Nicolas Niarchos

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Nicolas Niarchos

At least a hundred and fifty thousand people have been killed in Sudan’s brutal, years-long civil war, according to some estimates. But, with the violence ongoing and the Trump Administration slashing crucial foreign aid, a political solution seems out of reach. Meanwhile, millions face displacement, famine, and terror.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Nicolas Niarchos

That evening, there was intense fighting between the Army and the R.S.F, but Wanis slipped outside anyway. “Even if you went at night, it was terrible,” Intisar told me. “He risked himself.” It felt like the weather had changed—exploded ordnance had made the summer air even hotter. The streets reeked of the metallic smell of gunpowder, and the heavy smoke set Wanis coughing.

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Nicolas Niarchos

Like most civilians in Sudan, Wanis and his wife, Intisar, were unprepared when war broke out in Khartoum. The first day of fighting, April 15, 2023, was a Saturday. They’d planned to visit a cousin of Wanis’s who was undergoing treatment for diabetes at a hospital in Bahri, a neighborhood on the eastern side of the sprawling capital. Intisar and Wanis lived in Ombada, a western suburb; to visit the cousin, they’d have to cross the Nile, which bisects the city.

2 months ago | tatler.com | Nicolas Niarchos

On the island of Naoshima, in the Seto Inland Sea – where the Sea of Japan meets the Pacific – art devotees from all over the world venture on 21st-century pilgrimages. Right now, the island is flush with visitors, here as a precursor to Art Basel Hong Kong, spending the weekend looking at art before they spend a week selling it the following Monday.

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Nicolas Niarchos

Tshisekedi’s intended audience, it quickly seemed clear, was not Baier, nor most of the program’s 1.8 million viewers, but President Donald Trump, who is known to tune into Fox regularly.