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Andrew Buncombe
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Journalist based in Seattle
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New: New: Review NAZA: Documentary about alleged Gaza war crimes featuring Israeli agents who carried them out andrewbuncombe.substack.com/p/review-naz...
Review NAZA: Documentary about alleged Gaza war crimes featuring Israeli agents who carried them out
Film provides some of most comprehensive testimony yet
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October 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Do read: 'In warming Arctic, Inuit bear guards protect communities': Via @indiginews.bsky.social @grist.org & Frey Blake-Pijogge grist.org/indigenous/i...
In a warming Arctic, Inuit bear guards protect communities
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. After retiring from a long career as a conservation officer with the Canadian government, Derrick Pottle devoted himself to guiding people...
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October 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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America should long ago have ended barbarity of death penalty www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Don't miss this: £5,000 bursary for young or aspiring journalist in honour of celebrated @the-independent.com correspondent Rupert Cornwell www.independent.co.uk/news/media/r...
Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for aspiring foreign correspondents
The award honours the memory of Rupert Cornwell, one of The Independent’s most distinguished journalists
www.independent.co.uk
September 28, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Genuine must-read' 'Inside armed incursion from Florida intended to topple Cuba's government': Via Reed Lindsay, @bellyofthebeastcuba.com @dropsitenews.com www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/inside-armed...
Inside the Armed Incursion From Florida Intended to Topple Cuba’s Government
Belly of the Beast investigates a deadly armed incursion from Florida, interviewing four survivors about the training, planning and failed mission to Cuba.
www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com
September 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Do read this: 'In Trump China sees 'rare window' to convince Taiwan 'resistance is futile': Via @wsj.com @lingling1994.bsky.social @joyuwang.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/china/...
In Trump, Xi Sees ‘Rare Window’ to Convince Taiwan That Resistance Is Futile
Beijing is courting Taiwan’s opposition—and quietly helped stage its leader’s landmark visit to the mainland—to pull the island into its orbit.
www.wsj.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Unease in UK's ‘newly independent’ Piddington': Always good to read @ameliagentleman.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend
As villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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A scary must-read: 'Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany' Via Nette Nöstlinger & @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Merz’s deal with the Taliban alarms Afghan dissidents in Germany
Under pressure from the rising far right, Berlin is letting Taliban officials staff Afghan missions in exchange for more deportations. Activists say the arrangement puts them at risk.
www.politico.eu
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Fascinating: 'Democratic socialists are getting the media attention but Democratic Christians may be more influential in November' @billmckibben.bsky.social
@newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right
Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians have also had significant victories in this year’s primaries—and they could prove more influential in the midterm ele...
www.newyorker.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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V pleased to have this important piece in @theipaper.com
'The American families torn apart by Maga' inews.co.uk/news/world/f...
The American families torn apart by Maga
Moer than a third of people in the US have lost relationships with friends, family, romantic partners and co-workers over political differences
inews.co.uk
September 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Do listen: 'Biggest oil deal or theft gunpoint? US claims majority control of Venezuela’s oil reserves @democracynow.org www.democracynow.org/2026/9/1/ven...
U.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil Reserves
The U.S. has struck a deal to take majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, nine months after the U.S. military abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cili...
www.democracynow.org
September 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Terrific @dbeekman.bsky.social piece about 2 men working to have fed gvt transfer WA island to native ownership. Images: Nick Wagner @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
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WA island’s only resident supports transfer from feds to tribe
One man lives on Protection Island, but many groups — including the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and government agencies — want a say in its future. Here’s what is at stake.
seattletimes.com
August 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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'Yeganeh is just 21. Her husband is 70. She's lost 5 children in her young life': Startling report by @leilama.bsky.social on impact of USAid cuts @pbsnews.org Video: Eric O'Connor www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A look at the devastating impact of USAID cuts in rural Afghanistan
It's been 18 months since the Trump administration made cuts to foreign aid. One of the countries hardest-hit is Afghanistan. The five years since the U.S. withdrawal have been grim for the people the...
www.pbs.org
August 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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We never changed, Trump did’: Maga’s insurgency against its own leader @theipaper.com @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/news/world/n...
‘We never changed, Trump did’: Maga's insurgency against its own leader
The US President finds himself confronting a paradox as the midterms draw closer
inews.co.uk
August 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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37 years after Lockerbie bombing new trial to begin - but will it bring 'justice', asks Patti Waldmeir, who almost boarded Pan Am Flight 103 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/895d...
Revisiting the Lockerbie bombing, 37 years later
For the first time, a US court will try one of those alleged to be responsible for the attack
www.ft.com
August 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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'As father it's my responsibility to provide [my children] best education - as Afghan citizen it's my responsibility to have country ready for educating girls [here]'. People will have views on Karzai but this interview v interesting. Via Mishal Husain www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
August 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Utterly shameful: US claims conditions in Haiti improved enough to end protected status for migrants, but deportation plane CANNOT fly to Port-au-Prince as its considered 'too dangerous': Via @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hait...
First group of deportees arrives in troubled Haiti after US ends TPS program
The U.S. has deported more than 160 people to Haiti for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians.
apnews.com
August 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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All this royal coverage - however excellent - should be jolting reminder UK needs an elected head of state, not antiques inews.co.uk/news/inside-...
Inside Harry and Meghan's explosive return to UK - and what happens next
Prince Harry faces new hurdles in his family reintegration into the Royal Family
inews.co.uk
August 20, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Loved researching this: 'The American billionaires trying to cheat death' @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/a...
The American billionaires trying to cheat death
Longevity enthusiasts are spending a fortune on 'optimisation' in their efforts to live to 180 and beyond
inews.co.uk
August 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Read this: 'The one-of-a-kind partnership that gets community college students housed': Via @stephannnnie.bsky.social &
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Images: @erikajschultz.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
A partnership with King County helps community college students get housed. Here's why it works
Since 2020, Highline College has paired students facing homelessness with housing vouchers provided by King County Housing Authority. It seems to be working.
www.seattletimes.com
August 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Activists & cybersecurity experts call Seattle’s surveillance cameras ‘structurally dangerous’, reports @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social & Lauren Girgis www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Coalition calls Seattle’s surveillance cameras ‘structurally dangerous’
The Seattle Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center and surveillance cameras have become a lightning rod during Mayor Katie Wilson's first year in office.
www.seattletimes.com
August 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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This is interesting: 'Why Seattle's Lumen Field have to ditch the real grass and go back to astroturf': Via Penelope Jennings &
@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/sports/seaha...
Why didn't grass from World Cup stay at Lumen Field? Blame unique Seattle circumstance
Seahawks players wanted the grass field from the FIFA Men's World Cup to remain at Lumen Field, but a unique Seattle circumstance appeared to prevent that.
www.seattletimes.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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The Seattle suburbs where sensitive bird species refuse to go, according to 10-year study. Via Gillian Dohrn & @uwnews.uw.edu www.washington.edu/news/2026/08...
More than a decade of observation in Seattle suburbs shows where sensitive bird species won’t go | UW News
After tracking birds in the Puget Sound lowlands for 12 years, researchers conclude that birds respond better to some development configurations than others, hi
www.washington.edu
August 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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'Think your neighbours are bad? Try being Canada': Love
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social headline. (Words pretty good also 🙂) www.thenewworld.co.uk/andrew-bunco...
Trump v Canada: a fight with no winners
Canadians have endured so many insults, tariff threats and so much political pressure from Trump’s US that it looks like the old relationship has gone forever
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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This is excellent about class, language & all sorts of stuff: Via @newyorker.com & George Francis Lee www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North
Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun.
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM