One party has a candidate who is really old and showing it. The other has a candidate who is a convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, business fraudster and self-described aspiring dictator for a day. And also really old. One party wants to replace its candidate. The other does not. https://t.co/LSD5ojr1ht
Huge news: Vice President Kamala Harris just announced in Dubai at COP28 the US is pledging $3 BILLION in the Green Climate Fund to combat climate change in developing countries, more than *any* other country. This is why Gen Z will vote for Joe Biden AND Kamala Harris in 2024.
Erdogan’s Election Prospects Take a Hit as a Challenger Drops Out
BY BEN HUBBARD World Elections, International Relations, Democracy (Theory and Philosophy), Inflation (Economics) With Turks going to the polls on Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had hoped for a swift…
Renaissance Residence in southern Turkey was a towering complex said to be strong enough to withstand powerful earthquakes.
But in February, it became a death trap.
Our months-long investigation shows what went wrong. With the wizards of @nytgraphics. https://t.co/rv0dtdMRvG
Super proud of this big Mideast project on Gulf heat. Please take a little time to read this. Congratulations @Alissanyt and @NYTBen https://t.co/YhLZXfrUnh
Israel bolsters its security amid deadliest wave of terror attacks in several years.
Our report from Bnei Brak, where a Palestinian gunman killed 5 people last night.
https://t.co/jCZjE2uK8a
For the traumatized Syrian survivors of years of government sieges, the Russian war on Ukraine is triggering painful memories. by @RajaAbdulrahim https://t.co/3JpHrVUDW5
NEW: Putin’s Superyacht? Italian police will find out today who owns one of the world’s biggest, newest and most expensive yachts, the Scheherazade. Locals in the Tuscan port where it’s moored call it “Putin’s Yacht”. So does a former crew member. With @gaia_pianigiani @ddknyt
It’s a sad day for journalism and a sad day for Russia. I got my start as a reporter at the NYT’s Moscow bureau. Like many others right now, I am left wondering whether I will ever again be able to visit a country that was once my adopted home. https://t.co/n9YSx7DIgS
In fairness we - journalists like @LizSly - and especially Syrians who risked lives to document this & many other techniques now being reused in Ukraine - have been filling in the world for a decade and more.
Some happy personal/professional news: From next week I will be lead NYT editor for the Arab world, managing bureaus in Cairo, Beirut and Baghdad. I am thrilled and honoured for the opportunity and looking forward to working more closely with our great reporters in the region!