Month: November 2019

A sight to behold from Beirut #Lebanon tonight. Women lead a candlelight march for change in downtown.

The noise you hear is pots and pans…Exceptional time for country. Protests in week 3: pic.twitter.com/FABP9VDwqQ

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 7, 2019

Trying to have a productive discussion with the Russians and the Chinese on cybersecurity is a little bit like trying to bring a couple of burglars into a productive discussion on home security. pic.twitter.com/gYzLan0Idk

— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) November 6, 2019

These are the countries still divided by walls, 30 years after the Berlin Wall was torn down.

Read our special report, The Dividing Line: How the Berlin Wall split the world, here: https://t.co/8k0tAqEB0B pic.twitter.com/pEm14TxHc5

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 7, 2019

A million species of biodiversity may disappear in the span of a decade because of our human impact. Peace can't exist without nature. See the nexus between inequality, #ClimateChange, & peace: https://t.co/Mg92Z78EXl #ParisPeaceForum2019 pic.twitter.com/2fmiH92Ecq

— UN Development (@UNDP) November 12, 2019

Meet the Chimu who live on floating islands on #LakeTiticaca. @PNUDperu explains how they're using #indigenous traditions to innovate #ecotourism, #BeatPlasticPollution, & #EndPoverty. #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/wzh7PHasKs

— UN Development (@UNDP) November 10, 2019

Only 11% of all Afghan women have reached secondary education & only 37% are employed. 50 female students from Afghanistan will attend universities in Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan through our #UNDPEUPartnership to empower girls: https://t.co/MArc8UD2qM #ParisPeaceForum pic.twitter.com/P8oJMXnSZl

— UN Development (@UNDP) November 12, 2019

Drought & food security threaten #Somalia's #SDGs. Heat waves last longer & water shortages are more frequent these days. With funding from @theGEF, @undpSomalia will help communities to be stronger against climate risks: https://t.co/mtwrrfCINu #COP25 #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/b6LKsgOC2P

— UN Development (@UNDP) November 13, 2019

These are the countries still divided by walls, 30 years after the Berlin Wall was torn down.

Read our special report, The Dividing Line: How the Berlin Wall split the world, here: https://t.co/8k0tAqEB0B pic.twitter.com/pEm14TxHc5

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 7, 2019

Replacing China as the world’s factory? That’s tough to do – but Asia is trying https://t.co/jK0yVDCoMA pic.twitter.com/LgkdcV3BKu

— Bloomberg New Economy Forum (@neweconforum) November 13, 2019

We're at the #UnreasonableImpact World Forum. Follow along live as we tell the stories of some of the entrepreneurs embracing the green economy. https://t.co/DxhUkvSSF9

— Barclays Corporate (@BarclaysCorp) November 7, 2019

Read our latest monthly spend report, and learn more about how #consumerspending habits are changing as the nights start to draw in. #UKeconomy

— Barclays Corporate (@BarclaysCorp) November 5, 2019

Electronic manufacturer @KingfieldElect has more than doubled its turnover after relocating to a new site, with our support https://t.co/P5jsLRXgF0 pic.twitter.com/tybtq4PlO7

— Lloyds Bank Business (@LloydsBankBiz) November 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/LloydsBankNews/status/1191306515292065793

East Midlands is top performing region in 2018 despite strong finish from the North Westhttps://t.co/hDRkNf0KT1

— Business Leader (@BLeaderNews) January 15, 2019

NatWest research finds Generation Z are ‘Generation Worry’ as 18-24-year olds worry more about their finances, compared to older people: https://t.co/KXgEr87dbD

— RBS (@RBS) January 28, 2019

Turkey and Russia hold their first joint ground patrol in northeast Syria https://t.co/zQqX2x86Pd pic.twitter.com/MNgZaAjDEi

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2019

Germany and India sign wide-ranging agreements, and say they will work together on sustainable development and climate protection https://t.co/vMz4H5Y1ML pic.twitter.com/TOBYS8Rr49

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2019

Tens of thousands of government supporters welcomed the return of President Alpha Conde to Guinea, just a week after thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets pic.twitter.com/IcfvMwGELZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2019

Thousands of Chilean protesters sang Victor Jara's ‘The right to live in peace’ as a tribute to the singer and political activist who was tortured and killed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1973 pic.twitter.com/jj5Q7hhClr

