Amanda Cooper
@acoops.bsky.social
Reuters journo and markets geek🤓 Running🏃♀️ books📚puzzles 📝dogs 🐕assorted random stuff. Live in London with husband and kids.
🎙️ Today on Reuters Morning Bid, Peter Devlin and I discuss:
🎥 Hollywood drama, Paramount bids for Warner Bros
🤖 Nvidia can ship its H200 AI chips to China ... at a cost
⛽ And oil is struggling as concern over oversupply mounts,
🎧 Tune in 😍 like ➡️ follow for more!
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🎥 Hollywood drama, Paramount bids for Warner Bros
🤖 Nvidia can ship its H200 AI chips to China ... at a cost
⛽ And oil is struggling as concern over oversupply mounts,
🎧 Tune in 😍 like ➡️ follow for more!
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🎙️ Today on the #Reuters Morning Bid podcast, Peter Devlin and I take a look at:
🎥 Hollywood drama, as #Paramount swoops in with a hostile bid for Warner Bros
🤖 #Trump gives Nvidia the go-ahead to ex...
www.linkedin.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎙️ Today on Reuters Morning Bid, Peter Devlin and I discuss:
🎥 Hollywood drama, Paramount bids for Warner Bros
🤖 Nvidia can ship its H200 AI chips to China ... at a cost
⛽ And oil is struggling as concern over oversupply mounts,
🎧 Tune in 😍 like ➡️ follow for more!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🎥 Hollywood drama, Paramount bids for Warner Bros
🤖 Nvidia can ship its H200 AI chips to China ... at a cost
⛽ And oil is struggling as concern over oversupply mounts,
🎧 Tune in 😍 like ➡️ follow for more!
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🌞Good morning!
⏸️Bonds are under pressure again, as investors mull how long central banks will stay on pause
📽️Paramount's hostile bid was due to WBD's lack of responsiveness to overtures in September
🤖Nvidia can ship H200 chips to China...for a fee Trump says
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
⏸️Bonds are under pressure again, as investors mull how long central banks will stay on pause
📽️Paramount's hostile bid was due to WBD's lack of responsiveness to overtures in September
🤖Nvidia can ship H200 chips to China...for a fee Trump says
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Morning Bid: Markets riddled with anxiety on almost-Fed day
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌞Good morning!
⏸️Bonds are under pressure again, as investors mull how long central banks will stay on pause
📽️Paramount's hostile bid was due to WBD's lack of responsiveness to overtures in September
🤖Nvidia can ship H200 chips to China...for a fee Trump says
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
⏸️Bonds are under pressure again, as investors mull how long central banks will stay on pause
📽️Paramount's hostile bid was due to WBD's lack of responsiveness to overtures in September
🤖Nvidia can ship H200 chips to China...for a fee Trump says
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
🍦"Cool story, bro...." #Magnum is now the world's largest standalone ice cream business, home to brands including Wall's and Cornetto
📉 Market valuation is around $9.14 billion, below the reference price
📈 Shares also list in London and New York today.
www.reuters.com/business/uni...
📉 Market valuation is around $9.14 billion, below the reference price
📈 Shares also list in London and New York today.
www.reuters.com/business/uni...
Magnum Ice Cream valued at $9.1 billion in Amsterdam listing
Shares in the Magnum Ice Cream Company traded at 12.8 euros per share, implying a market capitalisation of 7.84 billion euros, as the company finalised its long-awaited spinoff from Unilever to list i...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🍦"Cool story, bro...." #Magnum is now the world's largest standalone ice cream business, home to brands including Wall's and Cornetto
📉 Market valuation is around $9.14 billion, below the reference price
📈 Shares also list in London and New York today.
www.reuters.com/business/uni...
📉 Market valuation is around $9.14 billion, below the reference price
📈 Shares also list in London and New York today.
www.reuters.com/business/uni...
🌞Morning! A steady start as we head into an action-packed week!
💵USD a touch weaker but nothing too dramatic
📈German 30Y yields hit 2011 high, Schnabel says a hike could be next move
🏦Fed set for one of the most divided policy decisions yet - but then what?
#markets
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
💵USD a touch weaker but nothing too dramatic
📈German 30Y yields hit 2011 high, Schnabel says a hike could be next move
🏦Fed set for one of the most divided policy decisions yet - but then what?
