Shocked, but not surprised
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EXCL: Keir Starmer has become first UK PM to be presented with Légion d’honneur by French president, in recognition of his work on security of Europe.
Emmanuel Macron awarded the historic honour to Starmer for his l'ship in setting up coalition of the willing at a critical moment for the continent in early 2025.
Only other British PM to receive a similar award – at a higher level, the Grand-Croix of the Légion d’honneur – was Winston Churchill in 1958 in recognition of his leadership during the second world war.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Zelenskyy: Would I go to Moscow? It's difficult.
There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It would be dangerous.
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Publishers that grow revenue despite traffic declines use these key tactics: raise prices, reduce churn and invest in owned channels. Partner insights from Piano. buff.ly/hsSMJqH
#canneslions GLP1 has made a bigger short term impact on the ad industry than AI.
Until this moment it was inconceivable that I would be supportive of MBS.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on behalf of Donald Trump, expressed regret that the Saudi authorities signed defense agreements with Ukraine without consulting the United States, which had been Saudi Arabia’s main ally.
In response, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman noted that the U.S. had failed to fully protect the Kingdom from Iranian strikes, and therefore Saudi Arabia made a decision that could quickly strengthen its defense capabilities. The Crown Prince also stated that his country will continue to be guided by its own national interests when making decisions regarding its defense.
This was a slap in the face to Trump from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in response to Trump’s crude and scandalous public statement that “…now let the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia kiss my ass and be polite to me from now on.”
Thus, Trump’s reckless and irresponsible remarks have effectively put U.S.–Saudi relations on pause.
The Saudi Crown Prince proved to be more diplomatic than the American president and, notably, did not respond to Rubio by saying that Trump should “kiss my ass” and behave politely toward him in the future 😉
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Not every inspiring sporting story ends with a trophy. Over the last few days, Lakshya Sen has shown India what courage, resilience and belief truly look like. His run to another All England final, through extraordinary wins and immense physical pain, has been about far more than a result. He has reminded young India that greatness lies not only in winning, but in the honesty of effort, the dignity of the fight and the strength to keep believing. I am Proud of you, @lakshya_sen . Very, very proud.
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If you run ads on Meta please read on!
There has been a massive bug impacting advertisers and you don’t want this to happen to you.
We’ve had to completely turn off our Meta ads over the click and bot traffic coming from audience network for a number of brands that started over the last 7 days right around that last delivery outage. This one has been massively impactful!!
Meta has released zero official comms on this, but it’s happening.
See screenshot from a brand last weekend’s ad spend. See that impression count? It will mess up everything in your account if or when this happens to you.
Since Meta won’t be transparent about critical bugs like this that impact your businesses I will.
Meta please release comms for those impacted!!
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A tale of two billionaires. Jeff Bezos was at fashion week in Europe while he pulled a let-them-eat-cake firing of 30% of Washington Post journalists. Jimmy Lai stood by his newsroom and he will now likely die in a Hong Kong prison. Tell everyone you know about Jimmy Lai.