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2019

On my first day here at the ECB, I’m looking forward to meeting my new team and to working with them over the next eight years for the 340 million Europeans who use the euro every day. pic.twitter.com/knvMho0cfW

— Christine Lagarde (@Lagarde) November 4, 2019

STARTING FORWARD GUIDANCE: The ECB began to provide information about its future monetary policy intentions – a tool known as forward guidance. Mario Draghi described forward guidance as a major monetary policy tool (6/9) pic.twitter.com/KHEgVyZzMM

— European Central Bank (@ecb) October 31, 2019

The Fed "needs to be data-dependent. And they're not. And the insurance argument I find not very compelling," says former Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser pic.twitter.com/gbSOEJZd8n

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) September 27, 2019

The #TradeWar isn’t the only factor contributing to #China’s dramatic slowdown in economic growth. Find out more here—and what it might mean for investors:

— Merrill Lynch (@MerrillLynch) November 1, 2019

Legendary economist Milton Friedman was right, says @Noahpinion: The economy is like a string on a musical instrument — recessions pull the string down, and after that it bounces back https://t.co/Srssn1V0Q3 via @bopinion

— Bloomberg (@business) November 4, 2019

Singapore ranked as Asia's hottest market for property investment while Hong Kong falls to last https://t.co/kus1oHkg27 pic.twitter.com/FxZVecRM7y

— Bloomberg (@business) November 13, 2019

1970: One more lane will fix it.
1980: One more lane will fix it.
1990: One more lane will fix it.
2000: One more lane will fix it.
2010: One more lane will fix it.
2020: ?pic.twitter.com/NjS1IPORG2
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— Urban Planning & Mobility (@urbanthoughts11) November 4, 2019

President @realDonaldTrump: "Back in 2016 before I took office, the Congressional Budget Office projected that fewer than 2 million jobs would be created by this time in 2016. Instead, my administration has created nearly 7 million jobs and going up rapidly." pic.twitter.com/MaMbWDV5NP

— The Hill (@thehill) November 13, 2019

WATCH: $GS is committed to addressing climate change. Our latest episode of The Long & Short of It focuses on the challenges cities face and how adapting to a warming planet could drive the largest infrastructure buildout in history: https://t.co/3UkcZVGRfa pic.twitter.com/O9SRnQnypN

— Goldman Sachs (@GoldmanSachs) October 23, 2019

Highlight: "I don't think they're going to be hiking interest rates by mid-2020 but I certainly think by the middle of next year, it should be apparent that what we're seeing is a temporary slowdown in growth, the fundamentals for the economy look good…" @GusFaucherPNC says. pic.twitter.com/1hxjHIfvvs

— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) October 31, 2019

If the Fed cuts rates today, the market could soar. On the other hand, if Apple doesn’t meet many of @JimCramer's expectations, the tech giant's stock could get hit. pic.twitter.com/B5g3g5jt2k

— Mad Money On CNBC (@MadMoneyOnCNBC) October 30, 2019

This week started by welcoming our first publicly traded space travel company @virgingalactic to @nyse and now ends with an inside look at what @NASA has in the works at @NASA_Johnson. #LivingTech https://t.co/qmPUSC7J6Q

— Stacey Cunningham (@stacey_cunning) November 1, 2019

Like the Great Pumpkin, the #EconoPumpkin rises once a year. What about pumpkin prices? Our FRED blog carves out time to analyze price index data for pumpkins and candy: https://t.co/0NbjqADE9J

Happy Halloween, @NewYorkFed @RichmondFed pic.twitter.com/4A4iTkBtX2

— St. Louis Fed (@stlouisfed) October 31, 2019

Midwest #Economy Index declined to -0.43 in September, down from -0.36 in August. This #MEI reading suggest the #economic conditions in the region slowed over the last month. In addition, growth was below trend for all states in the Seventh District. https://t.co/Z9EQpoOO9f pic.twitter.com/thceiTV4DR

— ChicagoFed (@ChicagoFed) October 31, 2019

Interested in learning more? Check out Middlesex-Monmouth economic indicators with detailed data and timely updates → https://t.co/cj7ZGjaylb #NJRegionalVisit pic.twitter.com/8pp9mcHYJP

