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No kidding. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/02/k...

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Exclusive: Four Chinese nationals accused by the Philippines of espionage led Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups that made donations of cash to a Philippine city and vehicles to two police forces reut.rs/3Xko7Nr

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REUTERS Exclusive that I'm proud to have edited: "Four Chinese nationals accused by the Philippines of espionage led Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups that made donations of cash to a Philippine city and vehicles to two police forces..." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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Two areas where ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘Andor’ excel: efficiency of character introduction It’s a common crutch nowadays to require some sort of flashback trauma episode to get us to care about characters Show runners have forgotten about economy in the streaming era!

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Le Liban commémore l'assassinat il y a 20 ans de Rafic Hariri dans un nouveau paysage politique

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"Western primacy had depended in part on some of the most populous countries in the world making terrible economic choices at the same time. Once those were corrected, a new balance of power was coming." www.ft.com/content/14ee...

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Associated Press: “Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office.“

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After President Donald Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, which works to clear the countryside of deadly remnants of Washington's past wars in Southeast Asia, the group announced new funding - from China. www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries.

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Trade deals excluding the U.S. are "not necessarily anyone’s preference, he said, but the arrangements offer a “second best” option given America’s rejection of a more open economic order." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...

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This is my new favorite headline

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BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - European Union Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday there were no winners in a trade war, and if United States and Europe started one "then the one laughing on the side is China".

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The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)

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WSJ Opinion: "This reminds us of the old Bernard Lewis joke that it’s risky to be America’s enemy but it can be fatal to be its friend." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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“There are no safe havens... Two countries that struck the biggest trade deal with Donald Trump in his first term are the first two to get hit with tariffs.” on.ft.com/4jRh2h4

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I’ll always have a soft spot for Lessi Russo but will laugh if #MUWomen end up qualifying for Europe and Arsenal don’t this season

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Also, we’re due for a caricature of whatever the Gen Z version of a Brooklyn Millennial is — it’s been almost 20 years.

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yay

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The evils of drug trafficking has been such a talking point in politics when it comes to the border with Mexico and dealings with China.

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Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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"Generations of Malaysian and Singaporean leaders had to manage [this rivalry] and that stopped us from doing what is common sense to everyone, which is to integrate Singapore and Johor better" www.ft.com/content/bdd3...

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lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.

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The Washington Post began trying out a new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” It comes amid turmoil in the newsroom.

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A bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million at a predawn auction in Tokyo on Sunday morning, making it one of the most expensive tuna to be sold in the history of sushi. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Scoop: Layoffs are slated to hit The Washington Post this week, I'm told. Dozens are expected to be impacted. Details here: www.status.news/p/washington...

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None of the Biden advisers in favor of blocking the US Steel deal, per the Post, has a background in foreign policy or national security. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Missed that. Musk brought a far-right influencer to Springer boss Doepfner's birthday party in summer 2023, without telling him in advance. Doepfner was not amused, @tagesspiegel.de reports. Welt still published his endorsement of the AfD. www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/60-g...

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Are we becoming a post-literate society? https://www.ft.com/content/e2ddd496-4f07-4dc8-a47c-314354da8d46

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When the Dalai Lama went to New York in June for knee surgery, his followers worried about his overall health and the future of Tibetan Buddhists without him. He told Reuters last week there was nothing much to worry about reut.rs/41N205f

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So… from someone who actually took the time to read the AFD’s election manifesto… AFD in its foreign policy choices is anti-American. Wants to put Nordstream II to use. Wants to join the Chinese belt-and-road initiative. #justsaying

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Gisèle Pelicot, on leaving court: "To all the journalists who have followed this affair, I express my gratitude for the fidelity and respect of their reporting... My lawyers know the gratitude and esteem I have for them." This must be the bar we set for ourselves, when reporting on rape, always.

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Kaja KALLAS on pushing Ukraine to the table: “We can’t talk about peacekeepers when there’s no peace. And why is there no peace? Because Russia does not want peace.” www.ft.com/content/6231...

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NEW from our Adani reporting: Bangladesh's interim govt has accused Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant central to the deal received from New Delhi, according to documents seen by Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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REUTERS EXCLUSIVE (also one of the most challenging and rewarding stories I've worked on): Indian state's cabinet overruled official advice to approve mega solar power deal that is now at heart of what U.S. prosecutors allege is a $200m+ bribery scheme www.reuters.com/world/india/...

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👀 Trudeau "told her that after she delivered the fall economic statement, he wanted to take the finance portfolio away from her in exchange for a job overseeing U.S. relations. It would come with no staff, no money and no authority." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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"The magic of financial diversification rests on the ability to use uncorrelated assets with equivalent returns to achieve a lower risk profile. But human capital doesn’t work that way." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Best piece I've read on that weird Jaguar rebrand: the rebranding was the brainchild of the man who successfully revived Range Rover... "most strongly saw the parallels between Jaguar and luxury fashion brands." www.ft.com/content/87b7...

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YOON IMPEACHED

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Absolute Bagels on Manhattan's Upper West Side kept no social media presence, had no website, did not deliver and accepted only cash but was among the most popular bagel places in New York. Then on Thursday, it shut down suddenly and without explanation, and the neighborhood reaction was intense.

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This quote from Art Basel Miami via @puck.news ! "You also have to bear in mind that the cash has lost its value... Fifty years ago, a painting worth $100,000 was a lot of money. Today, with $100,000, you can spend one week in a luxury hotel.” puck.news/young-collec...

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The number of people on here who seem to think that the default outcome when a dictator falls is freedom is truly alarming.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments reut.rs/3ORxDTn

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"When asked about communications with the next administration, Debra Tice said that when Donald Trump was president, he had “an obsession” with her son and bringing him home.“" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

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Some zingers! Notre Dame's reconstruction was "craftsmanship & renewal surely no other country could have managed. Yet that same magnificent France is also mired in a deep political crisis. ... France has now turned porcine, while the PIGS have largely reformed." www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

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Presidential official familiar with Yoon’s thinking tells me Yoon anticipated National Assembly would reverse his decision given the Democratic control but wanted to send a message nonetheless to lawmakers; announced martial law late at night to minimize damage to economy and people's daily lives.

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