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Channel Reversal: Will The Free Market Leave London For Paris?
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — It was just one year ago that France was bogged down in regular demonstrations against a labor reform law and the coming presidential election looked set...
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Three Years After Coup, No End In Sight For Thailand's Military Rule
Worldcrunch.com / KBR BANGKOK — Three years ago, on May 22, 2014, members of parliament gathered to find a solution to Thailand’s political crisis. But the politicians were swiftly captured by the...
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Sounds Of The City: Why Urban Acoustics Matter
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS BERNE — It probably has happened to you one time or more. While you're walking somewhere in a city, you suddenly feel the desire to stay a while longer in a particular spot....
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The Worldwide Epidemic Of Counterfeit Drugs
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — A deadly epidemic is spreading globally. It can strike at any moment, in any country, and too often goes unnoticed. This epidemic, however, is not some...
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The Blue Carpet Of Cannes
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Right now, with the 70th edition of the annual Film Festival underway, those 24 iconic steps of the Grand Auditorium in Cannes are strictly off-limits to the general...
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Manchester, When Terrorism Aims At Teens
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH News broke shortly after 10:30 p.m. local time last night: an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in the northern British city of Manchester. At least 22 people were...
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No Messiah Can Solve The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict For Us
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -OpEd- TEL AVIV — We know the importance of Messianism in Judaism. The figure of the Messiah is none other than the universally shared incarnation of hope. But while it...
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A Human Shield Exposed In The Daylight Of Kashmir
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH One of the ugliest tactics in modern warfare has been the use of “human shields.” From Serbia to Sri Lanka and Gaza, armed combatants have been accused of putting...
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Even More Than The Anti-Trump, Macron Is The Anti-Putin
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE MOSCOW — Relations between new French President Emmanuel Macron and Moscow are starting off from a very low place indeed. Never before has a French politician been the...
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Controlling Information, From Montana To Manchester
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH —Analysis— The simmering tensions between reporters and politicians in the U.S. have moved beyond the White House press room — and beyond just words. Guardian reporter...
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Donald Trump's Week-Long Stumble Across The World Stage
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — President Trump arrived in Jerusalem this week with a most curious bit of information for Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. “We just got back from the...
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Beyond The Baby Carrot, A Growing Demand For Mini Vegetables
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS GENEVA — It's a sight that would have pleased Pantagruel, the 16th-century giant dreamed up by French writer François Rabelais. A horde of mini-vegetables, more numerous and...
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How Latin America Can Rise From The Sinkhole Of Corruption
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Editorial- SANTIAGO — Brazil may face its second presidential impeachment in less than a year, thanks to revelations of the veritable epidemic of corruption...
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Off With Their Names
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Hong Kong was still under British rule when we visited it. This strangely shaped building was then named the Prince of Wales Building and housed the head office of the...
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G7 In Taormina, Molding A World Of Bad Choices
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH After Saudi Arabia, Israel, Rome and Brussels, Donald Trump's week-long odyssey comes to an end with the G7 meeting in the Sicilian town of Taormina. As has become a...
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Inside The Minds And Maneuverings Of A Cannes Festival Jury
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS CANNES — You wake up early in Cannes, even if you always go to bed late. At 7:45 a.m., the first journalists rush to the red carpet to get the best spots around the Grand...
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Trump v German Auto Industry, Bad Lessons In Basic Economics
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS -Analysis- BERLIN — When they want Donald Trump to grasp a topic, his advisers have learned to keep things simple. Visual aids help. Unfortunately, global economic...
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A Saudi Hand Guides Quiet Rise Of Islam In Cuba
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO HAVANA — Appearing at the bend of a paved street in central Havana, an ebony face veiled in blue contrasts with the surrounding landscape of Cuban clichés. There is the...
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Time To Stick A Fork In The Cult Worship Of Chefs
Worldcrunch.com / FOLHA DE S. PAULO -OpEd- What's the best restaurant in the world? According to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, the award goes to the Eleven Madison Park in New York. My sincere...
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Trump v. Merkel, In Any Language
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The ruins left behind by President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip don’t look anything like the archeological wonders in Taormina, Sicily, site of this past weekend’s...
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