— New York Fed (@NewYorkFed) November 1, 2019

California’s black market for weed is three times the size of its legal industry. Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman took 60 Minutes to see how big an illegal marijuana growing operation can be https://t.co/GG7EyZl1V5 pic.twitter.com/aaW458zaM6

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 28, 2019

Who needs Studio 54 when you have Studio 44?!
OUR @GMA DISCO PARTY STARTS NOW!#HalloweenOnGMA pic.twitter.com/4gHGIxymBg

— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 31, 2019

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A giant fireball has been spotted streaking across the sky over Ireland and the UK. The object, apparently a meteor, appeared in the skies at 6.54pm yesterday. | https://t.co/oq0fl9An5g pic.twitter.com/YbnH3rDgaU

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 29, 2019

Thousands of California's residents — Arnold Schwarzenegger and LeBron James among them — were forced to flee their homes as wildfires ravaged the state. pic.twitter.com/Eq1KHIEMAR

— DW News (@dwnews) October 30, 2019

Fierce, dry Santa Ana winds off the southern California mountains eased, helping firefighters make progress in corralling wildfires that have displaced thousands of residents https://t.co/xkwNz92ETC pic.twitter.com/YVDlyD3Xcs

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 1, 2019

Global economic growth is expected to slow to 3% in 2019. Why is the economy slowing down, and what can countries do to support growth? Watch this #WEO video and read the #IMFBlog to find out more https://t.co/xErxkTQ8xX pic.twitter.com/JAWhyvsM7L

— IMF (@IMFNews) October 27, 2019

Tech giants like Facebook and Amazon are on track to spend record amounts on lobbying as scrutiny of Big Tech grows in Washington #WSJWhatsNow pic.twitter.com/4hFQXKcygq

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 28, 2019

The U.S. military is investing billions to develop autonomous technologies that could enable aircraft to fly into some of the world’s most dangerous places—without a human pilot. @JasonBellini goes for a test ride. #WSJWhatsNow pic.twitter.com/FLniGv661E

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 28, 2019

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#UPDATE US-Italian auto giant Fiat Chrysler is in merger talks with France's Groupe PSA, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars https://t.co/FT7RUwarL7

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 30, 2019

Know your penguins.@AFPgraphics showing 11 of the world's penguin species pic.twitter.com/R8DXaAsVqv

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 30, 2019

Between the 14th and 18th centuries about 80,000 people were tried for witchcraft in Europe. From the archive https://t.co/QyhmFWdZf9

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 29, 2019

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“[Berkshire’s] intrinsic value is likely at least 10% above its current share price. Therefore, it's undervalued and should be outperforming the market over the near future." —@SmithSchool’s @DrDavidKass: https://t.co/myPrk2gy0D

— Smith Brain Trust (@SmithBrainTrust) October 25, 2019

Prof. Davin Chor helps sort through the rhetoric around international trade and remind us what is at stake with globalization. https://t.co/04wIPV4WhB

— TuckExecEd (@TuckExecEd) August 5, 2019

Before the 2008 financial crisis, a warning sign was a surging difference between the growth in home prices and household income. A similar housing-income gap began opening in 2015, says @BennSteil. https://t.co/IsAJpTqYLu

— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) October 27, 2019

If Turkey applied for NATO membership today, it wouldn't get in the front door, says @MaxBoot. Here's how he thinks the United States should treat Turkey: https://t.co/4GMuY4zwJA

— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) October 25, 2019

"It's closing down so I wanna be the last one to be up there"

Huge crowds are expected to scramble up Australia's Uluru on Friday before a ban on the climb takes effect

[Tap to expand] https://t.co/U6FsmvNNeQ pic.twitter.com/zUUlAiIpLq

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 24, 2019

ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Pres. Trump to address the nation after ISIS leader believed dead following U.S. raid in Syria https://t.co/8TfwHsWKJ8

— ABC News (@ABC) October 27, 2019

A climate protester scaled scaffolding at London's Big Ben, hanging a banner from activist group Extinction Rebellion. The group has been staging protests throughout the city. pic.twitter.com/T897rZ6bkT

— CNN International (@cnni) October 18, 2019

Is 3D food printing coming to your dinner table? Customization may be a game changer – with culinary printing enabling us to better control the ingredients and processes behind our meals. Explore new trends reshaping the future of food. #shareUBS #WorldFoodDay

