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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...

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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

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

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

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

Interview: ‘UNSC should step in to protect Indian minorities’

Interview: ‘UNSC should step in to protect Indian minorities’

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Koblenz trial: One small step towards justice for Syria

Koblenz trial: One small step towards justice for Syria

By desk team on January 31, 2022

Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official

Protesting Winter Olympics athletes ‘face punishment’, suggests Beijing official

By desk team on January 30, 2022

Taliban’s Victory, Baloch Militancy, and Pakistan’s Choices

Taliban’s Victory, Baloch Militancy, and Pakistan’s Choices

By desk team on January 30, 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...