1 week ago MPs to be taught by MI5 to spot Chinese and Russian spies trying to infiltrate parliament

Politicians and aides deemed 'high risk individuals' are to receive guidance from spooks about the risks they face from foreign actors.

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3 w. ago Brainless bodies and pig organs: does science back up Putin and Xi’s longevity claims?

Russian leader’s claim that people can ‘get younger’ through repeated organ transplants has raised eyebrowsPerhaps it was the extravagant display of deadly weaponry that prompted Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to mull on mortality at this week’s military parade in Beijing.It was more banter than serious discussion, but with both aged 72, the Chinese president and his Russian counterpart may feel the cold hand on the shoulder more than Kim Jong-un, the 41-year-old North Korean leader who strolled beside them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago China’s sinister organ harvesting industry as Xi promises Putin he can live forever

The Chinese leader's promise to the Russian President has reignited concerns over China's organ harvesting industry after a 'hot mic' moment captured a sinister conversation

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4 w. ago Expert fact checks Putin and Xi’s hot mic discussion on organ transplants

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, were caught discussing the possibility of immortality

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4 w. ago Trump’s DC crackdown is exposing all the FBI’s undercover cars, agents warn

FBI agents fearful of potential impact on surveillance operations against drug traffickers, fentanyl suppliers, and Russian or Chinese spies

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last month ‘The Dubai of South America’: how the promise of riches from lithium mining turned to dust in Bolivia

Politicians have long promised the critical metal will rescue the economy but Indigenous locals say the push to exploit vast reserves threatens the ecosystem and their livelihoods• Photographs by Sara Aliaga TiconaGrowing up near Bolivia’s Uyuni salt flats, Franz Alí Ramos remembers playing in the high-altitude wetlands near his home during the rainy season. “It was a beautiful recreation area for us and for animals,” he says.Now, the wetlands have given way to cracked, sunbaked earth – a change that Alí Ramos blames on nearby operations by Bolivia’s state lithium corporation, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB). The government has recently signed lithium mining contracts with two foreign companies – one Russian and the other Chinese – and residents fear more serious damage is yet to come. Continue reading...

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last month Xi, Putin, and Kim gather at Tiananmen Gate for a grand military parade

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and guests, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, have arrived at Tiananmen Gate for a military parade in Beijing

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