Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Wall Street nailed earnings call but missed bear market– Business Review
- East-West battleground will shift from fossil fuels to metals – Reuters
- Warren Buffett declared an 89-year-old carpet seller would ‘run rings around’ America’s best CEOs – Insider Business
- The Ukraine crisis, the British economy and global climate talks will face turning points next year, say our experts – Bloomberg
- Caroline Ellison told a judge she’s ‘truly sorry’ for defrauding FTX customers – and ‘knew that it was wrong’ – Insider Business
Americas:
- Dozens dead in brutal US winter storm as crisis unfolds in Buffalo – SCMP
- Shifting gears: why US cities are falling out of love with the parking lot – The Guardian
- January 6 panel’s body of work boosts DoJ case against Trump, experts say – The Guardian
- 3 power substations vandalized in Washington state, over 14K lost power – ABC
- New York continues to lead nation in population loss as Florida, Texas gain (timesunion.com)
Europe:
- Leading ECB policymaker hints at sharp climb to peak rates – FT
- Europe’s power prices a shock for EV owners – Business Review
- Aid groups suspend Afghanistan operations after ban on women working for NGOs – The Guardian
- Blasts reported at Russia’s Engels air base -Jpost (oh no! More dangerous cigarette smoking!)
- Iran protests: ‘No going back’ as unrest hits 100 days – BBC
- Russia ready to resume gas supply to Europe via Yamal-Europe gas pipeline | CNN
- ‘He’s on his own’: King Charles ousts Prince Andrew from Buckingham Palace – NationalPost
- Head of major Russian shipyard dies suddenly, no cause given – CNN
Asia:
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- CHINA | DEMOGRAPHICALLY DOOMED? Beijing has a reckoning ahead – Nikkei Asia
- Taiwan says China deployed 71 warplanes in weekend war drills -IBT
- Hong Kong’s travel sector faces staff shortage ahead of planned border reopening – SCMP
- Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, will hear her final rulings in a military court on Friday – Nikkei Asia
Trans-Tasman:
- Pilot and passenger die in light plane crash in Northern Territory – The Guardian
- The knowledge they share transcends roles and industries, which is perhaps why it cuts through – AFR
- Greens question waffle pod grant as state moves on single-use plastic ban – ABC
- Despite the current détente, five major issues may place further strain on the Australia-China relationship next year – The Diplomat
- Australia’s tourism body wants to lift working holiday visa age limit to 50 | Tourism (Australia)
- Josh and Scott deliver Goldman Sachs the giant vampire squid a giant quid – Michael West
- Sir Donald Bradman’s 1975 letter to prime minister Malcolm Fraser – speaking of Vampire Squids…
Other:
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- The voice quality you’re getting over cell networks on your $1,000 iPhone is generally worse than it was when the landline was the only phone that existed. – WaPo
- Elon Musk makes Twitter visitors wait for more than an hour – and they cannot speak before being spoken to, report says – Insider Business
- Younger Saudis are letting loose at new state-sponsored social and cultural events even as the government cracks down harshly on political dissent – LATimes
- Polar bears dying at a rapid rate near Canada’s “Polar Bear Capital” as Arctic sea ice disappears – PBS
- Researchers discover over 100 new ancient designs in Peru’s Nazca lines – CNN