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September 30, 2020 at 11:08 am

Ski, party, seed a pandemic: The travel rules that let COVID-19 take flight

Ischgl, Austria, is where the era of global tourism, made possible by cheap airfares and open borders, collided with a pandemic. For decades, as trade...

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August 8, 2020 at 9:07 am

As COVID-19 hit Belgium, many in nursing homes were left to die

BRUSSELS — Shirley Doyen was exhausted. The Christalain nursing home, which she ran with her brother in an affluent neighborhood in Brussels, was buckling from...

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June 27, 2020 at 11:46 am

How the world missed COVID-19’s silent spread

MUNICH — Dr. Camilla Rothe was about to leave for dinner when the government laboratory called with the surprising test result. Positive. It was Jan....

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April 1, 2020 at 12:47 pm

COVID-19 changed how 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...

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Shipping containers are offloaded from a vessel in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, Monday, March 23, 2020. While Belgium’s stores, schools, restaurants and bars have closed and people asked to stay home, the Port of Antwerp remains operational to maintain crucial supply chains to grocery stores and pharmacies. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) VLM103 VLM103

March 25, 2020 at 3:40 pm

Trapped at sea by coronavirus lockdowns, commercial-shipping crew members plead for help

An estimated 150,000 crew members with expired work contracts have been forced into continued labor aboard commercial ships worldwide to meet the demands of governments...

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FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. The Justice Department says it will not oppose probation for former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WX301 WX301

February 14, 2020 at 10:31 am

Barr installs outside prosecutor to review case against Michael Flynn, ex-Trump aide

The review is highly unusual and could trigger more accusations of political interference by top Justice Department officials into the work of career prosecutors.

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September 13, 2018 at 5:57 pm

U.S. attack on Hague Court seen as boost to world’s dictators

For the International Criminal Court, a relatively young institution, the new Trump administration policy of open hostility comes at a perilous time.

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FILE – In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, walks along a sidewalk in New York. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and the Rev. Al Sharpton have met to renew a long acquaintance ? and they’ve made a point of letting the public know. Both tweeted about their get-together Friday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NYR401 NYR401

July 20, 2018 at 9:43 am

Cohen secretly taped Trump discussing payment to Playboy model

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly recorded a conversation with Trump two months before the presidential election in which they discussed...

June 14, 2018 at 7:34 pm

Comey cited as ‘insubordinate,’ but report finds no bias in FBI decision to clear Clinton

The inspector general, Michael Horowitz, did not challenge the conclusion that Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted.

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June 2, 2018 at 1:34 pm

Trump lawyers assert executive power to avoid Mueller questioning

The legal memo takes an expansive view on the president’s authority. Lawyers argued that, as president, Donald Trump has the power to end all investigations.

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