Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- U.S. reports 1.35 mln COVID-19 cases in a day, shattering global record – Reuters
- Wary Global Bond Markets Brace for the Supply Floodgates to Open – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe—and threatening the future of crypto – Fortune
- Pfizer CEO says omicron vaccine will be ready in March – CNBC
- The last 7 years have been the warmest on record as planet approaches critical threshold – CNN
Americas:
- Russia says no progress made during first day of security deal talks with US – BNE Intellinews
- Canada seeks deeper trade links with Taiwan, as part of new China strategy – ThinkPol
- Union wins representation at second Starbucks store in New York – Reuters
- 62,000 Los Angeles students and staff test positive for Covid ahead of return to school Tuesday – CNN
- Red Cross declares first-ever national blood crisis – CBS
Europe (and the UK):
- Alienating Russia and the western made Frankenstein monster – BNE Intellinews…very good read…
- ‘It’s a big crisis’: Covid staff shortages more disruptive now than at height of Delta – Guardian
- Email proves Downing Street staff held drinks party at height of lockdown | ITV News
- Boris Johnson accused of hosting another party during lockdown – DW (party on Garth!)
- Kazakhstan: Putin says Russia will not allow revolutions -DW
- Swedish PM insists on right to set alliances in defiance of Russia – The Local
- Ukraine says arrests Russian agent planning attacks in Odessa – Reuters
- London ‘past the peak’ of Omicron as Covid case rates fall across capital, say health chiefs – INews
Asia:
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- Evergrande: Real estate giant moves from Shenzhen head office to cut costs – BBC
- Japan urges more chip tie-ups with Taiwan at trade talks – Reuters
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka asks China to restructure its debt – BBC
- China Locks Down Third City, This One Home to 14 Million, After 40 COVID Cases Found – MSN
- North Korea fires second suspected missile in six days – BBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Chicken out of stock: meat in short supply on Australian supermarket shelves and at KFC – Guardian
- ‘Worse than a lockdown’: How the Omicron outbreak is smashing NSW – ABC
- Australian Border Force investigating whether Novak Djokovic made false travel claim – Guardian
- ‘ Let’s make sure we’re not walking into an unmitigated disaster’: WA divided over planned reopening date = ABC
- Australia COVID: We need a national plan for children, schools and COVID-19 – SMH (but we have a fearless leader in ScoMo!)
- As the election nears, get ready for a lot of talk about how strong Australia’s economy is – Guardian
- ‘No RATs, no Panadol’: Australia’s COVID supply crisis escalates – NewDaily (whocoodanode and planned? Its only been two years!)
Other:
- Healthy diet associated with lower COVID-19 risk and severity – Harvard Health (plus socioeconomic status – interesting study)
- The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is – it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. – NASA
- In 2022, nuclear power’s future looks grimmer than ever – RenewEconomy