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Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- McDonald’s, In-N-Out, and Chipotle are spending millions to block raises for their workers | CNN Business
- Russian FM says BRICS group to consider common currency – AANews
Americas:
- Georgia’s Former Lt. Gov. Says There’s Enough Evidence to Indict Trump – Newsweek
- Lawyer: Admins were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher – APNews
- Canada prepares to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine – Ottawacitizen
- Peru protesters tear-gassed after president calls for truce – APNews
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Europe:
- Kremlin says U.S.-supplied tanks will ‘burn’ in Ukraine – Reuters
- Germany confirms 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine – Sky
- Russia fumes NATO ‘trying to inflict defeat on us’ after tanks sent to Ukraine – MSN
- Sirens across Ukraine as authorities report Russian attacks – APNews
- US approves sending of 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine – The Guardian
- Royal Mail says strikes have cost it £200m – BBC
Asia:
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- Opium production is surging in Myanmar under military rule, U.N. says – NBC
- Cope with your own debt’, China tells US over Zambia debt relief – Aljazeera
- North Korea issues ‘extreme cold’ weather alert – BBC
- Japan’s ex-PM Mori casts doubt on excessive support for Ukraine – KyodoNews
- Japan’s finance minister warns of severe finances as BOJ struggles to contain yields – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Long live the Russians’: Djokovic’s dad filmed alongside fans with banned flags – WAToday
- Migrants failing to assimilate, 200-year-study finds – The Shovel
- ‘Tolls discriminate’: western Sydney residents face $60 a day levy to drive into CBD | Transport – Guardian
- Adani’s Queensland coalmine cited in US investor’s claims of ‘biggest con in corporate history’. – ABC
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Other:
- ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Censors BBC Doc Critical of India’s PM on Twitter – Vice
- Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances – ArtsTechnica
- Why conservatives are accusing the Xbox of being ‘woke’ | The criticism comes after the brand said this month it’s rolling out updates to improve the energy efficiency of the video-game consoles – WaPo (just…wow..this is up there with the “rainbow” Pink Floyd nonsense)
- Aliens haven’t contacted Earth because there’s no sign of intelligence here, new answer to the Fermi paradox suggests. IOP Science (read above link to be sure)
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