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Aircraft  manufacturer Boeing have created a weapon that can knock out  computers The missile is  thought to be able to penetrate bunkers and caves Experts warn, in  the wrong hands, could bring Western cities to their knees By  Ben Ellery PUBLISHED: 17:01 EST, 1  December 2012 |  UPDATED: 17:01 EST, 1 December 2012   Down…

An obnoxious, manipulative individual who clearly should be in prison but also an indictment of a media ecosystem (both mainstream and beyond) that thrives on bantz, wackiness and outright abuse of&#133

The sinister campaign, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Times, Sun, and the Daily Mail, seeks to brand strikes by tens of thousands of rail workers as the brainchild of Russian agents.

News Analysis Chinese affiliates of British schools are not upholding values such as democracy and human rights. They ...

OpenDemocracy revealed how a marketing firm that won £40m in PPE contracts threatened to fire staff who spoke out about furlough claims

© Liu Rui/GT The Times on January 9 devoted a full page of its print edition to an article titled "British Youtubers funded by China," written by Ben Ellery and Tom Knowles, two reporters of that media outlet. It said "the Chinese government is funding British YouTube stars," including Lee Barrett and his son Oli Barrett, "to produce pro-China propaganda videos." It mentioned "an investigation by the Times can reveal," but did not say what kinds of "investigation." The Barretts said their op...