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Journalist who has reported from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

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Matthew Tostevin
18 days
Cambodian villagers who say the Thais forced them from their homes on the disputed border and blocked them with razor wire barricades. Thailand denies a ceasefire violation.
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Thai forces look from behind a barricade on the disputed border after Cambodian villagers say they were forced from their homes in what Cambodia calls a violation of the ceasefire. Thailand denies this.
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At least 16 people now reported dead from Myanmar junta’s bombing of a village in Sagaing region. The junta is stepping up its offensives. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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RT @poppymcp: Chinese embassy officials entered a top art gallery in Thailand and demanded an exhibition about transnational repression be….
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One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments, according to a...
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Far and wide in Myanmar people mark 37 years since the 8888 uprising against the military - as generations later they are still challenging another junta #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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8888. Courage doesn't die. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The U.S. has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals two weeks after the head of the ruling junta praised President Donald Trump and called for an easing of sanctions. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The United States has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals that had been imposed under the former Biden administration.
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Matthew Tostevin
2 months
Myanmar’s junta bombed a monastery and at least 22 people are reported killed. They sought refuge there because they thought it was safe from war. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Matthew Tostevin
2 months
Iran has multiple options for responding after the U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities. We look at seven of them here for @Newsweek. That doesn't mean any of them are good.
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2 months
On the 80th birthday of Myanmar’s elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been incarcerated by the military junta #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
In Myanmar, cakes and anti-junta flower marches mark the 80th birthday of the country’s incarcerated elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She remains a symbol of resistance to army rule as much as ever #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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As Myanmar’s elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 in the junta’s detention there are concerns for how she is surviving #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Matthew Tostevin
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Myanmar’s elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has turned 80 in the incarceration where she is held by the military junta. There are reports she was injured in the recent earthquake and concerns over how long she can hold on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
Excellent news for coverage of Myanmar that the outstanding @thuttag will be taking over as @FrontierMM's editor in chief and keeping its reporting as strong as ever #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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Seasoned journalist Thu Thu Aung will take over as Frontier Myanmar’s editor-in-chief next month from Ben Dunant, who steps down after seven years at the publication.
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
"Israel by itself cannot completely halt the program. Only toppling the regime can do that. Anything less achieves at most a delay for X number of years. X being dependent on the level of success of the strikes," says Eado Hecht of @BESA_Center
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Unilateral Israeli strikes can delay but not stop Iran's nuclear program, but that may also not be possible with U.S. help
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
Israel can't completely destroy Iran's nuclear program without the help of the US — and maybe not with it either. But that's not the point. It's about buying time: To quote one Israeli authority: "Stopping is not the right word. We delay until the Messiah comes." Story below.
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen spoke to me about challenges to the post Cold War order - if that can still be said it exist - covering Russia, China, Greenland and Donald Trump for @Newsweek
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How Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is navigating threats from both friends and foes
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Matthew Tostevin
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This map from @FrontierMM highlights the huge importance of advances by the Arakan Army against Myanmar junta forces. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Matthew Tostevin
3 months
Fantastic photo from Barbara Davidson in LA
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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