Peter Thiel is funding a startup that allows anyone, for a fee, to investigate news media. But, under the guise of ...

The sanction-ridden Iranian economy was in a state of collapse. Nazari’s salary, once worth a few hundred dollars a month, ...

The Netherlands hosts the largest port in Europe, and is therefore home to a vast smuggling industry — Dutch politicians not ...

In an eerie echo of her books, writer Egana Djabbarova became the subject of Russian scrutiny, her every move watched, her every word judged.

One difficulty in writing about corruption is explaining what it is. You’re either too specific — “it’s taking bribes”. Or too vague — “it’s being bad”. Another difficulty is obtaining the raw ...

Shola Lawal is a reporter-at-large covering a range of issues from conflict and insecurity to climate change. She was previously west Africa correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.

Julia E, an 18-year-old influencer from Germany, was hanging out with her family on the Palm Jumeirah beach when she heard a blast and saw a fireball erupt into the sky. She knew tension was mounting ...

There has never been a better time to be a billionaire. It’s official, Forbes says so, and it’s got the numbers to prove it. Top of the magazine’s annual list is, of course, Elon Musk who is only a ...

When the United States and Israel started blitzing Iran last weekend, eyes turned to the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. The British-administered archipelago is home to a strategically vital US ...

Kleptocracy is a global system, which allows crooks, thieves, oligarchs, tycoons, and the like to enjoy their wealth while evading any responsibility to the society where they obtained that wealth. It ...

As the Iran war pushes oil prices over $100 a barrel, and ships are attacked and mines are being laid in the Strait of Hormuz, a taboo has been broken and nuclear energy is back in fashion. European ...

NEW YORK — March 10 2026 — Coda Media today announced that Anne Avis, a longtime champion of independent journalism and public media, has joined its Board of Directors. Avis has spent decades ...