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Prashant Rao
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Semafor Senior Editor, responsible for international and climate coverage. Sign up: http://semafor.com/newsletters Ex-The Atlantic and The New York Times in London, AFP in Baghdad
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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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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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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.
www.semafor.com
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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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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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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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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:

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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.
www.carbonbrief.org
The Sachin Tendulkar of food consumption, a prolific poet with the fork/chopsticks/cricket bat
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If it's good enough for @billdeblasionyc.bsky.social, it's good enough for you.

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

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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.
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-...