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    Alexandra Heal is a reporter in the visual storytelling team, with a special focus on producing visual dispatches, investigations and deep dives on underreported topics. The team is an interdisciplinary group of journalists combining data, design, coding and reporting skills.

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      The FT fitted trackers in old, broken laptops and gave them to UK retailers for recycling. Their journey reveals much about the informal trade in waste

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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      EU plans Black Sea internet cable to reduce reliance on Russia

      Move to improve connectivity to Georgia amid global concerns over spying and sabotage

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      Governments have promised to plant an area larger than the Amazon to help save the planet. The goal is laudable. But is it remotely plausible?

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
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      NPCC advises officers to turn a blind eye to part of ‘blunt’ and ‘outdated’ prostitution laws in England and Wales

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      Beijing imposes strict permit requirements for access to underwater data infrastructure over spying fears

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    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
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      Telecoms groups withdrew investment in Sea-Me-We 6, which will transmit data between Asia and western Europe

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      Detailed supply chain mapping reveals a complex web of companies under significant strain

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      Companies like Amazon and Microsoft routinely destroy used hard drives in the name of data security — but industry insiders say there is a better option

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
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      How Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the north-east dramatically turned the tide of the seven-month-long invasion

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    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      How Russia’s war in Ukraine upended the breadbasket of Europe

      Disruption to Ukraine’s agriculture industry poses a serious threat to global food security

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