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Semafor Senior Editor, responsible for international and climate coverage. Sign up: http://semafor.com/newsletters Ex-The Atlantic and The New York Times in London, AFP in Baghdad
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Scoop in today's @semafor.com Net Zero: Senior Democrats worry Trump's foreign aid freeze and chaos at USAID pose an urgent threat to Ukraine’s energy security and will harm efforts toward it reaching a peace deal with Russia www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Patrice Louvet’s predecessor lasted less than two years. Here’s how Ralph Lauren’s CEO made the brand relevant again, engineered a financial turnaround, and managed the delicate challenge of working for a founder whose name is on every item he sells. www.semafor.com/article/01/3...

More: At @theatlantic.com, I edited Tahir Izgil's masterful account of his final days in Xinjiang and persecution of Uyghurs there, and asked @deepseek.bsky.social about him. Unlike the back-and-forth about June 4, this one looked broadly right

Kinda fascinating to see DeepSeek outline its thinking about why it can’t discuss what happened in Beijing on June 4, 1989

US military recruitment hit its target for the first time in a decade last year — thanks to enlistments by women. For more, read @semafor.com's daily global briefing, Flagship: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Today's edition of @semafor.com's global newsletter features the London Review of Substacks, our look at the best newsletter-writing on the web. This week, we feature Snowden Todd, @mjrobbins.bsky.social, and @cartoonshateher.bsky.social in @mattyglesias.bsky.social: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

There is a part of the Biden climate legacy that Donald Trump won't be able to unpick, @timmcdonnell.bsky.social writes in @semafor.com's Net Zero newsletter today.

Countries must submit their "nationally determined contributions" on carbon emissions next month as part of Paris Agreement commitments. Perhaps no country's NDC plan is more eagerly awaited than China's. We preview its plans in @semafor.com's Net Zero newsletter www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

For @semafor.com's daily global newsletter, Flagship, I texted with @ianbremmer.com of @eurasiagroup.net about the year ahead. Check out his response: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Monday = London Review of Substacks in @semafor.com's daily global briefing Today's edition by @tomchivers.bsky.social features smart pieces by Daniel B., @edjameswest.bsky.social, and @stephenfhwebb.bsky.social www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

🟡 GREAT DC JOB ALERT 🟡 @semafor.com is hiring a Washington reporter. Details (including pay range) here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

EV sales around the world are rising, albeit at very different paces: Norway just announced around 90% of all cars sold last year were electric, India saw 27% EV growth, and BYD sold more EVs than any other carmaker. For more, read @semafor.com's global briefing: www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

+++NEW ANALYSIS+++ UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade Highlights: 🏭end of coal power after 142yrs 🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share 🌄renewables at record-high 45% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9

For a final lookback at 2024, @semafor.com's @capelouto.bsky.social did a great job pulling together the Best 'Best of' lists to sum up 2024: www.semafor.com/article/12/2...

The latest edition of @semafor.com's London Review of Substacks features smart pieces by @brianklaas.bsky.social, @neilpaine.bsky.social, and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's Jesse Marks www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

The pool report from that day President Jimmy Carter and Muhammad Ali visited my elementary school in Brooklyn www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/sites/defaul...

🟡 The last edition of @semafor.com Net Zero for 2024 goes out with a bang — a scoop on a major copper mine that is calling for Donald Trump's help to rescue it from legal battles. @timmcdonnell.bsky.social has all the details www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

I realize now my overuse of "cool" is very

Cool mix of stories over on @semafor.com! An exclusive on what the Dems missed in 2024, analysis on Saudi Arabia and climate in Africa, news from around the world So much diversity, so much news, so many cool stories www.semafor.com

Monday = London Review of Substacks @semafor.com's @tomchivers.bsky.social reviews three smart essays by @deborahvass.bsky.social, @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social, and @scientificdiscovery.dev in our daily global newsletter www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

For @semafor.com's Net Zero climate newsletter, I chatted with @ember-energy.org's @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social about his *fascinating* idea for a subsea power line connecting Europe to North America. Check out his response: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

In discussions of the brutal legacy of Bashar al-Assad, the economic devastation he wrought on Syrians should not be forgotten. Chart is from @semafor.com's daily global newsletter: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

Truly a bummer — selfishly, it sucks that the (excellent) swimming pool I use is going away Great reporting as usual by @jim.londoncentric.media www.londoncentric.media/p/merry-chri...

