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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime By Jacob S…
3 months ago
From the archive: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
3 months ago
‘They take the money and go’: why not everyone is mourning the end of USAID
When Donald Trump set about dismantling USAID, many around the world were shocked. But on the ground in Sierra Leone, the latest betrayal was not une…
3 months, 1 week ago
‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose
When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea…
3 months, 1 week ago
From the archive: ‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
3 months, 1 week ago
‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit? By Snigdha Poonam. Read by Mikhail Sen. Help support our i…
3 months, 1 week ago
From the archive: how we lost our sensory connection with food – and how to restore it
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist
Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merel…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London
Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
From the archive: ‘We are so divided now’: how China controls thought and speech beyond its borders
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago