A story looking at enormous reserves of oil in Guyana that could transform the country for better, or as some fear, for worse. The story is built around two brothers and their response to the find, one of whom is embracing the commercial opportunity, one of whom is warning of the risks it brings.
A look at Italy, where research suggests inhabitants have a lower degree of satisfaction with the status quo than their peers across a broad range of opinions and indicators, from antipathy for membership of the EU, concerns about loneliness and fear of unemployment to a declining birth rate, and an increasing number of academics leaving the country.
A story about a nurse with an incredibly acute sense of smell that scientists believe allow her to identify diseases before they would be otherwise diagnosed.
A journalist is granted rare access to Luhansk, a self-proclaimed statelet in Eastern Ukraine, an unrecognised territory with “1.5 million residents, 17 ministries and a Soviet star in its coat of arms” that has “17 ministries but no cash machines”.
A look at the rise of the far-right wing party Alternative for Germany (Alternative fr Deutschland) and what it means for democracy. The piece shares this insight on political upheavals – “They begin slowly, and then one morning you wake up and find yourself in another country”.
A sobering analysis of the tension between North Korea and the United States, written this April as global concern spiked around the volatile situation.
A deep look at the life, career and political legacy of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died this week. Kohl presided over the reunification of Germany and was a proponent of European integration.
Marib, a regional city in war-ravaged Yemen, lies “poised between horror and hope.”
A piece suggesting that a shortfall in NATO’s military capacity, paired with its excessive bureaucracy, means it is ill-equipped to face “a major conflict with Russia”.
A piece navigating the troubled waters of Deutsche Bank.