AstraZeneca Faces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine After Admitting Mistake
The announcement this week that a cheap, easy-to-make coronavirus vaccine appeared to be up to 90 percent effective was greeted with jubilation. “Get yourself a...
Trump Pardons Michael Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Trump pardoned on Wednesday his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I....
Trump’s Pardon of Flynn Signals Prospect of a Wave in His Final Weeks in Office
WASHINGTON — When President Trump pardoned Michael T. Flynn on Wednesday, he did more than wipe clean the record of his first national security adviser,...
Stock Trades by Senator Perdue Said to Have Prompted Justice Dept. Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Senator David Perdue, Republican of Georgia, sold more than $1 million worth of stock in the financial company Cardlytics, where...
Hawaii’s Fresh Water Leaks to the Ocean Through Underground Rivers
There are few things on the island of Hawaii that are more valuable than fresh water. This is not because the island is dry. There...
C.I.A. Officer Is Killed in Somalia
WASHINGTON — A veteran C.I.A. officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, according to current and former U.S. officials, a death that...
Illegal Tampering by Diesel Pickup Owners Is Worsening Pollution, E.P.A. Says
WASHINGTON — The owners and operators of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have been illegally disabling their vehicles’ emissions control technology over...
‘Overseas’ Review: Human Capital
In 2018, the Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte honoredoverseas Filipino workers — the women deployed to Dubai, Singapore and other countries as domestic help — as...
Permit Denied for Pebble Mine Project in Alaska
The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely dealing a death blow to a long-disputed...
Bill Gates, la Covid-19, et le combat pour vacciner la planète
L’homme à la tête de l’un des plus grands fabricants de vaccins au monde se heurtait à un problème. $850 millions, voilà ce qu’il fallait...