Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- China Increasingly Obscures True State of Its Economy to Outsiders – WSJ
- Share buybacks by firms globally hit a three-year high – Reuters
- Super-rich increase their share of world’s income – BBC
Americas:
- American productivity falls by the largest amount since 1960 – CNN
- US Real Estate Enters A Bubble For The First Time Since 2007: US Federal Reserve
- Flagging US consumer demand puts economy on track for slowdown – FT
- Charlottesville’s Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be melted down – Cville
- llU.S. boosters surge to all-time high on Omicron fears – Reuters
Europe/ME/Africa:
- Biden told Putin that ‘things we did not do in 2014, we are prepared to do now’ if Russia invades Ukraine, top adviser says – CNN
- Taliban gunmen steal tonnes of Australian food sent to the poorest Afghanistan families – DailyMail
- End of an era: Angela Merkel’s last full day as Germany’s leader after 16 years – LATimes
- Ukraine warns of a ‘bloody massacre’ and five million refugees fleeing into Europe if Russia invades, as Kremlin says escalating tensions are ‘off the scale’ – DailyMail
- UK to use ‘all economic and diplomatic tools’ if Russia invades Ukraine, PM says – Mirror
Asia:
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- Tokyo governor to make same-sex partnerships legal in the city starting April 2022 – Reuters
- Facing Hostile Chinese Authorities, Apple CEO Signed $275 Billion Deal With Them – The Information
- China’s November Exports and Imports Hit New Records on Strong Demand – Bloomberg
- China is faltering, but the world is not feeling the effects – FT
- Hong Kong press freedom is in ‘free fall’ as China’s journalism crackdown goes global, says Reporters Without Borders – HKFT
- Evergrande likely in default as debt deadline passes without payment – ABC
Trans-Tasman:
- Game Of Cricket Interrupts Endless Stream Of Predatory Gambling Ads (Betoota Advocate)
- Scott Morrison tells George Christensen to go ‘quietly’ into retirement – SBS
- Michael Pascoe: Attacking ICAC is all about Morrison, not Gladys – New Daily
- Anti-vaxxers lose court appeal against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines – ABC
- Scott Morrison says there are only four countries in the G20 with a better emissions record than Australia. Is that correct? – ABC (hint: fuck no- you reckon ScoMo could actually tell the truth?
- Australia’s splintered healthcare system is plagued by inequity – JohnMenadue
- Liberal senator Gerard Rennick’s vaccine claims condemned by health officials in Covid inquiry – Guardian