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Ukraine's Colombian soldiers
From jungle guerrilla warfare to frozen trenches: why did they leave and will they ever return? The story of the Colombian soldiers choosing to fight…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Chinese crypto queen
Between 2014 and 2017 thousands of ordinary Chinese people handed their money over to a company that promised them fabulous riches by helping them to…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Chef Yoshifumi Yamaguchi
Exploring the culinary artistry of chef Yoshifumi Yamaguchi , a visionary bridging Kyoto and Kampala. As co-founder of Cots Cots, an artistic Japanes…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
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…
11 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…
11 months, 4 weeks 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…
11 months, 4 weeks 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…
11 months, 4 weeks 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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year ago