December 24, 2018 Archives

Week of December 24, 2018 Archives

RCI - International Investigations

Monday, December 24

The Sicario's Tale, Part 1: Coke Boss Escobar's Secrets

Jeremy Kryt, Daily Beast

Wednesday, December 26

Yemen: U.S. Arms Sales Leave Mark on Carnage

Eric Schmitt & Declan Walsh, NY Times

Japan: Tokyo Neighborhood's Last Sushi Restaurant

Mari Saito, Reuters

Iran: Economic Crisis Strikes Middle Class Almost Overnight

Thomas Erdbrink, NYT

Venezuela: Soldiers Ruining Oil Bounty

Alexandra Ulmer, Marianna Parraga, Reuters

China: 'Dirt-Poor' and 'Ugly' Left Behind in the New Economy

Alice Su, LA Times

Thursday, December 27

Turkey: Google Kills Kurdistan Map at Behest of Turks

Rawa Barwari, Kurdistan 24

Ecuador: Indebted to China for Broken Dam

Nicholas Casey, Clifford Krauss, NY Times

Russia: Teens Testing Social Activism in Schools

Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press

Friday, December 28

Bangladesh: Bat Virus Poised to Be Next Pandemic

Steven Bedard, Biographic

China: Gene-Edit Experiment Loses Track of Patients

Preetika Rana, Wenxin Fan, WSJ

North Korea: Its Alternative Financial System

Aruna Viswanatha, Wall Street Journal