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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
For @reuters.com, I followed the case of Vitalii, a Ukrainian teenager facing up to a decade in prison for allegedly betraying his country. I also spoke to adults contending with thorny, existential questions about what justice look like for minors induced to betray their country.
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Ukrainian teens are committing acts of betrayal. How should they be judged?
The case of a teenager named Vitalii shows how children can be seen as both perpetrator and victim.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Mark Cancian, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said if the military has fired more than 800 Tomahawks against Iran, “that would be about a quarter of the total inventory and would leave a large gap for a conflict in the Western Pacific.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon
More than 850 Tomahawks have been fired in just four weeks, people familiar with the matter said, alarming some Pentagon officials because the weapon’s supply is limited.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New: We looked at how Russia is remaking occupied territories in Ukraine, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into roads, railways and ports to try and inexorably tie the region into their own, part of Putin's grand vision for what it calls "Novorossiya" www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Welcome to ‘New Russia’: How the Kremlin is remaking occupied Ukraine
Moscow is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an aggressive buildout of transport and trade infrastructure in the Ukrainian territories it has seized. The projects are inexorably weaving thes...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
ICE agents will have a ‘security role’ during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE would not be welcome in his city
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ICE agents will have a security role at Milan Cortina Olympics
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. Sources at the U.S.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Two Reuters employees - a journalist and a security adviser accompanying her - were among those injured in the attack by the men who wielded sticks and clubs and hurled large rocks, in an area close to the Palestinian village of Beita. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/10/2025
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Russia hands long prison sentences to 15 captured Ukrainian fighters
Fifteen members of a Ukrainian militia group were convicted by a Russian military court on Friday of taking part in "a terrorist organisation" and sentenced to between 15 and 21 years in a maximum security penal colony, Russia's prosecutor general said.
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Some 71% of respondents said they agreed with a statement that "American society is broken" 😐 www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
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Americans believe harsh political rhetoric is fueling violence, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Roughly two out of three Americans believe that the harsh rhetoric used in talking about politics is encouraging violence, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in the days following the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Russia has so far sent more than 34,000 attack drones and decoys into Ukraine in 2025, nearly nine times the number from the same period last year, according to the Times data set. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...
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Russia Made Drone Production a Supreme Priority. Now It Swarms the Skies.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing - www.reuters.com/world/us/nat...
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Poland’s military command urged people to stay at home, naming the regions of Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, and Lublin as most at risk, adding: "This is an act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens." www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack, calls violation act of aggression
Radars tracked more than 10 objects and those that could pose a threat were "neutralised," Poland's military command said.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
THE HAGUE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The jet carrying von der Leyen to Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, was unable to use electronic navigational aids as a result of the interference, which forced the pilot to land using paper maps, the FT reported on Monday. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
Commission president was on a tour of frontline states when her plane was target of interference.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Damage from Ukrainian drone attacks and extensive planned maintenance have sent Russia's offline oil refining capacity to a record high in August, Reuters calculations show, though working sites are likely to spur output to help mitigate the impact. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Here is our new investigation into Enerhodar, an occupied Ukrainian city that hosts Europe's largest nuclear plant. Based on interviews with over 50 people, we detail how Moscow's security apparatus and Rosatom are ruling over the city with violence and fear. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Russia turns a Ukrainian nuclear city into a stronghold of fear
Once a thriving city of 50,000, Enerhodar, home of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, is a ghost town. The Russian occupation is using intimidation and seemingly arbitrary detentions to scrub the region of its Ukrainian identity.
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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Exclusive: Despite Western sanctions, Russian bomb factory bought Siemens tech via middleman - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Exclusive: Despite Western sanctions, Russian bomb factory bought Siemens tech via middleman
As Russia sought to ratchet up military production for the war in Ukraine, a state-owned explosives manufacturer circumvented Western sanctions by purchasing equipment made by Germany's Siemens from a middleman that imports technology from China.
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Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New: Fake news reports about Bosnia's Serb entity, Republika Srpska, led me down a rabbit hole that revealed a network of fake news websites operated by two dubious Austrian businessmen. Coincidentally, Republika Srpska's leader, who was featured favorably in those articles, was ousted today.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a joint investigation reveals. www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
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Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/07/2025
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
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U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
In addition to the air defense and missile insufficiencies, Ukraine’s ground troops, who remain vastly outnumbered on the front line, are also running low on 155mm artillery shells, Syrsky said, and need an additional supply of armored vehicles. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Ukraine’s top commander asks Trump to help take the war to Russia
With Trump now open to supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky calls for longer-range missiles and the permission to use them against Russia.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A Western diplomat familiar with Ukraine's reform effort described it as "the most dangerous moment" yet for the independence of anti-corruption authorities. "The Ukrainian side is testing the limits more and more," referring to the patience of Kyiv's allies. www.reuters.com/en/ukraine-c...