#markets
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Morning Bid: Futures try for a Fed fait accompli
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🌞Morning! A steady start as we head into an action-packed week!
💵USD a touch weaker but nothing too dramatic
📈German 30Y yields hit 2011 high, Schnabel says a hike could be next move
🏦Fed set for one of the most divided policy decisions yet - but then what?
#markets
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
💵USD a touch weaker but nothing too dramatic
📈German 30Y yields hit 2011 high, Schnabel says a hike could be next move
🏦Fed set for one of the most divided policy decisions yet - but then what?
#markets
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
🤓For a great read, take a look at this insight from a team of correspondents stretching from Singapore to San Francisco on the #AI frenzy's memory problem.
"The memory shortage has now graduated from a component-level concern to a macroeconomic risk."
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
"The memory shortage has now graduated from a component-level concern to a macroeconomic risk."
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis
An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies, as prices soar for the unglamorous but essential compone...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🤓For a great read, take a look at this insight from a team of correspondents stretching from Singapore to San Francisco on the #AI frenzy's memory problem.
"The memory shortage has now graduated from a component-level concern to a macroeconomic risk."
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
"The memory shortage has now graduated from a component-level concern to a macroeconomic risk."
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
🌞Morning all! Well, a bit more of an air of calm today. Stocks up and #bitcoin looking like it's recovered ... for now at least
🕊️Russia says no Ukraine compromise reached after talks
✂️Markets up bets on 2026 cuts with Ken Hassett in the frame for Fed Chair
🏯Yen looking perky
shorturl.at/Ysqrr
🕊️Russia says no Ukraine compromise reached after talks
✂️Markets up bets on 2026 cuts with Ken Hassett in the frame for Fed Chair
🏯Yen looking perky
shorturl.at/Ysqrr
Morning Bid: Risk-on, risk-off, risk-on
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee
shorturl.at
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌞Morning all! Well, a bit more of an air of calm today. Stocks up and #bitcoin looking like it's recovered ... for now at least
🕊️Russia says no Ukraine compromise reached after talks
✂️Markets up bets on 2026 cuts with Ken Hassett in the frame for Fed Chair
🏯Yen looking perky
shorturl.at/Ysqrr
🕊️Russia says no Ukraine compromise reached after talks
✂️Markets up bets on 2026 cuts with Ken Hassett in the frame for Fed Chair
🏯Yen looking perky
shorturl.at/Ysqrr
🎧Knock, knock.... Mr Gravity is paying #bitcoin a visit this week! On today's episode of @reuters.com Morning Bid, we talk about:
🪙Bears are circling crypto
💴US traders are taking their cues all the way from Japan
🚗 Tesla sales plummet in key European markets
reuters.sng.link/Dng86/3ogou/...
🪙Bears are circling crypto
💴US traders are taking their cues all the way from Japan
🚗 Tesla sales plummet in key European markets
reuters.sng.link/Dng86/3ogou/...
Gravity knocks on Bitcoin's door
December isn’t feeling so merry for Wall Street.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🎧Knock, knock.... Mr Gravity is paying #bitcoin a visit this week! On today's episode of @reuters.com Morning Bid, we talk about:
🪙Bears are circling crypto
💴US traders are taking their cues all the way from Japan
🚗 Tesla sales plummet in key European markets
reuters.sng.link/Dng86/3ogou/...
🪙Bears are circling crypto
💴US traders are taking their cues all the way from Japan
🚗 Tesla sales plummet in key European markets
reuters.sng.link/Dng86/3ogou/...
