- The state of infrastructure talks in Congress, explained (VOX) - U.S. Wants New Trade Talks With China, but Will Keep Tariffs (WSJ) - Britain’s Gas Crisis, Explained (NYT) - The age of fossil-fuel abundance is dead (The Economist)

- Tech billionaire: Facebook is what's wrong with America (CNN) - Climate change is getting real for investors (FT) - Power Outages Hit China, Threatening the Economy and Christmas (NYT)

- The Supreme Court is drunk on its own power (VOX) - Taiwan Battery-Swapping Pioneer Gogoro to Go Public in SPAC Merger (WSJ) - China Evergrande's rising default risks shift focus to possible Beijing rescue (Reuters) - France recalls envoys from US and Australia in protest at submarine deal (FT) - After Merkel (The Economist)

- India's got the next big thing in tech, and it could be worth $1 trillion - Supply chain crisis will leave permanent scar, UPS warns - Secret to Apple’s iPhone Sales Boom: Big 5G Deals From Wireless Carriers - The enormous costs and elusive benefits of the war on terror

- Match CEO and Bumble create relief funds for employees affected by Texas abortion law (CNBC) - Alpha Condé, the president of Guinea, is ousted in a coup (The Economist) - Alibaba pledges $15.5 billion to help China achieve 'common prosperity' (CNN) - Japan’s PM Yoshihide Suga to resign after failing to control Covid outbreak (FT)

- The future of meetings (The Economist) - Google and Apple's next regulatory headaches are looming across the Pacific (CNN) - More Companies Weigh Penalizing Employees Without Covid-19 Vaccinations (WSJ) - Why Amazon is confronting India's richest man Mukesh Ambani (NYT) - China to ban kids from playing online games for more than three hours per week (CNBC) - George Soros: Investors in Xi’s China face a rude awakening (FT)

- FTC files fresh antitrust complaint seeking to break up Facebook (CNN) - OnlyFans says it will ban sexually explicit content (CNN) - Taiwanese shrug off China threat and place their trust in ‘Daddy America’ (FT) - How American retailers have adapted to the Amazon effect (The Economist) - Remote Work May Now Last for Two Years, Worrying Some Bosses (WSJ)

- U.S. says it is up to Afghans to defend country as Taliban take more territory - Taliban forces pour into Kabul after president flees Afghanistan - How To Lose $20 Billion In Two Days - DoorDash Revenue Rises 83% as Consumers Stick to Food Delivery - America may pay dearly for defeat in Afghanistan

- Why will Taiwan compete as Chinese Taipei at the Olympics in Tokyo? (ABC) - Senators confident trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure deal will be introduced Sunday (CNN) - Why retiring at 65 could become a thing of the past (CNBC) - Square Agrees to Acquire Afterpay for $29 Billion in All-Stock Deal (WSJ) - Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release (WSJ)

- What happens if Supreme Court throws out Roe v. Wade? (CNN) - Tech’s Customer Loyalty Is Priceless Until It Isn’t (WSJ) - Neuroscientific research on monkeys is ethically troubling—but vital (The Economist) - France Passes New Bill to Tighten Control of Mosques (WSJ)