Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Front lines shift in Donbas as Ukraine mounts counteroffensive

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: NATO Says Turkey Doesn’t Plan to Block Nordics

[Reuters] Turkey lays out demands as Finland, Sweden seek NATO membership

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bitcoin Trades Near $30,000 as Markets Digest TerraUSD Fallout

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar’s Strength Pushes World Economy Deeper Into Slowdown

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro Is Sliding Toward Dollar Parity for First Time in 20 Years

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] $11 Trillion and Counting: Global Stock Slump May Not Be Over

[Reuters] G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle 'wheat war'

[Reuters] Russia forges new partnerships in face of West's 'total hybrid war,' Lavrov says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Adds Support to Property Market as Shanghai Reopens Shops

[Reuters] Shanghai aims to reopen more businesses shut by COVID, Beijing battles on

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] World’s Food Problems Piling Up as India Restricts Wheat Exports

[CNN] California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] How Climate Change Is Fueling More Intense Global Wildfires

[Reuters] Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread

[WSJ] They Signed Contracts for Their Dream Homes Last Year. Now Their Borrowing Costs Are Ballooning.

[WSJ] Individual Investors Step Back From Options Bets

[FT] Shanghai lockdown exposes global supply chain strains

[FT] Hedge funds scale back bets on US stocks as losses surge