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Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
Beijing 2022: Athletes warned about speaking out on human rights
By desk team on February 2, 2022
Behaviour by athletes that violates the “Olympic spirit” or Chinese rules could be subject to punishment, a Beijing 2022 official said, after rights groups voiced...
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Police block journalists outside a Shanghai court where journalist Zhang Zhan – who reported on Wuhan's Covid outbreak – was tried in December...
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
From stand-in stars to tech titans: The Observer’s faces to watch in 2022
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Politics Toby Helm Liz Truss In the latter part of 2021, Liz Truss has been everywhere in the media. And as she sets her sights...
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who has gone as far as he can
By desk team on February 1, 2022
Show caption Ashley Giles during a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/PA Giles’s scattergun broadsides suggest a man who...
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
Christ and cocaine: Rio’s gangs of God blend faith and violence
By desk team on February 1, 2022
“Pastor, do you think we could hold a service at my house next Thursday?” the peroxide-haired gangster wondered, cradling an AK-47 in his lap as...

Appeal trial for jailed Golden Dawn leaders to start amid anti-fascist protests

Appeal trial for jailed Golden Dawn leaders to start amid anti-fascist protests

By desk team on June 26, 2022

Show caption Ilias Kasidiaris, a former MP for the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, who was handed a sentence of 13 years imprisonment, at an appeal…

US accuses UK of exploiting Russia tensions to fish highly prized species

US accuses UK of exploiting Russia tensions to fish highly prized species

By desk team on June 26, 2022

Indonesia’s campaign against Islamists is a ploy to silence critics

Indonesia’s campaign against Islamists is a ploy to silence critics

By desk team on June 26, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng launches inquiry into proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab

Kwasi Kwarteng launches inquiry into proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab

By desk team on June 26, 2022

Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal

Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal

By desk team on June 25, 2022

Iran hangs extremist accused of murdering Shiite clerics

Iran hangs extremist accused of murdering Shiite clerics

By desk team on June 25, 2022

UN’s Bachelet says China trip not for a probe, faces criticism

UN’s Bachelet says China trip not for a probe, faces criticism

By desk team on June 25, 2022

Where did Memorial Day start and why do Americans celebrate it?

Where did Memorial Day start and why do Americans celebrate it?

By desk team on June 25, 2022

US: Turkey’s NATO issues with Sweden, Finland will be fixed

US: Turkey’s NATO issues with Sweden, Finland will be fixed

By desk team on June 25, 2022

India decries ‘biased’ US report on religious freedom

India decries ‘biased’ US report on religious freedom

By desk team on June 25, 2022

Appeal trial for jailed Golden Dawn leaders to start amid anti-fascist protests
Appeal trial for jailed Golden Dawn leaders to start amid anti-fascist protests
By desk team on June 26, 2022
Show caption Ilias Kasidiaris, a former MP for the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, who was handed a sentence of 13 years imprisonment, at an appeal...
US accuses UK of exploiting Russia tensions to fish highly prized species
US accuses UK of exploiting Russia tensions to fish highly prized species
By desk team on June 26, 2022
A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and the US over efforts to conserve a deepwater species of fish near Antarctica, as Russia...
Indonesia’s campaign against Islamists is a ploy to silence critics
Indonesia’s campaign against Islamists is a ploy to silence critics
By desk team on June 26, 2022
B ureaucrats have a reputation for being boring. But not in Indonesia, whose civil service is full of dangerous radicals, according to the government itself....
Kwasi Kwarteng launches inquiry into proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab
Kwasi Kwarteng launches inquiry into proposed takeover of Newport Wafer Fab
By desk team on June 26, 2022
The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has launched an inquiry into the proposed takeover of the UK’s largest microchip manufacturer Newport Wafer Fab by Chinese-backed Nexperia....
Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal
Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal
By desk team on June 25, 2022
Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, has said talks will restart on the Iran nuclear deal, averting a complete collapse in the agreement which...