It’s not just the US — several major nations have older leaders, a fact spotlighted by the Brazilian president’s health worries (Chart from @semafor.com’s daily global newsletter www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...)

In today's @semafor.com Net Zero, Exxon's new plan to eat OPEC's lunch, and a look at why the latest auction for federal geothermal drilling leases was a bust www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

Well, this isn't good. The Arctic — once one of the world’s greatest carbon sinks — is becoming a greenhouse gas emitter. (From @semafor.com's daily global newsletter: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...)

🟡 US JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🟡 @semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its NYC newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

"Will the weeks, months, or years ahead bring utopia? No. Will tyranny return? Perhaps. Could it be more brutal than what we’ve endured? Unimaginable." www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

Monday = London Review of Substacks This week, @semafor.com's daily global briefing looks at smart pieces by a former Russian deputy minister, @smithnoah.bsky.social, and Virginia Postrel: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

🟡 US JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🟡 @semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its NYC newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...

Honestly Jim's new business of "I will just go out and explain the insane bullshit stuff you see all of the time living in London" is the future of journalism. It makes me miss living in London

Pressure on TikTok: + A US court may decide today whether ByteDance must sell its stake in TikTok to avoid a US ban + EU officials are demanding TikTok preserve data over allegations it boosted a pro-Russia candidate because of Moscow More via @semafor.com: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

🟡 UK JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🟡 @semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its London newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs... Reach out if you've got questions!

China is on track to have the world’s biggest nuclear power sector by 2030 and could approve 100 new nuclear reactors in the coming decade. Read more in @semafor.com’s daily global newsletter www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

Powell is up now, with Jeff Bezos and many more to come. Tune in!

🟡 UK JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🟡 @semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its London newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs... Reach out if you've got questions!

After a great two years, I’ll be stepping down as @semafor.com’s Washington bureau chief at the end of the month. It’s been a joy leading our politics team, building the daily Principals newsletter from scratch, and editing @daveweigel.bsky.social in Americana every week!

The Biden administration is racing to disburse loans and loan guarantees from the government’s biggest clean energy bank to get ahead of possible cuts once US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. @timmcdonnell.bsky.social has the story for @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

It's hard to describe just how dull the Merkel memoirs are.

FAO Londoners: TfL has *just* started allowing contactless refunds for the first time since September. Check all your journeys for the last three months to see if you've been overcharged and apply for your money back. TfL won't do this automatically, you have to check. tfl.gov.uk/fares/contac...

🟡 Huge positive news: Nigeria, which is responsible for a third of all malaria fatalities in Africa, is rolling out a malaria vaccination program. Details at the top of @semafor.com's daily global newsletter www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

Monday = London Review of Substacks in Flagship, the daily global newsletter at @semafor.com This week, thoughtful essays by @calpaterson.bsky.social, @draliceevans.bsky.social, and @mattyglesias.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

This is so depressing. (From @londoncentric.media: www.londoncentric.media/p/exclusive-...)

An EV price war is looming: The world's biggest EV-maker has said 2025 will see a "decisive battle" For more, check out @semafor.com's daily global newsletter: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

The expansion and dominance of China's solar-power sector is truly mind-blowing (From @semafor.com's daily global newsletter: www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...)

The bankruptcy of Northvolt has huge symbolic and strategic importance: @timmcdonnell.bsky.social digs into them in the latest edition of @semafor.com's Net Zero newsletter www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

Monday = London Review of Substacks, in @semafor.com's daily global newsletter This week, a look at interesting pieces by @warinthefuture.bsky.social, @imogenwk.bsky.social, and @mtabarrok.bsky.social www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

The center of the Trump/Thune/Johnson nexus ... meet Sen. Markwayne Mullin in today's Principals ... www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...