Rosalind Mathieson
@RosMathieson
Aussie, Muay Thai/yoga student. News Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Bloomberg.
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10-05-2012 06:06:20
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Vladimir Putin plans to visit China little more than a week after his new terms starts (inauguration is Tues), a source says; the Russian president said last month he intended to travel to China in May, but didn't say exactly when bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics
South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation that’s grown used to daily power cuts bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics
EXCLUSIVE: Turkey stops all trade with Israel, sources say. Total trade was worth $6.8 billion in 2023, of which 76% was Turkish exports. So not a huge trade relationship but clearly shows the pick up in tensions over the war in Gaza bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Bloomberg Economics
Elon Musk’s Starlink service is still operating in multiple unauthorized regions, defying warnings issued by the company that its satellite internet will be shut down by May 1 in areas where it doesn’t have a license to operate bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology
Huawei has been secretly funding cutting-edge research through an unrelated Washington-based foundation despite US blacklisting, a Bloomberg News investigation finds bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology
Taking a carrot-and-stick approach, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has made it easier for foreign firms to operate, but a new law is also forcing them to set up headquarters in the country or risk losing business from government entities bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets
Thousands of Russians who fled abroad after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine are returning home, delivering a propaganda victory to Putin and a boost to his war economy bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics
Saudi Arabia has stepped up the arrest of citizens for social-media posts related to the Israel-Hamas war bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics
“It boggles the mind that somebody who caused the country and the economy so much harm still commands significant support.” “He is pushing the ethnic, tribal lines very, very hard and that is primarily where his support is coming from' bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics