1843 magazine

Artificial intelligence

My life as an AI chatbot operator

I was supposed to teach the algorithm how to be more human. Instead I became more like a robot

Ukraine

Russia has taken thousands of Ukrainian kids. Some don’t want to go home

Families search in vain through a maze of foster homes and holiday camps

Addiction

The drug-dealers leading a public-health revolution

A backstreet shop in Vancouver sells cocaine, heroin and meth. Its owners believe they are saving lives

Ukraine

The secret diary of a Ukrainian soldier: on the counter-offensive

As troops blitz through Russian lines, they see the trauma of occupation and the relief at freedom

Ukraine

He was tortured for standing up for Ukraine. Now he lives alone in a forest

Responses to wartime trauma can take many forms

Espionage

The Norwegian town where anyone might be a spy

For residents of Kirkenes, on the border of Norway and Russia, espionage is an everyday fact of life

Migration

The TikTok exodus: how an Albanian town was emptied

Bling-filled videos of life in Britain have spurred thousands of Albanians to leave. But some posts have an ulterior motive

Ukraine

This narrow, rocky path is the last open route between Russia and Ukraine

A trickle of refugees from occupied territory crosses into Sumy each day

Gun control

Serbia wants to show how to disarm a country

After two mass shootings, the government pledged a drastic reduction in gun ownership. Did it succeed?

Migration

Return to China? Xing would rather die in the jungle

Thousands of Chinese migrants each year are trekking across Latin America to reach the United States border

Niger

Mimi was sold to a pimp. Now she fights people-traffickers in Niger

How will the coup affect the battle against the trans-Saharan slave trade?

Ukraine

The “crazy professors” making drones for Ukraine

Small-scale weapons manufacturers are springing up to supply the front line. It’s making the government uneasy