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Global Macro / Markets / Investing/Climate Change:
- Earth is Getting a ‘Black Box’ to Tell Future Civilisations How Humanity Ended – News18
- Europe’s middle class has been strong for 2 decades while America’s was squeezed by an ‘explosion of debt,’ report says – Business Insider
- Omicron Four Times More Transmissible Than Delta in New Study – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Biden says US troops ‘off the table’ to defend Ukraine against Russian invasion – CNN
- Trudeau announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics – CBC
- Los Angeles school board fires 500 unvaccinated employees – Apnews
- Plumber who discovered money in wall of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church gets $20,000 reward – NBC (but Osteen will get away without a slap…he needs one though, probably from the Man himself)
- We’re losing IQ points’: the lead poisoning crisis unfolding among US children – The Guardian
- Man in Custody After Allegedly Lighting Christmas Tree at Fox News in NYC on Fire – NBC
- COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone | AP News
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Europe/ME/Africa:
- Finland PM apologises for staying out clubbing till 4am despite Covid exposure – The Guardian
- Leaked video and story of No.10 Government laughing about secret Christmas party amid COVID restrictions – BBC (there won’t be any repercussions, they’re Conservatives, no responsibility needed!)
- Lawmakers elect Olaf Scholz next German chancellor – DW
- Saudi Arabia’s king has been quietly holed up in his desert palace for more than 480 days, as his heir MBS lies in wait for the throne – Yahoo
- Russians have 120,000 troops on its border, increased intel gathering, Ukraine ministry says – Military Times (nothing to fear says Tucker Carlson…)
- Czech government agrees to send troops to Poland-Belarus border – Reuters
- Northern Ireland records new high for alcohol-related deaths – Reuters
- Germany records highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths since February – CNN
Asia:
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- Japanese scientists develop glowing masks to detect coronavirus – Mainichi
- China’s vegetable prices surge 30.6% in November as food costs soar – CNBC
- China Evergrande shares hit new low amid debt crisis; Kaisa misses pay date – Reuters
- Record COVID cases in S Korea as ‘immunity wanes among elderly’ – Reuters
- Chinese rover investigates ‘cube’ on far side of the moon – CBC
Trans-Tasman:
- New Zealand will ban young people from ever being able to purchase tobacco in their lifetimes under new plans to make New Zealand smokefree. – Stuff (no pipeweed?)
- United States tests positive for Barnaby Joyce – The Shovel
- Father of Barnaby Joyce’s partner teams up with Clive Palmer to run for election – BrisbaneTimes (this is getting out of hand! Are they going to rename it the Hutt Party?)
- ‘Dangerous monopoly’: Labor and Greens support judicial inquiry into media diversity and News Corp – The Guardian (honestly thought the headline referred to Labor and Greens)
- Gladys Berejiklian pressured to make call on Warringah seat tilt – SMH
- Rampant rorts in the regions: how it happens – Michael West Media
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