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Technology / United States / World

‘Our faith will be lost if we adopt technology:’ can the Amish resist the modern world?

Published by The Guardian (15th December, 2018) Daniel Weaver does not vote, drive a car, read a paper, listen to music, watch sport of any kind, own a […]

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United States / World

Adventures in Trumpland

Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a poverty-scarred slice of West Virginia filled with coal […]

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United States / World

America’s child brides forced to marry abusers

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd September 2018) Donna Pollard had only just turned 16 when she stood in a Kentucky state court house with a serial […]

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United States / World

A true hero for our time

Published by The i paper (27th August, 2018) When John McCain’s family issued a statement on Friday saying the veteran Arizona senator had decided to discontinue treatment for […]

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United States / World

Could a murdered student be Trump’s salvation (if Melania stays silent)?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th August, 2018) In the spring of 1973 a smart lawyer advising Richard Nixon decided to co-operate with prosecutors as the cover-up […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World

Why Corbyn is unfit for office

Published by The ipaper (6th August, 2018) Two years ago I had a drink with a friend who runs a family business and is a prominent member of […]

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Colombia / Drugs / Policy / World

Hooked on the King of Cocaine

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th August, 2018) As their small plane landed, the passengers were surrounded by two dozen men brandishing machine guns. They were taken […]

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North Korea / World

Deal or not, North Korea remains a murderous regime

Published by The Times (11th June, 2018) Kang Chol-hwan was sent to one of North Korea’s death camps aged nine under its policy of punishing entire families for […]

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Canada / Drugs / Health / Policy

Leave us alone or arrest me

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th June, 2018) The desperate mother of a boy suffering from severe epilepsy plans to fly back to Britain tomorrow with a consignment […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Technology / World

How digital dissidents are defying the despots

Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended up living just over the Egyptian border with […]

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Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]

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North Korea / United States / World

Can we trust Trump in his diplomatic dance with a dictator?

Published by The ipaper (14th May, 2018) The Today programme on Radio 4 often sets the news agenda with tough interviews and taut foreign analysis. Yet on Saturday […]

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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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