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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...

Afghanistan faces deadly cold temperatures amid humanitarian crisis

Afghanistan faces deadly cold temperatures amid humanitarian crisis

By desk team on January 30, 2023

Listen Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share Instead, parts of the continent recently experienced record warm temperatures, which lowered energy demand and allowed…

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

By desk team on January 30, 2023

‘It’s a sensitive time’: Leicester looks for answers after autumn’s unrest

‘It’s a sensitive time’: Leicester looks for answers after autumn’s unrest

By desk team on January 30, 2023

Iran’s revolutionary guard should be branded as terror group – Labour

Iran’s revolutionary guard should be branded as terror group – Labour

By desk team on January 30, 2023

Machete-wielding man attacks New York City police at New Year’s Eve event