Amran Abocar
@amranabocar.bsky.social
Global General Manager @Reuters. Views are personal
A Somali classic Ninan Cilaayba Icaaya becoming an unexpected anthem in Minnesota; unmatched humour, a flex
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A Somali classic Ninan Cilaayba Icaaya becoming an unexpected anthem in Minnesota; unmatched humour, a flex
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Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."
She was 78.
She was 78.
Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died
Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
www.whatimreading.net
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."
She was 78.
She was 78.
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Football dominates team-sport attention in Africa but the continent has also given the world some of the best basketball players of all time. Think Hakeem Olajuwon and Dikembe Mutombo. But African women hoop too. And they are having an international moment writes @nanjala.bsky.social
You should be watching African women play basketball
They are knocking on the door of our collective attention and proving that they are a good investment.
continent.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Football dominates team-sport attention in Africa but the continent has also given the world some of the best basketball players of all time. Think Hakeem Olajuwon and Dikembe Mutombo. But African women hoop too. And they are having an international moment writes @nanjala.bsky.social
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Residents of the French territory of Martinique are pressing for reforms to alleviate prices that are sometimes twice as high as mainland France on an island burdened by a long colonial legacy. Layli Foroudi reports.
March 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Residents of the French territory of Martinique are pressing for reforms to alleviate prices that are sometimes twice as high as mainland France on an island burdened by a long colonial legacy. Layli Foroudi reports.
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America “is tearing itself apart with no outside pressure and this is similar to what the Communist Party did at the peak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.”
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
People in China are expressing alarm at what looks like a familiar authoritarian turn in the United States, their longtime role model for democracy.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
America “is tearing itself apart with no outside pressure and this is similar to what the Communist Party did at the peak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.”
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Lesotho & tiny French territory St Pierre & Miquelon getting 50% tariffs suggests a blanket formula approach may be a bit flawed
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Targets African Kingdom With Highest Tariff in the World
US President Donald Trump imposed a 50% reciprocal tariff on the tiny southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, the highest levy for any sovereign nation.
www.bloomberg.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lesotho & tiny French territory St Pierre & Miquelon getting 50% tariffs suggests a blanket formula approach may be a bit flawed
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister reut.rs/4iAhP4n
Mark Carney wins race to replace Canada's Trudeau
Former central banker Mark Carney is the front-runner, with the most endorsements from party members and the most money raised among the four candidates.
reut.rs
March 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister reut.rs/4iAhP4n
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“It's a window into a side of Brazil that has long captivated people from around the world for its ability to paint hardship in colors so bright you can't help but smile.”
Don’t miss this week’s Reuters City Memo from Rio, courtesy of Manuela Andreoni
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ri...
Don’t miss this week’s Reuters City Memo from Rio, courtesy of Manuela Andreoni
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ri...
Rio de Janeiro like a local
Our chief correspondent's guide to the city of samba and sandy beaches.
www.reuters.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“It's a window into a side of Brazil that has long captivated people from around the world for its ability to paint hardship in colors so bright you can't help but smile.”
Don’t miss this week’s Reuters City Memo from Rio, courtesy of Manuela Andreoni
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ri...
Don’t miss this week’s Reuters City Memo from Rio, courtesy of Manuela Andreoni
www.reuters.com/city-memo/ri...
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“Western apps are going to be playing catch-up for a very long time, no matter what happens to TikTok.”
Why Chinese social media platforms attract global users
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
Why Chinese social media platforms attract global users
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
restofworld.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Western apps are going to be playing catch-up for a very long time, no matter what happens to TikTok.”
Why Chinese social media platforms attract global users
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
Why Chinese social media platforms attract global users
restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
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Join the OPC on Jan. 29 with journalists who have been on the ground in Seoul to learn more about the challenges of covering the protests, the impeachment process and where South Korea goes from here. opcofamerica.org/Eventposts/i...
In the Thick of It: South Korea - OPC
Join journalists who have been on the ground in Seoul to learn more about the challenges of covering upheaval, the protests, the impeachment process and where South Korea goes from here...
opcofamerica.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Join the OPC on Jan. 29 with journalists who have been on the ground in Seoul to learn more about the challenges of covering the protests, the impeachment process and where South Korea goes from here. opcofamerica.org/Eventposts/i...
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
In honour of a courageous journalist & colleague; applications for the Issam Abdallah visuals fellowship open today
#journalism #issamabdallah
careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...