— UBS (@UBS) October 16, 2019

1% of the world's adults own 44% of global wealth. How wealthy are individuals in the top 10%, on average? Learn more. #CSgwr

— Credit Suisse (@CreditSuisse) October 23, 2019

There are now 47m dollar millionaires worldwide, according to a new wealth report https://t.co/8t4UKkONqg pic.twitter.com/FRHWd7yW8P

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 25, 2019

25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker Chlöe Swarbrick was giving a speech supporting a climate crisis bill when she was heckled by an older member of Parliament. She simply said, "OK boomer," and kept talking, unfazed. https://t.co/hXgdcEMOek pic.twitter.com/PeBT0qBBCf

— CNN International (@cnni) November 7, 2019

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1185084499761217536

Don't hate me. I wrote a piece pegged to OK Boomer.

Don't go away! It's actually about a fascinating, universal flaw in how human memory works, and why these generational tropes keep repeating themselves. https://t.co/nobpHuFDst

— Brian Resnick (@B_resnick) November 12, 2019

https://twitter.com/wjxt4/status/1184906981712318466

That's one way to wait out a storm!

Thanks for the sweet video @aidanwuerfel and @kade_prudhomme! | @CBCManitoba pic.twitter.com/hzVj1PmHhc

— CBC (@CBC) October 12, 2019

Projected to cost $32bn, Indonesia's relocation of its capital city to the island of Borneo will be one of the world's largest single infrastructure projects.

▶️ Watch Counting the Cost's full episode here: https://t.co/rqvcztB2p0 pic.twitter.com/enC1iqf3t4

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 7, 2019

The Fellagha were Tunisian resistance fighters – but their biggest battle would come after the country’s independence in 1956.

Full film: https://t.co/JLxDYCmZwy pic.twitter.com/mrlCbFUBAM

— Al Jazeera World (@AlJazeera_World) October 7, 2019

Viewpoint: "1989 At Thirty: A Recast Legacy" https://t.co/fgP3UXp6sg by Paul Betts @StAntsCollege @OxfordHistory @TORCHOxford #twitterstorians #internationalrelations #politicalhistory #socialhistory #culturalhistory #1989 What do you think? Join the discussion on #1989recast

— Past and Present (@PastPresentSoc) September 11, 2019

'Our survey is capturing a growing dissatisfaction among young Russians. Within only one year, trust in key political institutions and state-controlled media declined'@GwendolynSasse and @Krawatzek write for @ConversationUK: https://t.co/vITTDh94qw

— Oxford Politics and IR (@Politics_Oxford) October 5, 2019

Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country in the world. Emrah Atar's piece looks at the challenges Syrian refugees face and the responses of the Turkish state in an increasingly politicized environment https://t.co/NawqNVp0Uf pic.twitter.com/9qTOp9Io3P

— OxPol (@OxPolBlog) September 17, 2019

Cities that Work in the World Economic Forum looking at the role cities should play, and more importantly can play in mitigating climate change for the upcoming Sustainable Development Impact Summit. #sdi19 https://t.co/I9gvhc7fIV

— IGC Cities that Work (@IGC_CtW) September 17, 2019

President Trump will be meeting with Turkish President Erdogan at the White House today — for the first time since Turkey launched a military offensive in northern Syria.

Here's what you need to know.https://t.co/AGvD8xfl0y

— NPR (@NPR) November 13, 2019

Fixing a toxic work culture: Guarding against the ‘dark triad’ | RT @MITSloan https://t.co/YVPSXJULwU

— IMD Search (@IMDSearch) October 17, 2019

#timemanagement is actually a waste of time. The solution? Schedule around your energy levels and not your time.https://t.co/DuQf1kE1xr

— Sebastian Lindqvist (@SebaLindqvist) October 24, 2019

TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1998, John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, became the oldest person in space at age 77. https://t.co/eyzhNUfCOp pic.twitter.com/YU0J4Phz1i

— ABC News (@ABC) October 29, 2019

A staircase in New York City that appeared in the movie Joker has become a popular tourist attraction.

