😷 Hong Kong plans to test all 7.5 million residents for Covid, likely with China's help, as it battles its biggest outbreak. Officials are still deciding whether to make it mandatory. https://bloom.bg/3v0B8ye

🤌 The capitalist utopia of Singapore is grappling with keeping the rich happy — and taxing them too. https://bloom.bg/3oTb6Ji

🥇 China's never enjoyed this kind of success at the Winter Olympics, and it's largely thanks to foreigners. https://bloom.bg/3oUcrj0

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The U.S. ramped up warnings of a possible Russian attack on Ukraine, with President Joe Biden saying a “false-flag” event may be underway and a top diplomat describing Moscow as moving toward an “imminent invasion.” https://bloom.bg/3uT08Yi

🏅We’re nearing the end of the Winter Games in Beijing (see each country’s medal count here). Lots of eyes have been on freestyle skier Eileen Gu, who just made Olympics history: https://bloom.bg/3JAkfyC

🌎 How did China beat out the U.S. to dominate South America? It’s a story of infrastructure and technology – and of course, cash. https://bloom.bg/3JAP3iv

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• Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to a summit on the condition that Russia doesn’t invade Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3LNFvTb

• The sister of Wall Street fraudster Bernie Madoff and her husband were found dead in what investigators said was an apparent murder-suicide in Florida, according to reports. https://bloom.bg/3GYCUlW

• Hong Kong is now dealing with a bigger Covid crisis than the outbreak in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic, throwing the effectiveness of China’s Covid Zero playbook into doubt. https://bloom.bg/3I9zzle

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Kremlin says there are “no concrete plans” for a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3H7jYl9

🇨🇳 Chinese authorities told the nation’s biggest state-owned firms and banks to start a fresh round of checks on their exposure and Jack Ma’s Ant financial empire. https://bloom.bg/3gYQN9f

📉 Predictions of an economic slowdown that will drag down equity markets may be fashionable, but they’re wrong, according to JPMorgan. https://bloom.bg/3hjGjBz

🇺🇦 The U.S. and U.K. said they would place more sanctions on Russia after Putin recognized two separatist areas in Ukraine. At an emergency UN Security Council meeting, nearly all members condemned Moscow's move. Here's the latest: https://bloom.bg/3BChz0A

🛢 Stocks slid on the intensifying tensions while oil and gold gained. Traders are weighing the risk of disruptions to supplies of energy and other commodities, such as nickel and aluminum. https://bloom.bg/3t0ukhl

💰 You may hate rising prices, but a corner of Wall Street is making billions on the obscure art of inflation trading. https://bloom.bg/33Dcrwu

🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The EU proposed an initial package of sanctions targeting Russia after the nation recognized two self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3Hb6SmA

📉 🇺🇦 The Ukraine crisis is rippling through world markets from stocks to gold. https://bloom.bg/3BEVxKB

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Here’s why Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions are at the center of President Putin's plan. https://bloom.bg/3I8Etiz

🇺🇦 Ukraine moved toward declaring a nationwide state of emergency following Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions. https://bloom.bg/3h7Qw3A

🇺🇸 🇷🇺 U.S. President Joe Biden’s debut set of sanctions on Russia for its actions over disputed Ukrainian territory hit markets with a whimper. https://bloom.bg/3LURBtL

💸 Goldman Sachs isn't just paying bigger bonuses to keep top talent from jumping ship. Now, it's turning the screws on those who do. https://bloom.bg/3hbmFre

Breaking: Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation in the Donbas region of Ukraine, just as UN Security Council members pleaded with him to stop Russian troops. https://bloom.bg/3LVhgCC

U.S. President Joe Biden pledged further sanctions on Russia. https://bloom.bg/3h9p85o

Brent oil surged to $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 on possible risks to Russian energy exports. Treasuries, the U.S. dollar and gold climbed as investors flocked to haven assets. https://bloom.bg/3Igc4Hx

Ukraine's capital could fall as tanks and troops push closer to Kyiv, according to western intelligence. Ukraine says more than 100 of its soldiers have died after Putin's offensive. https://bloom.bg/35pBzr2

The U.S., U.K. and EU retaliated with a slew of sanctions against Russia, from bank-asset freezes to export controls. The U.S. spared Russian energy supplies from penalties. https://bloom.bg/3hjNfOI

This visual guide shows the latest situation on the ground: https://bloom.bg/3pb7OS8

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🇺🇦 Officials from Kyiv will meet Russian counterparts at the Belarus border, hours after Putin put his country’s nuclear forces on higher alert. https://bloom.bg/3vplQn4

📈 The U.S. dollar is rising against virtually everything else, and anything you own in Russia is now worth 30% less than it was before the weekend. Here’s what investors are saying: https://bloom.bg/3IohPCS

🇷🇺 The decision to exclude various Russian lenders from the SWIFT messaging system could spur the Fed to supply the market with dollars, according to a prominent Credit Suisse strategist. https://bloom.bg/3hlAjrV

📣 And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy may be among the least likely wartime leaders the world has known, but he’s struck a popular chord with his speeches from a capital under dire threat. https://bloom.bg/3sq1W9m

📤 There's a growing exodus of foreign companies from Russia, reversing three decades of foreign investment. https://bloom.bg/3IyDsAq

🛩️ All the while, the teen who tracked Elon Musk's jet with a viral Twitter account is now chasing Russia's tycoons. https://bloom.bg/3tgC2UQ

