Last week, I had to leave India abruptly. The Modi Government told me my visa extension would be denied, saying my reporting 'crossed a line'. After Australian Government intervention, I got a mere two-month extension ...less than 24 hours before my flight. 1/2

This is what happens when you systematically exclude women from government decision-making

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Breaking News: Apple said it pulled the Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China on Beijing’s orders. nyti.ms/4aDJ6Q0

We are hiring for a new private capital reporter in London as the great William Louch is sadly leaving.

Come work with the best team of finance journalists on the planet and help us continue to dominate coverage of the world of private capital
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We're looking for a Taiwan Correspondent to work in AFP News Agency Taipei office! Apply and come work with me and our brilliant team 🇹🇼✨

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Reuters' Mohammed Salem has won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image of a Palestinian woman, Inas Abu Maamar, cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in Gaza.

I bet he does

US short-seller Andrew Left wants an apology from Hong Kong’s market regulator — and a refund. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Bloomberg: A decade ago, a Chinese-built light-rail system was hailed as a solution to Addis Ababa's transportation woes. Today, frequent breakdowns and operational constraints mean barely one-third of its 41 trains are operational.
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Fox News buried Tuesday's court decision implementing a near-total abortion ban in Arizona.

CNN: 2 hours of airtime
MSNBC: 2 hours 20 minutes
Fox: 12 minutes, NONE in the evening 'opinion' block
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Zichen Wang performs an important public service by disseminating and discussing these ideas put forth by Chinese economists on how to revive the Chinese economy and re-orient growth toward consumption. Read his thread and the article by Xu Gao! Xu's proposal is radical. 1/6

Arguments have been made that #Temu should be added to a blacklist for facilitating products that contain Xinjiang cotton to enter the U.S. I spent some time talking to suppliers and here's what I found out: 1/3
theinformation.com/articles/temu-… via
The Information

I have so many questions about this type of tourism

Still trying to understand what cultural confidence means #文化自信 It feels like China’s confidence in interacting with the world is disappearing

Lots of talk of “concrete evidence” and “tangible proof”. But what are u actually referring to?

#Kyrgyzstan continues to hold these 4 journalists Temirov Live on fabricated charges in retaliation for their investigative reporting on official corruption. They must be freed at once and the charges against all 11 #journalists dropped.
#JournalismIsNotACrime

JUST IN!!! U.S. says “deeply concerned’ by Georgia’s draft “foreign agents” law and has made its concerns clear to the Georgian govt.

#NoToRussianLaw
#GeorgiaDeservesBetter

dunno why I find this so funny