Macro & Markets
- ‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide – Guardian
- Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined US$170 billion in damages, according to a new study. – Bloomberg
- Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021 – APNews
- Greta Thunberg: “Strange” that Biden would be considered a leader in climate – Axios
- Assets in Worldwide Crypto Funds Hit $63B – Valkyrie
Americas
- Death toll from Brazil flooding rises in Bahia’s ‘worst disaster’ ever – Reuters
- Fauci says U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel – CNBC
- CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time – CNN
- U.S. reports 472,112 new coronavirus cases as many states dump holiday backlogs – Newsnodes
- Officials: Nearly 25% of Navy warship crew has COVID-19 – APNews
- COVID-19 live updates: 4 cruise ships report virus outbreaks – ABCNews
- In Hot U.S. Job Market, Salaries Start to Swell for White-Collar Workers -WSJ
- Biden anti-inflation strategy could make things worse, Larry Summers says – Marketwatch
- Why Does the Richest Country in the World Have the Most Covid Deaths? A Primary Reason is That the United States Does Not Have a Free, Universal Health Care System. – TheNation
Asia
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- India freezes bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s charity, bars it from receiving foreign funds – Bloomberg
- Nicaragua seizes former Taiwan embassy to give it to China – APNews
- Japan agrees to launch military hotline with China next year – Reuters
- President Moon Jae-in emphasized role of businesses in tackling youth unemployment issue during meeting with the chiefs of nation’s top conglomerates, Monday, asking corporate leaders to create more quality jobs for young jobseekers. – KoreaTimes
- China’s 2022 job market threatened by ageing population, Covid-19 – SCMP
- North Korea holds key meeting as Kim Jong Un marks 10 years in power – APNews
- China starts disinfecting Xi’an, imposes a driving ban on its 13 million residents with the threat of 10 days in jail for anyone caught behind the wheel – DailyMail
Europa
- Germany Moves To Legalize Cannabis, Second Country After Malta In Europe – Forbes
- NATO says its jets scrambled 290 times due to Russian planes – PolThink
- Turkey Urges Russia to Drop ‘One-Sided’ NATO Demands – The Moscow Times
- Russia: Gulag historian, activist Yuri Dmitriyev sentenced to 15 years – DW
- Scotland covid cases at highest ever number over Christmas as 11,000 recorded on Boxing Day -GlasgowTimes
- Over 10,000 Russian troops removed from Ukrainian border – CBSNews
Terra Specufestor
- Maori leader says New Zealand should block Australia’s deportation of criminals — Chair of the National Maori Authority slams Australia’s attempts to turn New Zealand into a “dumping ground” for criminals, asks Jacinda Ardern to “turn their planes around” – Guardian
- Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics – Reuters
- Perth records its hottest Christmas Day on record – PerthNow
- Day five testing requirement scrapped as Queensland records 1,158 new cases – ABC
- South Australia reports 995 new COVID-19 cases, with 36 now in hospital – ABC
- Australia drives up debt to Menzian levels with no end in sight – SMH
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