The story of a forensic anthropologist who returned to Guatemala to investigate atrocities perpetrated during the civil war there. His objective is to discover the cause of death in each case and identity the bodies. As his colleague notes, “bones make excellent witnesses…Although they speak softly…they never lie, and they never forget.
A piece documenting China’s complex and ever-increasing influence, investment and population in Africa.
The top tier chess tour is rife with unsavoury sponsors and political intrigue.
The tale of the prosecutor and witnesses who took on the corrosive power of the ÕNdrangheta. http://bit.ly/newyorker-mafia
The little considered history of the material that “made the modern world possible” and its roots in Roman civilisation.
A new experimental in-house counter-terrorism unit is taking a different approach to security.
A contentious divorce is the jumping off point for a deep dive into the murky world of offshore finance.
A highly charged investigative piece, two years in the making, that alleges that one of the US military’s most celebrated units committed war crimes.
Papers accidentally declassified by the Truman Presidential Library revealed a plot of ‘denial’, stopping the Soviet Union from accessing resources, whatever the cost.