International Projects & Investigations Editor at Reuters. [email protected]
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Peter Hirschberg retweeted
This must-see new graphical report from @reuters uses AIS and tasked satellite imagery to examine in detail PLA landing exercises from earlier this year—including the novel use of deck cargo ships (specifically, LCTs - commercial landing craft).
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Peter Hirschberg retweeted
If you read one thing this weekend: @KarenLema, David Lague & @LisaMarieDavid explain how Batanes province—and control of the Bashi Channel—is critical for a China conflict or Taiwan NEO. Closely aligns with my work at INDOPACOM in 2023 and now @CNASdc. reuters.com/investigations/n…
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While the island nation of Palau bills itself as a pristine paradise, the US military sees it as strategically critical in its tussle with China for dominance in the region reut.rs/4cVwO7u
Exclusive: The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country. reuters.com/world/africa/sud…
Trump camp says China is ‘attacking’ U.S. with fentanyl. They aim to fight back @michaelvmartina reuters.com/investigates/spe… via @SpecialReports
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
🚨 Reuters Impact: Foxconn has ordered Indian hiring agencies to drop age, gender, marital criteria, company name from job ads after a Reuters investigation revealed the Apple supplier rejected married women for iPhone assembly roles. 🛠️ Read. reut.rs/3ACIvBo #Thread
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US officials talk of 'industrial level' theft. Donated grain, they say, was funneled to the Ethiopian and Tigrayan armies, and black marketeers. In an internal report, the World Food Program cleared itself of wrongdoing and pointed a finger at the hungry reut.rs/3UcV4d0
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
We're hiring. @Reuters is looking for an intrepid, tenacious and accomplished reporter for our new Business Investigations unit. Details here:
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Peter Hirschberg retweeted
We're hiring! @Reuters is seeking an ambitious Investigations Editor to drive our investigative, explanatory and longform narrative coverage in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Details here: careers.thomsonreuters.com/u…
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
Traders and aid workers in Gaza with direct knowledge of the supply situation described to Reuters a chaotic system that often makes it too dangerous or costly for business owners to import food, even as aid agencies warn of the growing risk of famine reut.rs/4cQ322v
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
Indian PM Narendra Modi's govt asks Tamil Nadu state to submit a report after @Reuters revealed Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from iPhone assembly jobs. Law "clearly" says no discrimination is to be made in hiring men, women, govt says reut.rs/4ciuBld
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
India's federal labor ministry asks for a detailed report from the Tamil Nadu labor department on Reuters' report about Foxconn rejecting married women.
Full statement:
Reuters investigated Foxconn's hiring practices in India over the past year. Here’s what we uncovered.
Married women are barred from an otherwise all-female iPhone assembly workforce.
Foxconn's logic: a married worker comes with “issues”, like pregnancy, or high absenteeism🧵
ALT Screen grab showing top part of Reuters report. Text reads: Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs. Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices, has been excluding female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant because they are married. Both companies’ codes of conduct state that workers shouldn't be discriminated against on the basis of marital status. Story by PRAVEEN PARAMASIVAM, MUNSIF VENGATTIL and ADITYA KALRA
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
Reuters Investigation: Foxconn excludes married women from Apple iPhone assembly jobs in India due to reasons such as family duties, pregnancy & higher absenteeism. This violates their anti-discrimination policies #LongRead #Thread reut.rs/3RJkkq1
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
NEW: We spent 24 hours in a Ukrainian trench on the zero line in Donbas, less than 800 meters from Russian forces amassed on the other side. The infantryman holding the line spoke of constant Russian assaults and drones overhead. "It's worse than hell," he told me. pix: @tompeter
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
I spent several weeks traveling along the eastern line of Ukraine's 1,000-km front, speaking with soldiers stationed all across the region. Here's what we heard and saw: reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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“It can take up to 40 days for an aid truck to reach Darfur from Port Sudan in the east”
Read the Reuters article where @JustinTBrady, the head of OCHA Sudan discusses how aid agencies struggle to get food & medicine to sick & starving people
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Peter Hirschberg retweeted
The Masalit people are being driven from Sudan in a campaign of bombing and massacres by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its militia allies, according to multiple witnesses. @Reuters has identified 6 key commanders in the violence reut.rs/47a2mlu
Peter Hirschberg retweeted
India's Ayodhya is changing
Visits to the holy city reveal two stories. A business boom triggered by Ram temple - new hotels & rising land rates. And locals losing livelihoods, Muslims feeling left out. Ground report on $6 billion infra revamp reut.rs/3tmX20g🧵👇
