashes out at ‘stupid’ owners – ABC
- Public service job cuts may have led to growing delays in Centrelink processing claims for age and disability pensions – CanberraTimes
- Warning of ‘catastrophic’ damage to waterways if Snowy 2.0 spoils plan goes wrong, experts and environmentalists warn – SMH
….and more
- Norway aims for all short-haul flights to be 100% electric by 2040 – All of Norway’s short-haul airliners should be entirely electric by 2040, the country’s airport operator said on Wednesday, cementing the Nordic nation’s role as a pioneer in the field of electric transport – The Guardian
- Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek ‘pyramid’: Latest find on Cyclades’ Keros includes evidence of metal-working and suggests the beginnings of an urban centre, say archaeologists. – The Guardian
- Trump Hands Out ‘Fake News Awards,’ Sans the Red Carpet – NYT (forgets to hand out his own alternative facts awards…)
- Three-fifths of new cars must be electric by 2030 to meet greenhouse gas targets, UK ministers have been warned. The warning comes less than a week after the prime minister launched a 25-year plan to protect the environment, including eradicating all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. – BBC
- U.S. Doctors Plan to Treat Cancer Patients Using CRISPR – Gene-edited immune cells could help wipe out deadly tumors: “The first human test in the U.S. involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR could begin at any time… according to plans posted this week to a directory of ongoing clinical trials.” – TechnologyReview