Rezaul Hasan Laskar
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Rezaul Hasan Laskar
@rezhasan.bsky.social
Foreign Editor with Hindustan Times, former correspondent in Pakistan, Chevening scholar. Interests: Music, movies, photography, cooking. পৰিৱৰ্তন শব্দটি শুনিবলৈ ভাল, ঘেন্টা ডাল.
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Did he start going on about people eating pets?
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Leaked transcripts show what many long suspected - Steve Witkoff was working with the Kremlin to make Ukraine capitulate
Witkoff Is an Amateur. Ukraine Needs Him to Be Useful
If at times this year it seemed that Steve Witkoff, the US president’s Mr. Fix-it for pretty much everything, was much too close to the Kremlin, we now know why — thanks to a scoop from Bloomberg News. It’s because he was.
bloom.bg
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Aonishiki, said Monday that he had surprised even himself by becoming the first from his country to win a sumo tournament.
Aonishiki still in disbelief after winning first title at Kyushu Basho
The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, is set to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank this week.
ebx.sh
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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"Right now, he's the most distinguished gentleman. He's my friend" --- Trump winds down his speech with more over the top gushing about MBS
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Aug. 2016: "We must also screen out any [immigrants] who believe that Sharia law should supplant American law"

Sept. 2025: "London, where you have a terrible mayor... it’s been so changed. Now they want to go to sharia law"

Today: Let's heed what Saudi theocrats have to say on transgender rights
Trump: "A lot of the Saudis are sitting here saying, 'What the hell is he talking about? Transitioning?' They don't do a lot of transitioning. They're saying, 'What do you mean women are playing against men? That doesn't happen does it?" Yeah it does. These people are crazy."
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Thor save us! Looks like Witkoff tweeted what was meant to be a DM, saying the content for this Axios story must have come from "K." Almost certainly this refers to Kirill Dmitriev. It seems the russian side is leaking this for a reason. My shortbus comment in 🧵 was way too generous beyond 😜
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Would you push a button that filtered out 100% AI-generated music? I'm betting many (most?) would -- which is why Spotify should add one. My @opinion.bloomberg.com column today is on AI, *that* country song, and setting out principles on human artistry. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Spotify Needs to Stop AI Music From Reaching My Ears
I don’t mean to be overly rude about country music — I’ve acquired a strong taste for it since living in the US — but it probably surprises few that the genre often derided for its formulaic nature wa...
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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India’s state-run refiners have signed their first long-term deal with the US to import 2.2 million tons of LPG next year, a strategic bid to boost energy ties as New Delhi courts a trade pact with Washington
India Seals First LPG Term Deal With US Amid Ongoing Trade Talks
India’s state-run refiners have signed their first long-term deal with the US to import 2.2 million tons of LPG next year, a strategic bid to boost energy ties as New Delhi courts a trade pact with Washington.
bloom.bg
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. In full: buff.ly/dvkQsSU
Thailand extradites alleged scam kingpin to China
An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Twenty members of Turkey’s Air Force were killed when a Turkish military cargo plane crashed in Georgia this week. The C-130 cargo plane crashed on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia on Tuesday afternoon.
Turkish Military Plane Crashes in Georgia, Killing 20 Troops
The Turkish defense minister said that 20 Air Force servicemen died when their military cargo plane crashed after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The opposition has raised serious doubts about the health of India's electoral democracy
A Brazilian Hairdresser Wades Into India’s Politics
What’s a Latin American hairdresser doing in a local election 9,000 miles away?
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Roy Scheider with Bob Fosse on the set of All That Jazz, 1979

The still photographer on the set was Josh Weiner.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The head of MI5 asked Kash Patel to protect the job of a London FBI agent, who dealt with surveillance tech that British security would need to monitor a new embassy China wants to build in London, U.S. officials said. After Patel agreed to fund the agent's role, the job is now slated to disappear.
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
The episode has contributed to concerns among intelligence allies that Kash Patel, brash and partisan, is also unpredictable and even unreliable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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India’s power grid is struggling to absorb a surge in solar power installations, leading to more curtailment.
India Curtails More Solar Power as Grid Grapples With Oversupply
India’s power grid is struggling to absorb a surge in solar power installations, leading to more curtailment that threatens the build-out of renewables and underscores the need for energy storage.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Air passengers departing Singapore will pay a green fuel levy of as much as $31.95 from next year.
World’s First Green Fuel Levy to Add Almost $32 to Air Fares
Air passengers departing Singapore will pay a green fuel levy of as much as S$41.60 ($31.95) from next year as the city-state locks in a key step in its effort to cut the aviation industry’s emissions.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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In Opinion | “Throughout the Trump era, many of the most prominent voices of right-wing America have only become shriller, angrier and, yes, more racist and more antisemitic,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
This is what happens when the fringe becomes the mainstream (and vice versa).
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The man who shot Al Capone: Jun Fujita’s Chicago – in pictures
The man who shot Al Capone: Jun Fujita’s Chicago – in pictures
Disasters, riots, gangsters and construction … early 20th-century Chicago is seen here through the lens of the pioneering Japanese-American photojournalist, poet and artist Jun Fujita
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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He was just mad because someone else was getting the attention due to him.
The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.

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November 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM