The Times reveals how Haiti became the poorest country in the Americas.
A particularly fearsome unit of Moscow’s invading army arrived in the Kyiv suburb in mid-March. The soldiers’ reputation preceded them.
The puzzling coronavirus cases highlight ongoing surveillance challenges and blind spots.
A resolution to grant degrees to women was rejected by a large majority and men celebrated the result with fireworks.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has generated enormous demand in both Ukraine and friendly Western governments for an accounting of Russian military actions that could be prosecuted as war crimes — actions so egregious they violate the commonly accepted laws concerning armed combat.
For a new five-part investigation, a team of Times journalists tabulated the amount that Haitians had to pay France for their freedom and explored how the massive sum still affects Haiti today.
Extreme weather was also felt elsewhere in Europe as heat waves threatened Spain and parts of southern France.
Patriarch Kirill I has provided spiritual cover for the invasion of Ukraine, reaping vast resources for his church in return. Now, in an extraordinary step, the E.U. is threatening him with sanctions.
Okipasyon long Ayiti a kòmanse lè bank ki te vin Citigroup la ankouraje gouvènman ameriken an, dapre sa ki nan kèk dosye korespondans diplomatik pandan plizyè dizèn ane ak kèk lòt dosye.
Even as the Lviv Philharmonic theater became a wartime hub for humanitarian supplies, it has remained a home for musicians and choirs.
The 650-mile-long Seversky Donets River originates in Russia and meanders southeast through the Donbas region before re-entering Russian territory.
Yon prezidan Ayisyen popilis eseye fè regleman ak Lafrans pou tout tan Lafrans t ap esplwate Ayti. Yon ti tan apre yo mete l atè sou pouvwa a.
A master of the synthesizer, he won an Oscar for that film’s score, and his memorable theme song became a No. 1 pop hit.
Esto es lo que un equipo de corresponsales de The New York Times averiguó sobre lo que el pueblo haitiano tuvo que pagar a Francia tras la revuelta de personas esclavizadas más exitosa del mundo moderno.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
President Emmanuel Macron’s newly announced government combines continuity with change, as first-term veterans were joined by newcomers in top positions at the foreign and education ministries.
The war has evolved into something of a stalemate that has seriously depleted Russia’s conventional war capabilities, even as it has made some gains.
Thousands of pages of original documents, and hundreds of books and articles. Here are the historians and researchers on which the Haiti project drew.
Voici ce que les correspondants du New York Times ont appris sur les sommes qu’Haïti a dû verser après avoir chassé les colons français lors de la première révolte d’esclaves victorieuse du monde moderne.
Moscow will cut natural gas supplies to its Nordic neighbor this weekend.
How did the modern world’s most successful slave revolt give birth to a desperately poor nation? Here is a summary of what a team of New York Times correspondents found out.
Pandan bank yo rele C.I.C. a t ap ede finanse Tou Efèl la, li t ap pran plizyè milyon dola ann Ayiti. Bank lan refize pale de sa, men jounal Times chèche konnen konbyen kòb envestisè yo te fè kòm pwofi, epi ki sa Ayiti pèdi.
An 1791, Ayisyen ki te an esklavaj yo kouri dèyè Fransè yo epi fonde yon nasyon. Men Lafrans fè plizyè jenerasyon Ayisyen peye pou libète yo. Konbyen sa te koute yo te yon mistè, jouk koulyeya.
Au début des années 2000, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, alors président d’Haïti, a demandé des comptes à l’ancienne puissance coloniale française. Il s’est rapidement retrouvé évincé du pouvoir.
À la fin du 19e siècle, le Crédit Industriel et Commercial a soutiré des millions à Haïti. Le Times a retracé l’histoire de cette opération — et son coût pour Haïti.
En 1791, les esclaves haïtiens chassent les Français et fondent leur propre nation. La France fera payer cher cette liberté à des générations d’Haïtiens. Le montant de cette rançon n’avait jamais été chiffré — jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
Arconic runs a huge Russian metal plant, bought in an era of cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. Now it is struggling, after years of increasing Russian military aggression.
Au début du 20e siècle, les États-Unis occupent Haïti. Derrière cette invasion, des banquiers américains avides de mettre la main sur les finances du pays.
A firebrand Haitian president tried to hold France to account for its years of exploitation. He soon found himself ousted from power.
