Koba Ryckewaert
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Brussels-based freelance journalist @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, Belga News Agency a.o. ✉️ koba@sonder.land
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Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
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The Trump administration intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after USAID shut down, at a cost to the U.S. of more than $160,000 in transport and incineration fees. European governments are still hoping to stop it. nyti.ms/4ma5iaa
August 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump administration intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after USAID shut down, at a cost to the U.S. of more than $160,000 in transport and incineration fees. European governments are still hoping to stop it. nyti.ms/4ma5iaa
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For the last year and a half I've been traveling to countries around the world to talk to people about assisted dying and the ways that different societies find ethical comfort with the practice. The first story in that series published today www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/h...
She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death (Gift Article)
In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.
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February 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For the last year and a half I've been traveling to countries around the world to talk to people about assisted dying and the ways that different societies find ethical comfort with the practice. The first story in that series published today www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/h...
Belgium has reached an agreement to form a coalition government, ending seven months of partisan squabbling
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
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Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling (Gift Article)
The country’s tense negotiations hinged on taxing and social spending — and they highlight issues facing Europe, and Western democracies, as a whole.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Belgium has reached an agreement to form a coalition government, ending seven months of partisan squabbling
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
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Scenes from the Belgian government formation talks. Or the thing that flashes before your eyes when you imagine the family Christmas dinner you're dreading
December 10, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Scenes from the Belgian government formation talks. Or the thing that flashes before your eyes when you imagine the family Christmas dinner you're dreading
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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If you like to ingest long articles with your ears rather than your eyes, my Guardian Long Read on Avatar Therapy - one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever reported on - is now a podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads?
Podcast Episode · The Audio Long Read · 22/11/2024 · 48m
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November 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
If you like to ingest long articles with your ears rather than your eyes, my Guardian Long Read on Avatar Therapy - one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever reported on - is now a podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...