1) What is a global market price and why are we magically insulated from it? (We're not)
2) Who blew up the detente around the Hormuz Strait?
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Trump repeatedly called journalists “the enemy of the people,” “human scum,” “very dangerous and sick.”
Here is the painstaking work of a couple of #journalists doing the job of presenting facts, pursuing the truth for America & the world. So many journalists doing incredible work right now.
A Reuters visual investigation raises questions about how the U.S. military could have missed a documented, yearslong online presence for the girls school that was bombed in Iran. This including dozens of photos of the children and their activities. Investigation ongoing.
The strikes included the use of at least one American Tomahawk missile. Reuters first reported investigators at the Department of Defense believe U.S. forces were likely responsible for the strike on the building.
There, on March 2, the dead children were buried, creating row after row of 20 tidy rectangular holes in the earth. The strike killed 150 children, according to Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva (Reuters has not independently confirmed the death toll).
Our analysis intended to detect areas of potential strikes, using sat data from visible & invisible light spectrum, highlighted another area of ground upheaval: the town cemetery.
A Reuters analysis of multispectral satellite imagery also found no indications of other strikes within 5 km, suggesting the buildings were specifically targeted, rather than struck as part of a broad bombing campaign on the southern city.
Multiple satellite images from the months leading up to the strike provide other indications it was a school, including visible playground markings. The colorful murals painted on the outside walls around the school could also be seen in multiple commercial satellite images.
🚨Reuters investigation by @pearswick.press & me: Iran school struck on 1st day of war had yearlong online presence, including many photos of children & their activities, before it was bombed with at least 6 other buildings along 325m axis. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Satellite company @planet.com has announced a *14 day delay* to the release of imagery in the MidEast.
This will be a huge setback for those trying to verify events in the region.
Timeline cleanser
Trump war inflation watch. Barclays says “Oil markets might have to face their worst fears on Monday. As things stand right now, we think Brent could hit $100/b, as the market grapples with the threat of a potential supply disruption amid a spiraling security situation in the Middle East.”
The Europeans should set up a version of this so that Americans can watched cancelled Lincoln Centre performances, university lectures, and episodes of 60 Minutes. www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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Scanned the basset hounds with a thermal camera.
Paul Wall apologizes for his role in controlling the weather. www.instagram.com/reel/DUG6m7R...
Data sciencey people — if you haven’t tried Positron, I highly, highly recommend giving it a whirl.
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Nice transatlantic military alliance you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
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Our basset hounds turn four today. Obligatory how it started and how it’s going pics.
