
Mathias Hammer
Foreign Policy Reporter at Semafor
Reporting on foreign policy @Semafor. Alum @TIME @Politics_Oxford, @Dept_of_POLIS 📧 mhammer (at) semafor dot com
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6 days ago |
semafor.com | Mathias Hammer
In a joint statement Thursday, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping condemned US President Donald Trump’s plan to build a “Golden Dome’ missile defense shield as “deeply destabilizing,” warning that the initiative could transform space into “an arena for armed confrontation.” Trump’s “Golden Dome” plans include building a satellite-based network to trace and intercept missiles over the US, but analysts have warned that the proposal could antagonize Beijing and...
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6 days ago |
flipboard.com | Mathias Hammer
6 hours agoIf you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke. In November, when Donald Trump first announced his plan to place Elon Musk in charge of a new Department of Government Efficiency, the idea was widely written off as a joke. Then Trump took office, and DOGE began …
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6 days ago |
semafor.com | Mathias Hammer
The Bank of England cut interest rates to 4.25% Thursday, as it warned that Washington’s global trade war will limit the UK’s economic growth over the next few years. “The past few weeks have shown how unpredictable the global economy can be. That’s why we need to stick to a gradual and careful approach to further rate cuts,” the central bank’s chief, Andrew Bailey, said.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Mathias Hammer
The NewsChina’s Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Wednesday for a four-day state visit aimed at deepening the “mutual trust” between the Chinese leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Beijing said. Officials are set to ink a series of agreements during the sojourn, and both leaders are expected to discuss Ukraine and Russia-US relations in a bilateral meeting, the Kremlin said.
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1 week ago |
semafor.com | Mathias Hammer
China’s Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Wednesday for a four-day state visit aimed at deepening the “mutual trust” between the Chinese leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Beijing said. Officials are set to ink a series of agreements during the sojourn, and both leaders are expected to discuss Ukraine and Russia-US relations in a bilateral meeting, the Kremlin said.
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