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Russian troll farm ploughs on even after activities exposed
- Europe
- September 4, 2020, 11:46
After the FBI tipped off Facebook that the obscure leftwing website Peace Data was a clandestine front for Russia this week, the site’s anonymous admi(...)

How I explore now: The travel writers who can’t leave home
- Travel
- April 11, 2020, 06:00
Shilpa Ganatra: ‘Oaxaca in Mexico, Madagascar and Belize are now at the top of the list’ This weekend, I was meant to be soaking in the sun(...)

Leg warmers and legal rows: Behind the scenes of St Petersburg’s Swan Lake
- Stage
- October 12, 2019, 05:00
PRIMA BALLERINA IRINA KOLESNIKOVA AND COMPANY DIRECTOR KONSTANTIN TACHKIN PULL BACK THE CURTAIN ON ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE AHEAD OF THEIR DUBL(...)

Damascus unveils post-conflict global trade show
- US
- August 29, 2019, 18:16
Damascus’s 61st International Fair opened this week with a spectacular sound and light show, singing and dancing, and a message of hope for a future w(...)

Oil demand hurt by trade tensions, Opec says
- Energy & Resources
- June 13, 2019, 13:46
Opec said that international trade tensions are hurting demand for oil, slashing its estimates for consumption earlier in the year and predicting furt(...)

Russian internet trolls tried to sway US midterm vote, says Facebook
- US
- November 7, 2018, 09:19
A Kremlin-backed group of internet trolls that meddled in the 2016 presidential election appeared to be trying to influence US voters using Facebook d(...)

Iran sets deadline for EU to present measures to save nuclear deal
- Middle East
- May 25, 2018, 18:38
European powers have until May 31st to present Iran with a plan to offset the US withdrawal from its nuclear deal and Washington’s renewed sanctions, (...)

Man killed by exploding electronic cigarette in US
- US
- May 17, 2018, 08:39
An electronic cigarette exploded and killed a man in Florida this month, the authorities said, in what appears to be the first death attributed to vap(...)

Syria: the danger of complacency
- Editorial
- February 12, 2018, 00:10
The collapse of Islamic State’s “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq has been one of the most positive developments of recent years. Having terrorised the 10(...)

Fake Russian accounts bought $100,000 in Facebook ads
- US
- September 7, 2017, 10:36
Providing new evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook disclosed on Wednesday that it had identified more than (...)