US prepares to sanction China over its support for Russian war effort

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the Atlantic Council, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC The News The US is preparing to sanction some Chinese banks in an…

WADA defends decision to clear Chinese swimmers of doping

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The New York Times, The Global Times, Outside Magazine The News The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday…

Saudi Arabia clashes with West over Chinese green tech

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Bloomberg, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and The Wall Street Journal. The News The head of Saudi Arabia’s state…

Chinese spy allegations rattle Europe-China relations

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Global Public Policy Institute, The Telegraph, and Handelsblatt The News The U.K. and Germany have charged five people suspected…

Huw Edwards Leaving BBC on “Medical Advice” After 40-Year Career

hollywoodreporter.com Huw Edwards, a longtime British TV presenter and host of the BBC‘s flagship News at Ten program until July 2023, has resigned. On Monday, the U.K. pubcaster said Edwards…

IDF spy chief resigns, citing Oct. 7 failures

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The New York Times, Haaretz, Axios, and the Financial Times The News The head of Israel’s military intelligence has resigned from…

Eyes on Europe as US agrees on massive Ukraine funding package

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the Atlantic Council, the Brookings Institution, Reuters, The Guardian, the BBC, and Voice of America The News The passage of $60…

Modi widely expected to win Indian election as voting begins

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Hindu, The Economist, and Bloomberg The News India’s multi-week election kicked off on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra…

UK Tories face election meltdown

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Times of London, The Guardian, and Sky News The News Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is facing a complete collapse in the…

Qatar reconsiders role as mediator in Israel-Hamas war

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Arab News The News Qatar said it was reconsidering its role as a mediator in truce…

Two motorsport journalists leave News UK for Autosport

pressgazette.co.uk Rebecca Clancy, motor racing correspondent at The Times of seven years, has left the newspaper publisher to join Autosport as editor-in-chief leading a team of about 25…

Why has Hugh Grant settled his phone hacking claim against the Sun?

theguardian.com Why did Hugh Grant settle his legal case against the Sun – even though he wanted to fight on? The actor has accepted an “enormous” settlement from the Sun in return for…

UK smoking ban moves a step closer

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the BBC, Politico, and Reuters The News The U.K. moved a step closer to a smoking ban for younger generations after a bill to make…

Huey Lewis Calls Musical Inspired by His Band’s Songs a ‘Creative Outlet’ After Losing His Hearing

billboard.com You may not think of Buddhist philosophy and Huey Lewis as the same time very often, but it works for him when considering The Heart of Rock and Roll, the jukebox musical…

Ghana’s ruling party presidential candidate takes strong anti-gay stance

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Bloomberg, Amnesty International, and NBC News The News The presidential candidate for Ghana’s ruling party said Thursday that he…

Ukraine parliament passes controversial bill to enlist more soldiers

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Suspilne Media, Ukrainska Pravda, and The New York Times The News After months of infighting, Ukraine’s parliament voted to pass a…

Following Trump, far-right House members derail surveillance bill

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN The News A group of far-right Republican House members rebelled against GOP…

Will Li Qiang’s visit to Australia end the China trade war?

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Australian Financial Review, Reuters, SBS News The News Chinese Premier Li Qiang is set to visit Australia in June, the South…

Flipboard deepens its ties to the open source social web (aka the fediverse)

techcrunch.com Flipboard, a Web 2.0-era social magazine app that is reinventing itself to capitalize on the renewed push towards an open social web, is deepening its ties to the fediverse…