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Sophie Mellor is a London-based writer covering Europe’s changing finance and tech scene. Before joining Fortune, Sophie worked at Euromoney covering renewable energy financing and M&A, focusing on the economics of getting to net-zero. A New York-native, Sophie graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a bachelor’s degree in economics and history of economic thought and has worked across the U.K., the U.S., and Japan. Follow all of Sophie's stories here.

Russian nuclear missile victory day parade
Politics
‘This is a very worrying trend’: Nuclear missile numbers are set to grow for the first time since the Cold War
By Sophie MellorJune 13, 2022
Protests against abortion ban
Tech
Google searches for abortion clinics lead to hundreds of results for ‘fake clinics’ with friendly names in U.S. trigger states
By Sophie MellorJune 13, 2022
Gerard and Alain Wertheimer in 2011
Retail
Meet the brothers who just pocketed $5 billion from surging demand for Chanel
By Sophie MellorJune 10, 2022
Bob Chapek
Leadership
Disney’s under-pressure CEO just made his biggest power move to date—and it has tanked morale
By Sophie MellorJune 10, 2022
‘This breaches every principle of human research ethics’: A YouTuber trained an A.I. bot on toxic 4Chan posts then let it loose — and experts aren’t happy
Tech
‘This breaches every principle of human research ethics’: A YouTuber trained an A.I. bot on toxic 4Chan posts then let it loose — and experts aren’t happy
By Sophie MellorJune 10, 2022
Microplastics found in Antarctic ice shelf
Environment
Plastic is now falling from the skies in the most remote place on earth
By Sophie MellorJune 9, 2022
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Tech
Ford CEO promises he’s ‘not trolling’ Musk by including chargers to help rescue dead Teslas on new electric pickup truck
By Sophie MellorJune 8, 2022
Plastic pollution
Environment
New exchange-traded fund for World Oceans Day is trying to save the seas
By Sophie MellorJune 8, 2022
People shopping in a supermarket
Finance
Three key indicators showing inflation is poised to ease
By Sophie MellorJune 7, 2022
Russian Ambassador to United Nations Vassily Nebenzia
Politics
‘This is cowardly’: Russia’s UN ambassador storms out after European Council president blames Moscow for global food crisis
By Sophie MellorJune 7, 2022
Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro
Tech
Google ordered to pay $515,000 for hosting anti-Italian ‘relentless, racist, and abusive’ videos about Australian politician
By Sophie MellorJune 6, 2022
Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram and Ewan McGregor pose for a selfie
Leadership
Disney jumps to the defense of Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram following racist messages — but this isn’t the first time Star Wars fans have attacked an actor of color
By Sophie MellorJune 1, 2022
Neon sign reading “Bitcoin accepted here”
Finance
How to know if you’re rich in crypto? You hold it, you don’t spend it
By Sophie MellorJune 1, 2022
Health workers in protective clothing in Beijing
Health
One COVID rule breaker sends over 5,000 of his neighbors into quarantine
By Sophie MellorMay 31, 2022
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski
Finance
The EU claimed it spent $77 billion more than it actually did on fighting climate change
By Sophie MellorMay 31, 2022
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