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Ukraine curbs autonomy of anti-corruption agencies
Ukraine has toughened restrictions on two anti-corruption agencies at the centre of the government's reform drive, rolling back their autonomy in favour of tighter executive control.
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
At least 15 people, including four children, have died of starvation in Gaza over the last 24 hours amid Israel’s siege, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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‘No food, no water’: More children die as forced starvation grows in Gaza
UN says workers are fainting from hunger and exhaustion as Israel’s restriction of aid deepens an already dire crisis.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration shelved in recent weeks an inter-agency working group it had set up to formulate strategies for pressuring Russia into speeding up peace talks with Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A lost Canadian teen traveled to Donetsk last year. There, he was detained by Russia's FSB. He eventually agreed to spy for Russia. We went through a thousand pages of Polish court documents, including the full chat between the teen and his handler. New story: www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
Russia is using untrained spies after operatives were expelled from Europe in 2022. The case against a Canadian teen shows how Moscow conducts the operations.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Also note this, from a group known for caution & neutrality: bsky.app/profile/shas...
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
MADRID, May 21 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain's Interior Ministry said. Andriy Portnov was previously a senior aide to Viktor Yanukovich www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid
An unidentified gunman or gunmen shot and killed former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov on Wednesday morning outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, a source close to the police investigation said.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The European Union sanctions today included 3 pro-Russia activists we’ve been following since our ‘23 investigation. When reached by phone, one of them simply told a Reuters reporter to “fuck off” before hanging up www.reuters.com/world/eu-san... @mashatsvetkova.bsky.social @zverevlive.bsky.social
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EU sanctions three pro-Kremlin activists identified by Reuters
The European Union on Tuesday announced sanctions against three pro-Russia activists whose activities promoting the Kremlin's agenda inside Germany were first revealed in a Reuters investigation in 2023.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Herro once called himself “the dirtbag of the internet” in an address to investors about making money in crypto, in which he also said “I do what’s legal…besides that I don’t give a fuck”; Folkman early in his career founded “Date Hotter Girls". www.reuters.com/business/how...
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How Trump’s crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch
Two co-founders of Dough Finance, a defi startup that was targeted by hackers last summer, are now playing a key role in the fastest-growing part of Trump family's crypto business, which has funneled $400 million to the first family.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Estonia's foreign minister said on Thursday Russia sent a military jet as his country's navy tried to detain a Russia-bound oil tanker under sanction by Britain, accusing it of sailing illegally without a flag. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Estonia attempted to detain one of Russian 'shadow fleet' in Baltic Sea
The Estonian Navy said it attempted on Tuesday to detain a Russia-bound oil tanker under sanction by Britain, saying it sailed illegally without a flag, but did not board it when it refused to cooperate, instead escorting it to Russian waters.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A senior former Kremlin official speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject said Russia would be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin’s foreign policy aide, Yury Ushakov. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... @ilyushina.bsky.social
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Russia, Ukraine set for first direct talks since war began with U.S. present
The new round of negotiations comes amid a long history of delaying tactics by the Russian side as the fighting in Ukraine grinds on.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Trump's senior envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will travel to Istanbul for potential talks on Thursday on how to end Russia's war in Ukraine. However, a senior U.S. official said it was unclear whether anyone from the Russian government would show up. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Exclusive: Trump envoys Witkoff and Kellogg to go to Turkey for Russia-Ukraine talks, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's senior envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will travel to Istanbul for potential talks on Thursday on how to end Russia's war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the plans said.
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Alexander Gabuev 陈寒士 @alexgabuev.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Russia is expanding its military-industrial complex and building new facilities. An important investigation by @reuters.com with @mashatsvetkova.bsky.social, @reporter-polina.bsky.social, @mcneill.bsky.social, @christianlowe.bsky.social, @zverevlive.bsky.social. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Russia building major new explosives facility as Ukraine war drags on
Increasing the supply of explosives available to fill munitions is critical to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. A Reuters analysis of documents and satellite imagery finds that the new production line could boost its firepower significantly.
