Alistair MacDonald
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Senior reporter at The Wall Street Journal currently writing about Ukraine and the European defence industry. Views expressed are my own.
London, England via North East
Joined May 2010
For people with disabilities, the Ukraine war’s trauma is magnified. Some are unable to cope in bomb shelters. “What about the moms with bedridden children who can’t go to the basement, what’s their fate?” https://t.co/6vKS30LxP9
#autismawareness #disabilities #Ukraine
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For those with disabilities, the trauma of war is magnified; “usual life has been destroyed.”
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The Latest Buzzy Tech Investment: Ukrainian Drones
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Foreign money is helping Ukraine’s defense-tech startups boost production and expand abroad, giving them a chance to compete with Western players.
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Cannabis isn’t safe for young brains, UK’s top psychiatrist warns parents https://t.co/TZiQHQESeL
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If you dont want to support people with autism, your call as a business. But don't act like you do. For some with special needs, you will get the hardest working most friendly workers out there. But it does involve a little extra work at start
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Waitrose axed autistic volunteer after request for paid work, after spending more than 600 hrs working for them. My experience with big stores like @waitrose is that they talk a good game on opportunities for people with autism but can' be arse in the end
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Tom Boyd, 27, had spent more than 600 hours at the Cheadle Hulme store in Greater Manchester since 2021
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Nearly all members of the Pentagon Press Corps seen leaving the Pentagon together earlier today, after turning in their press badges.
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Trump Weighs Tomahawks for Ukraine with @RobbieGramer and @macdonaldajm
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The president is weighing whether providing the cruise missiles to Kyiv would help bring Russia to the negotiating table.
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Our latest story: Hamas is violently cracking down on rivals in Gaza. Firefights and public executions are raising concerns about a spiral of internecine violence.
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Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”
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To explain much of the rise in U.S. autism diagnoses, doctors and scientists point to how diagnosis and awareness have changed over the years https://t.co/nEDbfIMqjX via @WSJ
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To diagnose autism, clinicians use criteria that has evolved over time, expanding the definition of the disorder,
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For many British Jews, Thursday’s terrorist attack that killed two people at a synagogue and seriously wounded a number of others was a question of when, not if
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Since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, British Jews say they feel increasingly isolated and unsafe.
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A Ukrainian team is in Washington this week to craft an agreement with the Trump administration that would involve Kyiv sharing its battle-tested drone technology with the U.S.
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A team from Kyiv is in Washington this week to work out details of a landmark agreement that would involve sharing drone technology with the U.S.
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The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said
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The expanded intelligence-sharing with Kyiv is the latest sign that President Trump is deepening support for Ukraine as his efforts to advance peace talks have stalled.
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Iran’s Shahed drones have been used to devastating effect by Russia. Now the U.S. and its allies are racing to develop copycat versions. https://t.co/XY0ftZdA8k
#UkraineWar
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Militaries around the world are seeking low-cost, easy-to-make ways to exhaust an enemy’s air defenses.
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Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers via @_benkatz @AndrewTangel
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Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.
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@Mike_Cherney @austinramzy @macdonaldajm @brentdsadler When it comes to building submarines, Beijing has an industrial edge. China has the world’s largest commercial shipbuilding capacity, and already has the biggest surface fleet by number of ships. https://t.co/58w81GvoV5
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Beijing’s fleet is getting quieter and more lethal, while Washington leads in tech but lags in production.
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Denmark has chosen a European air defense system over the U.S.-made Patriot is a high profile loss for American made weaponry https://t.co/L5tLBO2LxW via @WSJ
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Denmark’s choice of a European system over the U.S-made Patriot comes amid friction with the Trump administration and a wider European desire to wean the continent off American weaponry.
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Military Drones Could Be Defense Industry’s Big Bubble, Rheinmetall’s CEO Says
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EXCLUSIVE: Military drones are a crucial part of war in Ukraine and are rapidly expanding, but Armin Papperger is not convinced by their market foundations.
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@Mike_Cherney @austinramzy @macdonaldajm But the U.S. and its allies are facing stiff challenges in keeping up. The U.S. is struggling to build new submarines. Facing production concerns, the Trump administration is reviewing the 2021 “Aukus” defense pact, an agreement intended to deter China. https://t.co/58w81GuR5x
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Beijing’s fleet is getting quieter and more lethal, while Washington leads in tech but lags in production.
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. #tubestrike anyone on the east part of central line tubes are running a limited service to Stratford. I got on at Leytonstone. Godsend
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Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist
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Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
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Premier League net spend came to €1.5bn in that window, easily more than double the six top divisions in Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands and Portugal -- combined. or put another way, Sunderland spent more this summer than Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
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