Some residents of the neighborhood are not happy with all the additional foot traffic on the steps, which many people use daily to get to a nearby subway stop. pic.twitter.com/LuTZrx5w7c

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 29, 2019

Today's Word of the Day with @MerriamWebster is “undulate” pic.twitter.com/hYFanebJqa

— TIME (@TIME) October 28, 2019

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The remarkable rise in life expectancy, 1900-2016, split by continent. #GoodNewsGraphs #rstats pic.twitter.com/gk6TUztEr4

— Todd R. Jones (@toddrjones) October 19, 2019

WATCH: Plume of water gushes out of Philadelphia's One Liberty Place skyscraper. pic.twitter.com/UYmjmlsSNN

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 4, 2019

TERRIFYING: A resident in Poland, New York captured the tragic moment a house floated down a river after a severe storm on Friday https://t.co/wL3ykdpiFf pic.twitter.com/lRfinycP92

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 2, 2019

On October 28, the #GDPNow model nowcast of real GDP growth in Q32019 is 1.7%. View GDPNow for more details. https://t.co/MU1lsZuy5l pic.twitter.com/4xh0p545fB

— Atlanta Fed (@AtlantaFed) October 28, 2019

To experience the New York City Marathon is to fall in love with it. See today's race in photos:https://t.co/xIcXIPyntF

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 3, 2019

On timing and rhythm for strategy implementation https://t.co/kVtKDtcDHE

— LSE Business Review (@LSEforBusiness) November 3, 2019

The 2020 presidential election is now less than a year away. A new poll released over the weekend shows the top Democratic candidates bunched up in the key state of Iowa. @EdOKeefe reports. pic.twitter.com/CavMDXWna0

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) November 4, 2019

“Human beings evolved to gossip, preen, manipulate, and ostracize,” @JonHaidt and @TobiasRose write. That’s why the gladiatorial circus of social media so easily lures us in, even when we know that it can make us cruel and shallow. https://t.co/GmAzov1NRP

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 12, 2019

A new study is a reminder that support for democracy cannot be taken for granted https://t.co/NnSfl3JO5N

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 13, 2019

“Kagan . . . is emerging as one of the most influential Justices on the Court—and, without question, the most influential of the liberals.”https://t.co/63j3QXjPWa

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) November 12, 2019

Under the chief justice, 73 decisions have been decided 5–4 along partisan lines. And 73 times, the big Republican donor interest won. https://t.co/Bv897waOC4

— Slate (@Slate) November 13, 2019

Check out @POLITICOPro’s 2020 Election Calendar for the most important dates in the 2020 election cycle. https://t.co/NUmPvIZP8n pic.twitter.com/ElCDyeBlJs

— POLITICO (@politico) November 12, 2019

A new exhibition takes us inside Detroit's hidden art collections https://t.co/83ItT36e68

— Bloomberg (@business) November 4, 2019

3. Harvard
2. Dartmouth (Tuck)
1. ⬇️https://t.co/QFvlnfj1m7

— Bloomberg (@business) November 4, 2019

ICYMI: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asked former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg if he’d consider running for president in a private phone call earlier this year. https://t.co/HhIH1qy7Jr

— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 11, 2019

Nearly half of Americans say they’ve been hit with a surprise medical bill https://t.co/CCW1SY9sp3

— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 13, 2019

NEW – @MikeBloomberg’s likely entrance into 2020 shows he thinks Biden is in trouble. @DevalPatrick’s likely entrance shows some in the close Obama orbit think Biden is in trouble. But can a run at this point work? https://t.co/EvKFdPFLal

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 13, 2019

'TIS THE SEASON: An Ohio family decorated their home like the Griswold's from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" for a good cause pic.twitter.com/mFAPOMI4N8

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 14, 2019

Homeowners get the highest rates of return when selling in these 3 cities. https://t.co/jZtGUGDzX4 pic.twitter.com/MvkQez9uoD

— CNBC (@CNBC) November 14, 2019

The most imaginative and absorbing fiction of the decade drew us in and made us reflect on ourselves—where we have been, and where we must go https://t.co/Hia5pjTQ7O

— TIME (@TIME) November 13, 2019

Hong Kong police clash with university students as protests continue into the night https://t.co/l8FenneCyq pic.twitter.com/uXtE0UxKew

— TIME (@TIME) November 12, 2019

VIDEO: A few hundred office workers in Hong Kong's business district gather during lunch time to show solidarity towards the pro-democracy movement pic.twitter.com/7U8WBaIj1j

— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 13, 2019