By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, Jan. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Escalating protests in Kazakhstan left dozens of demonstrators and at least 12 police dead, according to reports out of the country. Initially triggered by rising fuel costs, the protests have evolved into a broader challenge of the authoritarian government. One police officer was found beheaded and numerous state buildings were stormed and set afire.
– The United States is marking the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Hill riots that saw supporters of former-President Donald Trump storm the meeting place of the country’s Congress in an attempt to overturn the election he lost. Current-President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday accusing Trump of posing a continuing threat to democracy.
– Tennis star Novak Djokovic remains in limbo in Australia, facing deportation after failing to provide the proper documentation for an exemption to vaccination requirements for entry to the country.
