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The Immortal Putin, One Man's Plans To Rule Russia Forever
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -Analysis- MOSCOW — Aug. 9 came and went in Russia without an official celebration. And yet, the date is significant. It marks the moment Vladimir Putin first came to power...
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What To Expect When Your Boss Is A Millennial
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — The generation that came of age at the turn of the century is now revolutionizing the workplace. By 2020, millennials, as they're known, will represent more...
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Miami To Mumbai, Can "Sponge Cities" Save Us From Global Warming?
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Miami’s beaches and boardwalks have become waterways. Houston’s highways looked like lakes just two weeks back, while halfway around the world boats were replacing buses...
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North Korea Brinksmanship And My Pyongyang Memories
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER In May 1999, I visited North Korea. I was based at the time in Beijing as a correspondent for a Slovenian newspaper, and it was impossible not to visit the country that had...
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The Rise Of "Made In Ethiopia" — With The Backing Of Beijing
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE HAWASSA — Peter Wan is smiling from ear to ear. The 50-year-old walks past huge warehouses, where dozens of Ethiopians are busy working on spinning and thread-dyeing...
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Heroic Minsk
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Minsk is a former Hero City: a Soviet title awarded to 12 cities for their "outstanding services to the Motherland" during World War II. The honor came with an obelisk.
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Labor Strikes And Hurricane Relief, Macron's Longest Day
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- The honeymoon is definitely over. Just four months after he was elected to lead France, Emmanuel Macron faced his first major nationwide protest Tuesday...
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In Pakistan, Arsenic-Laced Water Puts Millions At Risk
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE BENGALURU — In vintage crime novels, there is often someone murdered by slow poisoning, and arsenic has been a common weapon of choice. It works the same way in your body —...
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As Brexit Talks Stall, The Hunt Is On For European Passports
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO It was supposed to be the top priority of Brexit negotiations, the easiest issue to deal with given the goodwill for it declared on both sides. And yet, London and Brussels...
View ArticleBrazil Shooting Range Uses Lula and Dilma Images As Targets
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH RECIFE — Caricatures can sometimes cross the line. But world leaders, who are always the center of attention, tend to get used to unflattering satirical portraits. But...
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Dutch YouTubers Get High In The Name Of Science — And Clicks
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT AMSTERDAM — Rens Polman feels "so lekker" — Dutch for "pleasant" or "good" — on ecstasy. The young man is one of three people in the Netherlands who tests out illegal drugs...
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Why Empanada Dog Is The Perfect Metaphor For Chile
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH A South American street dog has become an unlikely global internet star after he appeared in a local news segment, ever so slyly stealing an empanada off the grill of a...
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Saviors Or Profiteers? The Business Of Hurricane Recovery
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS HOUSTON — Frank Jones's cell phone chimes: He's landed another job. If he's lucky, it could net him a cool million. "We got a monster house," says Jones, driving...
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Hunger Games? What's Wrong With Cairo's Prison-Themed Restaurant
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — There is something tempting, even captivating, about the opportunity to temporarily experience being someone different, someone perhaps more interesting. Though...
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As Libyan Route Shuts Off, Migrants Turn To Tunisian Coast
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH We have seen far fewer grim accounts of rescues and drownings of would-be immigrants in the Mediterranean in recent weeks, as the human trafficking route-of-choice...
View ArticleSeattle From The Needle
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH That's the beauty of shooting with a telelens: From the top of the famous Space Needle, I was able to see details of downtown Seattle — more than a mile away.
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Turkey's Exiled Intellectuals Find Haven In "Little Istanbul" Of Berlin
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG BERLIN — It was in January 2017. Yildiz Cakar, a Kurdish writer, had barely arrived in Berlin when she received a call from her family: the staff and members of...
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Why I Won't Be Watching The Third Season Of Narcos
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Essay- BOGOTÁ — I always had mixed feelings about the Netflix series Narcos. The first two seasons were based on the life and times of Colombian drug lord Pablo...
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With Myanmar's Fleeing Rohingyas, A Cruel Portrait Of Ethnic Cleansing
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE TEKNAF — They ran, they walked, they stumbled, then they ran again. They're exhausted, starving, some are wounded. They fled with fear and death chasing from behind. They...
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The Many Dangers Of A Worldwide Nuclear Weapons Ban
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — This month, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will open for signature at the United Nations. Signatories will promise never to...
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