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Executive Editor, @Reuters. Give thanks for the twin pillars of civilization: literature and cricket.
London via Sydney
Joined February 2011
More details on that March OBR slip. @Reuters spotted the statement was published before Reeves spoke back then too… UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves' budget -
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Britain's fiscal watchdog said on Monday the early release of details of finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget last week was due to failings by the organisation's leadership.
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"I would like ultimately, before being carried out feet first, to have done a bit of absolutely everything." Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88 -
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British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, has died at the age of 88, his agent United Agents said on Saturday.
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Trump promised retribution. He delivered. -
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A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
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Senior officials inside the NSC and State Department said they weren't briefed on the meeting and were unaware of what transpired or how the plan was drafted. https://t.co/Am2I1zRX2F
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Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and other administration representatives met Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev to draft the peace plan, which came as a surprise to U.S. officials at home and abroad.
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Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds -
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President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 38%, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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The first Russian 'humanoid' robot powered by artificial intelligence stumbled on stage during its debut walkout in Moscow and landed face down
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I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
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Per @cirium this is single worst day for cancellations since shutdown began (We’re also approaching 8,000 delays) https://t.co/cDl9ESCf9W
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How right‑wing influencers and Trump officials work in lockstep — targeting perceived adversaries, amplifying false claims and reshaping US media. A new mainstream is here. Read @Reuters findings: https://t.co/CQlJxhxHjz
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“Dozens of men… launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself, witnesses said. https://t.co/XJs0frjq88
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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...
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SCOOP: The United States gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza, five former U.S. officials told @ErinBanco @JonathanLanday and me 1/x
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Track Typhoon Fung-wong here:
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Follow the cyclone's path with the latest forecasts, maps and visuals
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"Elizabeth Bagley, then U.S. ambassador to Brazil, objected to the deal, according to a 2024 State Department memo seen by Reuters. That memo describes BOPE as "among the most notorious police units in Brazil in regard to killings of civilians." https://t.co/aH9uwqJGC1
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The Rio de Janeiro police unit that purchased the guns, known as BOPE, played a central role in a raid last week that left 121 people dead.
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European nations are throwing their weight behind a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, a document seen by Reuters showed, launching a conservation scheme that may steal some thunder from the flagship initiative of COP30 host Brazil.
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European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a United Nations climate summit, launching a conservation scheme that may steal some thunder...
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I’ll match you. Meta makes more money from ad fraud according to this report than all journalists collectively. And likely all in 2000, too, when every town had a newspaper to inform its community.
Incredible reporting by @Reuters. Meta makes more money from ad fraud - as much as $16 billion - than all the NFL TV partners put together make on NFL ad sales. Theft on an epic scale.
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Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has spent decades documenting conflict. In the new documentary ‘Love+War,’ she turns the lens on herself. For Reuters Culture Current, she talks motherhood, AI and the personal cost of truth-telling https://t.co/7seBuNDbZP
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Meta itself estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. That's 15,000,000,000. #Meta #Advertising #Scams
https://t.co/tuv09s3EkS
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Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
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🔊 Today on Reuters World News daily podcast: - Dual court rulings order SNAP benefits to be paid with emergency funds - Syria's president cracks down on bribery and backroom deals - Canada’s Carney apologizes to Trump over anti-tariff ad https://t.co/6TjwDZQR8l
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US revokes visa of Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka https://t.co/PJhpMkgWW2
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Soyinka linked the ban to his vocal criticism of the Trump administration.
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