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Byline: Constant Méheut, Catherine Porter, Selam Gebrekidan and Matt Apuzzo To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. The shock [...]

Byline: Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo, Catherine Porter and Constant Méheut To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In the [...]

The shock came midway through the speech. ''Reparation!'' boomed Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's firebrand president, to the cheers of the farmers, workers and students in the crowd. The French ambassador sitting [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo, Constant Méheut, Selam Gebrekidan and Catherine Porter Every sentence of the invitation ended with an inky flourish, a triple loop of calligraphy befitting a night of dinner, [...]

The C.I.C. bank siphoned millions in fees and interest from the island's treasury in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an investigation found. A major French bank will hire [...]

In the drowsy hours of a December afternoon, eight American Marines strolled into the headquarters of Haiti's national bank and walked out with $500,000 in gold, packed in wooden boxes. [...]

Every sentence of the invitation ended with an inky flourish, a triple loop of calligraphy befitting a night of dinner, dancing and fireworks at Haiti's national palace. Debt had smothered [...]

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. CAPTION(S): PHOTOS: The Baron of Mackau: The king's emissary came to Haiti [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Benjamin Novak BUDAPEST - During the dark winter of the 2020 coronavirus wave, the Hungarian government set up a website so anxious residents could sign up [...]

BUDAPEST -- During the dark winter of the 2020 coronavirus wave, the Hungarian government set up a website so anxious residents could sign up for the news on the pandemic. [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Jane Bradley For nearly a decade, sanctions have been little more than names on a list for wealthy Russians. Governments are working to give them bite. [...]

For nearly a decade, sanctions have been little more than names on a list for wealthy Russians. Governments are working to give them bite. The first time the United States [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Sarah Hurtes Behind closed doors, shipbuilders and miners can speak on behalf of governments while regulating an industry that pollutes as much as all of America's [...]

Behind closed doors, shipbuilders and miners can speak on behalf of governments while regulating an industry that pollutes as much as all of America's coal plants. LONDON -- During a [...]

Byline: Selam Gebrekidan and Matt Apuzzo Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic. In [...]

Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic. In the coming days, a patent will [...]

While Washington went into business with the drug companies, Europe was more fiscally conservative and trusted the free market. BRUSSELS -- The calls began in December, as the United States [...]

Multibillion-dollar contracts give drug makers liability shields, patent ownership and leeway on delivery dates and pricing -- and promises that much of it will not be made public. BRUSSELS -- [...]

An interim report is both a bleak recounting of deadly missteps and an early blueprint for repairs: ''We have failed in our collective capacity.'' Laying bare a yearlong cascade of [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo, Selam Gebrekidan and Apoorva Mandavilli A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, 'it's a race against time.' DURBAN, [...]

A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, ''it's a race against time.'' DURBAN, South Africa -- Doctors and nurses at a [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan Global inequality is shaping which countries get vaccines first. In South Africa, people's best chance for vaccines anytime soon is to join an experimental [...]

Global inequality is shaping which countries get vaccines first. In South Africa, people's best chance for vaccines anytime soon is to join an experimental trial. CAPE TOWN -- A few [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo, Noah Weiland and Selam Gebrekidan When President Trump quit the health organization, he left a list of seven demands on the table. Here they are. GENEVA - [...]

When President Trump quit the health organization, he left a list of seven demands on the table. Here they are. GENEVA -- In late May, the American ambassador in Geneva, [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Steven Erlanger Sanda Dia's death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of [...]

Sanda Dia's death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident. Newly released videos and photos have made it a symbol of growing intolerance. GHENT, Belgium -- Sanda [...]

Byline: Selam Gebrekidan, Katrin Bennhold, Matt Apuzzo and David D. Kirkpatrick ISCHGL, Austria - They came from across the world to ski in the most famous resorts of the Austrian [...]

A coalition, cobbled together from seven political parties, will try to keep a growing far-right movement at bay and look to finally pass a budget and a pandemic recovery package. [...]

ISCHGL, Austria -- They came from across the world to ski in the most famous resorts of the Austrian alps. Jacob Homiller and his college friends flew in from the [...]

Byline: Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Matt Apuzzo, Monika Pronczuk and Mauricio Lima BRUSSELS - Shirley Doyen was exhausted. The Christalain nursing home, which she ran with her brother in an affluent neighborhood [...]

BRUSSELS -- Shirley Doyen was exhausted. The Christalain nursing home, which she ran with her brother in an affluent neighborhood in Brussels, was buckling from Covid-19. Eight residents had died [...]

Josep Borrell said that China expressed its concerns over the report, but he would not explain how. European lawmakers appeared skeptical. BRUSSELS -- Facing pointed criticism from lawmakers on Thursday, [...]

A revised report shows how Beijing reacts swiftly and effectively to tamp down Western criticism of its pandemic response. BRUSSELS -- Bowing to heavy pressure from Beijing, European Union officials [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and David D. Kirkpatrick Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world's researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has [...]

Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world's researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt. Using flag-draped memes [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan The seafarers who deliver gas, food and medicine are being forced to keep working. They cannot leave the ship: 'We want to go home.' [...]

The seafarers who deliver gas, food and medicine are being forced to keep working. They cannot leave the ship: 'We want to go home.' When Capt. Nilesh Gandhi's oil tanker [...]

In some countries, workers will have 90 percent of lost wages covered. In others, residents fear eviction. Nation to nation, rescue plans reflect conflicting ideas of government's role in a [...]

Decisions and blunders made months ago have caused testing disparities worldwide. The science, it turns out, was the easy part. Scientists around the world were waiting at their computers in [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo, Motoko Rich and David Yaffe-Bellany An alert about a coronavirus infection sat in an unmonitored inbox. A cruise doctor saw 'no point' in disinfecting the ship. And [...]

An alert about a coronavirus infection sat in an unmonitored inbox. A cruise doctor saw ''no point'' in disinfecting the ship. And Japan disregarded medical guidelines to contain an outbreak. [...]

The vow follows a New York Times investigation showing how one of the world's largest subsidy programs enriches far-right leaders, bankrolls oligarchs and underwrites Mafia tactics. BRUSSELS -- The European [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo, Selam Gebrekidan, Agustin Armendariz and Jin Wu In the spring of 2017, a European Union working group of environmentalists, academics and lobbyists was having a technical discussion [...]

In the spring of 2017, a European Union working group of environmentalists, academics and lobbyists was having a technical discussion on green farming practices when a map appeared on an [...]

A Times investigation showed how oligarchs and political patrons make millions in farm subsidies. But the program is all but sacrosanct. BRUSSELS -- European Union lawmakers on Tuesday strongly criticized [...]

Byline: Matt Apuzzo and Selam Gebrekidan Conflict-of-interest rules are uneven. Influence-peddling is murky. The enormous E.U. subsidy program is built to keep the money moving. BRUSSELS - One morning this [...]

Conflict-of-interest rules are uneven. Influence-peddling is murky. The massive E.U. subsidy program is built to keep the money moving. BRUSSELS -- One morning this spring, lawmakers crowded into a committee [...]

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Byline: Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo and Benjamin Novak CSAKVAR, Hungary - Under Communism, farmers labored in the fields that stretch for miles around this town west of Budapest, reaping wheat [...]