Trump on going to war with Iran: "I have never had more compliments on something I did. So if we have a high oil prices for a little while, but as soon as this ends these prices are gonna drop I believe even lower than before."
Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA.
on.ft.com/4kSuQYO
You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.
And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.
BREAKING: New blasts heard in Tehran
Bahrain says drone strike damaged airport - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bahrain-says-drone-strike-damaged-airport
⚡️ 2 Ukrainians detained for registering Starlink terminals for Russian soldiers for 'easy money.'
The case comes amid Ukrainian efforts to restrict Russian access to Starlink satellite communications.
State of the Union could be Trump's best chance to sell voters on Iran plans reut.rs/4aMDT9z
This day started as the day of remembrance for me.
Remembering those who died during this damned war. My friends and people I knew are among them.
I often think about them and will never forget them.
The faces of murdered and tortured Ukrainians whom I didn't personally know but wrote about
Made-up numbers with no credence.
Reform claim: 6k deportations/week: over 300k per year.
Trump (2025): about 230k, away from the border.
Per capita, Reform are saying they would QUADRUPLE the pace of Trump's cruel + chaotic ICE deportations in UK
deportationdata.org/analysis/imm...
Exclusive: A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making
It's quite extraordinary that they thought any of these people would do a better job than Karen Pierce, who did not need to be replaced! It wasn't like there was a vacancy that had to be filled.
“Musk is a known insomniac, often posting on his own social network for 18+ hours a day. The UK is awake when the US is asleep, and posts content in English. That means that naturally, a lot of British content will find its way into Musk’s feed, and he jumps on it.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/elon...
It's here, down south, we have all your rain.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was just the beginning. slate.trib.al/1CDid3M
France and Canada deepen Arctic ties with Greenland consulates reut.rs/4ayt2kF
⚡️ Assassination attempt reported on Russian GRU official in Moscow.
The deputy head of Russia's military intelligence, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, was reportedly hospitalized after a gunman fired multiple shots and fled the scene.
Ukrainian media report that Russia's "appetite" is growing during negotiations. They are now demanding not only the surrender of Donbas but also official recognition of it as part of Russia by all countries.
NEW: Amid threats of war and a rapid collapse in the value of the rial, ordinary Iranians are flocking to gold to salvage their savings, reports Fateme Karimkhan for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wh...
US job cuts surge to highest January total since 2009 ft.trib.al/nLBxTaz
Israeli air attacks on Lebanon reach highest level since ceasefire: Report
Israeli air attacks on Lebanon reach highest level since ceasefire: Report https://aje.news/5ymd39
January's “Will for Peace,” a 9-day Chinese-led BRICS Plus naval exercise, underscored China’s growing use of military power in Africa to advance its geostrategic objectives, and the attempt to normalize military cooperation within BRICS Plus, without formally declaring a military alliance
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US President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical-minerals stockpile, in a bid to counter China
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
In today’s global order, who feeds you may decide who you answer to.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Majd Jawad reports.
www.972mag.com/west-bank-ca...
What's missing is VOA and its factual, balanced and comprehensive journalism.
It’s -14 in Kyiv tonight just in case you’re curious
3am activities? Watching russian Shahed drones and ballistic missiles trying — once again — to cut a city of 4 million people off from electricity and heating.
