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Canada / China / Covid19 / World

Call for probe into ‘Covid’ outbreak at wuhan games 2 months before world was alerted

Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th January, 2022) A Canadian military officer who fears he was at the ‘Ground Zero’ of Covid two months before China officially […]

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Kazakhstan / World

Downfall of the gangster dictator

Published by The Daily Mail (7th January, 2022) Dictatorship was once famously compared to riding a tiger since there is such high risk of being devoured when dismounting […]

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Politics

Give honours to real heroes, not donors and cronies

Published by The Times (4th January, 2022) It seems strange that at the start of every year our political leaders showcase cronyism and elitism. Yet sure enough, the […]

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China / Europe / Lithuania / World

Democracy is under assault

Published by The i paper (3rd January, 2022) New Year is a time of hope and renewal. Yet it is hard to be optimistic about the state of […]

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Africa / South Africa

A powerful voice for equality, peace and reconciliation

Published by The i paper (27th December, 2021) I never took much notice of Desmond Tutu until one day in July 1984 when we both received degrees from […]

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Politics

Shape-shifter Frost does a flit

Published by The i paper (20th December, 2021) The departure of Lord Frost is good news for Britain but very bad news for Boris Johnson. The Brexit minister’s decision […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Putin’s torture chamber at Number Three, Paradise Street

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th December, 2021) For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret torture camp in the heart of a bustling […]

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Africa / Rwanda

Truss urged to block diplomat over kidnap of Hotel Rwanda hero

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th December, 2021) Foreign secretary Liz Truss is being urged to block the appointment of Rwanda’s top diplomat in London over his central […]

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Politics

Johnson is corroding the Tory brand

Published by The i paper (13th December, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]

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China / Covid19 / World

How China made Covid worse

Published by UnHerd (9th December, 2021) Two years ago this week, a middle-aged man in Wuhan caught a strange respiratory disease. The 41-year-old accountant was called Chen and […]

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Africa / Politics / Rwanda

Andrew Mitchell’s friends in Rwanda

Published by UnHerd (6th December, 2021) Earlier this year, Baroness Kennedy was contacted by the two daughters of Paul Rusesabagina — human rights campaigner, winner of the US […]

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Politics

Quizzes, parties and crashing polls

Published by The i paper (29th November, 2021) If Boris Johnson hosts another Christmas quiz, here is a possible question: who was the prominent Conservative who saw clearly […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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