U.K. Charges Two Suspected Russian Intelligence Agents in Nerve Agent Attack
Two suspected Russian spies were charged on Wednesday with smuggling a Novichok nerve agent into Britain in March and using it to poison a former spy.
Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey wrote about national and international news through the prism of social media for The Intercept. Before joining as a Senior Writer, he was a reporter and columnist for the New York Times, where he anchored the newspaper’s breaking news blog, The Lede, for five years, and wrote a news analysis column, Open Source, from 2014 to 2016. His work is focused on making sense of events through the close reading of firsthand accounts, photographs, and video posted on social networks by witnesses and participants.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
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German Neo-Nazis Rally Again in Chemnitz, This Time Without Hitler Salutes or Mob Violence
For a third night this week, far-right protesters vented their rage at the killing of a German man during a fight with immigrants from Iraq and Syria.
Fox News Violates Poland’s Holocaust Law With Reference to “Polish Death Camp”
Fox News could face legal action in Poland, and a potential fine of $100 million, for violating that nation’s new law on Holocaust memory.
Drone Wars
Secret Israeli Report Reveals Armed Drone Killed Four Boys Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014
A secret Israeli military police report offers direct evidence that four Palestinian children were killed by missiles fired from an armed Israeli drone.
Swedish Woman Shows Quiet Power of Civil Disobedience as She Blocks a Deportation
Elin Ersson, a Swedish student, refused to take her seat on a commercial flight unless a man being deported to Afghanistan was removed from the plane first.
Fake Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Was Satire, Not Hoax, Conservative Pundit Says
A fake interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — in which she appeared to be stumped by questions she was not actually asked — was comedy, its creators said.
Putin Says He Misspoke Too, Withdrawing Claim Clinton Got Millions Stolen From Russia
Like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin said he got just one tiny word wrong during their news conference, but it was enough to dash the hopes of Trump supporters.
Trump and Putin Met in Helsinki's Hall of Mirrors. Here Are the Highlights.
The Intercept followed the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland as it unfolded. It never stoped getting crazier.
Live: Dispatches From the U.K. as Trump Stokes Turmoil
Updated: Donald Trump was greeted at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland by a Greenpeace activist who paraglided directly over his head trailing a banner that read: “Trump: Well Below Par.”
"What Good Is NATO?" Trump Asks, Putting U.S. Commitment to Anti-Russia Alliance In Doubt
The American president sent an inflammatory tweet in which he demanded that Germany and other European allies “IMMEDIATELY” increase defense spending.