Alistair MacDonald
@macdonaldajm
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Senior reporter at The Wall Street Journal currently writing about Ukraine and the European defence industry. Views expressed are my own.
London, England via North East
Joined May 2010
For people with disabilities, the Ukraine war’s trauma is magnified. Some are unable to cope in bomb shelters. “What about the moms with bedridden children who can’t go to the basement, what’s their fate?” #autismawareness #disabilities #Ukraine
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Trump plans to order new icebreakers to help compete with Russia and China in the Arctic, but the first one the U.S. has built in decades isn’t expected to be finished until after 2030
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The Syrian dictator’s secret police had a front-row seat to the regime’s demise. @IsabelColes, @jmalsin obtained access to their top-secret reports.
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How two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world #sharks
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A prized ingredient in China’s $60 billion traditional medicine industry, cattle gallstones have become the must-have item among underground traders and armed robbers in Brazil. via @samanthapearson
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SCOOP - UBS is set to pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to settle violations by Credit Suisse of an earlier agreement with the Justice Department over American clients who evaded tax . via @margotpatrick
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RT @Katie_Cronin: @piersmorgan @thetimes In this story, one of the victims was prompted to walk into a police station after ‘widespread med…
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Files of more clients linked to Nazi atrocities were recently found by independent investigators probing Credit Suisse. Great story via ‘Mags’ @margotpatrick
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RT @MurphyNiallGLA: Just wanted to thank @libby_brooks for talking to me about my concerns for the fragile state of #GlasgowHeritage given…
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@JimGoughTrans @yarotrof No, but he’s a colleague so I can always ask next time he’s in London
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To manage Biden’s limitations, White House aides controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined.
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When Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security forces, he never stopped reporting. Neither did his colleagues. @evangershkovich's return to the pages of the Journal after his appalling ordeal
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Syrians are combing the grounds of the country’s most notorious prison, searching for the missing, checking lists of detainees and chipping at the concrete floor looking for hidden cells or tombs via @jmalsin
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SCOOP - Hamas has yielded to two of Israel’s key demands for a cease-fire deal in Gaza, Arab mediators said, raising hopes of an agreement and the release of some hostages within days
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RT @JaneLytv: Russia's bombardment of Ukraine has reached record highs this fall, especially with the use of drones and their decoys. Ukra…
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Syrians are breaking into prisons to free political prisoners and search for many of the thousands of people who disappeared since civil war broke out in 2011 via @IsabelColes
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RT @Gerashchenko_en: Russia launched more than ❗️ 6,000 drones and missiles at Ukraine in September, October and November, that is four tim…
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