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John Hooper

@john_hooper

Italy & Vatican correspondent, The Economist. Author of The Italians & The New Spaniards. I also write on trans-national organized crime. Views my own.

Rome & Florence Katılım Haziran 2009
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John Hooper
John Hooper@john_hooper·
@CatherineBelton @PeterFinnWP I couldn't agree more. I knew Peter in Berlin. As good a journalist as you could get. What a waste! And far from the only one.
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Catherine Belton
Catherine Belton@CatherineBelton·
The captain of the best foreign desk out there & the reason why so many of the incredible international staff of The Post turned down buyouts -- because they all wanted to work with @PeterFinnWP. It was a privilege & we are all devastated by the senseless wrecking of this team
Ben Mullin@BenMullin

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…

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Lizzie Johnson
Lizzie Johnson@lizziejohnsonnn·
I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Lizzie Johnson@lizziejohnsonnn

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.

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John Hooper@john_hooper·
@annemcelvoy @BenMullin A characteristically honourable gesture from a terrific journalist. Peter and I were correspondents at the same time in Berlin and worked together on the aftermath of 9/11. We were in contact just a few weeks ago.
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Ben Mullin@BenMullin·
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…
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John Hooper@john_hooper·
Very interesting. Suggests that Prevost and Bergoglio did not get on at first, but that Bergoglio as Francis came to value him.
Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲@CforCatholics

Pope Leo XIV, then Bishop Robert Prevost back in 2023, in Peru, right before he was made Cardinal: “Yesterday marked ten years since Pope Francis' election. I knew Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. As the Augustinian General, I'd met him several times. When he was elected, I told some brothers, 'Great, thank God I'll never be bishop.' I won't say why, but not all meetings with Cardinal Bergoglio were mutually agreeable.”

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Marco Fattorini@MarcoFattorini·
Il 5 dicembre il direttore dell’Aise (servizi segreti esteri) Giovanni Caravelli avrebbe telefonato al capo della Divisione sicurezza generale di Assad, Hussam Luqa, per sottolineare il sostegno dell’Italia alla Siria, spiegando quanto fosse importante il sostegno russo. Lo rende noto @putintintin1 attraverso un video dell’@IndyArabia.
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John Hooper
John Hooper@john_hooper·
Sembra che i media italiani non se ne siano accorti... #italia #siria #servizi #aise
Suhail AlGhazi@putintintin1

#Syria cable to Assad from head of General Security Branch Hussam Luqa, under US\EU sanctions, dated on December 5 saying he had a phone call with head of Italian Intelligence Service general Giovanni Cavarelli where the General offers #Italy support to Assad and importance of Russian support for Assad 4 days after Russian airstrike targeted a Christian school in Aleppo

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Jonathan Beckman
Jonathan Beckman@beckman1843·
Congratulations to Neggeen Sadid, @john_hooper @suelinwong and @msamandalewis, all nominated for FPA award for their work in 1843 magazine
Foreign Press Association in London@FPALondon

+FPA MEDIA AWARDS 24 SHORTLIST+ It’s out! Congrats to the outstanding nominees through to the final selection for #beststoryoftheyear in 11 categories! Winners on 25th November, remember remember… #mediaawards #journalism #press #tv #radio #webmedia #documentary #podcast

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Tom Nuttall
Tom Nuttall@tom_nuttall·
Despute countless legal and logistical hurdles, and the debacle of Britain's Rwanda gambit, Europe's leaders are investing serious energy into pursuing migrant outsourcing deals. With @john_hooper reporting from Albania's asylum processing centres. economist.com/europe/2024/10…
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@CatherineBelton @PeterFinnWP @annemcelvoy @BenMullin @putintintin1 @IndyArabia @suelinwong @msamandalewis