Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Trump signs amended China investment ban, requiring complete divestment by Nov. 2021 – Reuters
- Climate change: US emissions in 2020 in biggest fall since WWII – BBC
- Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid ‘forever’ – CNBC
- Bitcoin closes in on $40,000 as bulls flood in again and ECB boss Christine Lagarde labels cryptocurrencies a ‘funny business – Business Insider
Americas:
- US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave labor – ABC
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro sabotaged anti-COVID-19 efforts, says Human Rights Watch – Reuters
- US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds – The Guardian (I’m three times as not shocked)
- 2 Virginia police officers face federal charges in Capitol riots – CBSNews
- China trade surplus with US widens 7.1% in 2020 – AsiaTimes
Europe/Middle East:
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- Afghanistan foils ISIS plan to assassinate the top US envoy to Kabul – MSN
- Scottish nationalists set for record majority, boosting independence push – Reuters (Freedom!)
- European Populists Who Looked to Trump Now Look Away: The riot at the U.S. Capitol and bogus claims of election fraud have led former allies of President Trump to distance themselves – NYT
- Italy thrown into political crisis as Renzi sinks government – Reuters
Asia:
- China’s ‘appalling’ repression of Uighurs has been singled out in a new Human Rights Watch report – SBS
- Chinese state media declares U.S. “most failed country of 2020” – Newsweek
- Asians dump WhatsApp for Signal and Telegram on privacy concerns – Nikkei
- A Book predicting US decline 30 years ago, due to domestic conflicts by Chinese political theorist is suddenly a must read in China. – Times of India
Trans-Tasman:
- Craig Kelly decries censorship but blocks dissenting voices from his Facebook page, constituents say – The Guardian
- ‘No way we’d be making over $1,000’: The Government wanted young Australians to do farm jobs, here’s how they went – ABC
- Comments reveal dark underbelly of Australian politics – The Age
- ABC reverses editorial decisions on Capitol breach and Craig Kelly Covid posts – The Guardian
- Queensland Health investigating claims quarantined overseas traveller infected with UK COVID-19 strain visited hospital on Monday night – ABC
- 2021 is the year Australia’s international student crisis really bites – The Conversation
- Don’t rush the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, WHO warns New Zealand – TVNZ
Interesting, etc.
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