Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif, MD سارة تيسير

🚀Professional news: It's my last day as a health reporter at @POLITICOEurope. I'm so grateful to have worked on exciting stories with colleagues who inspire me. I'll be working as a freelance health reporter and medical doctor. Please get in touch with story tips and ideas!

Jeff Bezos, who could keep the Wash Post a pillar of American democracy with the change dug out from his limousine seats, sets an example of surrender to authoritarianism for every other business person and institution in America.

The @WashPost has now laid off its Asia editor, its New Delhi bureau chief, its Sydney bureau chief, its Cairo bureau chief, the entire Middle East reporting team, China correspondents, Iran correspondents, Turkey correspondents, and many more. The world is becoming less America-centric by the minute while the United States is becoming more America-centric than ever. It is just a depressing yet somehow perfect summation of our current moment that one of the most important newspapers in the history of the country - one that has actually shaped the history of the United States - doesn't think reporting on the world is of any use anymore. What an utterly perfect encapsulation of where we have arrived.

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. nytimes.com/2026/02/04/bus…

Today marks a devastating and crushing loss of talent at The Post. There are innumerable ways in which the public has benefited from the brilliant work of Post journalists based in the United States and far flung capitals around the world. I'm heartbroken

Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.

« Fo shur », with such stellar healthcare results, it’s only logical for the US to leave the @WHO— clearly, they’ve mastered the art of public health and no longer need global advice & cooperation ! 🇺🇸💉🦠 #KillTheMessenger #FreedomToBeLessHealthy

“This was not an incident in the fog of war. It was a war crime carried out in broad daylight and broadcast on live television,” American journalist Dylan Collins said today about the 2023 Israeli attack in Lebanon that killed one reporter and injured him and 5 others.

New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights nytimes.com/2025/12/04/bus… via @NYTimes

🩺 #EHS2025: Panel Announcement! Join us at the European Health Summit at Egmont Palace in Brussels for the panel "Sleep as a Vital Sign: The Cardiovascular Imperative". 🗣Speakers: - Kimberly L. Sterling, Vice President, Health Research, Resmed @FixMySleep - @TomislavSokol, Member of the @Europarl_EN - Christoph Schöbel, Head of the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine, Essen University Medical Center - @GParati22, Scientific Director and Head of Department of Cardiology, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, S.Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy - @SarahBencharif, EU Health Journalist This edition of the Summit will serve as a premier platform to drive forward Europe’s health agenda. Register now: ebsummits.eu/our-summits/eu… #EHS2025 #EuropeanHealthSummit #HealthInnovation #Leadership #Innovation #HealthCare

🩺 #EHS2025: Panel Announcement! Join us at the European Health Summit at Egmont Palace in Brussels for the panel "Europe's Race: Staying Competitive in a Shifting Pharma World". 🗣Speakers: - Alberto Colzi, President, International Therapeutics, @abbvie - Damien Catoir, Executive Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, @Servier - @FMarofka, Policy Officer, DG GROW, @EU_Commission - Prof. Dr. Dennis Ostwald, CEO, @WifOR_Institute - @SarahBencharif, EU Health Journalist This edition of the Summit will serve as a premier platform to drive forward Europe’s health agenda. Register now: ebsummits.eu/our-summits/eu… #EHS2025 #EuropeanHealthSummit #HealthInnovation #Leadership #Innovation #HealthCare

🩺#EHS2025: Panel Announcement! Join us at the European Health Summit at Egmont Palace in Brussels for the panel “Planet, Patients, Pathogens: The One Health Reckoning”. 🗣Speakers: - @Monica_Garcia_G, Minister of Health, Government of Spain - @LaurentMuschel, Deputy Head of @EC_HERA - @Beth_Thompson, Executive Director, @wellcometrust - Carles Fàbrega, Managing Director, Human Health, #HIPRA - @AbOsterhaus, Vice Chair of ESWI and Co-founder of the @GlobalOHC - @SarahBencharif, EU Health Journalist This edition of the Summit will serve as a premier platform to drive forward Europe’s health agenda. Register now: ebsummits.eu/our-summits/eu… #EHS2025 #EuropeanHealthSummit #HealthInnovation #Leadership #Innovation #HealthCare

If you want to let your mind wander, read about magic and a part of Canada most never visit, bookmark my dispatch from the Northwest Territories about a new play called Kiuqyaq. Theatre About the Northern Lights, by Those Who Know Them Best nytimes.com/2025/10/30/wor…

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Please make time to listen to this episode of The Daily. @rachellebonja shares the stories of Gazans whose children were killed, whose houses were destroyed — and whose return home is marked by ruins, remembrance, and resilience.

Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, has been held by the Israeli military for 8 months without trial. U.S. lawmakers are calling for his release. “We had so much trust in our blue passport,” his sister said. “We thought it could protect us.” --> wapo.st/3L8LQwG

I spent the past week in NWT & we have a few stories planned but here’s our first: from Fort Simpson, we trace the vital importance of Canada Post for the country’s remote communities. In the Far North, Canada Post Is Not Just the Mail. It’s a Lifeline. nytimes.com/2025/10/04/wor…

The forced displacement of Gazans, in pictures and maps. @catebrown12 @amayaverde @juledurg washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

A pigeon struts on a red carpet as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returns for its 50th edition, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Only a few weeks to go and spots are filling fast! Join us on 1 Oct in #Brussels to discuss the Critical Medicines Act. ✨ Keynote: Prof. Isabelle Meyts ✨ Moderator: @SarahBencharif ✨ Expert panelists ✨ Networking reception Register now: forms.office.com/pages/response…