This week: Bloomberg reveals how Mojtaba Khamenei built a £100 million property empire while Iran buckles under sanctions. Plus: tech's pivot to defense, a documentary about press freedom, and more.
This week: America's gambling epidemic in Harper's, Jon Lee Anderson on Venezuela's uncertain future, the AI web eating itself, plus Dwayne Johnson's Oscar-nominated transformation, Mel Brooks at 99, and three podcasts you need to hear.
This week: Sam Knight's brilliant New Yorker deep dive on WhatsApp's global takeover, a philosophical takedown of AI consciousness hype, plus A24's raw motherhood fever dream, Victorian bare-knuckle boxing, and three must-watch documentaries.
The U.S. government has been secretly testing a device that emits pulsed radiofrequency energy, according to new reporting. The portable system, acquired by the Department of Homeland Security, was tested for over a year and contains components sourced from Russia.
This week: Prince Andrew's £15m mansion sale to a Kazakh oligarch, a CIA traitor's death, Stephen Graham's Victorian boxing drama returns, and our investigation into Venezuela's missing billions.
Google has directly challenged the central premise of Indonesia’s corruption trial against former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim. By denying a "quid pro quo" and distancing its investments from government contracts, the tech giant has exposed the vacuum at the heart of the prosecution's case.
Alex Saab may control $60 billion in Bitcoin for the Maduro regime. As Trump's naval blockade tightens, the real battle is being fought on the blockchain.
The conclusion of our Christmas true crime story. November 2, 1994: the phone call, the gunshot, and the aftermath that changed New York's Christmas tree business forever.
For seventy years, American diplomats have fallen sick in patterns that trace back to invisible energy fields. Each time, Washington chose the same response: deny, deflect, and bury the evidence. From Moscow to Havana, the government knew more than it ever told its own people.
Sexual violence in Sudan is not collateral damage: it is a weapon of war. In this episode, Sudanese activist Hala Alkarib explains how rape, abduction, and sexual slavery are systematically used to terrorize communities, force displacement, and seize land in a war that the world barely talks about.