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Maria Tsvetkova @mashatsvetkova.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Sadly, this RDX production site and this scale of investment don't leave us hope that peace is Russia's long-term plan. We reported this story with @reporter-polina.bsky.social @mcneill.bsky.social @christianlowe.bsky.social @zverevlive.bsky.social www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Russia building major new explosives facility as Ukraine war drags on
Increasing the supply of explosives available to fill munitions is critical to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. A Reuters analysis of documents and satellite imagery finds that the new production line could boost its firepower significantly.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
By reviewing state documents and satellite imagery, my colleagues found that Russia is undertaking a major factory expansion in remote Siberia to ramp up production of a powerful explosive Moscow needs to wage war in Ukraine www.reuters.com/investigatio... @reporter-polina.bsky.social
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Russia building major new explosives facility as Ukraine war drags on
Increasing the supply of explosives available to fill munitions is critical to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. A Reuters analysis of documents and satellite imagery finds that the new production line could boost its firepower significantly.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
FT EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
BREAKING: Spyware maker NSO Group must pay $167 million to WhatsApp for a hacking campaign in 2019 that targeted more than 1,400 chat app users. This is a huge win for WhatsApp. NSO says it will consider appealing. techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/n...
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NSO Group must pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign | TechCrunch
The five-year legal battle between the Meta-owned company and the most notorious spyware maker in the world ends with a huge win for WhatsApp.
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Janet Roberts @jersey-janet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I couldn’t be prouder of the Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting today. I’m especially thrilled for my brilliant friend Mo Tamman. He conceived this smart way of examining the supply chain for the deadly fentanyl trade. Read his work. It’s worth your time.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
My colleagues detail, step by the step, what was behind the unexplained pause in US military aid to Ukraine earlier this year. It was a verbal order from Hegseth, which caught the White House (and Kyiv) completely off guard www.reuters.com/world/us/ord...
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Exclusive: Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard
Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight airlines operating out of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and a U.S. base in the United Arab Emirates: Stop 11 flights loaded with artillery shells and other weaponry and bound for Ukraine.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials arrested a Wisconsin judge on Friday in what appeared to be a dispute between President Donald Trump's administration and local officials over immigration enforcement. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI director says arrested judge for obstructing immigration operation
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday said federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on obstruction charges in a message Patel posted on X and later deleted.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/04/2025
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
$3.85 billion for Ukraine military aid remains untapped, 92 days since the last Presidential Drawdown Authority was announced. Pete Hegseth has had one-on-one engagements with leaders of 16 countries, but none with those from Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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Hegseth to Attend Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually
His predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but Mr. Hegseth has given up leadership.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Even before the USAID cuts, the situation in Afghanistan was DIRE. When we traveled there last fall, we saw how international nonprofits and local volunteers were trying desperately to distribute food aid and treat children suffering from acute malnutrition www.reuters.com/investigates...
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In aid-starved Afghanistan, relief workers fight forgotten food crisis
Humanitarian aid to the country is falling. One reason, diplomats say: The Taliban’s treatment of women. Non-profit groups are scrambling to feed the hungry.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Devastating news overnight that the Trump administration is ending most, if not all, remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen. The @WFP has warned that terminating US funding for emergency food assistance could amount to a "death sentence for millions" www.reuters.com/world/remain...
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Remaining Afghanistan, Yemen aid hit by new Trump administration cuts, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration is ending most if not all of remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, according to nine sources, including six U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a move expected to drive the countries deeper into humanitarian crises, putting millions of lives at risk.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Lots of new details from my colleagues on last year's parcel fires, suspected of being part of a Russian sabotage plot www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Sex toys and exploding cosmetics: anatomy of a 'hybrid war' on the West
Fake cosmetics, massage pillows and sex toys are among the key elements of a suspected Russian-run sabotage plot that led to three parcels being detonated at courier depots in Britain, Germany and Poland last summer.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after an earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, but said the country's civil war could prevent help reaching those in need. www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Survivors of Myanmar quake left without food, water and shelter, aid groups say
In Mandalay, a resident told Reuters that people were desperately trying to organise their own efforts to dig bodies out of rubble as there was not enough equipment or rescue teams, and locals were wary of aftershocks.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Exclusive: Secretive Chinese network tries to lure fired federal workers, research shows
A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Tremendous obit for a powerhouse journalist
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk have lost ground in recent days but are not encircled by Russian forces, contrary to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to three U.S. and European officials www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive: Intelligence shared with White House shows Ukrainians not 'encircled' in Kursk
Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk have lost ground in recent days but are not encircled by Russian forces, contrary to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to three U.S. and European officials familiar with their governments' intelligence assessments.
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