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Our newest project is a global hunt for answers about Havana Syndrome, a mysterious affliction affecting spies and diplomats on every continent except Antarctica. People have genuine physical symptoms and most victims recall hearing a mysterious grating sound at some point before they were affected. This one has the US
Russia is fighting two wars: one on the ground, and one on the internet. For years, and especially since the invasion in February, Russia has aggressively called to wipe Ukraine off the map and propagated narratives to justify its attacks.
We are in the middle of an information war, and
It's been a remarkable five years on the run for Low Taek Jho, a.k.a. Jho Low, one of the world's most infamous fraudsters. He went from one of the biggest spenders and patron of celebrities to an anonymous silhouette, playing his phones like a