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🗣 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges additional military support for Ukraine as the war approaches its 100th day with Russian forces stepping up their offensive in Donbas region.
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⛽️ A record volume of Russian oil is on board tankers, with most of that heading to India or China as other nations restrict imports. China’s Unipec has stepped up hiring of tankers this month to transport crude from Russia’s east. Sri Lanka is also buying.
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💵 Russia’s efforts to avoid its first foreign default in a century are back in focus on Friday, when investors are supposed to receive about $100 million in interest on Russian debt.
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✈️ The wreckage of a plane carrying 22 people that disappeared in Nepal's mountains was found Monday scattered on a mountainside, the army said. There was no word on survivors. https://bloom.bg/3trDDZ5

📣🇰🇷 A 26-year-old activist who busted an online sex crime ring in South Korea is now taking on the nation’s president — and its gender divide. https://bloom.bg/3NEDWao

📱 And here’s what’s likely coming in iOS 16: https://bloom.bg/3t3YEZm

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US will give Ukraine more precise rocket systems, including ones that can strike locations up to 80 kilometers away, the Biden administration said, as the conflict shifts to a town-by-town grind. https://bloom.bg/3LZGoXS

🧪 Even as places like Shanghai cautiously reopen, China is doubling down on mass-testing — dashing hopes for a shift away from its costly Covid Zero strategy. https://bloom.bg/3m8dQAJ

⏰ George Soros’s money manager, who oversees about $28 billion, warns that a recession is inevitable. But she says markets “might be wrong” on the timing. https://bloom.bg/3x5H9dNal

🌀 JPMorgan is bracing itself for an economic "hurricane," said CEO Jamie Dimon, adding that Fed actions and the war in Europe created an unprecedented challenge. https://bloom.bg/38EYLnc

😷 Hong Kong is reviving one of its toughest Covid Zero measures, forcing patients with even mild infections of the new omicron subvariants and their close contacts into centralized quarantine as it races to tame a spread. https://bloom.bg/3PWhqvB

💰🇮🇳 Trillions are at stake in India as women disappear from the workforce. Estimates peg female employment figures in the second-most populous country at 9% in 2022, down from 19% in 2020. https://bloom.bg/390Zyis

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🌡 The U.S. housing market is so stressful that it’s leaving buyers in tears. With prices high and inventory tight, Americans say the process of purchasing a home is just as bad as getting fired. https://bloom.bg/3td0gQR

🍎💬 Apple plans to announce significant changes to the iPad that would make it more like a laptop and less like a phone. Here’s what else to expect from the annual Worldwide Developers Conference next week: https://bloom.bg/3aozCxO

💸 A Citigroup staffer’s fat-finger trade in European stocks last month could cost the bank more than $50 million, according to people familiar with the matter. https://bloom.bg/3afFHMR

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📈 Here's why peak inflation is near, according to experts who bet on short-lived price rises: https://bloom.bg/38QvPc0

💸 Terra investors recovered part of their losses when the stablecoin crashed. Those in India aren't so fortunate. https://bloom.bg/3GShXKU

🇨🇳🇺🇸 The dispute over forced labor in Xinjiang is redefining the entire US-China relationship. While Washington ramps up pressure over human rights abuses, Beijing is moving to integrate the region more with the world. https://bloom.bg/3Q4qFtG

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🌾 Turkey and Russia reach a tentative deal to restart Ukrainian agricultural shipments from a key Black Sea port, but Kyiv remains skeptical of the proposed pact, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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🛑 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was prevented from visiting Serbia after that country’s neighbors banned his flight from their airspace. India, meanwhile, is in talks to boost crude imports from Rosneft PJSC as refiners in Asia’s second-biggest oil market have been enjoying a windfall from discounted Russian oil.
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🪖 The UK plans to send rocket systems to Ukraine that will let it strike locations as far as 80 kilometers (50 miles) away, less than a week after the US said it would provide similar weapons.
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🍎 💻 Apple unveiled its biggest MacBook Air redesign in over a decade, with new colors and a speedier processor from its homegrown chip line at its Worldwide Developers Conference. https://bloom.bg/3zlukgY

📈 Relief could be on the horizon for shoppers worldwide as three key drivers of inflation are seen easing from recent peaks. https://bloom.bg/3GTxkTu

⛽ Fuel shortages are causing rising anger across the world, with developing nations suffering the biggest hit from the oil shock. https://bloom.bg/3Qh3LQb

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⚙️ Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that key industrial sectors are facing major slowdowns even as he highlighted signs of economic strength, underlining the challenges the Kremlin faces as the impact of international sanctions deepens.
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💬 Olaf Scholz tells the Baltic nations on a visit to Vilnius that Germany is prepared to deploy more troops in the region as part of NATO’s plans to build up its eastern flank after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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🗣 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's "very happy" that Boris Johnson survived the confidence vote and considers "Great Britain as a great ally."
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📈 China’s tech stocks jumped, with the Hang Seng gauge rising as much as 4.3%, as Beijing approved new video games following a crackdown. https://bloom.bg/3xbcLxr

💨 Officials in one Chinese city say they can’t figure out where new Covid infections are coming from — and suspect the wind is blowing it in from North Korea, with whom they share a border. https://bloom.bg/3NZCAqP

