Chinese tourism is booming in Laos and the illegal wildlife trade is booming with it. Pangolin scales, rhino horn and elephant ivory are all being sold at secret shops and restaurants as a new high-speed rail line brings...
Read MoreInvestigation: The entrepreneur was once the toast of London’s tech scene, a ‘global leader of tomorrow’ who starred on Dragons’ Den and promised untold riches for the startups she championed. But people...
Read MoreAfter the spying convictions of six Bulgarians, police have warned of further Russian operations against opponentsA second Kremlin spy operation has been discovered targeting Russian dissidents in Britain, it can be...
Read MoreUse of Slapps by the super-rich against journalists is increasingly common, and campaigners say new legislation to deter such actions does not go far enoughThey are called Slapps and for reporters who receive them, they can feel...
Read MoreBroadcaster gives no explanation for decision to pull long-planned documentary examining Westminster’s handling of allegationsA BBC Panorama documentary commissioned to look into the internal handling of claims of...
Read MoreReporter and his team exposed the Tory peer’s use of a government ‘VIP lane’ to provide PPE during the Covid pandemicThe Guardian reporter David Conn has won the Paul Foot award for investigative journalism for...
Read MoreWorld Press Freedom Index report warns disinformation and AI pose mounting threats to journalismMedia freedom is in dire health in a record number of countries, according to the latest annual snapshot, which warns that...
Read MoreIndustry sources say changes appear not to go far enough amid fears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalismA Home Office attempt to redraft controversial espionage legislation to tackle media concerns about its impact on...
Read MoreExclusive: Team Jorge disinformation unit controls vast army of avatars with fake profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Amazon and AirbnbRevealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in electionsAt first...
Read MoreKey Putin ally who founded Wagner mercenaries tried to ‘subvert sanctions and silence journalist’, says Pat McFaddenThe Treasury is reviewing its procedures after the Russian founder of a mercenary army was given...
Read MoreKey Putin ally, who founded Wagner mercenaries, attempted to ‘subvert sanctions and silence journalist’The Treasury must explain how the Russian founder of a mercenary army was given permission to circumvent...
Read MoreDocuments seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny PrigozhinBritish lawyers were given government dispensation to bypass sanctions in order to help Yevgeny Prigozhin, the...
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