The long occupation of Haiti began with a drumbeat from the bank that became Citigroup, decades of diplomatic correspondence and other records show.
It helped finance the Eiffel Tower as it drained millions from Haiti. The bank, C.I.C., won’t talk about it, but The Times tracked how much its investors made — and what Haiti lost.
In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now.
The staggering sum Haiti paid for its independence cemented its path to poverty.
La somme colossale qu’Haïti a été forcé de payer à la France pour son indépendance a contribué à condamner le pays à la pauvreté.
En las últimas semanas se han registrado decenas de casos entre poblaciones que no suelen ser vulnerables a la enfermedad. Aquí resolvemos algunas dudas.
The top Senate Republican traveled to Europe in a bid to show that isolationism hasn’t taken over his party. He has privately lobbied his colleagues to vote that way, and so far, most are.
Moscow may label the Azov fighters who defended the Mariupol steel plant as terrorists — raising the prospect of a high-profile trial. The Kremlin has a long tradition of using the courts for political goals.
A senior U.S. diplomat urged London and Brussels to discreetly resolve their disputes, citing the need to unify the West behind Ukraine amid Russia’s onslaught.
There have been dozens of cases reported in recent weeks among populations not typically vulnerable to the disease.
A new museum in a converted gas station presents the work of one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany.
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Rights groups say Michelle Bachelet’s trip, including a visit to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has cracked down on the Uyghur minority, will be a test of her office’s credibility.
A court near Pompeii has ordered the return of a treasured classical antiquity that was purchased by the Minneapolis Institute of Art almost four decades ago.
The soccer teams that share the San Siro, which has hosted two World Cups and four European finals, want to replace it with a more modern arena. Not everyone is ready to see it go.
In the early 20th century, Smyth was probably the most famous female composer of her generation, but her music fell out of the repertoire. Glyndebourne Festival Opera is bringing back her 1906 maritime opera.
Hungary’s thirst for Russian oil.
The singer made the comments less than three months after Russia enacted a law that would punish spreading “false information” about its invasion.
The territory occupied by Russian forces so far in the three-month-old invasion deserves “a worthy place in our Russian family,” a Kremlin official who toured the region said.
Speedy approval seems likely among most members of the alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Turkey’s objections remain a sticking point.
The richest man in Ukraine has committed to building back his country. But he is also constructing a luxury ship that would rival a yacht that the U.S. government believes may belong to Vladimir Putin.
Kalani Lattanzi has taken bodysurfing to the next level, paddling into 40-foot waves with little more than the fins on his feet.
Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.
Bridget Brink has worked in Slovakia, Uzbekistan and Georgia. She is filling a role that has been empty for three years.
The former German leader, a personal friend of President Vladimir V. Putin and lobbyist for Russian energy companies, has refused to distance himself from Russia.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has resisted a proposed E.U. embargo of Russian oil, saying it would devastate his country’s economy, but it would also cut off a source of funds for his political allies.
The former monarch left his country in the wake of fraud investigations, which have since been dropped, and now lives in the United Arab Emirates.
The completion of the investigation into parties at Downing Street that violated Covid rules lifts a cloud over the prime minister’s political future.
Libel proceedings in London have laid bare the personal lives of two British celebrities in a legal whodunit for the social media age. And it wasn’t just the tabloids that became obsessed with the feud.
Tanto en India como en el borrador del fallo Roe v. Wade en Estados Unidos, todavía ocupa un lugar preponderante un juez inglés que escribió que las mujeres estaban obligadas por contrato a los maridos.
The government has brought stability for now through extreme measures, but forecasters are expecting continued severe inflation and a deep downturn.
Skiing, hiking and dogsledding will never be the same in Svalbard, Norway, which has warmed more than twice as quickly as the rest of the Arctic. The islands may be isolated, but the changes aren’t.
When Glasgow Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt headed to Spain for the Europa League final, tens of thousands of their fans followed.
The case, the first in the U.S. this year, follows unusual clusters discovered in Europe and Canada.
Many soldiers who surrendered from Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant belong to the Azov battalion, a group with far-right roots, and the Kremlin may now put them on trial just as Ukraine is prosecuting Russians for war crimes.
Leaders of Turkey and Hungary are slowing the Western response to Russia.
She was the last surviving daughter of the baron and the would-be nun depicted in the stage musical and 1965 film.
