Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The History and Policy Behind Mercantilism – The Ancient Economist
- More lawmakers and investors tap blue carbon offsets to mitigate climate change – Fortune
- Covid: Deadly Omicron should not be called mild, warns WHO – BBC
- China, Philippines suspend imports of Canadian beef following the discovery of mad cow disease – RealAgriculture
Americas:
- U.S. to Spend $10 Billion to Boost Small Businesses – WSJ
- U.S. hiring slowed in December as employers struggled to find workers. – NYT
- Hiring falters in December as payrolls rise only 199,000. Unemployment rate falls to 3.9% – CNBC
- Moderna donates 2.7 million vaccine doses to Mexico as COVID cases surge – The Hill
- Inflation in Argentina is expected to reach 54.8% at the end of 2022, according to a central bank poll of analysts released on Friday – Reuters
- U.S. Details Costs of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine – NYT
- Outbreak reported at Rhode Island hospital after Covid-positive, asymptomatic staff asked to work – ApNews
- Provinces in Canada could make vaccination mandatory, says federal health minister – CBC
Europe:
- ECB may need to act if energy price rises more persistent: Schnabel – Reuters
- Eurozone inflation rises to 5 percent, yet another record. – NYT
- Swiss army bans WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal due to privacy concerns – The Local
- Ukraine-Russia crisis: US refuses to draw down troops – DW
- Covid: UK records more than 150,000 deaths – BBC
- As order is restored in Kazakhstan, its future is murkier than ever | Kazakhstan – The Guardian
- NATO won’t create ‘2nd-class’ allies to soothe Russia, alliance head says – DW
Asia:
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- China Property Tax Trial Likely Delayed During Real Estate Slump – Bloomberg
- Gender war revisited in presidential race – KoreaHerald
- China’s Economy Is in for More Pain as Virus Cases Persist – Bloomberg
- Japan wary of anti-U.S. base sentiment after COVID-19 infection spike – JapanTimes
- A South Korean village is protesting U.S. plans for THAAD missile defense upgrades – NPR
Trans-Tasman:
- Federal government denied extension for Novak Djokovic visa case – SBS
- Novak Djokovic pictured hugging children day after ‘positive PCR test’ – Daily Mail
- Serbia may suspend lithium deal with Rio Tinto – PM Brnabic – Reuters
- Sydney 3yo with rare genetic condition becomes youngest to die with COVID-19 in NSW – ABC
- Too late now, but ‘let it rip’ might prove tricky for Scott Morrison come election time – The Guardian
- Australia likely to hit a million total cases today, as Omicron rewrites the rules – ABC
- Failure of the federation has gone too far this time – The Age
- Major changes to Queensland’s school year after posting record number of COVID-19 infections – 7News
- “It’s Hard To Put This Into Words… But Every Single Day, Your Incompetence Astounds Us” Says Nation — The Betoota Advocate – no longer satire. ScoMo needs to go…
Other:
- Mysterious horned helmets thought to be Viking are actually 3,000 yo – scientists – RT
- COVID-19: Antarctica research station battling coronavirus outbreak – SkyNews
- Astronomers spot dying star just before it explodes and record supernova | Science & Tech News
- James Webb Completely and Successfully Unfolded – Space.com
- Birds are real, a US government agency wants you to assure you – CNET. No, they are definitely not “real”. Just like Tasmania, its a conspiracy!