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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 25d

WORLD REVIEW LIVE — Gaza Peace; Venezuela in Crosshairs with @nahaltoosi.bsky.social and @prashantrao.bsky.social
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WORLD REVIEW LIVE — Gaza Peace; Venezuela in Crosshairs with Nahal Toosi and Prashant Rao

A recording from Ivo Daalder's live video

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Sep 22

www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Africa’s forgotten battleground in the US-China tech war

A Kenyan data center stalls, raising questions about the ability of the US to compete with China in Africa.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Sep 22

🟡 SCOOP

A data center project in Kenya that was meant to offer a blueprint for the US to leverage tech giants and allies to fend off China in a burgeoning tech race in Africa has stalled, a @semafor.com investigation showed.

Tremendous reporting by @alexisak.bsky.social and Kelsey Warner

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 EXCITING NEW JOB ALERT 🚨

@semafor.com is expanding its coverage of Africa and is hiring for maybe the most exciting job on the continent: Chief Africa Correspondent.

Interested? Get in touch!

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Chief Africa Correspondent

Remote - Africa

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Aug 30

Nitrous oxide driving, with drivers using balloons behind the wheel, feels like it’s on the rise in London - backed up by what medical experts told us about referrals. But the scale of the issue is obscured because of how crashes are recorded in police stats. www.londoncentric.media/p/nitrous-ox...

Nitrous oxide drivers are causing chaos on London's roads

Plus: Did Reform nominate a dead woman for mayor, which big TV series is pretending to be called "Dark Train", and will the Central Line ever get the upgrades it deserves?

www.londoncentric.media

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Aug 1

Holy smokes, you need AMERICANA! www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

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Semafor @semafor.com · Jul 18

🟡 SCOOP: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM is considering significantly cutting its workforce and relocating more than 1,000 employees to Riyadh as the kingdom tries to control costs and improve oversight.

Saudi considers NEOM job cuts, relocations amid cost pressures

More than 1,000 people may be moved and a further 1,000 laid off as part of a sweeping audit of the $500 billion project.

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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to have @prashantrao.bsky.social @semafor.com as an expert judge of the #RoryPeckAwards 2025.

Just 9 days to enter your work or nominate a freelance journalist you have worked with or admire rorypecktrust.org/awards/

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Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · Jun 12

#ICYMI UK law firms have reported a surge in US-based nonprofits inquiring about creating legal entities in Britain, either to begin shifting their operations and funds abroad or as a precautionary step. www.semafor.com/article/06/1... via @prashantrao.bsky.social‬

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK

Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

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Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · Jun 12

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇

What Keir Starmer can’t say

The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?

www.newstatesman.com

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Semafor @semafor.com · Jun 11

🟡 SCOOP: The Committee to Protect Journalists has directed a British law firm to set up a legal entity in the UK, in part as a precautionary measure against potential Trump administration targeting of American nonprofits.

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK

Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

www.semafor.com

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Jun 11

🟡 @semafor.com SCOOP by me

@pressfreedom.bsky.social has directed a British law firm to set up a legal entity in the UK, in part as a precautionary measure against potential Trump administration executive orders targeting American nonprofits.

www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK

Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.

www.semafor.com

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Jun 6

Smart and fun piece by @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media for @semafor.com looking at the parallels between Musk-Trump and Cummings-Johnson www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

What Washington can learn from a legendary London meltdown

Dominic Cummings’ ties to Johnson share plenty of parallels with Musk’s closeness to Trump.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Jun 6

Smart and fun piece by @jim.londoncentric.media of @londoncentric.media for @semafor.com looking at the parallels between Musk-Trump and Cummings-Johnson www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

What Washington can learn from a legendary London meltdown

Dominic Cummings’ ties to Johnson share plenty of parallels with Musk’s closeness to Trump.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · May 30

What's Donald Trump's strategy in Syria? His former Middle East envoy explains in a new @semafor.com column www.semafor.com/article/05/3...

Trump bets on Gulf in unconventional Syria policy

Easing sanctions on Syria may pull Damascus into a Gulf-led regional realignment.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · May 27

New: In an email to staff, Washington Post editor Matt Murray said the paper would be offering buyouts to any employee who has been at the Post for over ten years, as well as all members of the video department, copy desk, and sports copy desk.

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Semafor @semafor.com · May 19

🟡 SCOOP: The US Department of Energy plans to cancel seven major loans and loan guarantees that had been conditionally approved under the Biden administration, @timmcdonnell.bsky.social‬ reports.

US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects

The projects, which had been conditionally approved by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, are mostly battery factories.

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Tim McDonnell @timmcdonnell.bsky.social · May 19

Scoop, per a source close to the process: LPO will cancel 7 conditional loans/guarantees, the projects are listed here and include Monolith, Sunnova, and others www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects

The projects, which had been approved by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, are mostly battery factories.

www.semafor.com

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Semafor @semafor.com · May 15

Everything from car washes to razor blades is now sold on monthly memberships that investors have gotten hooked on. With consumers cutting back, that model looks threatened.

Can Wall Street’s subscription craze survive a recession?

Everything from car washes to razor blades is now sold on monthly memberships that investors have gotten hooked on. With consumers cutting back, that model looks threatened.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · May 2

We've just advertised this year's Carbon Brief summer journalism internship, a fantastic 3-week opportunity to gain experience from some of the world's best climate journalists

Paid London Living Wage + travel bursary

Details on how to apply here:

www.carbonbrief.org/...

Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Apr 30

The Sachin Tendulkar of food consumption, a prolific poet with the fork/chopsticks/cricket bat

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Apr 29

If it's good enough for @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social, it's good enough for you.

Subscribe to Flagship, @semafor.com's free twice-daily global news briefing: www.semafor.com/newsletters/...

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Apr 29

If it's good enough for @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social, it's good enough for you.

Subscribe to Flagship, @semafor.com's free twice-daily global news briefing: www.semafor.com/newsletters/...

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Rory Peck Trust @rorypecktrust.bsky.social · Apr 28

Grateful to @swedeninuk.bsky.social and the Nordic Embassies in London, for hosting tonight's #WPFD25 event and to @meeraselva.bsky.social, @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social & @prashantrao.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts on the global state of #pressfreedom.

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Prashant Rao @prashantrao.bsky.social · Apr 28

Over the past 24 hours, I've had the privilege of running the London Marathon and speaking at a diplomatic event, both in aid of a cause I care deeply about: press freedom.

I'm still raising money for @rorypecktrust.bsky.social, so please do donate! 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/prashant-...

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