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Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence How banking giant ICBC helped Chinese firms gain a foothold in Europe’s wind market How banking giant ICBC helped Chinese firms gain a foothold in Europe’s wind market A reclusive billionaire, a ‘fearless’ dealer and a globe-spanning feud over priceless art A reclusive billionaire, a ‘fearless’ dealer and a globe-spanning feud over priceless art
Breaking News

Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back.

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026
Breaking News

Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened.

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026
Breaking News

‘Trump Asked the People to Vote as If He Were on the Ballot,’ Says Bernie Sanders. ‘THEY DID.’

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026
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Corruption

Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence

By Samantha Johnson / November 5, 2026
Corruption Investigations

How banking giant ICBC helped Chinese firms gain a foothold in Europe’s wind market

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026
Corruption

Trading Avocadoes for Political Influence

By Samantha Johnson / November 5, 2026

China’s obsession with self-reliance can cost it political leverage …

Breaking News

Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back.

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026

The post Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back. appeared first on ProPublica….

Breaking News

Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened.

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026

The post Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened. appeared first on ProPublica. …

Breaking News

‘Trump Asked the People to Vote as If He Were on the Ballot,’ Says Bernie Sanders. ‘THEY DID.’

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026

In the wake of Tuesday’s walloping of the Republican Party in congressional and state-level races across the country by Democratic candidates, Sen. Bernie Sanders of…

Corruption Investigations

How banking giant ICBC helped Chinese firms gain a foothold in Europe’s wind market

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026

As European companies try to fend off Beijing-backed competitors, confidential records reveal how the state bank pumped millions into “the Huawei of green energy.” …

Corruption

A reclusive billionaire, a ‘fearless’ dealer and a globe-spanning feud over priceless art

By Samantha Johnson / November 4, 2026

New documentary The Oligarch and the Art Dealer draws on Panama Papers reporting to explore the multi-billion-dollar falling out between Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev and…

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