Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Fed Unites Left and Right in Warning It’s Behind Inflation Curve – Bloomberg
- Philippines urges Indonesia to lift coal export ban – Al Jazeera
- Global spread of autoimmune disease blamed on western diet – The Guardian
- This new gauge says supply-chain woes may have peaked – MarketWatch
Americas:
- Toronto to decriminalise heroin possession as major cities in Canada and US follow more radical plan than London – Telegraph
- At least 19 dead, including 9 children, after dozens injured in NYC fire: Officials – ABCNews
- US ‘refuses to be threatened’ by Iran after regime sanctions 50 Americans – SCMP
- In 1973, ‘Soylent Green’ envisioned the world in 2022. It got a lot right. – WaPo
Europe:
- House prices grow faster than any full year for 17 years, Halifax says – BBC
- Ukraine: NATO prepares for possible Russian invasion as diplomats fear talks will fail | World News
- ECB executive warns green energy push will drive inflation higher – FT (BFD!)
- Blinken to Kazakhstan government: It’s hard to get Russians to leave once they’re in your home -Times of Israel
- Free market, tax-cutting economics will not ease the UK’s cost of living squeeze – The Guardian
- Jeremy Corbyn could establish own party as hopes fade of being reinstated as Labour MP – Telegraph
Asia:
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- Sri Lanka appeals to China to ease debt burden amid economic crisis – The Guardian
- China’s next debt crisis will be municipal – Reuters
- Chinese Police on Saturday arrested dozens of citizens for resisting and complaining against the strict lockdown in the northern city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province – Republicworld
- Tianjin, a major Chinese port city near the capital Beijing, began mass testing of its 14 million residents on Sunday – Asahi
- Tibetan monks beaten, arrested for sharing Buddha statue destruction news – RFA
- 96% patients on oxygen support in Mumbai hospitals are unvaccinated: BMC chief – Hindustan Times
Trans-Tasman:
- Novak Djokovic wins court battle, free to play in Australian Open – ABC (storm in teacup over)
- Government told they must learn to live with Novak – Chaser
- Omicron spread faster than first thought: PM – The Age (there was thinking involved?)
- Australia agrees to $3.5 billion tank deal with US: report – The Hill
- Pharmacies told to source their own rapid antigen tests to give away under concession scheme – The Guardian
- Australia vows to ‘push through’ Omicron wave as infections cross 1 mln – Reuters (need to play cricket and get some wickets)
- Asylum seekers beg Australians: ‘Don’t forget us when Djokovic leaves’ – SBS
- Two to three weeks of supermarket supply disruptions ahead, says Woolworths boss – ABC (whocoodanone?)
Other:
- The open access wars: How to free science from academic paywalls – VOX
- Ireland Will Soon Pay Arts and Culture Workers a Basic Income to Help the Sector Bounce Back From the Pandemic – Artnet
- Alcohol should have cancer warning labels, say doctors and researchers pushing to raise awareness of risk – CBC
- NASA’s new Webb space telescope opens its golden ‘eye’ – PBS