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Global Macro / Markets / Investing/Climate Change:
- Italy’s antitrust fines Amazon 1.13 bln euros for alleged abuse of market dominance – Reuters
- Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and other CEOs and insiders sell a record $69 billion of their stock, and the year isn’t over yet – CNBC (those yachts don’t pay for themselves!)
Americas:
- ‘Pool of blood’: US drone strike hits Syria family – France24
- Biden told team to ‘be prepared’ for failed nuclear talks with Iran: Psaki – FoxNews
- Starbucks employees at a Buffalo cafe vote to unionize, a first for the coffee chain in the U.S. – CNBC
- D.C. council renames the street in front of the Saudi embassy after Jamal Khashoggi – WABE
- Food inflation is going to take an even bigger bite out of your budget next year | CBC News Canada
- Weekly jobless claims fall to 184,000, the lowest level in more than 52 years – CNBC
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Europe/ME/Africa:
- Germany warns Russia that it will pay a price if it enters Ukraine – APNews
- A top Ukrainian general warned the country’s army is not strong enough to fend off a full-scale Russian invasion – BusinessInsider
- Boris Johnson faces calls to resign after leaked video – BusinessInsider (here’s a shocker – he won’t!)
- ‘Nothing to cure’: French Senate votes to ban LGBT conversion therapy – Euronews
- Record 6million in England waiting for routine hospital treatment as NHS pressure grows – Standard
- U.S. moves to tighten Iran sanctions enforcement as nuclear talks stall – Reuters
Asia:
- China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules – BBC
- Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan, switches side to China – TTR
- China has told multinationals to sever ties with Lithuania or face being shut out of the Chinese market – Reuters
- Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigil – Al Jazeera
Trans-Tasman:
- ALP (56.5%) increases lead over the L-NP (43.5%) to the largest since the last election – RoyMorgan (ALP won’t win though)
- Russian Ransomware Gang Claims Australia Cyberattack – Asiafinancial
- One-third of big businesses in Australia still don’t pay any tax five years into ATO crackdown – The Guardian
- While Anthony Albanese has avoided Scott Morrison’s traps, the government has fallen into holes it dug itself – ABC
- Australia dumps troubled European-designed Taipan helicopters for US Black Hawks and Seahawks – ABC
- Anti-troll laws a recipe for disaster, says top defamation judge – TheAge (look at the cooks then!)
- Dutton’s trolling is a matter of national importance – John Birmingham (my title to be honest…)
Future/Interesting Stuff
- Longannet: Nicola Sturgeon ignites 700kg of explosives to raze Scotland’s last coal power station – ITV
- The metaverse could let Silicon Valley track your facial expressions, blood pressure, and your breathing rates — showing exactly why our internet laws need updating – Business Insider (time to break up Facebook)
- Facebook Misidentified Thousands Of Political Advertisements: Study – NDTV
- Facebook still won’t give up Instagram for Kids – VOX
- Space sleeping bag to solve astronauts’ squashed eyeball disorder – BBC
- Solar farms are now starting to replace golf courses – ZME
- Massive planet 10 times bigger than Jupiter discovered orbiting pair of giant stars – CNBC
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