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Why AI Is Now The Key Ingredient For Modern Productivity
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- CARACAS — Artificial Intelligence is opening up new opportunities for the economy and society. But it will also affect millions of human jobs, and thus...
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Meet Mischaël Modrikamen: Steve Bannon’s Man In Europe
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA BRUSSELS — Southeast of the palaces of the European quarter, about 10 kilometers from the center of Brussels, is a luxurious red-brick building surrounded by green. Located...
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Watch: OneShot — Chronic Kidney Disease And A Grieving Mother
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT This last instalment of our three-part OneShot series, tells the story of Santos Felipa, who lost her son last year to Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDu)....
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In Malaysia, Asylum Seekers And Trauma As Currency
Worldcrunch.com / NEWS DEEPLY KUALA LUMPUR — Muddasir Ahmed Rajput didn't know what to expect from his asylum interview with the United Nations in Kuala Lumpur. He worried he might have to take a lie...
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Currency Crisis: Should Argentina Ditch The Peso And Adopt The Dollar?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — It's a classic response in Argentina. Every time the economy gets into trouble, people start proposing magic solutions. This time, with a 100% devaluation of...
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Tora Prison Diary: Conjuring Harry Potter Magic In The Darkness
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR -Essay- TORA — I struggle back to the prison wing, my arms protesting under the weight of the gift bags I'm carrying, one in each hand. I can feel the sweat streaming from...
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Latin America Needs To Get Serious About The Venezuelan Exodus
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Analysis- BOGOTÁ — From Colombia to Ecuador and Chile, to diminutive Caribbean islands with little space to spare, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) states have had...
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Bolivia's Mysterious Monolithic Monk
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Like their Easter Island counterparts, the giant statues of Tiwanaku, in western Bolivia, are shrouded in mystery. For example, the stone used for this "Monk" monolith...
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After The Demise Of Paris' Pioneering Electric Car Sharing System
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — This past summer, Parisians bid adieu to Autolib', a pioneering electric-car-sharing service that came to a premature demise after operating for fewer than seven...
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Female Engineers, The Future Of Africa's Urban Development
Worldcrunch.com / NEWS DEEPLY DAR ES SALAAM — From her desk, Zanura Miraji views a gateway to the center of Tanzania’s most populous city. Beneath her, cars become snared in traffic jams, while...
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Watch: OneShot — Bully In The Mirror
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT With Bully Pulpit, U.S.-born artist Haley Morris-Cafiero offers a parodic comment on the phenomenon of bullying in the age of social media. Finding photographs of her...
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Kavanaugh Confirmation: Washington Broken, Nation Divided
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON, D.C. — The subject was supposed to be the selection of a new justice on the Supreme Court. Instead Thursday’s showdown on Capitol Hill was a raw,...
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The Real Invisible Threat To Democracy: Poverty
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — These are scenes that are not worthy of Germany, scenes that should not take place in a prosperous society. For example, this summer I sat down with my...
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Why "Uberization" Of Our Economy Is Here To Stay
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — In a recent ruling, Argentina's Supreme Court finally decided, for procedural purposes, to recognize contracts that individual parties make through the...
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In U.S., Turning Sewage Plants Into Travel Destinations
Worldcrunch.com / NEWS DEEPLY MALTBY — Of all the places a couple might select for their wedding venue, a sewage treatment facility has to be among the least likely. In fact, it's hard to imagine...
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Watch: OneShot, Adieu Aznavour — Farewell To French Crooner
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT Arguably the best-known French singer of his generation and a national icon in Armenia, Charles Aznavour died Monday at age 94 at his home in Mouriès, in southern of France....
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From China To North America, Trump's Unique Brand Of Protectionism
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Editorial- At first sight, the announcement of a new trade pact between the United States and Mexico seemed a triumph for President Donald J. Trump. And the...
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Blasey Ford To Bollywood, When #MeToo Begets #IBelieve
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE MUMBAI — Too many women woke up feeling tired today. Too many women went to bed last night with clenched jaws and shaky heartbeats. For nearly one year now, many of us have...
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The Infuriating, Durable Power Of The American Dollar
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — Can we just be done with dollar? This fiscal fantasy has been a French obsession for decades. In 1964, the young finance minister and future president,...
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Simply Into Science: How To Tear Down STEM's Gender Wall
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH "Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius" — George Sand PARIS — Five hundred...
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