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Aug 11, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Happy 50th birthday, hip-hop!
This summer, The World’s #PlanetHipHop series has been exploring how a neighborhood party half a century ago in the Bronx has evolved into a global movement that is getting stronger and more urgent. #HipHop50thAnniversary
2/ Samy Alim, anthropology professor and director of the Hip Hop Initiative at @UCLA, spoke to @MarcoWerman about the early influence of hip-hop and how it's become a tool of political expression for youth. #PlanetHipHop
1/ One international opinion that likely matters to Vladimir Putin is that of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. China is Russia's neighbor and its biggest trading partner.
So, how are Beijing, and the Chinese people overall, viewing the war in Ukraine? 🧵 theworld.org/media/2022-03-…2/ Two-words: “Pro-Russian neutrality,” as analysts have called it. Chinese state media are not calling Russia's actions in Ukraine a war or an invasion. Instead, it is being portrayed as a situation, a conflict, a crisis or special military action.
Mar 2, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
1/ For many Syrians, the images of the Russian invasion into #Ukraine bring painful memories of war in their own country. 🧵
The Syrian government has used brutal tactics against protesters and has relied on Russia's lethal air support since 2015.
🎧🔗trib.al/LYu1LvK2/ The US and its Western allies condemned Russia’s involvement in #Syria. But for some Syrians, Russia’s lack of accountability for its actions in the war might have emboldened President Vladimir Putin.
1/ While the world has been worrying about North Korean nuclear weapons, Kim Jong-un’s Reconnaissance General Bureau (its CIA) has been training its hackers to rob the world’s financial institutions. @pwinn5 has that story for @pritheworld and @globalposts.pri.org/ZQfizCe2/ Want to know what the RGB’s hackers do? Let’s go back to February 2016. That’s when North Korean hackers pulled off one of the greatest heists in US history, all without setting foot on American soil. The target: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
May 8, 2018 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Donald Trump announced the US will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and will instead impose sanctions on the country. "This was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made … It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will,” Trump said.
2/ Immediately after Trump’s announcement, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blasted the US for not fulfilling the international pact and said that Iran plans to remain in the deal without Washington’s participation.
Apr 13, 2018 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
1/ This week marked the 15th anniversary of the fall of #Baghdad. The ground invasion, toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein and the outbreak of lawlessness all happened in the space of three days. From our archives, this is what those 3 days sounded like.
2/ Journalist and Iraqi Kurd @ayubnuri recalls the initial days of jubilation after the removal of Saddam Hussein. bit.ly/2quEY0G
