Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures rise on Sunday evening after losing week on Wall Street: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asian Equities to Fall After Wall Street Slump: Markets Wrap[Reuters] Morning Bid: US growth fears compound tariff nerves

[Politico] Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead

[AP] Key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s latest demand in his cost-cutting crusade

[Reuters] Ukraine hemmed in as US backing frays three years after Russian invasion

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Local Government Bond Rush Worsens Liquidity Strain

[Bloomberg] Germany’s Messy Election Results Won’t Ease Voters’ Fears

[Bloomberg] South Korea’s Stimulus Plans Raise Funding Fears for Debt Market

[Bloomberg] How China Is Rewriting the Law of the Sea

[WSJ] A Brief History of Broken Russian Promises to Ukraine

[WSJ] Federal Agencies Push Back on Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email

[WSJ] Trump’s Tariffs Help Trudeau and Canada’s Liberals

[FT] Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’

Sunday Afternoon Links

[AP] Merz claims victory for German conservatives and the far right heads for strongest postwar result

[BBC] Live Updates: Conservatives head for German election victory as far-right AfD set for second place, exit polls say

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Merz vows to quickly form government after projections show he’s set to win

[Yahoo/Reuters] What election projections mean for Germany's ailing economy