@sbengali

Deputy editor @nytimes London by way of Singapore, Bombay, DC, Cairo, Nairobi, Kansas City and Cerritos, Calif. Always dreaming of LA.

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Joined July 2009
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Some personal news: Thrilled about this new challenge with a great group of colleagues.
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We’re excited to announce the creation of a breaking news hub in London, built on the success of our Express and Live teams. Shashank Bengali will take on the new role of deputy editor for the hub. nytco.com/press/announcing-a…

Announcing a Breaking News Hub for London | The New York Times Company

The New York Times’s London newsroom plays a critical role in our around-the-clock news operation, and Express and Live are at the center of the action. The London Express team has helped lead the...

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Paul Farhi@farhipOct 2
This “tick tock” about the FlyDubai nightmare is a great piece of journalism—deeply reported, detailed, harrowing. Shows what can be done when you have time and resources and don’t expect the full story five minutes after it happens. nytimes.com/2026/10/02/world…

The Mother’s Scream That Sent Passengers to the Rescue

A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.

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@NYTimesPRSep 30
Our headlines and live coverage contain all the facts we're able to confirm as we confirm them. Unlike activists and partisans, we don't publish speculation or unverified information. Here's a Gift Link to follow along as we update our reporting: nytimes.com/live/2026/09/30/…

Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster After Pilot Stabbing (Gift Article)

Passengers said that they entered the cockpit and subdued the attacker, who Israeli officials said was one of the pilots. The motive for the attack was not clear.

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Breaking news: A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the pilot and co-pilot, Israeli officials said. nyti.ms/4rHOvin

Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster After Pilot Stabbing

Passengers said that they entered the cockpit and subdued the attacker, who Israeli officials said was one of the pilots. The motive for the attack was not clear.

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Karla Adam@karlaadamSep 29
Some personal news: I’m incredibly excited to have joined The New York Times in London. I am still pinching myself a little. nytco.com/press/a-new-hire-j…

A New Hire Joins the London Breaking News Hub | The New York Times Company

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Karla Adam@karlaadamSep 24
It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule nytimes.com/2026/09/23/world…

It’s Not the Oscars: U.N. Speakers Love to Ignore Its 15-Minute Rule

The chronic flouting of the time limit for speeches highlights a fundamental feature of the United Nations: It is made up of sovereign states that it cannot force to do anything.

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Katie Robertson@katie_robertsonSep 16
A delightful interview with outgoing Biz editor @ellenjpollock1: "In general, I’m not fond of the Three Bs: bureaucracy, bullshit and boredom." "I find the view that we are against capitalism to be particularly galling. I love money and want more of it!" nytimes.com/2026/09/16/insid…

A ‘Shark’ of a Business Editor Steps Down

Ellen Pollock, who has spent nearly a decade in charge of the Business desk of The Times, is ready for a new challenge.

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Niha Masih@NihaMasihAug 20
"Mumbai’s is not the kind of heat that lodges itself in the foreign correspondent’s imagination or recalls Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel in which more than 20mn people die in the furnace of a heatwave" @aruna_sekhar with the must-read cataclysmic dispatch equator.org/articles/city-of…

City of Sweat • EQUATOR

A vision of our overheated future on the streets of Mumbai

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Bob Herman@bobjhermanAug 17
Hello, from UnitedHealth's "least-favorite reporter." statnews.com/2026/08/17/unit…
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Andrew Keh@andrewkehFeb 16
I wrote about the unfortunate Olympic mascot plush toy shortage befalling Milan — and how I eventually found one: nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world…

The Olympic Toys That Are Almost as Tough to Get as a Medal (Gift Article)

Fans have fallen hard for plush dolls representing Tina and Milo, the mascots of Italy’s Winter Games.

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Vanessa Friedman@VVFriedmanFeb 14
Hitting pause on NYFW to share one of the most delightful Olympic stories I have had the pleasure to report. If you want a moment of cheer, read this - nytimes.com/2026/02/14/style…

Figure Skating Is a Young Woman’s Sport. She Wants to Change That. (Gift Article)

Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.

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Andrew Keh@andrewkehFeb 9
Olympians eat a lot of pasta. Roughly 1300 pounds of it are being served every day in the athletes' villages. I wrote about the pleasures of carbo-loading in Italy: nytimes.com/2026/02/09/world…

Olympians Love Pasta. They’re in the Right Place.

The prospect of carbo-loading in Italy, the spiritual home of the dish, has many athletes’ mouths watering at the Winter Games.

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Paul Sonne@PaulSonneFeb 9
Job Alert: Come join us on @nytimes's award-winning Russia team. nytco.com/careers/job-listin…

Job Listings | The New York Times Company

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Jeremy Barr
@jeremymbarr4 Nov 2025
Some news: McClatchy is shutting down their D.C. bureau and laying off some staffers, including a few reporters who cover Congress and the White House.
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Ben Oreskes@boreskes3 Nov 2025
“The exhilaration of the last few days of the campaign is like little else, but so is the anxiety,”@ZohranKMamdani said during the game. “Somebody described it to me once like playing tennis but not being able to see the score until the last minute." nytimes.com/2025/11/03/nyreg…
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Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt22 May 2025
They met at the Israeli Embassy in Washington and fell in love. He was about to take her to Jerusalem to meet his family and bought an engagement ring to propose while there. Then the two were gunned down in DC. @johnjyoon @IKershner Natan Odenheimer nytimes.com/2025/05/22/world…

Days Before a Marriage Proposal, They Were Killed in D.C. (Published 2025)

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said. Mr. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring, an official said.

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Word of the day: Retaliate
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James Queally@JamesQueallyLAT12 Feb 2025
A lot has happened at the L.A. Times, some of it taking the focus away from our excellent journalism. If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me: latguild.com/news/2025/2/11/…

The Guild Eagle: What's really happening at the L.A. Times? — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times...

We need your help to keep delivering the best coverage of our city.

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One of the best. A sad time at my beloved LA Times.
Mike DiGiovanna@MikeDiGiovanna26 Feb 2025
Friends, fellow scribes, media members and followers, some personal news …
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Congrats @SimonChauchard!
Alex Lee@AlexanderMkLee25 Feb 2025
Congratulations to @SimonChauchard, @kharibiskut, and @NiloSiddiqui, who have been awarded the 2025 Rajni Kothari Award for best paper on South Asian Politics for "Misinformation and support for vigilantism: An experiment in India and Pakistan" @APSAtweets cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan | American Politi...

Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan - Volume 119 Issue 2

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Laura J. Nelson
@laura_nelson26 Jan 2025
Quite an @latimes front page today. - 24 hours that changed L.A.: latimes.com/politics/story/2… - Altadena evacuation orders: latimes.com/california/story… - History of Black Altadena: latimes.com/california/story… - Nursing home evacuations: latimes.com/california/story…
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In Gaza, Israel severely weakened its system meant to protect civilians, adopted flawed methods to assess civilian risk and routinely failed to conduct post-strike reviews of civilian harm. Incredible story by @PatrickKingsley & team. Proud to work w them nytimes.com/2024/12/26/world…

Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians (Published 2024)

Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike. One of the deadliest...

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