Laura King

Global affairs writer, Los Angeles Times. Former bureau chief in Jerusalem, Kabul, Cairo.

[Laura King @LauraKingLAT]

@AKamyshin Kamyshin

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@ericgarland Jared kushner

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@KyleMazzaWUNF Www.Atlantic https://t.co/aJA0QSHSCA

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Up close and personal with the Taliban: LA Times' Nabih Bulos on the ground in Kabul

[Nabih @nabihbulos]

#Taliban Red Unit is securing one of the gates of #Kabul airport, meters (& a barrier) away from #US #UK #Belgium #Germany troops involved in #Afghanistan airlift.

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@LATlands A remarkable story, told with infinite grace.

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@robertjdenault The one

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

This is the type of propaganda video I’m used to seeing from authoritarians and populists in the former Soviet Union. I’ll say it again, more and more the US is resembling countries I’ve covered as a foreign correspondent.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Day 45: Brisk walk

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Confounding mysteries, continuing pain: A Christmas of grief nearly five years after Arizona woman's death in Islamic State captivity https://t.co/QdG58tRdeZ

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Even Her Majesty says so: a 'quite bumpy' 2019 for UK: In Queen Elizabeth's Christmas address, more than a touch of royal angst over tumult-filled year https://t.co/RL894keOHJ

[caitlin o’hara @caitlin_oh]

An important and heartbreaking story I worked on with @LauraKingLAT is the @latimes centerpiece today. Rest In Peace, Kayla.

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'We've known each other a few Fridays' -- beautiful recounting of the 73-year friendship between directors Milos Forman and Ivan Passer: Childhood, escaping Czechoslovakia and conquering Hollywood https://t.co/1IFmwT6Szz

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This awaits you soon, British friends (the dreaded “All Passports” line)...

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Some very important scholars and thinkers on this list of signatories.

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

“The very core of Holocaust education is to alert the public to dangerous developments that facilitate human rights violations and pain and suffering; pointing to similarities across time and space is essential for this task.” https://t.co/IakYvwXuNk

[Laura King @LauraKingLAT]

The last line of this lovely piece by @lauracdean will take your breath away.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Xiyue Wang, an academic who was arrested while conducting research in Tehran, is one of at least five Americans currently detained or missing in Iran. https://t.co/gV4HdFWWLc

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The lingering pain of a forgotten era, movingly chronicled in the @latimes: Lesson from a pre-Roe vs. Wade experience: Men cannot be silent on abortion rights https://t.co/zmfNz6nqwB

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My @latimes colleague @nabihbulos, with a compelling firsthand look at daily life in Tripoli -

[Nabih @nabihbulos]

I just spent a week in #Tripoli, #Libya, a city now under assault by Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who hopes to wrest control of the capital and consolidate his control over the country. Here's the story: https://t.co/CS2QLVAGJ8 (Thread) (1)

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One of the best.

[Ted Anthony @anthonyted]

Some exceedingly sad news today from @AP about my longtime colleague @EricTalmadge, our North Korea bureau chief. Read about his extraordinary life and work here. https://t.co/17USggAqwp

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Read this beautiful, evocative piece by @kurtisalee

[Kurtis Lee @kurtisalee]

Remember this black history not just on Derby day, but every day: https://t.co/4XIQ5sFRU3

[Kelli Russell Agodon @KelliAgodon]

How have I gone my ENTIRE life without ever seeing this photo of Elizabeth Bishop in a convertible with her cat?!!