🌞Morning! There's a bit more stability today, after yday's bond battering. Futures are pointing to a small uptick. EZ inflation later
🪙BTC ⬆️0.8% at $87,177
🥈SILVER: ⬇️1.5%, not far off $58.83 ATH
☠️UK OBR head quits over budget leak
📺 Warner Bros gets mostly cash offer from Netflix
shorturl.at/xH1vF
🪙BTC ⬆️0.8% at $87,177
🥈SILVER: ⬇️1.5%, not far off $58.83 ATH
☠️UK OBR head quits over budget leak
📺 Warner Bros gets mostly cash offer from Netflix
shorturl.at/xH1vF
Bond and bitcoin selloff leaves stocks unsteady
Stocks made muted gains and traders were wary on Tuesday, following a slide in cryptocurrencies and a global bond selloff triggered by a looming interest rate hike in Japan.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🌞Morning! There's a bit more stability today, after yday's bond battering. Futures are pointing to a small uptick. EZ inflation later
🪙BTC ⬆️0.8% at $87,177
🥈SILVER: ⬇️1.5%, not far off $58.83 ATH
☠️UK OBR head quits over budget leak
📺 Warner Bros gets mostly cash offer from Netflix
shorturl.at/xH1vF
🪙BTC ⬆️0.8% at $87,177
🥈SILVER: ⬇️1.5%, not far off $58.83 ATH
☠️UK OBR head quits over budget leak
📺 Warner Bros gets mostly cash offer from Netflix
shorturl.at/xH1vF
🪙 #Bitcoin bulls are having a "case of the Mondays" today as BTC slides 5% below $90K, as one bearish factor after another adds up today. #BTC buyers like Strategy and crypto-related stocks like Coinbase and Riot getting hit in today's premarket.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Bitcoin drops 5% below $90,000; bearish factors rack up
Bitcoin fell below $90,000 on Monday, as a selloff gathered pace following the steepest monthly decline since mid 2021, as renewed risk aversion drove investors out of stocks and digital assets.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🪙 #Bitcoin bulls are having a "case of the Mondays" today as BTC slides 5% below $90K, as one bearish factor after another adds up today. #BTC buyers like Strategy and crypto-related stocks like Coinbase and Riot getting hit in today's premarket.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
😁 Happy Friday! Having decided to take social media stuff more seriously, here's why I have done ZERO social-mediaing today:
Trading is back up and running after an hours-long #outage on CME. There's never a dull moment in this job!
🪙🛢️💵🌽📈
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Trading is back up and running after an hours-long #outage on CME. There's never a dull moment in this job!
🪙🛢️💵🌽📈
www.reuters.com/business/cme...
Global futures reopen after exchange operator CME hit by hours-long outage
Global futures markets were thrown into chaos for several hours on Friday after CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across s...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
😁 Happy Friday! Having decided to take social media stuff more seriously, here's why I have done ZERO social-mediaing today:
Trading is back up and running after an hours-long #outage on CME. There's never a dull moment in this job!
🪙🛢️💵🌽📈
www.reuters.com/business/cme...
Trading is back up and running after an hours-long #outage on CME. There's never a dull moment in this job!
🪙🛢️💵🌽📈
www.reuters.com/business/cme...
💼If you're still reading up on y'day's #Budget take a minute to read this great story on how the OBR's early forecasts stole Reeves' thunder from my splendid colleague @bruceandy.bsky.social who wrote/co-wrote SEVENTEEN stories y'day!
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
UK watchdog's early budget release steals Reeves' thunder, stirs markets frenzy
Britain's fiscal watchdog apologised for publishing details of Rachel Reeves' budget early on Wednesday, a blunder that stole the finance minister's chance to reset the political narrative after month...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
💼If you're still reading up on y'day's #Budget take a minute to read this great story on how the OBR's early forecasts stole Reeves' thunder from my splendid colleague @bruceandy.bsky.social who wrote/co-wrote SEVENTEEN stories y'day!
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
🌞Morning! Hopefully (🙏🙏🙏) a more sedate day today with #Thanksgiving and after the #Budget! JPY traders watching for any signs of intervention from the BOJ, while stocks happy to tick higher in the absence of any new catalysts.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Stocks gain on Fed easing hopes, yen locked in intervention zone
Asian stocks rose on Thursday and the dollar was soft on growing expectations of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month, while the yen remained on intervention watch, with traders we...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🌞Morning! Hopefully (🙏🙏🙏) a more sedate day today with #Thanksgiving and after the #Budget! JPY traders watching for any signs of intervention from the BOJ, while stocks happy to tick higher in the absence of any new catalysts.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
😱 #OBR releases forecasts early, showing #Reeves will raise an extra GBP26.1 bln a year in tax
💷GBP briefly up to 1.32 before dipping to 1.3134
💰UK5Y yields now up 3bps at 3.965% from low of 3.935%
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
💷GBP briefly up to 1.32 before dipping to 1.3134
💰UK5Y yields now up 3bps at 3.965% from low of 3.935%
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
😱 #OBR releases forecasts early, showing #Reeves will raise an extra GBP26.1 bln a year in tax
💷GBP briefly up to 1.32 before dipping to 1.3134
💰UK5Y yields now up 3bps at 3.965% from low of 3.935%
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
💷GBP briefly up to 1.32 before dipping to 1.3134
💰UK5Y yields now up 3bps at 3.965% from low of 3.935%
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
🌞Morning! The day we've all been "waiting for" is here. #Reeves will test the faith of #markets and voters with her #budget later.
