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Macro/Markets
- Chinese Investors Back Away From Global Property Markets Wall Street Journal
- Mainstream Economics Has Become a Celebration of the Wealthy Rentier Class Evonomics
- Private-Equity Firms Create Funds That Are Built to Last Wall Street Journal
- China got on the bandwagon to provide global satellite internet QZ
Americas
- Jerry Falwell Jr. can’t imagine Trump ‘doing anything that’s not good for the country’ Washington Post
- The Trump Tax Cut: Even Worse Than You’ve Heard New York Times
- How Biden Has Paved the Way for a Possible Presidential Run New York Times (an adult!)
- Warren battles the ghosts of Hillary Politico
- Mitt Romney: The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short. Washington Post
- Mexican mayor gunned down after being sworn in – NBC
- U.S. agents fire tear gas into Mexico at ‘violent mob’ near border – Reuters (if they only had a Wall, it wouldn’t be a problem /s)
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Europe/Middle East
- Time to Get Out of Afghanistan New York Times
- CIA-managed forces in Afghanistan are reportedly conducting ‘torture and killings with near impunity’ – The Week
- Suspected far-right attacker ‘intentionally’ rams car into crowd of Syrian and Afghan citizens in Germany – Independent
- UK arms officials met with Saudi Arabia days after Khashoggi murder: Report | Middle East Eye
Asia/Sub-continent
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- Xi Jinping’s China is ignoring the role the US, and others, played in its rise to economic glory South China Morning Post
- Kim and Trump Back at Square 1: If U.S. Keeps Sanctions, North Will Keep Nuclear Program New York Times
- How China’s Deteriorating Growth Could Ripple Through Markets in 2019 Wall Street Journal
- A ‘620km human chain’ — Indian Women Rally for Equality – TIME
- Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it “must and will be” reunited with China. – BBC
- Death toll hits new peak in Indian Kashmir as both sides dig in for fierce 2019 – JapanTimes
Stray/Unzud
- Australian home prices mark worst year since 2008 Reuters
- Australia contacts Fiji over alleged Islamic State recruiter: minister – Reuters
- An anti-Nationals group is rising and wants Barnaby Joyce gone – Canberra Times (who doesn’t?)
- How a flawed freedom-of-information regime keeps Australians in the dark – The Guardian
- Sydney is over. From glittering world city to sad chaotic wasteland: What went wrong? News.com.au
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…other things of interest
- Mickey Mouse will be public domain soon—here’s what that means Ars Technica
- In Search of Lost Screen Time New York Times
- Netflix Bows to Saudi Request, Takes Down Critical Comedy Show Episode – TIME (only in Saudistan though, but it’s a bad trend in Western countries too )
- 2019 will be the year of the luxury electric car – CNN