In Slum at Epicenter of Duterte’s Drug Crackdown, Fear and Love Coexist
MANILA — The fishing is best on nights like this when the moon is a sliver in the sky, and at midnight in the Philippines’...
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France Tries Limiting Joblessness to Confront Coronavirus Recession
PARIS — When France started shutting down a few weeks ago as the coronavirus marched relentlessly into the country, Dominique Paul feared disaster. His family’s...
Iran Says U.S. Sanctions Are Taking Lives. U.S. Officials Disagree.
As Iran struggles with a devastating coronavirus outbreak, a broken economy and a severe shortage of medical equipment, it says that American trade sanctions are...
Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together
Using flag-draped memes and military terminology, the Trump administration and its Chinese counterparts have cast coronavirus research as national imperatives, sparking talk of a biotech...
E.U. Tries Gentle Diplomacy to Counter Hungary’s Crackdown on Democracy
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s written response to Hungary’s effective suspension of democracy omitted one important word: Hungary. A day after the Hungarian Parliament passed...
Gun Ownership Soars in Brazil Under Bolsonaro
BRASÍLIA — President Jair Bolsonaro has galvanized gun culture in Brazil. His trademark campaign sign was a hand folded into the shape of a gun....
Bangladesh Garment Workers Face Ruin Due to Coronavirus
The empty, echoing shopping malls of Western cities are a testament to the biggest crisis borne by global clothing and retail industries in over a...
Why Asia’s New Coronavirus Controls Should Worry the World
In China, international flights have been cut back so severely that Chinese students abroad wonder when they will be able to get home. In Singapore,...
China’s Ren Zhiqiang Vanishes, in a Blow to Reform
Weeks before Ren Zhiqiang disappeared, leading to fears among his friends and fans that he had been picked up by the Chinese authorities, the 69-year-old...
Keep It Simple, Albany. This Is No Time for Budget Games.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership during the coronavirus pandemic has been disciplined and deft. May he and the Legislature approach this week’s budget negotiations with the...