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Rezaul Hasan Laskar

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Foreign Editor with Hindustan Times, former correspondent in Pakistan, Chevening scholar. Interests: Music, movies, photography, cooking. পৰিৱৰ্তন শব্দটি শুনিবলৈ ভাল, ঘেন্টা ডাল.

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The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE | Nellie Pou Fewer than 100 days out, host cities haven’t received promised funding, and fears about ICE’s presence are widespread

The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE | Nellie Pou

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Norway sceptical about US waiver for India to buy Russian oil, says deputy foreign minister Andreas Kravik

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Bangladesh’s new military intelligence chief was in India less than a week after his appointment to attend an annual security conclave on margins of Raisina Dialogue and to meet the DGMI and RAW chief.

10.03.2026 07:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Subscribe to Public Notice Sign up for independent, incisive coverage of US politics and media, right in your inbox five times a week. Click to read Public Notice, by Aaron Rupar, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousan...

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i'm watching Fox News where right now air raid sirens are blaring in Tel Aviv and the Fox correspondent is about ready to duck for cover. doesn't seem very over!

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NEW—In a phone interview, President Trump told me the war could be over soon: "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force." He added that the U.S. is "very far" ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame.
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Asked about Iran's new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who Trump has openly criticized, he said,
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As for the Straight of Hormuz, Trump noted that ships are moving through now, but he is "thinking about taking it over."
Trump warned Iran, "They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country."
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Weijia Jiang • @weijia • 12m X NEW—In a phone interview, President Trump told me the war could be over soon: "I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force." He added that the U.S. is "very far" ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame. • 36 L7 131 • 152 Il 35K • I Weijia Jiang • @weijia X.com Asked about Iran's new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who Trump has openly criticized, he said, "I have no message for him. None, whatsoever." Trump said he has someone in mind to replace Khamenei, but he did not elaborate. 12:22 PM • 3/9/26 • 8.4K Views • 3 27 5 © 21 企 Relevant v Weijia Jiang • @weijia • 2m As for the Straight of Hormuz, Trump noted that ships are moving through now, but he is "thinking about taking it over." Trump warned Iran, "They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country." 01 L73 • 8 企

1. President Trump says the war is way ahead of schedule and that it could be complete.

This despite Pete Hegseth telling 60 Minutes last night that we are in the early days of the war.

09.03.2026 19:42 👍 193 🔁 61 💬 23 📌 11
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

Exclusive: Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

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Fox News just showed footage of Trump in his ballcap at the dignified transfer, though you had to look pretty hard to see him

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Burgum on gas prices: "As President Trump says, this price increase is going to be temporary and it is a small price to pay for the idea that we're gonna get rid of a terrorist regime"

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Top Bangladesh security official visits India for meetings Maj Gen Kaiser Rashid Chowdhury, who was promoted and made head of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) as part of major shake-up of Bangladesh Army’s hierarchy on Feb 22| India News

The new head of Bangladesh’s main military intelligence agency was in India for string of high-level meetings less than a week after his appointment. Reporting.

www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...

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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

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Federal judges can just be ignored. It's amazing what happens when you stop letting people have power over you just because they say they do.
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Bro is talking about federal judges like I talk about ex-boyfriends

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Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore.
This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries.
They have said, "Thank you President Trump." I have said, "You're welcome!" Iran is no longer the
"Bully of the Middle East," they are, instead, "THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST," and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Donald J. Trump Y @realDonald Trump + Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries. They have said, "Thank you President Trump." I have said, "You're welcome!" Iran is no longer the "Bully of the Middle East," they are, instead, "THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST," and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran's bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Some may enjoy this tone and rhetoric about their homeland, I certainly don’t.

07.03.2026 15:24 👍 304 🔁 25 💬 33 📌 5
Photo of a toddler with short, dark hair, crouching on a sunny lawn to gently pet a tuxedo tabby kitten.

Photo of a toddler with short, dark hair, crouching on a sunny lawn to gently pet a tuxedo tabby kitten.

Babies. Photo from my collection- according to the back this is Lance and Fluffel in 1963.

07.03.2026 16:24 👍 1047 🔁 77 💬 15 📌 5
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A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them? Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran

A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?

07.03.2026 17:50 👍 138 🔁 36 💬 7 📌 7
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Iran could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz with drones for months

Closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes, has been one of Iran's main objectives.

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Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal The arrangement shows the tightening commercial bounds between Venezuela and the U.S.

SCOOP: Venezuela's state-owned mining company on Monday inked a multimillion-dollar deal to sell as many as 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for U.S. markets, two sources familiar with the deal tell Axios.

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GOP Congressman Tim Burchett on Senator Lindsey Graham’s calls for the US to join the IDF in bombing Hezbollah targets in Lebanon:

“Lindsey hasn’t seen a fistfight he hasn't wanted to turn into a bombing, so I just take it with a grain of salt.”

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Koizumi urges pivot away from China for defense equipment supply chain The defense minister underlined the importance of boosting self-reliance following Beijing’s ban on exporting dual-use items to Japan.

Following Beijing’s ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan, Tokyo should consider creating a supply chain for defense equipment that pivots away from China, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi says.

28.02.2026 00:02 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1

Congratulations. You harassed a married staffer until she submitted to your perversions leading to her suicide and still kept your job because the Republican Party stands for nothing except the acquisition of power. Congrats, Tony. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

NEW: Elon Musk said he was “selling almost all physical possessions” when he moved to Texas. Nope. Instead, he has secretly amassed land and penthouses and planes and mansions. We just had to spend months digging through private company records to find it all. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

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Was good meeting you for the journey to Kyiv.

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Suntory consolidates two scotch distilleries in Scotland as U.S. sales fall The majority of revenue from scotch whisky comes from exports, which fell to the U.S. — one of the largest markets for the drink — following tariffs being introduced in April 2025.

Suntory Holdings is consolidating its operations in two scotch whisky distilleries in Scotland, the company said, as overall exports of the liquor to the U.S. fell following tariffs introduced in April 2025.

27.02.2026 07:33 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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This week in Independence Square, Kyiv:

Putin's 3 Day Special Military Operation - Day 1,461. 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

25.02.2026 16:58 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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HKFP Lens: Each day, shortly before the sun rises, observant devotees of Theravada Buddhism wait by the side of roads with freshly prepared sticky rice, called khao niew, amongst other things, to offer to monks. Photography by Ayesha Sitara.

In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/02/18/h...

18.02.2026 05:50 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Colbert slams CBS statement, accuses Paramount of not standing up to "bullies" "I'm just so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies."

Stephen Colbert criticized CBS and parent company Paramount tonight over the posting on YouTube only of his interview with James Talarico.

18.02.2026 05:57 👍 153 🔁 39 💬 9 📌 2
Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie curled up asleep against me. I’m wearing pink pajamas with black polka dots.

Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie curled up asleep against me. I’m wearing pink pajamas with black polka dots.

My bingus.

18.02.2026 03:24 👍 1747 🔁 88 💬 28 📌 3

NYT again? You're going to see start another food war.

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