Nicholas Kristof
Oregon farmboy turned NY Times columnist, co-author of Half the Sky & @APathAppears, facebook.com/kristof nytimes.com/kristofemail
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New report reveals harrowing details of Jamal Khashoggi's death
A new report from the United Nations reveals shocking new details about Jamal Khashoggi's death, including surveillance of Saudi officials describing how to dismember his body. The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof explains why this might be a...
Trump and Iran May Be on a Collision Course, and It Could Get Scarier
They’ve behaved recklessly and given themselves no face-saving escapes.
Nicholas Kristof
Trump and Iran May Be on a Collision Course, and It Could Get Scarier. My Thursday column on avoiding another Middle East war
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Rising Temperatures Ravage the Himalayas, Rapidly Shrinking Its Glaciers
A new analysis of satellite data concludes that Himalayan glaciers are melting much faster than before, posing grave risks to millions downstream.
Jamal Khashoggi Was My Fiancé. His Killers Are Roaming Free.
Washington hasn’t done enough to bring the murdered Saudi columnist’s killers to justice.
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An eloquent essay from Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, calling for the West to stand up to his killers: nyti.ms/2MXX5tD She notes that it's too late to save Jamal's life, but Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to execute three scholars; we can speak up for them.
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A Muslim Family Sought Help at the Belgian Embassy in Beijing. The Police Dragged Them Out.
The Belgian Embassy is facing criticism after the forcible removal of the family, members of the Uighur minority group that China treats as a security threat.
India's heatwave turns deadly
Over 180 people killed in eastern state of Bihar, which is witnessing the second-longest heatwave on record.
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies
Mohamed Morsi collapsed and died in a Cairo courtroom. Critics cited poor prison conditions and denial of medicine as a possible cause of death.
A Beached Whale Needs Somewhere to Rot. How About Your Place?
So many gray whales have been washing up in Washington State this year that officials are short of places to put them, and are asking coastal landowners to volunteer. Some have said yes.
Gunman shot dead after opening fire on federal courthouse in downtown Dallas
Shots were fired Monday morning at the Earle Cabell federal courthouse in downtown Dallas Monday morning, officials said.A Dallas Morning News...
The Greenland ice sheet is melting unusually fast
It is losing so much water that it may raise global sea levels by a millimetre this year
Department Press Briefing – June 17, 2019
1:40 p.m. EDT MS ORTAGUS: Good afternoon. QUESTION: Hello. QUESTION: (Off-mike.) MS ORTAGUS: Okay, a few things to start off for all of you. Okay. Over the last few days, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green has been...
Iran Threatens to Violate Nuclear Deal’s Limits on Uranium Enrichment
Unless Europe helps Iran sidestep sanctions imposed by the United States, which pulled out of the deal, Iran will also stop complying, its atomic energy agency said.
Nicholas Kristof
Trump orders another 1,000 troops to the Middle East as tensions ratchet higher with Iran. nyti.ms/2WR032M What on earth did Trump think would happen when he broke the nuclear deal? Did he think Iran would build new coal plants?
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Nicholas Kristof on Instagram: “A few weeks ago I wrote about how Marilyn Webb, pushed out of a Ph.D program at Univ of Chicago by predatory professors in the 1960s, was…”
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Nicholas Kristof
A few weeks ago I wrote about how Marilyn Webb, pushed out of a Ph.D program at Univ of Chicago by predatory professors in the 1960s, was finally going to get her doctorate five decades late. Here is Dr. Webb,…
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Harvard Rescinds Admission for Parkland Student Over ‘Offensive’ Comments
The student, Kyle Kashuv, a recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, had repeatedly used racial slurs in a written chat with classmates when he was 16.
Nicholas Kristof
Harvard Rescinds Admission for Parkland Student @KyleKashuv over 2-yr-old offensive racial comments nyti.ms/2WO76ZZ Note that Harvard did something somewhat similar in 2017, revoking admission for 10 admitted students who shared sexually offensive comments on line.
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Transcript: ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview with President Trump
Below are the unedited transcripts of the president’s exclusive interview with ABC News from "The Beast," the walk to and in the Oval Office and the Rose Garden.
Hong Kong Protesters Return to the Streets, Rejecting Leader’s Apology
Protesters dismissed the apology by Carrie Lam as insincere and called for her resignation among a growing list of demands.
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Hats off to the people of Hong Kong. At a time when authoritarianism has gained ground around the world, from Russia to the Philippines, China to Hungary, vast numbers of Hong Kong people have stood up for freedom--and, at least for now, won a victory
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The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old
Baby Constantin spent five months of his first year in a foster home. His family got a painful look at America’s experiment with family separation as an immigration policy.
Nicholas Kristof
A year ago, @itscaitlinhd blew the lid off the Trump administration's family separation policy. Now she has a wrenching tour de force about the youngest child separated--at just 4 months. Now, at 18 months, the child still doesn't speak nyti.ms/2Rizbrf Great journalism!
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Richard Holbrooke and a Certain Idea of America
This is an Age of Pessimism. But America can still remake, redeem and rescue.
Nicholas Kristof
Excellent piece by my @nytopinion colleague @NYTimesCohen about Richard Holbrooke. Yes, Holbrooke, was maddening, but he was right on the big issues: On Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge, admitting Vietnamese Refugees, Bosnia, AIDS, E Timor, Taliban negotiations
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U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid
The Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities.
Nicholas Kristof
US steps up cyber efforts against Russia by poking about its electrical grid, just as Russia has intruded in the US grid. The world needs norms to govern cyber conflict, and one should be not to turn off the lights
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Hong Kong’s Leader Is Set to Delay Extradition Bill Indefinitely
Postponing the bill, which would allow extradition to mainland China, would be a remarkable reversal for the city’s leader, who had vowed to press on despite huge protests.
Nicholas Kristof
Finally, a bit of good news: Hong Kong’s Leader, Yielding to Protests, Suspends Extradition Bill nyti.ms/2Xc51v7 I hope Xi Jinping absorbs the lesson that he has overreached, not the lesson that he should squish Hong Kong harder to avoid embarrassments.
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