🔒 Hong Kong is planning to lock down the city for mass testing over nine days, local media report. The stock exchange will remain open, and residents will be allowed to leave to buy necessities. https://bloom.bg/3tlOlPA

👤 BitConnect's founder, who faces U.S. criminal charges over a $2.4 billion Ponzi scheme, has vanished from India, the SEC says. https://bloom.bg/3KakVep

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 The improved ties between Russia and China have ominous implications for the U.S. In Washington, officials are recognizing that the relationship, long discounted as a “marriage of convenience,” has the potential to reshape global politics. https://bloom.bg/3vzz0Ou

🛥 Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s superyacht, the world’s largest by volume, was reportedly seized by German authorities in Hamburg. https://bloom.bg/3ts5iIe

💱The Hong Kong dollar is at a two-year low, and investors bet it'll fall further after the Fed hike. Meanwhile, China’s consumer and retail stocks rallied after a report said Beijing was weighing a departure from its Covid Zero policy. https://bloom.bg/3hB2tz2

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Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine came under attack from Russian shelling early Friday, Ukrainian officials said. Joe Biden and Boris Johnson urged Russia to cease its attack. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/3vCKsIU

Commodities staged their most stunning weekly surge since 1974, as prices from oil to wheat soar on fears war in Ukraine will further choke supplies. https://bloom.bg/3sFHUbb

As sanctions pile on Russia, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have been purchasing beaten-down company bonds tied to the country in recent days. https://bloom.bg/3hFzNoN

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🛢️ Exclusive: The U.S. is considering whether to ban Russian oil imports without the help of its European allies — at least initially. https://bloom.bg/35tGbwZ

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian banks may turn to China's UnionPay as Visa, Mastercard and American Express suspend operations in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/35WwcQn

🇭🇰🛫 More and more bankers who helped shape Hong Kong are abandoning the city as Beijing and Covid remake it. https://bloom.bg/3hGGg2I

🛢 Russia threatened to cut natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in response to sanctions, a move that could heighten the turmoil in energy markets and drive prices even higher. https://bloom.bg/3tCcodh

🧠 Covid can shrink the brain by as much as a decade of aging, a study found. Researchers identified brain damage months after infection. https://bloom.bg/3HR61Il

🇺🇦🇹🇼 And the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may prompt China’s leaders to think twice about taking Taiwan by force. https://bloom.bg/3vOR2fA

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 The U.S. House approved $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine. Earlier, a siege on the city of Mariupol trapped about 400,000 people as other towns struggled to evacuate. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/34xJ2EC

🇰🇷 In one of the closest presidential races in South Korea's history, Yoon Suk-yeol defeated the ruling party candidate, returning the conservative opposition to power. https://bloom.bg/3KBpb6R

🇦🇪 The UAE's status as a global financial hub has a darker side, and it's coming under increasing scrutiny as the world chases Russian assets. https://bloom.bg/3J1NudA

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Breaking: The U.S. Senate passed a $1.5 trillion federal funding bill, with $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden is also planning to call for an end of normal trade relations with Russia, clearing the way for increased tariffs on Russian imports, sources say. https://bloom.bg/3I3YE0j

📉 China's tech selloff deepened as the Hang Seng Tech Index fell up to 8.9% on delisting fears. Earlier, Chinese companies listed in the U.S. had their worst day since 2008. https://bloom.bg/34Dprmw

💰 Ex-Goldman banker Tim Leissner had a $41,000 a month side job. The star witness in the 1MDB trial has admitted to pocketing more than $60 million in kickbacks. https://bloom.bg/3J5wtz9

🇷🇺Russia asked China for military equipment, a U.S. official says, in an unusual request that shows Putin's shortfalls in Ukraine. A Biden aide and China's top envoy are set to hold a meeting in Rome. Follow the latest: https://bloom.bg/3q47PaW

🏙China placed 17.5 million residents in Shenzhen on lockdown for at least a week to halt a Covid-19 surge. The move could cause disruptions in the tech hub, home to Apple's main iPhone maker. https://bloom.bg/3tRnAmB

👕👚How H&M became the target of the fiercest digital backlash ever unleashed on a foreign brand in China, and why it's a cautionary tale for global companies making big bets there. https://bloom.bg/3w3IUYT

🇺🇦 The U.S. warned allies that Russia asked China for armed drones in February as it began invading Ukraine, sources say. https://bloom.bg/3tbyGDP

🇨🇳📉 Chinese tech stocks swung wildly as traders weighed positive economic data against China's worst virus outbreak since Wuhan, close Russia ties and regulatory crackdown. Even dip buyers are staying away. https://bloom.bg/37A4Roh

⏰ Here's how 18 minutes of trading chaos broke the global nickel market. https://bloom.bg/361iQml

🇺🇦🇨🇳 China is finding the domestic costs of supporting Russia may outweigh the benefits of confronting the U.S. Meanwhile, Singapore's foreign minister called on China to use its "enormous influence" on Russia to help end the war in Ukraine. https://bloom.bg/3tXW476

📈 Chinese tech stocks rebounded after a historic rout as investors spied cheap opportunities. https://bloom.bg/36pbkBu

🇷🇺 Russia is spiraling toward a $150 billion default nightmare as bond payments come due on Wednesday. https://bloom.bg/3waqeXb