Guo asked to sit in his Porsche one last time after selling it back to the dealership. Having come from poverty once, Guo is confident his fortunes will turn. “I’ll definitely buy my car back, when I make some money. I’m sure I’ll be able to get it back.” reut.rs/3AQt4QT

BREAKING. Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is among the winners of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Ressa is the first woman in this year's roster of laureates. #NobelPrize #CourageON #NobelPeacePrize rappler.com/world/global-a…

COP26 aims to banish coal. Asia is building hundreds of power plants to burn it reut.rs/3BylbiD

The best obituary for Joan Didion wasn’t written by any of the major newspapers. It was a letter to the editor from a former Brooklyn English teacher in the NYT. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live, she said. All storytellers leave immediate survivors, I’m saying.”

Indonesia talks on coal exports postponed as scores of ships in limbo reuters.com/markets/europe…

"I watch the news a lot less. I don't have personal goals. I just want to live a safe life," said of the 12 former HK individuals who lost their jobs as media outlets and orgs shuttered. Many struggled to find jobs, changed professions, or moved abroad. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#India suggests paying #Belarus in rupees for #Potash fertiliser imports to bypass #europe #US #sanctions on Minsk Rajendra Jadhav reut.rs/3sd1kma Reuters Business

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized troops to carry out a special military operation in the Donbass region of Ukraine, Russian news agencies said reut.rs/3IgLYEh

Brent crude hits $100 for first time since 2014 as Russia moves troops into Ukraine reuters.com/business/energ…

Thousands are fleeing again in northern #Myanmar this week as military air strikes hit villages there. Several dead and wounded. A reminder also that Myanmar’s military is backed, and armed, by Russia. Photos by Free Burma Rangers. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

China's Russian coal purchases stall as buyers struggle to secure financing by Muyu Xu & Chen Aizhu reuters.com/business/china…

COVID-hit Shanghai heads for lockdown exit but China still lost in economic gloom reut.rs/3PH4BVP

"These first actions in effect changed the status quo of Taiwan's security," said Li Mingjiang, associate professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. “This gives China’s military a new basis from which to push more boundaries in future exercises.”

Shipwrecks, corpses, secret gardens and ancient cities are being revealed as extreme weather dries lakes, drains reservoirs and melts sea ice around the world 🧵 bloom.bg/3pbE33b

EU looking for natural gas

Our wrap of a very long day. Malaysian ex-PM Najib goes to jail for graft after losing final appeal reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

#China reaps energy windfall as West shuns #Russian supplies #ongt #oott #energytwitter #oil #LNG #coal from my colleagues Muyu Xu and Emily Chow reuters.com/business/energ…

Shanghai hit by COVID protests as anger spreads across China reut.rs/3EFKcf5

Scoop: Top #LNG traders #Shell and #BP have separately filed for arbitration against U.S. exporter Venture Global LNG for failing to supply contracted cargoes, even as it sold to non-contract customers as prices soared. reuters.com/business/energ…

Obituary: Reuters' Issam Abdallah covered the world's biggest events with bravery and insight reut.rs/40bNEc1