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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Some US headlines: "Donald Trump Loses 2025 Nobel Peace Prize—Live Updates" -Newsweek ... "Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Corina Machado, despite calls for Trump to receive the award" - Fox News .. "Norway Braces for Trump Reaction to Nobel Peace Prize Snub" - BBG

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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Help! We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb.

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Help! We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize committee's pointed citation for the prize Trump coveted but did not win: "When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," it said in its citation for awarding the honor to Venezuela's Machado

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 1d

Live on @c-span.bsky.social Questioner from Colorado to Speaker Johnson: "Hearing you say that everyone is smiling in the cities where troops, our National Guard has been rolled into feels dystopian and insane... But that's not actually my question."

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 3d

@durbin.senate.gov chides Attorney General Pam Bondi over her refusal to answer or discuss certain issues during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, telling her that eventually she will have to answer for her conduct

Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 3d

"It's my job to grill," @durbin.senate.gov
tells AG Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist, when she expressed frustration with his questioning at Senate Judiciary hearing

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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 5d

"“Let’s face it, this is a rally,” Trump told the crowd of about 10,000 sailors in their dress-white uniforms." apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump doesn't let shutdown interfere with celebrating Navy's 250th anniversary at rally-like event

President Donald Trump is marking the Navy's 250th anniversary by joining a celebration at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

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Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for second time

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 5d

The judge, "a Trump appointee, concluded that Trump’s assessment was “untethered to facts” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

The ruling came in an emergency hearing Sunday night.

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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 6d

Syrian electors cast ballots in indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament

Members of Syria's electoral colleges will gather on Sunday to vote for new lawmakers, a milestone in the country's shift away from the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad and a major test of inclusivity under its current Islamist-led authorities.

Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 6d

Islamic Jihad backs Hamas response to US Gaza plan

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas which took part in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, endorsed on Saturday the group's response to the U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza.

Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

Putin says Tomahawk supply to Ukraine would destroy U.S. relations reut.rs/4mLhLQX

He said any supply of such missiles would trigger a 'qualitatively new stage of escalation.'

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Doina Chiacu @doina.bsky.social · 6d

Shell CEO: Trump attacks on windfarms hurt investment, unpredictability bad for business, embraces DEI tinyurl.com/bdddyfvn