Issam Abdallah Visual Journalist Fellowship, Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates | News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
Apply for Issam Abdallah Visual Journalist Fellowship, Reuters job with Thomson Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. News & Editorial Careers at Thomson Reuters
careers.thomsonreuters.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In honour of a courageous journalist & colleague; applications for the Issam Abdallah visuals fellowship open today
#journalism #issamabdallah
careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...
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Wonderfully wonky- Whitby
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
January 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wonderfully wonky- Whitby
#AdoorableThursday
#AdoorableThursday
December 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Great read on how Assad fled Syria, leaving cousins, staff, supporters in the dark and to their own fate after 50+ years of Assad family rule
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Great read on how Assad fled Syria, leaving cousins, staff, supporters in the dark and to their own fate after 50+ years of Assad family rule
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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The barricades inside the South Korean national assembly
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
The barricades inside the South Korean national assembly
Seems like a race between resignation vs impeachment atp
Rhee: Exiled
Yun: Coup
Park: Assassinated
Choi: Coup
Chun: Sentenced to death. Pardoned
Roh: Imprisoned. Pardoned
Kim: Finished term.
KimD: Finished term.
RohM: Finished term. Suicide
Lee: Finished term. Imprisoned. Pardoned.
Park: Impeached. Imprisoned. Pardoned
Moon: Finished term
Yoon: ???
Yun: Coup
Park: Assassinated
Choi: Coup
Chun: Sentenced to death. Pardoned
Roh: Imprisoned. Pardoned
Kim: Finished term.
KimD: Finished term.
RohM: Finished term. Suicide
Lee: Finished term. Imprisoned. Pardoned.
Park: Impeached. Imprisoned. Pardoned
Moon: Finished term
Yoon: ???
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Seems like a race between resignation vs impeachment atp
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Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid U.S. tariffs, its deputy trade minister said on Monday, amid increasing export restrictions and concerns of a U.S.-China trade war.
www.reuters.com/markets/mala...
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Malaysia urges Chinese firms to avoid using it to dodge U.S. tariffs
Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid U.S. tariffs, its deputy trade minister said on Monday, amid increasing export restrictions and concerns of a U.S.-China trade war.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid U.S. tariffs, its deputy trade minister said on Monday, amid increasing export restrictions and concerns of a U.S.-China trade war.
www.reuters.com/markets/mala...
www.reuters.com/markets/mala...
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Borderlands: Fnideq, like other Moroccan towns near the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, has become a beacon for Africans trying to head north.
The Last Resort: So close to Fortress Europe’s African outposts, yet so far
Fnideq, like other Moroccan towns near the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, has become a beacon for Africans trying to head north.
continent.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Borderlands: Fnideq, like other Moroccan towns near the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, has become a beacon for Africans trying to head north.
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Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo
https://www.ft.com/content/72605bed-5c27-4a04-9754-eb088ec97f61
https://www.ft.com/content/72605bed-5c27-4a04-9754-eb088ec97f61
Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo
Ruling overturns previous judgment and sets precedent for victims of colonial rule
www.ft.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in Congo
https://www.ft.com/content/72605bed-5c27-4a04-9754-eb088ec97f61
https://www.ft.com/content/72605bed-5c27-4a04-9754-eb088ec97f61
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188 Palestinian journalists killed in the last 14 months.
November 24, 2024 at 9:14 PM
188 Palestinian journalists killed in the last 14 months.
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60 years ago today. On this day in 1964 Pelé scored EIGHT goals for Santos against Botafogo-SP. It was a record haul.
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
60 years ago today. On this day in 1964 Pelé scored EIGHT goals for Santos against Botafogo-SP. It was a record haul.
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Rafael Nadal's tennis evolution into an all-time great: 'Every year he improved a little': 23 years, 22 Grand Slam titles, and innumerable changes to his tennis: This is the story of Rafael Nadal's career.
Rafael Nadal's tennis evolution into an all-time great: 'Every year he improved a little'
23 years, 22 Grand Slam titles, and innumerable changes to his tennis: This is the story of Rafael Nadal's career.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Rafael Nadal's tennis evolution into an all-time great: 'Every year he improved a little': 23 years, 22 Grand Slam titles, and innumerable changes to his tennis: This is the story of Rafael Nadal's career.
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Scenes from 1,000 days of war in Ukraine reut.rs/3B1mEn4
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Scenes from 1,000 days of war in Ukraine reut.rs/3B1mEn4