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Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: Inside Britain’s Pandemic Spending
In the desperate scramble for protective gear and other equipment, political insiders reaped billions.
By Jane Bradley, Selam Gebrekidan and
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In the desperate scramble for protective gear and other equipment, political insiders reaped billions.
By Jane Bradley, Selam Gebrekidan and
We measured how much air pollution two children, Monu and Aamya, breathed for a day to see how much inequality makes a difference.
By Jin Wu, Derek Watkins, Josh Williams, Shalini Venugopal Bhagat, Hari Kumar, Jeffrey Gettleman, Rumsey Taylor, Leslye Davis and
The Vatican’s Nativity scene this year has prompted much criticism — and some head-scratching.
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Friends of Du Bin said that his detention might have been related to book projects critical of the history of Communism and China’s Communist Party.
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The seizure of more than 300 boys brought immediate comparisons to the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls. But an anguishing six days later, a state governor said the boys had been released.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia laughed off a question about the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny at a marathon news conference, where he praised his country’s Covid-19 response and President Trump.
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Jean-Luc Brunel was arrested at an airport near Paris by French authorities investigating possible sex crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
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Researchers say that kangaroos are the first wild animals to exhibit interspecies communication that is more commonly seen in animals that have evolved alongside humans.
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The low-wage workers, almost half of whom have contracted the coronavirus, continue to be mostly confined to dormitories even as the city-state eases restrictions.
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European leaders who have been in contact with the French president will isolate and be tested. Mr. Macron has experienced symptoms, but showed no signs of illness in a video appearance.
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An ombudsman’s report condemned a rushed lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left thousands of residents without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air.
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Rights groups and assault survivors welcomed the change, saying it was long overdue in a country that prides itself on gender equality.
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The draft law goes to the Senate, where it is likely to pass. The country would join a handful of others allowing terminally ill patients to obtain aid to end their lives.
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The French government ordered the city to pay up under a 2012 law intended to address gender imbalance at senior levels of the country’s Civil Service. The mayor deemed the decision “absurd.”
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Snow biking near Seattle, winter bird-watching near New York and seven other cold-weather activities near large U.S. cities.
In a year defined by a pandemic, protests and politics, “The Daily” sought out personal stories. Here’s a holiday playlist of the episodes that Michael Barbaro and our team can’t forget.
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What Plexi-Craft — an upscale furniture factory in the Bronx — has, the city wants: Acrylic resin skills.
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Large dine-in chains are finding it difficult to enact uniform approaches to the pandemic when dealing with different regulations across the country about how they can operate.
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As companies cancel their year-end events, the 2020 holiday season has made a terrible year even worse for those in the events business.
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Las restricciones y el confinamiento del primer ministro Narendra Modi por el coronavirus provocaron un éxodo de trabajadores migrantes. El gobierno ofreció trenes especiales para llevarlos a casa. Pero los ferrocarriles propagarían el virus por todo el país.
Luchas políticas internas, una planificación azarosa y un creciente movimiento antivacunas han convertido al país suramericano en una advertencia en la era del coronavirus.
By Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and
Armada con una pistola, tarjetas de identificación falsas y disfraces, Miriam Rodríguez se convirtió en un escuadrón de detectives que desafiaba a un sistema en el que suele prevalecer la impunidad criminal.
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El colapso económico había golpeado a una orgullosa zona pesquera. Entonces joyas de oro y plata comenzaron a aparecer misteriosamente en su playa y a aliviar el sufrimiento por la crisis.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Isayen Herrera and
Usó su tiempo libre de las competencias, debido a la pandemia, para reflexionar sobre el mundo y el lugar que ocupa en él. Cuando llegó el momento de hablar, lo hizo a su manera.
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Coffeehouses, mainstays of Turkish neighborhoods for centuries, are suffering under pandemic restrictions — particularly a ban on games. Regulars fear losing “our jokes, our laughter.”
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Across the country, city and town squares stand empty of the usual huts, sounds, scents and lights, as the coronavirus has forced the country to skip its beloved annual Christmas markets.
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There’s been a run on Christmas trees as Canadians, trapped inside because of the pandemic, try, in record numbers, to shoehorn joy into their lives.
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A village on the frontline of the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia welcomes peace — after more than two decades.
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Confronted with deserted streets during the pandemic, drivers are turning in their rented black cabs by the hundreds.
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