By coincidence, the timing of our stylebook revisions dovetailed with the rebranding of our global editions as The International New York Times. As part of that integration, our colleagues in Paris, London and Hong Kong have made a Herculean effort to adopt our stylebook and largely eliminate the variations and exceptions The Herald Tribune had maintained.
After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/international-style/