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- technology
Analysis: Data Centres Have Become a Utility Planning Problem
Grid operators are now writing forecasts around a handful of very large customers.
Clara Hoffmann · 22 July 2026
- nigeria
Explainer: Why Nigeria's Electricity Problem Is a Financial Problem
Generation capacity is not the binding constraint. Metering, collections and transmission are. A guide to how the sector actually works.
Emeka Nwosu · 21 July 2026
- fact check
Fact Check: Recurring Claims About Vaccine Safety Data
Several claims circulating on social platforms misread public surveillance databases. We explain what those databases are and are not.
Helena Marsh · 12 July 2026
- health
First Covid-19 Vaccinations Begin Outside Clinical Trials
A 90-year-old woman in Coventry received the first authorised dose, ten months after the virus was sequenced.
Helena Marsh · 8 December 2020
- technology
Facebook Data of Millions Harvested for Political Profiling
Reporting revealed that a personality quiz app collected information on tens of millions of users and their friends.
Priya Raman · 17 March 2018
- business
Bitcoin Approaches $20,000 at the Peak of a Speculative Rally
The cryptocurrency rose roughly twentyfold in a year before futures listings and regulatory warnings cooled the market.
Robert Keane · 17 December 2017
- world
Fire Engulfs Grenfell Tower in West London
Seventy-two people died in a residential block where combustible cladding allowed flames to spread up the exterior.
Helena Marsh · 14 June 2017
- climate
Deepwater Horizon Rig Explodes in the Gulf of Mexico
Eleven workers were killed and a damaged wellhead began releasing oil a mile below the surface, starting the largest marine oil spill in United States history.
James Whitfield · 20 April 2010
- business
Lehman Brothers Collapses, Triggering Global Financial Panic
The 158-year-old Wall Street institution filed for bankruptcy protection, the largest such filing in United States history, sending shockwaves through world markets.
Robert Keane · 15 September 2008