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⚡️ Suspects in corruption scheme Mindich and Tsukerman placed on Ukraine's wanted list
Suspects in corruption scheme Mindich and Tsukerman placed on Ukraine's wanted list
Ukraine has placed Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman, suspects in the Midas case, on its wanted list over alleged corruption offences.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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aljazeera.com
The ongoing US actions are 'suffocating the social fabric of Cuban society', according to the expert.
US sanctions must be stopped as they reshape life in Cuba: UN rapporteur
The ongoing US actions are 'suffocating the social fabric of Cuban society', according to the expert.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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cnbc.com
A higher share of Gen Z is on track to be ready for retirement at age 65 than any other adult generation, and time isn't the only factor on their side.
Gen Z may be more prepared for retirement than baby boomers, study finds
A higher share of Gen Z is on track to be ready for retirement at age 65 than any other adult generation, and time isn't the only factor on their side.
cnb.cx
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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1011now.com
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
No group has claimed responsibility, but authorities have deployed tactical squads and local hunters to rescue the children.
www.1011now.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Women in the world of business face appalling levels of abuse – a work culture that shuts out half of the potential workforce is doing immense social and economic damage

✏️ Hannah Fearn
Keeping misogyny in business
Women in the world of business face appalling levels of abuse – a work culture that shuts out half of the potential workforce is doing immense social and economic damage
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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A tweet from five years ago wasn't quite as obsequious as the GB News presenter's recent interview with the US president

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When Bev Turner wasn't such a Donald Trump fan
A tweet from five years ago wasn't quite as obsequious as the GB News presenter's recent interview with the US president
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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For Nigel Farage, patriotism means undermining Britain’s most beloved institutions on behalf of overseas chums

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Farage and the patriots who hate Britain
Whether criticising our institutions, sucking up to the US or fleeing for warmer climes, it turns out that the Brexiteers don’t seem to love the UK after all
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Maybe the best podcast we’ve done to date? You be the judge - but the Matts explore an extraordinary study into how 16 and 17-year-olds are thinking about a wide range of issues, both political and social.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The party's only MSP wants voters to be able to recall those who behave badly - but not those who defect to another party. Why's that?

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A whiff of hypocrisy from Reform's sole Scottish parliamentarian
The party's only MSP wants voters to be able to recall those who behave badly - but not those who defect to another party. Why's that?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Joyce Carol Oates’s brutal dismissal of the world’s richest man has enraged him – and reminded us of her own brilliance

✏️ Ian Winwood
The 87-year-old author who beat Elon Musk
Joyce Carol Oates’s brutal dismissal of the world’s richest man has enraged him – and reminded us of her own brilliance
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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For obvious reasons, understanding why the masses fell for the fanatics would be the much more worthwhile research today

✏️ Tanit Koch
Germansplaining: No, we don't need to study Hitler's DNA
For obvious reasons, understanding why the masses fell for the fanatics would be the much more worthwhile research today
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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BBC DOSSIER UPDATE 🚨 A whodunnit with serious implications for the future of the broadcaster is underway – with all expected to be revealed at a select committee showdown

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If Michael Prescott didn’t leak the BBC bias dossier to the Telegraph, who did?
A whodunnit with serious implications for the future of the broadcaster is underway – with all expected to be revealed at a select committee showdown
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive

✏️ Lucy Ash
The prayers under fire in Ukraine
In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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REFORM WATCH 👀 We shouldn’t be surprised if there are others like Gill, secretly working for Moscow

✏️ @snellarthur.bsky.social
How Reform's Nathan Gill became a Russian agent
Nigel Farage’s close friend was recruited and paid by Moscow - we should not be surprised if there are others
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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thenewworldmag.bsky.social
The right is wrecking our democracy. What are you going to do to fight back?

✏️ Matthew d'Ancona
Hey liberals! What you gonna do?
The right are undermining the institutions of liberal democracy. Progressives must change tack to stop them
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Can the paper really continue to pay the former PM a seven-figure salary as a columnist after he was shamed by the independent inquiry?

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The Daily Mail's Boris Johnson Covid conundrum
Can the paper really continue to pay the former PM a seven-figure salary as a columnist after he was shamed by the independent inquiry?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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When it comes to Russian interference, Bill Browder, the US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist, believes the media has barely scratched the surface

✏️ Eleanor Longman Rood
Nathan Gill, the tip of a much bigger iceberg?
When it comes to Russian interference, Bill Browder, the US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist, believes the media has barely scratched the surface
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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thenewworldmag.bsky.social
When asked by The New World if he had leaked the report to The Daily Telegraph, Gibb categorically denied he had done so

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If Michael Prescott didn’t leak the BBC bias dossier to the Telegraph, who did?
A whodunnit with serious implications for the future of the broadcaster is underway – with all expected to be revealed at a select committee showdown
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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thenewworldmag.bsky.social
🗞️ Our latest issue is on sale - Welcome to Kent: A Reform UK council

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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Waiting for the axe to drop on Gill insulates the government from any Faragist crap about being unfairly targeted. Although he’ll probably try it anyway. I don’t think this story is over.
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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It may actually have a mellowing effect, unbelievable though that may sound. I could see one title staying Tory while the other goes full(er) Reform though.
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I can understand objecting to the Mail taking over the telegraph for basically competition reasons but on a purely political level it’s not exactly going to make it any more feral and right wing is it
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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theguardian.com
‘My husband and daughter went down to the garage in case it flooded. Then I heard a strange noise’ – This is climate breakdown
‘My husband and daughter went down to the garage in case it flooded. Then I heard a strange noise’ – This is climate breakdown
She was sure that there would be warnings if there was any danger. But then the floods came. This is Toñi García’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM