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What's troubling about Veronica Guerin's death isn't that she took risks with her safety – many reporters do that – but that she worked in an industry that made her the star of personality-driven stories, likely placing her in greater danger than necessary
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Veronica Guerin: the dangers of making journalists the story
'I think we live or die by the market,' said Sunday Independent editor Aengus Fanning.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What's troubling about Veronica Guerin's death isn't that she took risks with her safety – many reporters do that – but that she worked in an industry that made her the star of personality-driven stories, likely placing her in greater danger than necessary
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A shepherd tends to his flock on Gorée Island, Senegal.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A shepherd tends to his flock on Gorée Island, Senegal.
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In the past two years of civil war in #Sudan, more than 400 journalists have fled to neighbouring countries, especially Egypt. RSF urges host countries to allow them to regularise their situation so that they can continue their work, and calls on UNHCR to reinforce protection measures.
Sudan’s exile media - fragile sources of news about a forgotten war
At least ten Sudanese exile media outlets have been founded or have continued to operate since Sudan’s civil war began two years ago, on 15 April 2023, and more than 400 journalists have fled to neigh...
rsf.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In the past two years of civil war in #Sudan, more than 400 journalists have fled to neighbouring countries, especially Egypt. RSF urges host countries to allow them to regularise their situation so that they can continue their work, and calls on UNHCR to reinforce protection measures.
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I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn
February 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn
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Submit your reporting to the fifth annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards!
We're looking for exceptionally reported stories in fifteen different categories, including disinformation, health, and solutions.
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We're looking for exceptionally reported stories in fifteen different categories, including disinformation, health, and solutions.
Learn more and apply by March 31: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/awa...
The Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Entry submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. This is the fifth year for our annual awards program, and every year we’re amazed by the quality and variety of work ent...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Submit your reporting to the fifth annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards!
We're looking for exceptionally reported stories in fifteen different categories, including disinformation, health, and solutions.
Learn more and apply by March 31: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/awa...
We're looking for exceptionally reported stories in fifteen different categories, including disinformation, health, and solutions.
Learn more and apply by March 31: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/awa...
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BREAKING: A car has driven into a group of people in the German city of Munich, leaving several people injured, police said. Officers are working to verify what has happened, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3CKgcC1
February 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
BREAKING: A car has driven into a group of people in the German city of Munich, leaving several people injured, police said. Officers are working to verify what has happened, a spokesperson said reut.rs/3CKgcC1
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Wow. January has been the longest year.
January 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Wow. January has been the longest year.
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I believe as a feminist investigative journalist, it's vital to promote and support women's work, so I finally got around to making this starter pack. go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
January 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I believe as a feminist investigative journalist, it's vital to promote and support women's work, so I finally got around to making this starter pack. go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
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It's good to see that Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been freed by Iran.
BBC reporting: www.bbc.com/news/article...
@rsf-inter.bsky.social document that there are currently 528 journalists and 25 media workers detained globally.
Reporters Without Borders: rsf.org/en
BBC reporting: www.bbc.com/news/article...
@rsf-inter.bsky.social document that there are currently 528 journalists and 25 media workers detained globally.
Reporters Without Borders: rsf.org/en
January 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's good to see that Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been freed by Iran.
BBC reporting: www.bbc.com/news/article...
@rsf-inter.bsky.social document that there are currently 528 journalists and 25 media workers detained globally.
Reporters Without Borders: rsf.org/en
BBC reporting: www.bbc.com/news/article...
@rsf-inter.bsky.social document that there are currently 528 journalists and 25 media workers detained globally.
Reporters Without Borders: rsf.org/en
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Tibet's earthquake that killed 126 people and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the world's most remote, quake-prone regions, experts say reut.rs/3PrewQC
Tibet quake highlights earthquake risk for dams on roof of the world
Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the world's most remote, quake-prone regions, experts say.
reut.rs
January 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tibet's earthquake that killed 126 people and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the world's most remote, quake-prone regions, experts say reut.rs/3PrewQC
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The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the US embassy in Copenhagen said, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island reut.rs/3PsbOdy
US says it has no plans to increase military presence in Greenland
The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen said on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island.
reut.rs
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the US embassy in Copenhagen said, after President-elect Donald Trump expressed renewed interest in acquiring the vast Arctic island reut.rs/3PsbOdy
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Pope Francis stepped up his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave 'very serious and shameful' reut.rs/40gfjce
Ramping up criticism of Israel, Pope calls situation in Gaza 'shameful'
Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave "very serious and shameful".
reut.rs
January 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Pope Francis stepped up his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave 'very serious and shameful' reut.rs/40gfjce
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Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, three senior political sources said, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted since 2022 and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah reut.rs/426rYRx
Lebanese army chief edges towards presidency, Lebanese sources say
The parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun as head of state, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted since 2022 and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
reut.rs
January 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Lebanon's parliament looks set to elect army chief Joseph Aoun head of state, three senior political sources said, ending a presidential vacuum which has persisted since 2022 and showing the diminished sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah reut.rs/426rYRx
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The Kremlin said Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal reut.rs/4a9hkLK
Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests
The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal.
