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The great hunger: Stalin's famine in Kazakhstan
Few people outside Kazakhstan know of the famine that destroyed nomadic life in the 1930s, and left more than a third of the population dead or displ…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Does Kruger deserve a park?
Kruger national park in South Africa is one of the most well known nature reserves in the world. But the legacy of Paul Kruger, who the park is named…
7 months ago
Mamdani’s New Yorkers
Immigrant, Muslim and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani is also, at 34, the city’s youngest mayor in a century. Famed for his char…
7 months ago
Kai Höss: My grandfather, the Commandant of Auschwitz
In a cinema in south-west Germany an audience is gathered to watch an Oscar winning film, Zone of Interest, about the life of Rudolf Höss, Commandant…
7 months ago
In the shadow of the railway
After years of Chinese investment in Africa, the West is fighting back. Through the Lobito Corridor project, the US and European countries are invest…
7 months ago
Striking gas in Bolivia
In July 2024, Bolivia discovered the Mayaya Centro-X1 gas field, its largest find in nearly 20 years. With an estimated 1.7 trillion cubic feet of re…
7 months ago
The real ‘Yellowstone’: A battle for the cowboy way of life
Ranches, rodeos and public land. This is the story of a surprising battle raging in the American West, and the unlikely coalition it’s forged. Nea…
7 months ago
Lara Dizeyee's Kurdish couture
Kurdish designer Lara Dizeyee is preparing a couture collection for Milan Fashion Week. Dizeyee fled Iraqi Kurdistan as a child, grew up in the US, a…
7 months ago
What’s behind the war in Sudan?
Blood spilled in Sudan's el-Fasher massacre is visible from space. What led to the latest dark turn of events that took place after the Rapid Support…
7 months ago
How Russian AI targets news organisations
Networks of bots - automated social media accounts - have been found to be targeting European elections including, in the last year, those in Moldova…
7 months, 1 week ago