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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 7d

Takaichi has shattered the highest glass ceiling of public office in Japan by becoming the first female leader of the male-dominated and patriarchal Asian nation. But she is not known to be an advocate of gender equality.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16d

“.. a sign that the narrative is shifting again — that companies realize they need to find their red lines ..

“.. it’s a realization that submitting may come with a higher price than pushing back.”

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Simon Robinson @ironemu.bsky.social · 18d

@reuters.com has just launched an Arabic language site. See it here: reuters.com/ar/

Big thanks to Muhammad Yamany and the Reuters Arabic language service team. Tremendous work! #News #Arabic #Mideast

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Shannon Bond @shannonbond.bsky.social · 22d

we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.

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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 23d

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 23d

I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23d

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.”

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Aug 5

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 2-4 August 2025

Approve: 13% (-1 from 19-21 July)
Disapprove: 67% (+1)
Net: -54 (-2)

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Rob Cyran @robcyran.bsky.social · Aug 1

Markets will just love the idea of unreliable govt data.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · Jul 5

After deriding the massive price tag of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" for weeks, Sen. Mike Lee voted to pass it anyway. He isn't saying why.

Mike Lee thought the megabill was ‘debt slavery for the American people.’ He voted for it anyway.

After deriding the massive price tag of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" for weeks, Sen. Mike Lee voted to pass it anyway. He isn't saying why.

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Katerina Ang @katerina.bsky.social · Jul 2

DALAI LAMA TRUST OFFICIAL: DALAI LAMA SUCCESSOR CAN BE OF ANY GENDER (Reuters)

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Jun 16

MI6 has appointed its next Chief: Blaise Metreweli, currently Director General 'Q', responsible for technology and innovation. “She is a career intelligence officer, having joined the Service as a case officer in 1999.” Most of her career spent in Europe and the Middle East.

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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · Jun 16

Percentage getting significant - There are 193 countries in the UN. // Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban, memo says

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel ban by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.

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Katerina Ang @katerina.bsky.social · Jun 15

"Now Mr. Trump is attacking the judiciary and testing the Constitution, and Justice Barrett, appointed to clinch a 50-year conservative legal revolution, is showing signs of leftward drift."

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How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right and the Left

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Reuters @reuters.com · Jun 12

Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar reut.rs/3SMO7hK

Exclusive: China-backed militia secures control of new rare earth mines in Myanmar

A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it is wielding as a bargaining chip in its trade war with Washington.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Jun 11

Trump warns protests at Army parade will be met with force reut.rs/3TjlwRm

Trump warns protests at Army parade will be met with force

U.S. President Donald Trump warned people on Tuesday against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Jun 10

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Fire in building next to South Korea's main Buddhist Jogye temple in Seoul, Reuters witness says

A large building next to one of South Korea's historic main Buddhist temples, the Jogye temple in Seoul, is on fire and firefighters are battling to contain it, news reports and a Reuters witness said.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Jun 9

India's $80 bln coal-power boom is running short of water reut.rs/4l2rDWh

India's $80 bln coal-power boom is running short of water

April marks the start of the cruelest months for residents of Solapur, a hot and dry district in western India. As temperatures soar, water availability dwindles. In peak summer, the wait for taps to flow can stretch to a week or more.

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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · Jun 4

In his first month, Pope Leo has kept a busy schedule but not made notable appointments, nor announced plans for foreign trips, nor said where he will live at the Vatican. It's a stark contrast to the late Pope Francis, who made major decisions right away. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, in first month, makes a break in style from Francis

In his first month, Pope Leo has taken a very different approach to his predecessor Francis.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Jun 4

'We refuse to forget history', Taiwan president says on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary reut.rs/4dKKgLX

'We refuse to forget history', Taiwan president says on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that Taiwan "refuses to forget history" and the marking of the anniversary of China's June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square crackdown is to perpetuate its memory.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · May 30

Welcome to Donald Trump's trade policy. Nobody knows anything.

In this case nobody even knows what he means. How has China "TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT"? Nobody knows.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · May 29

today in efficient markets
$ELF has traded $77 -$104 since announcing the $1b of Haley Bieber's makeup biz last night

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 29

The US economy shrank by an annualised 0.2% during the first quarter of 2025, according to revised official statistics that confirmed its first contraction since 2022. https://on.ft.com/4juWVnt

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Reuters @reuters.com · May 27

India and Pakistan's drone battles mark new arms race in Asia reut.rs/4dzmlyE

India and Pakistan's drone battles mark new arms race in Asia

A little after 8:00 pm on May 8, red flares streaked through the night sky over the northern Indian city of Jammu as its air-defence systems opened fire on drones from neighbouring Pakistan.

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Katerina Ang @katerina.bsky.social · May 26

Thinking my interview with Rangel before he retired in 2016:

"On Nov. 30 1950, I was surrounded by tens of thousands of Communist Chinese. 20 below 0. I was shot and left for dead. I prayed that if I overcame that, I’d have no complaints. Believe it or not, since then, I've not had a bad day."

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · May 26

Rep. Charlie Rangel was a phenomenal patriot, hero, statesman, leader, trailblazer, change agent & champion for justice.

The Lion of Lenox Ave was a transformational force of nature.

Harlem, NYC & America are better today because of his service. May he forever rest in power.

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Katerina Ang @katerina.bsky.social · May 26

lol:

"Scams have become so widespread that Singapore’s government has even discussed corporal punishment for offenders. “We believe in caning as a strong deterrent,” said Loretta Yuen of the Association of Banks in Singapore. “It’s a deterrent, but there is also a sense of revenge to it.”

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