Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed websiteLina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut…

From AI aunties to long diaspora Uber phone calls, here is a selection of our favourite editions to celebrate our second anniversaryDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Long Wave is two! And over the past year, once again, it has surprised us with the breadth of stories and events in the…

In wet weather, garden snails can seek shelter in letterboxes – and find a feast there waiting for themWe’ve all heard of snail mail – a term popularised since the advent of electronic mail – but who knew that snails eat mail? It might sound far-fetched but it’s true.We have it on good authority from the…

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The long-serving leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has conceded defeat, ushering in a seismic political shift after a historic election that pitted ​the increasingly authoritarian leader against a student-led movement that had spent two years protesting against his government. As news broke that Vučić’s 12…