@Donna_Chisholm At the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, POTUS team banned Reuters reporter from presser for having the temerity to ask a question during pix spray. Rest of the WH press bubble protested and he was back in. A bit of solidarity can go a long way.
How a night of Halloween revelry turned to disaster in South Korea. Powerful and sobering visualization of how the Seoul crowd crush was hours in the making. By @ellis_news@SimonScarr@adolfux@AlbusJitesh@juminism and many more https://t.co/1NIu0DpVg4
Scoop by me and @Simondlewis: A few days after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals attempted to withdraw $1 billion held at New York Fed. US blocked it & rolled out an EO freezing the funds https://t.co/0K3KPKypAz
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes his first public appearance in three weeks, this time to convene a meeting of top military commanders to discuss new policies to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities. Via @HeeShin https://t.co/wQJPJIsA3R
I don't think the Guardian has ever published a story that has been more widely read in Fiji. Almost a quarter of all page views are from Fiji. Suggests the article is being widely, if quietly, shared around the country.
Cold War echoes: Sources say the report, by the Ministry of State Security to top #CCP leaders incl Xi, concludes global anti-China sentiment from #COVID19 could surge like the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, and spark possible armed conflict with #US#coronavirus#China
From graphics to scoops to investigations - Here's @Reuters@HongKong Pulitzer entry here. https://t.co/QfunHkZnXX A big team effort over many months. #HongKongProtests
NEW: South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States government on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump. Scoop via @HeeShin & @sangmi_cha.
Good piece by the impressive team at @Reuters in KL. Highlights that one of key reasons for downfall of PH govt was Mahathir's efforts to squirm out of 2018 election promise to hand power to Anwar
Last year I travelled to a small island in Vanuatu called Tanna. A place where 150 years ago Australians kidnapped and tricked young boys onto boats. This community is still waiting for an apology #blackbirding@bbcworldservice@RadioNational https://t.co/JdmpnLAxSj
Under pressure from the Chinese government, financial information provider Refinitiv blocked over 200 @Reuters stories in mainland China that could paint Beijing in a negative light. https://t.co/jHCTXrpkXt via @SpecialReports