💷GBP ⬆️for a 5th day vs USD (more about Fed than UK)
📈FTSE closed at 1wk high y'day
Keep calm and... well, do whatever you have to!
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
💷GBP ⬆️for a 5th day vs USD (more about Fed than UK)
📈FTSE closed at 1wk high y'day
Keep calm and... well, do whatever you have to!
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🌞Morning! The day we've all been "waiting for" is here. #Reeves will test the faith of #markets and voters with her #budget later.
💷GBP ⬆️for a 5th day vs USD (more about Fed than UK)
📈FTSE closed at 1wk high y'day
Keep calm and... well, do whatever you have to!
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
💷GBP ⬆️for a 5th day vs USD (more about Fed than UK)
📈FTSE closed at 1wk high y'day
Keep calm and... well, do whatever you have to!
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
🎙️Check out @reuters.com new Morning Bid podcast, where we bring you a quick hit of the top markets news, 7 days a week!
📈Alphabet nears $4 trillion
💵 Fed cuts look like a dead cert, but the dollar is steady
🛍️ Black Friday is here, what might retail sales data show?
reuters.sng.link/Eng86/2j5p/r...
📈Alphabet nears $4 trillion
💵 Fed cuts look like a dead cert, but the dollar is steady
🛍️ Black Friday is here, what might retail sales data show?
reuters.sng.link/Eng86/2j5p/r...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎙️Check out @reuters.com new Morning Bid podcast, where we bring you a quick hit of the top markets news, 7 days a week!
📈Alphabet nears $4 trillion
💵 Fed cuts look like a dead cert, but the dollar is steady
🛍️ Black Friday is here, what might retail sales data show?
reuters.sng.link/Eng86/2j5p/r...
📈Alphabet nears $4 trillion
💵 Fed cuts look like a dead cert, but the dollar is steady
🛍️ Black Friday is here, what might retail sales data show?
reuters.sng.link/Eng86/2j5p/r...
👋After a veeeery long absence, I'm back on Bluesky - partly for selfish reasons, as I have a new work project to promote - but also because it is a great source of markets intel and debate!
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👋After a veeeery long absence, I'm back on Bluesky - partly for selfish reasons, as I have a new work project to promote - but also because it is a great source of markets intel and debate!
🥵 What a couple of weeks it's been. I've covered markets for +25 yrs and even in 2008 & 2020, I've never seen anything like it. Not posted here at all as it's so full-on. Here's a great take on the rollercoaster from my colleagues Dhara Ranasinghe & Tom Westbrook
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www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
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www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
Ten trading days that shook financial markets
The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10.
www.reuters.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🥵 What a couple of weeks it's been. I've covered markets for +25 yrs and even in 2008 & 2020, I've never seen anything like it. Not posted here at all as it's so full-on. Here's a great take on the rollercoaster from my colleagues Dhara Ranasinghe & Tom Westbrook
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www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
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www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
🤯 Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I've had quite enough internets today...
Trump weighs in on report King Charles will offer U.S. membership to British Commonwealth: ‘Sounds good!’
Trump indicates willingness to have America become 57th Commonwealth member
www.yahoo.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🤯 Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I've had quite enough internets today...
😒More good news out of the UK.... the ONS says it will pause production of PPI data because of a methodology problem.
"This problem affects the years from 2008 onwards. However, the main impact on annual producer price inflation rates is seen in 2022 and 2023." - ONS statement
"This problem affects the years from 2008 onwards. However, the main impact on annual producer price inflation rates is seen in 2022 and 2023." - ONS statement
March 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
😒More good news out of the UK.... the ONS says it will pause production of PPI data because of a methodology problem.