reut.rs
January 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Kremlin said Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on US President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal reut.rs/4a9hkLK
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On his public journey to embracing Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Elon Musk has frequently amplified the online content of one young supporter of the party - climate change and COVID-19 lockdown sceptic Naomi Seibt reut.rs/405LtXL 1/8
Meet the influencer who has Elon Musk's ear on Germany's far-right
On his public journey to embracing Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, Elon Musk has amplified the online content of one young supporter of the party: Climate change and COVID-19 lockdown sceptic Naomi Seibt.
reut.rs
January 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On his public journey to embracing Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Elon Musk has frequently amplified the online content of one young supporter of the party - climate change and COVID-19 lockdown sceptic Naomi Seibt reut.rs/405LtXL 1/8
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No one can stop China's 'reunification' with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's speech, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people reut.rs/49X46Bu
Xi says no one can stop China's 'reunification' with Taiwan
No one can stop China's "reunification" with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's speech on Tuesday, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people.
reut.rs
December 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM
No one can stop China's 'reunification' with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's speech, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people reut.rs/49X46Bu
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Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are set to end on New Year's Day, bringing down the curtain on Moscow's long period of dominance of supply in the European gas market reut.rs/3DEDIR2
Europe's Russian gas era comes to an end as Ukraine transit stops
Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are set to end on New Year's Day, bringing down the curtain on Moscow's long period of dominance of supply in the European gas market.
reut.rs
December 31, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are set to end on New Year's Day, bringing down the curtain on Moscow's long period of dominance of supply in the European gas market reut.rs/3DEDIR2
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Sudan has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country, a step likely to undercut efforts to address one of the world’s largest hunger crises reut.rs/3DEPmuW
Exclusive: Sudan drops out of hunger-monitor system on eve of famine report
Sudan’s withdrawal from the IPC system could undermine humanitarian efforts to help millions of Sudanese suffering from extreme hunger.
reut.rs
December 24, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Sudan has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country, a step likely to undercut efforts to address one of the world’s largest hunger crises reut.rs/3DEPmuW
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I was forced to give my baby away – and it was 40 years before I saw him again.
Abused as a child, barely able to support herself as an adult, Maria Arbuckle was one of thousands of unmarried women who suffered in Ireland’s mother and baby homes. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Abused as a child, barely able to support herself as an adult, Maria Arbuckle was one of thousands of unmarried women who suffered in Ireland’s mother and baby homes. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was forced to give my baby away – and it was 40 years before I saw him again
Abused as a child, barely able to support herself as an adult, Maria Arbuckle was one of thousands of unmarried women who suffered in Ireland’s mother and baby homes. She talks about her long battle t...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
I was forced to give my baby away – and it was 40 years before I saw him again.
Abused as a child, barely able to support herself as an adult, Maria Arbuckle was one of thousands of unmarried women who suffered in Ireland’s mother and baby homes. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Abused as a child, barely able to support herself as an adult, Maria Arbuckle was one of thousands of unmarried women who suffered in Ireland’s mother and baby homes. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Syria's new interim prime minister said he aimed to bring back millions of Syrian refugees, protect all citizens and provide basic services but acknowledged it would be difficult because the country lacked foreign currency reut.rs/4gaKa0o
Interim Syrian leader vows to rebuild but faces cash crunch
Syria's new interim prime minister said he aimed to bring back millions of Syrian refugees, protect all citizens and provide basic services but acknowledged it would be difficult because the country lacked foreign currency.
reut.rs
December 11, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Syria's new interim prime minister said he aimed to bring back millions of Syrian refugees, protect all citizens and provide basic services but acknowledged it would be difficult because the country lacked foreign currency reut.rs/4gaKa0o
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14% increase in homelessness in a year. 1 in 47 people in London are homeless, 1 in 61 in Birmingham. There are dreadful, frightening figures.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England
Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM
14% increase in homelessness in a year. 1 in 47 people in London are homeless, 1 in 61 in Birmingham. There are dreadful, frightening figures.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures www.theguardian.com/world/galler...
Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace in Damascus has been overrun by rebel forces and now people are taking selfies in the grand reception rooms
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures www.theguardian.com/world/galler...
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If you’re trying to get your head around dramatic events in Syria, this quality explainer from @channel4news.bsky.social is a great place to start youtu.be/oCPPveLwtUk?...
Syria war: how Assad’s allies have given rebels chance of victory
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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December 7, 2024 at 1:48 PM
If you’re trying to get your head around dramatic events in Syria, this quality explainer from @channel4news.bsky.social is a great place to start youtu.be/oCPPveLwtUk?...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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@semafor.com is hiring an early-career journalist in its London newsroom. Details here: boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...
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