This is your routine reminder of how utterly ridiculous these university rankings are. For example, how on earth could a Chinese university be even considered when philosophy, history, literature, sociology, politics, media etc are all rigged and censored?

Two protest banners were hung on a #Beijing Third Ring Road bridge today. There was also a fire. The banners opposed Zero #Covid measures, calling for an end to lockdowns, promoting revolutionary change in this country adding "we need to vote; we don't want to be slaves". #China

It’s hard to overstate how brave this is in Xi Jinping’s China. Whomever did this did so at extraordinary personal risk.

Thrilled to share I’ve joined ABC News — still based out of Mexico City. Let’s go!!

Anyone who says TV news is glamorous, I present you exhibit A

I've just landed in Buffalo....we'll be here covering what could be an historic snowfall...

The calm before the storm…

Snow coming soon..we’ll be here all week/weekend

“LIFE-THREATENING” SNOW EMERGENCY: At least seven states from Wisconsin to New York are under snow alerts, with Buffalo, New York bracing for up to four feet of snow. Matt Rivers reports as temperatures plunge across the country. abcn.ws/3UJNrcv

More snow coming…..

Today our team The Washington Post is launching Cartel Rx, a seven-part investigative series on the American fentanyl crisis. It is the deadliest narcotics epidemic in US history, killing nearly 200 people every day. We start with its origins: washingtonpost.com/investigations…

With temps dropping #ElPaso residents are dropping off coats to #migrants sleeping out in the streets tonight after they were released by CBP. #juarez #jrz

For months, we’ve been documenting how fentanyl has transformed Tijuana, the most common transit point for the drug into the US. It is now the deadliest municipality in Mexico, with 1,900 homicides this year – many of them taking place in the canal that slices through the city.

Authorities are warning that an unprecedented surge in migrants at the southern border may only worsen with the expiration of Title 42 looming, the Trump-era policy that allows the U.S. to expel asylum seekers at the border. Matt Rivers reports. abcn.ws/3iXnzeV

lots of good discussion on walkable neighborhoods, but not enough discussion on the importance of shopping locally. if you want to see nice little shops on your walk, you have to buy from them every once in a while, even if it means paying a little more. less amazon; more local

Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, is plagued with gang violence and now at risk of famine. Matt Rivers reports on the humanitarian crisis as armed groups control what supplies come into areas, leaving children with little or no food. abcn.ws/2XvP3JQ

What is happening in #Haiti demands the world's attention: Skyrocketing gang violence. Soaring inflation, and 4.9 million people hungry – nearly half the country. Thank you World News Tonight & Matt Rivers for showing the gravity of this dire humanitarian crisis.

What's unfolding in #Haiti remains so under-reported; and yet, what's happening there is cruel and troubling. Thanks World News Tonight & Matt Rivers for bringing these stories to the world:

American Bridge 21st Century There he goes again.