"This problem affects the years from 2008 onwards. However, the main impact on annual producer price inflation rates is seen in 2022 and 2023." - ONS statement
"This problem affects the years from 2008 onwards. However, the main impact on annual producer price inflation rates is seen in 2022 and 2023." - ONS statement
✈️🔥Follow the latest on the Heathrow fire with our Live Pages team here!
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Heathrow Airport Fire Live: Flights disrupted as Europe's busiest hub closed
The closure diverted flights around the world.
www.reuters.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
✈️🔥Follow the latest on the Heathrow fire with our Live Pages team here!
www.reuters.com/world/heathr...
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🌼 Happy 1st day of Spring! It's a little jittery out there. The most-used word in this week's slew of cenbank statements HAS to be "uncertainty". It's a light data docket so in other news:
🔥Huge fire shuts Heathrow
🚗Tesla trade-ins set for record
⛏️Trump says to sign Ukraine minerals deal soon
🔥Huge fire shuts Heathrow
🚗Tesla trade-ins set for record
⛏️Trump says to sign Ukraine minerals deal soon
March 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🌼 Happy 1st day of Spring! It's a little jittery out there. The most-used word in this week's slew of cenbank statements HAS to be "uncertainty". It's a light data docket so in other news:
🔥Huge fire shuts Heathrow
🚗Tesla trade-ins set for record
⛏️Trump says to sign Ukraine minerals deal soon
🔥Huge fire shuts Heathrow
🚗Tesla trade-ins set for record
⛏️Trump says to sign Ukraine minerals deal soon
Reposted by Amanda Cooper
A fire broke out at a substation near London’s Heathrow Airport, sending fireballs into the night sky, a video obtained by Reuters shows.
March 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A fire broke out at a substation near London’s Heathrow Airport, sending fireballs into the night sky, a video obtained by Reuters shows.
😶🌫️ Uff...
"Tesla accounts for a large portion of recalled vehicles in the U.S. In 2024, Tesla topped the list for U.S. recalls with its vehicles accounting for 5.1 million call-backs, according to recall management firm BizzyCar."
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"Tesla accounts for a large portion of recalled vehicles in the U.S. In 2024, Tesla topped the list for U.S. recalls with its vehicles accounting for 5.1 million call-backs, according to recall management firm BizzyCar."
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle
Tesla said Thursday it is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck.
www.reuters.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
😶🌫️ Uff...
"Tesla accounts for a large portion of recalled vehicles in the U.S. In 2024, Tesla topped the list for U.S. recalls with its vehicles accounting for 5.1 million call-backs, according to recall management firm BizzyCar."
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
"Tesla accounts for a large portion of recalled vehicles in the U.S. In 2024, Tesla topped the list for U.S. recalls with its vehicles accounting for 5.1 million call-backs, according to recall management firm BizzyCar."
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
💷 Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at 4.5% (vote split 8-1) and warns against assumptions rates will fall over the coming few meetings as policymakers grapple with 'global trade policy uncertainty'
Market reaction is a bit "meh🤷♀️" so far
📉GBP -0.3% at $1.2958
📉GB10 -4 bps at 4.587%
Market reaction is a bit "meh🤷♀️" so far
📉GBP -0.3% at $1.2958
📉GB10 -4 bps at 4.587%
March 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💷 Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at 4.5% (vote split 8-1) and warns against assumptions rates will fall over the coming few meetings as policymakers grapple with 'global trade policy uncertainty'
Market reaction is a bit "meh🤷♀️" so far
📉GBP -0.3% at $1.2958
📉GB10 -4 bps at 4.587%
Market reaction is a bit "meh🤷♀️" so far
📉GBP -0.3% at $1.2958
📉GB10 -4 bps at 4.587%
Reposted by Amanda Cooper
Turkey detained 37 suspects for allegedly making ‘provocative posts inciting crime and hatred’ over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Minister said reut.rs/4hn4viT
Turkey detains 37 people over social media posts on detained Istanbul mayor
Turkey detained 37 suspects for allegedly making "provocative posts inciting crime and hatred" over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Minister said on Thursday.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Turkey detained 37 suspects for allegedly making ‘provocative posts inciting crime and hatred’ over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Minister said reut.rs/4hn4viT