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Macro & Markets
- Shipping Chaos Teaches the World It Can’t Always Get What It Wants – Bloomberg
- How the 2020s Economy Could Resemble the 1980s – NYT
- Omicron infection appears to protect against Covid delta variant and could displace it, South Africa study finds – CNBC
Americas
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- U.S. home prices surge 18.4% in October – CNBC
- Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator – WSJ
- Biden anti-inflation strategy could make things worse, Larry Summers says – MarketWatch
- Western Canada stays under extreme cold warnings as some areas hit -50 C – GlobalNews
- Cruise ships denied docking over COVID cases as more flights cancelled – Euronews
- ‘Christmas of our dreams’ turns to nightmare as Brazil floods level homes – Reuters
- US, Russia to hold arms control, Ukraine talks Jan 10: White House – Straitstimes
Asia
- China injects more than $31 billion in the economy to ease liquidity tensions – DigestTimes
- China’s Land Sales Still Sluggish Despite Relaxed Auction Rules – CaixinGlobal
- Rising cost of living leaves Chinese less willing, and less able, to consume – SCMP
- China warns of “drastic measures” if Taiwan provokes on independence – Reuters
- Taliban security forces in Afghanistan fire warning shots in the air to disperse a group of female activists in Kabul protesting restrictions placed on women in the country – VOA
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Europa
- U.S. helps Ukraine to strengthen its border with Russia, Belarus – Reuters
- COVID-19: Boris Johnson says ‘up to 90%’ in intensive care have not had a booster and urges people to get jabbed | UK News
- The U.K. Is Doubling Its Emergency Arts Funding to $80 Million in Response to the Spread of Omicron – Artnet
- Spanish consumer affairs minister calls on public to eat less meat to “mitigate the effects of the climate emergency, slow the process of desertification, and protect its vital tourism industry” – Guardian
- Israel Scrambling to Contain What it Calls ‘Deadliest Wildlife Disaster’ in its History – Newsweek
Terra Specufestor
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- NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard tells the unvaccinated to ‘switch off your social media and switch on reality’ – Skynews
- Lawyers for Prince Andrew try to have Virginia Giuffre’s civil lawsuit dismissed because she lives in Australia – ABC
- Evidence from the UK suggests Australia should have backed AstraZeneca – News.com
- Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics – Reuters
- Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests – Guardian
- NSW cases skyrocket to 11,201, and 3 deaths – Guardian
- Sydney ‘locking itself down’: thousands cancel for NYE despite Premier’s plea – TheAge
- Scott Morrison’s year of lying dangerously – Crikey
- Australian debt has outpaced all major economies, new analysis finds – AustralianReview
- Queensland to ditch 72-hour PCR testing requirement for interstate travellers – ABC
…and furthermore…
- A strong North Pacific ridge will rise into the Arctic Circle, pushing the jet stream and colder weather deeper across North America in January 2022. It will also cause pressure to drop over Scandinavia, bringing colder air back into Europe towards mid-month. – WeatherEU
- Spacewalking Chinese astronauts add camera to Tiangong space station module – Space
- Scientists in Egypt ‘digitally unwrap’ 3,500-year-old mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I – USAToday
- The Coronavirus Can Persist for Months in Brain, Heart, and Intestines, Major Study Finds – Gizmodo
- The epic, 550-million-year story of Uluṟu, and the spectacular forces that led to its formation – The Conversation
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