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  • 3 weeks ago | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Yasmeen Serhan

    Hello, and happy Friday!I’d be remiss if I didn’t start this correspondence by acknowledging the scoop of the century (okay, perhaps just the year) from my former colleagues at The Atlantic. For those who somehow missed it: On Monday, the magazine published a bonkers story detailing how Trump aides inadvertently invited the magazine’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat where highly sensitive information about a military strike was being shared, emojis and all.

  • 1 month ago | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Yasmeen Serhan

    Hello, and happy Friday. Amid everything going on in the world right now, you’d be forgiven for having missed this particular news item: Last week, the Trump administration announced funding cuts to federal agencies including the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees government-funded broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

  • 1 month ago | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Yasmeen Serhan

    Hello, and happy Monday!This correspondence comes to you from the literal crack of dawn as we’re currently in the second week of Ramadan and I’m trying to make more use of the very early starts to the day. Any typos that follow can be attributed to my lack of coffee.

  • 2 months ago | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Yasmeen Serhan

    Hello, and happy Friday!It’s officially been one month since I joined Reuters as digital features editor, in what has been my first foray out of the magazine world and into a 174-year-old news agency made up of more than 2,000 journalists across the globe. Needless to say, it’s been a big change—but an incredibly exciting one too! I’m really looking forward to sharing some of the cool projects we have in the works with you all soon.

  • Jan 17, 2025 | foreigncorrespondence.substack.com | Yasmeen Serhan

    Hello, and happy Friday. “I still can’t believe it,” a contact in Gaza texted me on Wednesday afternoon, when news of the long-awaited ceasefire seemed to be all but confirmed. “I wanna cry so bad if it’s true.” His hesitancy was understandable. Previous deals—some involving near-identicalterms—had faltered at the last moment.

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Yasmeen Serhan
Yasmeen Serhan @YasmeenSerhan
11 Apr 25

"When settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is rising, The Teacher ... captures the intimate horrors of life under harrowing circumstances—and the lifesaving power of the relationships that people still manage to forge and nurture." https://t.co/APScO46Z8S

Yasmeen Serhan
Yasmeen Serhan @YasmeenSerhan
7 Apr 25

Follow @Reuters' latest City Memo to Sydney, featuring expert local tips from @AlasdairPal on flat whites, Australian rules football and much more ✍️https://t.co/gJq2vDftKs 📽️ https://t.co/AYee2XnvR8

Yasmeen Serhan
Yasmeen Serhan @YasmeenSerhan
6 Apr 25

RT @TomBevanRCP: According to The Guardian, this is how Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the Signal chat: https://t.co/8gDZSmj46b