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Global Macro/Climate Change
- U.S., Germany slam China at U.N. Security Council for detaining more than one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims, accusing Beijing of depriving them of their rights, diplomats said. – Reuters
- Attempts to ‘erase the science’ at UN climate talks: Oil producing countries are trying to “erase the science” on keeping the world’s temperatures below 1.5C, say some delegates at UN talks in Bonn. – BBC
- Climate change: Heatwave made ‘at least’ five times more likely by warming – BBC
- June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth – Independent
Americas
- Trump pleads with Mueller to ‘stick to report’ and not reveal further details about investigation – Independent (desperate much Don?)
- Russia warns U.S. politicians against blaming it for anything during 2020 race – Newsweek
- Trump Schedules Big Rally For Same Day As Mueller Testimony – HuffPost
- NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating – Politico
- Buttigieg Proposes National Service Programs for Climate Change and Mental Health – NYT
- Tesla delivers record number of electric cars in quarter, shares up 7% – Reuters (FUD down 20%)
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Europe/Middle East
- Britain’s new Brexit passports to be made in Poland – FirstNews
- 14 Russian sailors killed in fire amid submarine speculation | CBC News
- France to approve ban on hitting children – JapanTimes
- Germany’s 10-year bond yields are threatening to drop below the ECB’s deposit rate for the first time – Bloomberg
- Oil and gas companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have been reclassified under a non-renewable energy category in a move designed to distinguish between heavily polluting companies and greener producers. – The Guardian
Asia/China
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- Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists’ phones: Software extracts emails, texts and contacts and could be used to track movements – Guardian
- UK warns China of serious consequences if Hong Kong rights not honored – Reuters (what? They’ll send some tea and biscuits?)
- Japan’s Kagoshima city orders 600,000 residents into evacuation centers, safe areas due to heavy rains – Reuters
- The U.S. denounces Chinese anti-ship missile tests as “coercive acts” and “truly disturbing” – Bloomberg
- South Korea’s government lowers its growth forecast for this year – Bloomberg
- China is competing with the three allies for influence in the South Pacific. – Nikkei Asia Review
Australia/Pacific
- Australia trade surplus rockets to record on resurgent iron ore – Bloomberg
- Lambie’s $157m debt spanner – The Fish und Chups
- RBA’s faulty analysis – Judith Sloan
- The winners and losers from RBA’s record rate cut – The Age
- Donald Trump airs concern at surge in Australian aluminium exports – The Age (he can air that tripe all the way back to McAmerica)
- The new indicator that tells us something is deeply wrong with the economy – The Age (its new car sales)
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Miscellaneous
- Cockroaches are becoming almost impossible to kill as they build resistance to insecticides, study finds – CBSNews
- No, the deceased don’t count as passengers in the carpool lane. – LATimes
- New national dwelling approvals rose by a very weak 0.7 per cent in May in seasonal adjusted terms – AFR
- Amazon customers can buy a tiny home for less than $20,000 along with free shipping – FoxBusiness (get to it millenials!)
- Denver is rounding up its Canada geese — to turn them into food for the needy – CNN (You got a problem with Canada gooses you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate.)
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