Tom Lasseter
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@Reuters, Finance+Markets,Enterprise Editor. Hazard-Baghdad-Moscow-Beijing-Delhi-Singapore-DC. Pulitzer (Myanmar team 2019), Pulitzer finalist (Hong Kong 2020)
Washington, DC
Joined July 2009
How to contact me: .DMs: Open.Work e-mail: tom.lasseter@thomsonreuters.com.ProtonMail: emailtomhere@pm.me .Signal: +1.202.750.0736 .Signal: TomLasseter.86.Telegram: @TomLasseter.Wire: @tomlasseter.
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Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement
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State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers Many members of a State Department office overseeing the U.S. resettlement of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government during the 20-year war have also been terminated as part of the overhaul.
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“Some may wonder why Xi Jinping would remain so devoted to an organization that severely persecuted his own father. But perhaps the better question is how could Xi Jinping betray the party for which his father sacrificed so much?”.
Really proud of this epic interview with @JosephTorigian on Xi's Father.
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RT @ldelevingne: The $100 million mystery behind Trump's new mega crypto backer - NEW w/ @_tom_wilson_ @gauthiervillars @femaccions95 $WLFI….
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Joyful Parisians take a historic plunge into the Seine after 100 years ❤️ “This is so chic, to swim in the Seine, next to Île Saint-Louis”.
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A journalist was killed while writing a book on the Amazon. Here's how friends completed his work
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RT @ldelevingne: "My motive for attending this dinner is very straightforward. I'm curious by nature, I believe it will be an historic mom….
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RT @JessieWill5: Last year I went to Sri Lanka for @newlinesmag to report on the courageous women clearing the land of mines left over from….
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RT @ldelevingne: NEW: Two Trump family crypto business partners have made ~$65M on @worldlibertyfi already. Their old @DoughFina clients ar….
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Peacock in Peace… Delhi Arbor, Joseph Stein Lane, Somewhere in May
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Reading: A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage.
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'Asian crisis in reverse' as currencies soar on the dollar The moves sound a warning for the dollar because they suggest money is moving into Asia at scale and that a key pillar of dollar support is wobbling.
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Vance warns of 'very dark time' without close US-India ties
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Stared at this for a long time:
If a new post-globalization world order is emerging in which the US no longer vendor-finances the rest of the world, then the dollar might continue to erode as the dominant reserve currency. If fewer dollars are being sent abroad to be spent on goods, then fewer might be recycled
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Sharp US bond selloff revives flashbacks of COVID-era 'dash-for-cash'
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In times of market panic investors tend to rush to the safety of the dollar, but when stocks swooned in response to U.S. tariffs this week, they ran away from it. Investors say it's a sign that the greenback’s global standing may be eroding.
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BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China WOW: capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts, enabling cars that use it to travel 249 miles on a 5-minute charge, founder Wang Chuanfu said.
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RT @jburnmurdoch: One argument is that this is downstream of the decline in reading. As people’s information diet shifts from longer and mo….
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