Life near elephants

Elephants have their own, ancient geographies. “They walk 20 or 25 kilometres a day — their bodies need it.” Increasingly, in southern India, that brings them into contact, and conflict, with human beings.

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The weight of a story

The words “she cries” show up sixty times in total in Bushra al-Maqtari’s What Have You Left Behind? The men in the book seem to weep less: “He cries” appears twenty times.

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Ukraine’s personal shopper

In the war against Russia, some Ukrainians carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich carries a shopping list. He’s giving a demo of the future of war: the military-retail complex.

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The insider

As author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis is perhaps the most celebrated journalist of his generation. Now he delivers an astonishing portrait of Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen crypto billionaire. But did he get too close?

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The nursing brokers

In India, brokers lure nurses into private care jobs in the UK, with tall promises that seem worth paying a lot for — until they fail to deliver.

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