That’s it folks, I'm out of here, the bird is dead. Going forward, you can find me on other platforms like LinkedIn & emerging Twitter alternatives. Tschüss!

No worries, I won't return to X. Just wanted to share my latest story: Germany’s armed forces and defense ministry are suspending their activities on Elon Musk’s social-media platform due to growing problems with “the objective exchange of arguments.” https://t.co/9r7424EYWk

Great article: The conflict between Israel and Hamas was the first real test of Elon Musk’s version of Twitter -- and it "failed spectacularly".

Exclusive: Germany's Scholz said he still embraces the “Hamiltonian” spirit of deeper fiscal integration for Europe, but he brushed off the idea of more joint borrowing -- for now at least https://t.co/BSwGzELnBP via @mcnienaber @patrickjdo

EXCLUSIVE: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discusses Russia's war in Ukraine, energy in Europe and more in an interview with Bloomberg's Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. Read The Big Take ⬇️

Here is the full interview of Bloomberg Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in our Berlin bureau @Bundeskanzler @OlafScholz @RegSprecher

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz @Bundeskanzler was in the office today and was quite upbeat about the coming year with the energy crisis defused for now. But his "Zeitenwende" remains a work in progress. https://t.co/sQSDB0dWXv via @bpolitics @mcnienaber @ArneDelfs

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Turns out Chinese President Xi Jinping’s partnership with Vladimir Putin has limits after all: He doesn’t want to follow the Russian leader into diplomatic isolation.  https://t.co/hiMteGJTMg

As the G-20 leaders summit is coming to a close, here are a few impressions from Bali. #G20 #G20Indonesia #G20BaliSummit

For Scholz, the Bali communique shows that there are many countries in the world that think the war in Ukraine is wrong and that it should be condemned "even if they abstained during the votes at the United Nations for various reasons". #G20Indonesia #G20BaliSummit

Scholz explicitly lauded India and South Africa for their active role in shaping the Bali communique in which leaders managed to agree on "astonishingly clear words" on Russia and its war in Ukraine. Scholz met Modi for a bilat at the sidelines of the summit. #Russia #Ukraine

For Germany, the main take-away from the G-20 summit is that Putin is becoming increasingly isolated on the international stage. “The Russian president is almost alone in the world with his policy and has no strong alliance partner,” Chancellor Scholz told reporters. #G20

...water supplies being destroyed. This is not an acceptable form of warfare in this already unjustified war. And it is happening while we all here at the G-20 have expressed that this war should end and that Russia should withdraw its troops and stop its brutal attacks."

“This is a terrible incident. It is now necessary to carefully investigate how this destruction could have happened there,” Scholz told reporters. "Missile strikes are hitting targets everywhere in Ukraine. We are seeing power stations being destroyed, substations being hit...

At sidelines of G-20 summit in Bali, German Chancellor Scholz calls for a thorough investigation of the explosion in Poland near the Ukrainian border and tells Russia to immediately stop its missile strikes on infrastructure targets in Ukraine. #G20 #Germany #Poland #Ukraine

Chancellor Scholz just spoke with Polish President Duda on the phone and expressed his condolences, govt spokesman says. "Poland will closely investigate the circumstances of the incident in which two citizens died last night. Germany stands closely with our NATO partner Poland."

Leaders continue to distance themselves from Russia in Bali. Chancellor Olaf Scholz was asked about his brief chat with Russia’s Sergei Lavrov on the margins of the G20. Scholz says, “He stood near me and also said two sentences. That was the conversation,” per @mcnienaber.

... "He stood near me and also said two sentences." Scholz makes a pause, and then adds: "That was the conversation." 😂 #Russia #Germany #G20 #G20Summit

Funny Scholz anecdote from G20 summit: German chancellor is asked by reporter about Lavrov's comments that both had a brief chat at the sidelines. But Scholz just gave Russia's foreign minister the cold shoulder as he gives the following account of the rather short encounter...