🏙 And these are the 20 most expensive cities in the world for expats: https://bloom.bg/3zke0wV

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🌾 Talks between Russia and Turkey bring no signs of progress on a deal to unblock shipments of Ukrainian grain that have contributed to warnings of a global food-supply crisis.
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🗣 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns that isolating Russia isn’t possible long term even if President Vladimir Putin made a “big mistake” by invading Ukraine.
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🪖 Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the lack of a hardware prevents Ukrainian forces from advancing against the Russian army.
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💰Elon Musk's Twitter bid leans on a secretive backer who has committed $700 million to finance the deal and is linked to a Russian tycoon. https://bloom.bg/3zrKzJ9

🛑 Meta has halted the development of an Apple Watch rival with dual cameras and is instead working on other devices for the wrist. https://bloom.bg/3xyK1QB

🚙📈 The cost of a license to own a car in Singapore has surged to a record, surpassing S$100,000 (about $72,700). https://bloom.bg/3mtpIxJ

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🇺🇸 In the first public hearing on the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot, a House panel laid blame on Donald Trump. Here are the key takeaways: https://bloom.bg/3HpfxE5

⬆️ Inflation is hitting American households like never before. Gas and grocery prices have been rising at double-digit levels and are probably about to get worse. https://bloom.bg/3Qfrnof

🌴 Billionaire Larry Ellison is turning his Hawaiian island into a paradise for the rich — and pricing out families who have lived there for generations. https://bloom.bg/3tuwOpA

📉 Bitcoin plunged to an 18-month low during Asia trading on Monday as the impact of US inflation continued to reverberate. https://bloom.bg/3tsTdn2

💹 A global selloff also deepened, with Asian stocks dropping and the Japanese yen reaching a 24-year low. https://bloom.bg/3tz5oil

🤖 And Google suspended a software engineer who publicly claimed an AI bot had become sentient. https://bloom.bg/3NQkLeg

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🐻 The S&P 500 is officially in a bear market. These are the next steps to take with your stocks, starting with keeping cool. https://bloom.bg/3HkDjkh

📉 Stocks sank deeper on Tuesday amid a surge in bond yields. Investors are expecting sharper Fed rate increases to fight high inflation. https://bloom.bg/3QhQ6bt

💨 Crypto billionaire fortunes are vanishing as quickly as they were made. Seven of the world’s richest crypto founders have lost a combined $114 billion since November. https://bloom.bg/3zBNJtW

🎤 The value of BTS's agency Hybe sank as much as $1.7 billion after members of the K-pop group said they'll focus on individual projects. But fans need not worry: “It’s not like we’re disbanding,” member Suga said. https://bloom.bg/3mM2ToY

🦑 Netflix is bringing “Squid Game” to life with a new reality competition series mimicking the ultra-popular Korean drama. Unlike the fictional show, however, players won’t be shot if they lose. https://bloom.bg/3MRBYTl

🤔 Bill Gates dismissed crypto projects such as NFTs as shams “based on the greater-fool theory.” https://bloom.bg/3OdcOzA

Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine:

⌨️ President Vladimir Putin began sending large numbers of weapons and troops to Belarus before the start of war, planning to benefit from the country’s 650-mile long border with Ukraine. But a group of hackers targeted Beularus’ railway system, disrupting crucial transportation lines for the invading army, causing trains to grind to a halt in several cities.
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🪖 The Biden administration will announce as soon as Wednesday $650 million in weapons and equipment for Ukraine, including for the first time vehicle-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missiles, says people familiar with the matter.
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⛽️ Russia further tightens its grip on European energy markets as it curbs gas shipments, while French President Emmanuel Macron insisted that western capitals keep a channel open to the Kremlin.
https://bloom.bg/3OiHJuw

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🤝 The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Romania are in Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in by far the highest-profile visit to the country since Russia invaded at the end of February.
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📍 Germany plans identifying units that can be deployed to Lithuania at short notice and link up with German and allied troops already on the ground, as well as placing key equipment ahead of time. The approach would be an alternative to basing new troops more permanently in the most vulnerable NATO members.
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🪖 President Joe Biden calls Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and vows to provide an additional $1 billion in security assistance for the country as it seeks to stave off Russian forces in eastern battle zones.
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💧 As if inflation isn't bad enough, consumers are getting slammed by “drip pricing,” the sneaky extra fees that get tacked on at the last minute. It’s one way companies are getting creative in passing along rising costs to shoppers, writes Alexis Leondis for Bloomberg Opinion. https://bloom.bg/3mRZvci

💰 Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla were sued for $258 billion over claims they are part of a racketeering scheme to back the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. https://bloom.bg/3Qrqw3P

💹 And amateur traders in Asia are rushing to buy the Japanese yen as the currency freefalls. https://bloom.bg/39CPi09

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🇪🇺 The European Commission recommends that Ukraine be granted candidate status in a symbolic step on the long path to become member of the European Union, commission President Ursula von der Leyen says.
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⛽️ Enel sells its entire stake in its Russian unit, marking a dramatic reversal for the Italian utility which had been betting heavily on Russia before the invasion of Ukraine.
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💾 The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin delayed a highly anticipated speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum over a cyberattack that disrupted the system.
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