Erin Cunningham
@erinmcunningham.bsky.social
🪬AP news director in Jerusalem; former Mideast editor + correspondent at WaPo. Previously in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. All the pieces matter.
A family that would still be alive but for one man’s war on a whim. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians
The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.
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We’ve added a new dumpster to the fire: Joint U.S.-Saudi strikes on Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq apnews.com/article/iran...
Jordan intercepts Iranian missiles as US and Saudi Arabia launch strikes against militias in Iraq
Jordan’s military says its air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early Wednesday.
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New, from me and @ckoettl.bsky.social: Iran has attacked at least nine U.S. military sites in the last two weeks, destroying radar sites, personnel areas, hangars, and other structures, and killing at least three service members. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...
What Visuals Show About Recent Damage to U.S. Military Sites in the Middle East
Video footage and satellite images reveal new details about Iranian strikes on U.S. targets during the latest flare-up in fighting.
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According to the United Nations, over 17 million people in Afghanistan, out of a population of about 44 million, are projected to face acute food insecurity this year, a crisis that hits women and children hardest. New dispatch by @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social / @hrw.org ⤵️
‘I Can’t Feed My Children’
A man in western Afghanistan recently told me that his neighbors knock on his door to ask for food. A man in the capital, Kabul, said, “I can no longer feed my children properly,” and described how th...
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Emergency personnel responded to a call at Graham's home on Saturday night, and later said the man was suffering from cardiac arrest, per police scanner audio obtained by The Post.
Lindsey Graham, longtime South Carolina senator, dies at 71
The staunch ally of President Donald Trump died after a sudden illness, his office said.
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Lindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.
BREAKING: Qatar's former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his son, has died, state media reported. He was 74.
Qatar's former ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74, state news agency says
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74. The state-run Qatar News Agency reported his death without offering a cause.
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An Israeli strike in Gaza just before the kickoff of the Egypt-Argentina World Cup match killed a top Palestinian aid official who helped organize public screenings of the game across the enclave. apnews.com/article/gaza...
Israeli strike kills World Cup screening organizer in Gaza just before kickoff
Health authorities in Gaza say an Israeli strike killed an organizer of public screenings of World Cup matches in the enclave.
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Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage @apnews.com video journalist Juan Pablo Arraez, "I'm reporting here from my apartment in Caracas, Venezuela."
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage
Back-to-back powerful earthquakes have slammed Venezuela, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas. The U.S.
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Mona Khalil, who spent more than two decades protecting sea turtles along Lebanon’s coastline, was critically injured in the Israeli strike on her home in the village of Mansouri earlier this month and died of her wounds Friday Via @joudsally.bsky.social apnews.com/article/leba...
Mourners gather in Beirut to pay respects to Lebanese conservationist who died after Israeli strike
Mourners have gathered in Beirut to honor Mona Khalil, a Lebanese conservationist who died last week.
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Continued Israeli strikes on Gaza have pushed the death toll there to more than 73,000 people, with nearly 1,000 killed since an October 2025 ceasefire deal. apnews.com/article/mide...
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 73,000, officials say, as Israel strikes despite ceasefire
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000.
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Iran’s blockade has begun to leak and the U.S. blockade is beginning to bite, perhaps affecting Tehran’s negotiating incentives. @jongambrell.bsky.social and David McHugh for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/iran...
Analysis: Iran's stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz loosens as Gulf Arab oil reaches market
Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz may be easing and its own oil problems now seem to be mounting.
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A Munich court ruling “holds that when an AI generates new statements that do not appear directly in its original sources, the company that designs, trains, operates, and manages the system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by those statements.” www.wired.com/story/a-cour...
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.
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"'Nobody consented to have the Washington Post create individualized dossiers on them to be fed into an AI system designed to extract maximum value from each person based on their personal data. It’s really a new form of price gouging, individualized and fueled by AI.'"
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Washington Post has been sued for using an algorithm to set different subscription prices for different subscribers
FT Exclusive: A KPMG report on how AI is being used by businesses across the world exaggerated adoption of the technology with bogus case studies that appear to have been based on AI hallucinations. ft.trib.al/UweHRk2
PERSONAL NEWS: I've joined the @newyorker.com full-time as a global-affairs columnist, where I'll be writing a weekly essay on the world. It's a dream gig and I'm still pinching myself that I get to say all these incredible, talented journalists I've long admired are my colleagues!
Michael Luo@michaelluo.bsky.social · 2mo agoSome news from @newyorker.com. Welcome @jesusrodriguez.work @ishaantharoor.bsky.social!
“Sending an email, having a conversation with a colleague, putting together a PowerPoint — sub-tasks will increasingly become digitized, automated, and we can basically generate more and more of them.” Exactly what the world needs… more emails and PowerPoint presentations. apple.news/A10bSJXPFRlO...
Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work — The Verge
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers.
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Jeff Bezos believes AI is going to lead to unprecedented productivity gains which could result in cheaper food and housing. Internally, Amazon employees mock the company’s AI tools, refer to its output as “slop,” and joke about the company’s failed attempt to motivate employees to use AI.
“Sloppenheimer:” Amazon Employees Mock the Company’s AI on Slack
Amazon employees have a Slack channel for memes where the mock and commiserate about the company’s faulty AI coding product.
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In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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"The DIA report was drafted after incidents in which American defense personnel in Israel [presumably there to help defend Israel] detected that software to tap their communications had been surreptitiously installed on their phones." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/u...
"I have another question... Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
Scott Pelley is a national treasure. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
Pelley’s ‘60 Minutes’ Revolt
In a stunning confrontation, Scott Pelley accused Bari Weiss of “murdering” the newsmagazine and relentlessly grilled her newly installed executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the show’s recent firing...
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APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US military says it launched airstrikes on Iranian radar and drone sites after Tehran shot down MQ-1 Predator drone.
There's enough recently laid off journalistic talent to staff and run 3-5 midsize to large news organizations.
