Annabelle Timsit

London

Breaking news reporter focusing on U.S. and global events

Education: Georgetown University, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service

Annabelle Timsit is a breaking news reporter for The Washington Post in London. Before joining The Post in 2021, she covered geopolitics for Quartz in London, with a focus on Britain’s relationship with China. Previously, she was an editorial fellow at the Atlantic and interned at Politico Magazine.
Latest from Annabelle Timsit

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Zelensky agree: Ukraine will join NATO only after war ends

G-7 countries issued a joint declaration of “unwavering” support for Ukraine on day two of a summit for NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania.

July 12, 2023

NATO says it will invite Ukraine to join when ‘conditions are met’; Zelensky calls lack of timeline ‘absurd’

The summit is a show of Western unity against Russia — but there are divisions over Kyiv’s candidacy and the U.S. decision to supply it with cluster munitions.

July 11, 2023

Soccer coach’s lost phone contained videos of him raping boys, police say

Camilo Hurtado Campos drugged the boys and recorded himself raping them while they were unconscious, police in Franklin, Tennessee, said.

July 11, 2023

Ukraine live briefing: Zelensky calls on Biden to invite Ukraine to NATO; Kyiv, Moscow trade nuclear plant false-flag claims

Zelensky also told CNN that he would have wanted to launch the Ukrainian counteroffensive "much earlier" but that he lacked the weapons to commence the attack.

July 5, 2023

Ukraine live briefing: Kremlin, U.S. have talked prisoner swap for Gershkovich

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the talks must continue to be private. His comments came after the U.S. ambassador to Russia visited Gershkovich in prison.

July 4, 2023

Bears chased their dogs. These 60-somethings jumped in and got injured.

A 64-year-old woman from Porter, Maine, punched a black bear in the nose after it emerged from the forest chasing her dog. The bear fought back.

July 3, 2023

Grandmother of slain teen appeals for calm as protests roil France

The grandmother of the teen whose fatal shooting by police sparked the riots urged calm on Sunday, a day after her grandson was laid to rest.

July 2, 2023

30 people shot, 2 dead in attack at Baltimore block party

“This could be one of the most significant mass shootings with more people injured than any we can remember in recent times,” the city's former police chief said.

July 2, 2023

France detains hundreds amid riots over police killing of teen

Protests raged through a third night and continued Friday. President Emmanuel Macron will cut short a trip to Brussels for an emergency meeting.

June 30, 2023

Food in France and Italy? ‘Not that great,’ Brazil’s president grouses.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's complaints about meals in the culinary hot spots of Italy and France echoed the old joke: The food was bad and the portions too small.

June 28, 2023