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Adam Bandt on Greens’ …

Source: The Guardian

China’s holdings of US Treasuries fall to lowest level since 2009

Beijing has been seeking to hold US debt through lower-profile accounts and diversifying into other assets

Source: Financial Times

Australia’s spy chief warns of rising antisemitism, intolerance

Australia’s social cohesion is eroding, according to a sobering intelligence assessment that also warned of growing foreign interference and espionage.

Source: Washington Post

EU agrees new Russia sanctions in the face of US push to end Ukraine war

Latest package takes aim at Russian aluminium industry and tightens restrictions on oil exports

Source: Financial Times

Trump signs order making independent regulators answerable to White House

Executive power grab would affect Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission

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Donald Trump has signed an executive order making independent regulatory agencies …

Source: The Guardian

How Europe can defend itself without US help

European capitals are scrambling to fill the security gap should Donald Trump withdraw American military assets

Source: Financial Times

Fed officials seek ‘further progress’ on inflation before cutting rates

Minutes from January meeting show US central bankers back ‘careful’ approach on reducing borrowing costs

Source: Financial Times

Russian mafia money-laundering ring broken up in Spain

Police say they arrested 14 people in raids in Spain and Portugal last month.

Source: BBC

Europe's Biggest Economy is in Trouble

Germany's economy boomed as the world underwent globalization. But since then, too little investment, too much bureaucracy and a nearby war in Ukraine has cause Europe's largest economy to stagnate. …

Source: NPR

European Alps and Pyrenees glaciers have shrunk 40% since 2000, study says

Melting of world’s glaciers ‘accelerating alarmingly’ and is linked to increased risk of sea level rise

Source: Financial Times

Apple unveils souped up version of its cheapest iPhone

The iPhone 16e is the fourth-generation of a model sold historically at dramatically lower prices.

Source: Al Jazeera

Bond investors brace for Europe’s defence spending ‘bazooka’

Sovereign debt yield curves at their steepest in more than two years as investors anticipate more supply

Source: Financial Times