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His moody 2004 film, ‘Distant,’ about an unemployed factory worker in Istanbul, has been revived for a short run at Film Forum in Manhattan.
Russia benefits as Turkey slows down Swedish and Finnish applications to NATO and Hungary continues to block an E.U. embargo on Russian oil.
Operating with skeleton crews, doctors and nurses race to save limbs, and lives. It’s a grim routine for medical personnel often working around the clock. And not all limbs can be saved.
At 65, the British artist based in New York is in the Whitney Biennial and on the Turner Prize shortlist. Her sculptures blend strange and common items to make sense of the world.
Lafarge faces a court battle over allegations that it put employees at risk and financed terrorist groups in a bid to keep operating in Syria.
The arrest, of a man who has not yet been identified, was the latest in a string of sexual misconduct allegations against members of Parliament.
On the outskirts of Lviv, displaced artists shunning government shelters have found a home in an abandoned factory. They recently opened up their space.
Top economic officials are gathering this week to discuss how to keep pressure on Vladimir V. Putin without sinking their economies.
The annual inflation rate jumped as household gas and electricity bills rose significantly.
La guerra en Ucrania se combina con una contracción global al crédito y la desaceleración en China, lo que siembra miseria en los países de ingresos bajos y medios.
La solicitud de Suecia y Finlandia para formar parte de la alianza atlántica, tras décadas de neutralidad, es una clara declaración de que la invasión rusa de Ucrania ha puesto fin a una era de ilusiones europeas respecto a Moscú.
Neither is being realistic about a smooth transition to renewable energy.
The government’s order for hundreds of remaining fighters to stand down offers Russia a propaganda victory, but prospects for a prisoner swap seem unclear at best.
A new proposal would significantly rewrite E.U. rules on renewable energy, ending subsidies for biomass like wood pellets.
Leaders of the two Nordic nations said they would submit their NATO applications together, in a coordinated decision to end decades of neutrality amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader’s appearance at the international film festival followed similar addresses to Parliaments around the world, including Congress in March.
A draft law would allow women to stay home if they are diagnosed by a doctor. It would also extend abortion access, but it faces an arduous path through Parliament.
The impasse is mainly driven by Russia’s insistence on controlling large areas of Ukrainian territory. But Ukraine is also emboldened by successes on the battlefield and angry over Russian atrocities.
They also said they would travel to Washington to meet with President Biden about the war in Ukraine and their bid to join the Western military alliance.
The winning band’s lead singer said he still feared for the fighters who had been holed up beneath the Azovstal steel plant.
Queen Elizabeth II made a rare public appearance to celebrate the opening of the Elizabeth line in London, which is named in her honor.
It was a rare moment in a country where broadcasters generally follow the Kremlin’s talking points about the war.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is combining with a global tightening of credit and an economic slowdown in China to sow misery in low- and middle-income countries.
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The decision sets Britain on a collision course with the European Union, 18 months after a trade deal that was meant to have completed Brexit.
Our reporters are answering readers’ questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many of you have asked about sentiments in Ukraine about the West.
The Treasury secretary warned that Ukraine did not have enough funding to sustain its government and fend off Russia.
In Bucha, Ukraine, our correspondent saw a city overshadowed by death coming back to life.
About 10,000 residents have come back to this eastern Ukrainian city, which is racing to repair the physical and psychological damage from Russia’s occupation.
More than 250 fighters were evacuated from the besieged Azovstal complex after holding out and sheltering civilians for weeks under near-constant Russian bombardment.
Russia appeared to shrink its already narrowed goals to take the Donbas region, as NATO and its two newest applicants, Sweden and Finland, practiced war games near Russia’s border.
In 1971, Blin was a working-class fighter from Hamburg and a top contender in Germany. Ali was coming off a loss to Joe Frazier and needed to get back in shape.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who traveled to Northern Ireland on Monday, also urged a power-sharing government in the wake of Sinn Fein’s victory in legislative elections.
Russia wanted to build a leaner, more flexible fighting force and eliminate waste, bureaucracy and corruption. But entrenched, Soviet-era practices endure.
Kaja Kallas, the prime minister, remembers the repression of life under Soviet rule and sees the same brutality in occupied Ukraine, which she believes is fighting for all of Europe.
Élisabeth Borne, the minister of labor who previously was in charge of the environment, will be the second woman to hold the post in France.