Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Thin Black Friday crowds mark U.S. holiday shopping kickoff

[Reuters] Crypto lender Genesis subject of probe by regulators - Barron's

[Reuters] Protests erupt in Xinjiang and Beijing after deadly fire

[Newsweek] Videos Show Huge Protests in China as Xi Jinping Comes Under Pressure

[Axios] China's COVID storm

[Reuters] U.S. bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales, citing national security risk

[Reuters] Factbox: UK faces winter of strikes as workers demand higher pay

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] IPO Hole Is Partly Plugged by $24 Billion Burst in Share Sales

[FT] Investors pump almost $16bn in to US corporate bond funds

[FT] Catastrophe reinsurance set to soar after year of extreme weather, industry warns

[FT] Global floods and droughts will intensify sooner than expected, studies show