Frida Ghitis

Frida Ghitis

@fridaghitis.bsky.social

GET MY SUBSTACK https://fridainsight.substack.com World affairs journalist. CNN/CNNE/CNNI on-air contributor, Former CNN producer/correspondent. Sr columnist World Politics Review, contributing columnist Washington Post. Worked in 70+ countries.

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Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Bad news for Putin. Oh, well…

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election

theguardian.comSerbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary electionVučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests Serbia’s veteran leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the student movement, ushering in a seismic political shift after two years of student-led protests gave rise to a fiercely contested parliamentary election. Speaking on Sunday, Vučić cited preliminary results that showed the student-backed protest movement surging ahead. “Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we lost these elections,” Vučić told supporters at his party headquarters in Belgrade. Continue reading...

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World Politics Review
@wpr.bsky.social

More than 80 percent of Americans view Russian President Vladimir Putin unfavorably, and only 4 percent favor Russia in the war in Ukraine. As columnist @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes, that makes President Donald Trump’s turn toward Moscow a political liability at home.

wpr.pubTrump’s Appeasement of Putin Is Bound to BackfireU.S. voters are likely to punish, not reward, Trump’s pro-Russia moves when they cast their ballots in upcoming midterm elections.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Worrisome news

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

US officials say they see the highest threat level from Iran since the start of Trump and Netanyahu's war. They say intel shows Iran is in the "advanced stages" of planning to attack US officials — not only in the Middle East, but in Europe and the US too. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say (Gift Article)The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region.

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Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Trump betrayed Ukrainians and Americans: "The pivot toward Putin has occurred with dizzying speed, and it’s particularly shocking not only because of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and support for Iran in killing US troops, but because most Americans view Russia as an enemy"

Frida Ghitis@fridaghitis.bsky.social

fridainsight.substack.com/p/trumps-his...

fridainsight.substack.comTrump’s Historic Betrayal of UkraineThe mask is off, and he is now siding with the autocratic aggressor against a Western-friendly democracy.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Trump betrayed Ukrainians and Americans: "The pivot toward Putin has occurred with dizzying speed, and it’s particularly shocking not only because of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and support for Iran in killing US troops, but because most Americans view Russia as an enemy"

Frida Ghitis@fridaghitis.bsky.social

fridainsight.substack.com/p/trumps-his...

fridainsight.substack.comTrump’s Historic Betrayal of UkraineThe mask is off, and he is now siding with the autocratic aggressor against a Western-friendly democracy.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

How far are they going to go to try to keep voters -- especially Hispanics -- from going to the polls?

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: A top federal prosecutor in Texas began the first day of early voting with a stark message to voters: “If you violate federal election law, I will hunt you down and prosecute you. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. We’ll see you out at the polls.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com‘I will hunt you down’: U.S. attorney baselessly threatens voters as polls open in TexasHe also threatened local election officials with criminal prosecution.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

It's as if the protesters in France were trying to help the far right win the elections. Riots, looting, arson.

Hen Mazzig@henmazzig.bsky.social

The town hall in Limoges, France, has fallen. Where are the authorities?

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World Politics Review
@wpr.bsky.social

Wars on both sides of the Red Sea, from Yemen and Somalia to Ethiopia and Sudan, are drawing in rival regional and global backers. As senior columnist @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes, that makes the vital waterway the place where “an out-of-control wildfire could erupt.”

wpr.pubThe Red Sea Is the New Epicenter of Conflict in the Midde EastThe Strait of Hormuz will continue to be an important chokepoint, but the real danger for the region has moved west.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

The most unethical experiment, a vaccine trial playing lottery with children’s lives. Some get the vaccine. Some don’t.

Rachel Fairbank@sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Obviously I meant Flavio Bolsonaro. He's the candidate, and the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, currently imprisoned for trying to steal the last election. Apologies

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Carol Anne Sundahl
@carolannesundahl.bsky.social

Replying to @fridaghitis.bsky.social

"An Israeli official told CNN that one of the questions in the investigation is how an Omani pilot, a citizen of a country that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, was allowed to join the crew. That...has the potential to uncover an operation larger than the actions of one man..."

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Paul T. Levin
@paultlevin.bsky.social

Private dwellings targeted by drones; family members injured or killed. A school hit. Just a regular day (and night) in Ukraine. Russia killing civilians, not accidentally but deliberately, as a policy. But terror bombing didn’t work during WWII. It won’t make Ukrainians stop defending themselves.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Russia continues its terror against Ukrainian civilians. Russian drones targeted Kyiv and Kyiv region throughout the day yesterday and into the night, with attacks continuing today. A man was killed in Kyiv. A woman&two 16-year-old children were injured. 📹A Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv.

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Andy Scollick
@andyscollick.bsky.social

Russia said exactly the same about Ukraine in 2014 - just before sending infantry, tank, airborne and air defence units into Ukraine's Donbas in August 2014. Russia said the same thing again about Ukraine in January 2022 - just before attempting the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com

Lavrov said Russia does not intend to fight Europe, but accused Europe of preparing for war with Russia by investing heavily in weapons production. He warned this could become a “self-fulfilling prophecy” and said Russia would respond if Europe attacked. #Europe

Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

New: Trump’s battle against the First Amendment of the US Constitution continues. He just banned CNN from Air Force One as network pool representative. www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/p...

cnn.comWhite House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee | CNN PoliticsThe White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

7:20 PM: The Trump White House just denied CNN access to arrivals at the State Dinner for China’s leader, in defiance of court orders and in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution

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World Politics Review
@wpr.bsky.social

At the U.N. this week, Donald Trump raised the prospect of annihilating Iran’s Islamic Republic, denied U.S. munitions shortages and dismissed global warming and AI in one sentence. None of it shocks the way it once would have, @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes.

wpr.pubTrump’s Bluster Isn’t Landing Like It Used toThe president’s rhetorical extremes once alarmed global leaders. But his latest U.N. speech showed how their shock value has diminished.

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The Kyiv Independent
@kyivindependent.com

Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.

kyivindependent.comEditorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied OleshkySome 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia. The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...
Frida Ghitis
@fridaghitis.bsky.social

Unlike Trump’s tinkering with maps, this change will have a real impact

World Politics Review@wpr.bsky.social

The U.N. General Assembly voted 164 to 1 on Sept. 4 to urge member states to drop the centuries-old Mercator projection in favor of the Equal Earth map, which shows the relative sizes of countries far more accurately, @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes.

wpr.pubWhy a Global Campaign to Switch Maps Is Gaining SteamThe U.N.’s backing of a more accurate world map could reshape how people view the importance of certain regions.