Lyubov Sobol: Meet Russia’s invisible influencer

She is one of Russia’s biggest influencers, with over a million YouTube subscribers following her anti-corruption investigations. She has used her social media power to spark some of the biggest protests against Vladimir Putin’s government in over a decade – yet she’s barely featured on mainstream media, and is banned from standing for local election. […]

Lyubov Sobol: Meet Russia’s invisible influencer

She is one of Russia’s biggest influencers, with over a million YouTube subscribers following her anti-corruption investigations. She has used her social media power to spark some of the biggest protests against Vladimir Putin’s government in over a decade – yet she’s barely featured on mainstream media, and is banned from standing for local election. […]

Lyubov Sobol: Meet Russia’s invisible influencer

She is one of Russia’s biggest influencers, with over a million YouTube subscribers following her anti-corruption investigations. She has used her social media power to spark some of the biggest protests against Vladimir Putin’s government in over a decade – yet she’s barely featured on mainstream media, and is banned from standing for local election. […]

Raja Meziane: Algerian unsigned singer becomes sound of revolution

Singer Raja Meziane’s political music video Allo le Système! has been viewed more than 35 million times on YouTube this year. Despite failing to secure a record deal in Algeria, she has continued to post her anti-government songs online. This has led to her becoming the sound of protest for tens of thousands of young […]

Are you mispronouncing this Liverpool star’s name?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Liverpool player’s Senegalese name is rarely pronounced correctly In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy explains why he gets hot under the collar when seeing Africans doing well in sport. As I watched coverage of the World Athletics Championships in Qatar, like […]

Letter from Africa: How not to mangle African sports stars’ names

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Liverpool player’s Senegalese name is rarely pronounced correctly In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy explains why he gets hot under the collar when seeing Africans doing well in sport. As I watched coverage of the World Athletics Championships in Qatar, like […]

Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates

Media captionAerial footage shows the scale of the operation to move the lighthouse For 120 years, the Rubjerg Knude lighthouse has been perched on a sand dune on the northern Danish coast, but coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea. Now the 720-tonne structure has been saved, in an […]

Viewpoint: Let’s not wait any longer for the male pill

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists have been working on the male contraceptive pill for almost half a century. Yet despite encouraging news reports, an over-the-counter version is not just around the corner. Lack of funding and presumed disinterest from men means that one has never been mass produced. Instead, women are still generally expected to […]

College football’s biggest 2019 surprises, led by Ohio State and Oregon – ESPN

9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald looked a little punch-drunk. Asked about the adjustments Ohio State made or the surprises it threw at the Wildcats’ defense while the Buckeyes were racking up 52 points and 7.6 yards per play, Fitzgerald interrupted and said, simply, “No, I […]

College football’s biggest 2019 surprises, led by Ohio State and Oregon – ESPN

9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald looked a little punch-drunk. Asked about the adjustments Ohio State made or the surprises it threw at the Wildcats’ defense while the Buckeyes were racking up 52 points and 7.6 yards per play, Fitzgerald interrupted and said, simply, “No, I […]

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