Robert Kuster
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Insurance M&A lawyer with extensive international experience in US, LatAm and Europe. Posts reflect my own views and not those of my employer. Retweets are not endorsements.
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Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy: strong FT oped from Gita Gopinath. The lesson from Brexit is simple: "Structural damage reveals itself slowly, and always too late to be reversed." www.ft.com/content/9c82...
Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy
Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last
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January 7, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Don’t be fooled — everything has changed for the global economy: strong FT oped from Gita Gopinath. The lesson from Brexit is simple: "Structural damage reveals itself slowly, and always too late to be reversed." www.ft.com/content/9c82...
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Also on the daily podcast: the culture war surrounding Japan’s surnames law and how Bad Bunny topped the global charts
Pause for little effect: a trickle of aid in Gaza
Also on the daily podcast: the culture war surrounding Japan’s surnames law and how Bad Bunny topped the global charts
econ.st
July 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Also on the daily podcast: the culture war surrounding Japan’s surnames law and how Bad Bunny topped the global charts
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After a long silence, a growing number of Israelis are raising alarms about potential war crimes being carried out by their government in Gaza.
‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza
After a long silence, prominent Israelis and activists are increasingly raising alarms about potential war crimes being carried out by the government.
nyti.ms
July 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
After a long silence, a growing number of Israelis are raising alarms about potential war crimes being carried out by their government in Gaza.
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Canada, Australia and Britain have increased pressure on Israel over the starvation and the killing of civilians in Gaza, with Australia’s prime minister on Friday saying the situation has “gone beyond the world’s worst fears.”
Australia Says Gaza Situation Beyond ‘Worst Fears’ as Pressure Mounts on Israel
Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Canada, Australia and Britain have increased pressure on Israel over the starvation and the killing of civilians in Gaza, with Australia’s prime minister on Friday saying the situation has “gone beyond the world’s worst fears.”
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Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg
Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg
A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story
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July 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg
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More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO
July 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO
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In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare
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May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
An air of complicity has prompted new rhetoric from UK and EU leaders. But it won’t redeem them – or change history’s course, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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May 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
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Israel’s security cabinet signed off on a plan to add tens of thousands of reserve soldiers and expand its war effort in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s Plan to Expand Israel’s Fight in Gaza Is Met With Skepticism
It is not clear how the Israeli prime minister’s plan to add tens of thousands of soldiers will fundamentally alter a dynamic seen over 18 months of conflict.
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May 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Israel’s security cabinet signed off on a plan to add tens of thousands of reserve soldiers and expand its war effort in Gaza.
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As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die (Gift Article)
The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Even as Pope Francis was hospitalized in the last months of his life, he still occasionally kept up what had been a near-nightly ritual: calling the hundreds of Palestinian Christians huddling in the only Roman Catholic church in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
Pope Francis’ Death Cuts a Vital Line of Hope for Gaza’s Christians
For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered enclave. “The evenings became known as the pope’s time,” a priest in Gaza said...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Even as Pope Francis was hospitalized in the last months of his life, he still occasionally kept up what had been a near-nightly ritual: calling the hundreds of Palestinian Christians huddling in the only Roman Catholic church in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
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The kids are fighting:
April 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The kids are fighting:
Israel Issues Wide-Ranging Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza
The order, which came during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, included Rafah and parts of neighboring Khan Younis.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Israel Issues Wide-Ranging Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
In Gaza, a Ramadan Among the Ruins www.nytimes.com/card/2025/03...
In Gaza, a Ramadan Among the Ruins
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March 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In Gaza, a Ramadan Among the Ruins www.nytimes.com/card/2025/03...
Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb
The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
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Everyone involved should be ashamed. You're going to be a rich lawyer ... in a country without the rule of law.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Everyone involved should be ashamed. You're going to be a rich lawyer ... in a country without the rule of law.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line (Gift Article)
Fears that competitors could take its top rainmaking talent added to the law firm’s worries about a Trump executive order that targeted it.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Gazans return to wreckage after Israel-Hamas war
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Gazans return to wreckage after Israel-Hamas war
Following the ceasefire, many Palestinians find only sand, twisted metal and shredded concrete where they used to live
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January 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Gazans return to wreckage after Israel-Hamas war
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Trump risks turning the US into a rogue state
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Trump risks turning the US into a rogue state
Territorial expansionism and threats to neighbours and allies should set off alarm bells across the world
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January 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Trump risks turning the US into a rogue state
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Think of the time being wasted by diplomats and experts in Europe and Latin America, as they start planning how to counter American attacks on Panama or Greenland. Time that could be spent thinking about a unified response to Russia and China.
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Think of the time being wasted by diplomats and experts in Europe and Latin America, as they start planning how to counter American attacks on Panama or Greenland. Time that could be spent thinking about a unified response to Russia and China.
The Case for Hope for Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
Opinion | The Case for Hope for Palestinians
Israeli accountability, a powerful protest movement and an emerging generation of leaders could bring a better future for Palestinians.
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January 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The Case for Hope for Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
Gazans Endure Harsh Conditions as New Year Begins www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/w...
Gaza Residents Endure Harsh Conditions as Israel-Hamas War Continues Into 2025
Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Jabaliya, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Israel’s military said it was targeting Hamas.
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January 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Gazans Endure Harsh Conditions as New Year Begins www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/w...
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London lawyer hiring frenzy hits record as pay wars rage
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London lawyer hiring frenzy hits record as pay wars rage
Partner moves across the City hit highest number in at least a decade
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December 30, 2024 at 5:42 AM
London lawyer hiring frenzy hits record as pay wars rage
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The priceless Lebanon heritage sites destroyed by Israeli bombing
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The priceless Lebanon heritage sites destroyed by Israeli bombing
Strikes near Roman, Crusader and Ottoman sites flattened some and left others with ‘invisible’ damage
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December 30, 2024 at 5:41 AM
The priceless Lebanon heritage sites destroyed by Israeli bombing
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