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Got AI? Connected Cows, Artificial Intelligence, Your Milk
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WAYNESBORO — In the two months since Richard Watson strapped 200 remote-control-sized transmitters around his cows' necks, an artificial-intelligence system named...
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Art History Gets Complicated For The #MeToo Era
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO PARIS — There's Deianira who was abducted by a centaur. And Proserpina, Persephone, Europa and Philyra, who were also snatched away by some god often advantageously...
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Trump, Putin And The False Definition Of A 'New Cold War'
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — "Impossible peace, improbable war." That's how — using his way with words and talent for synthesis —French philosopher Raymond Aron defined the Cold War....
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Is Switzerland Finally On Its Way To Being Cool?
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS ZURICH — Ask any Swiss person if they think their country is cool and you're likely to get a raised eyebrow, maybe even a burst of laughter. Efficient? Sure. Switzerland is...
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Will Lula's Downfall Kill Social Democracy in Brazil?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Analysis- One of the many sayings attributed to the former, now-jailed, Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva shows his eminent pragmatism and the political stance...
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Israel’s Vital New Defense Weapon: An Underground Blood Bank
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA RAMLA — Half an hour’s drive from Tel Aviv, bulldozers and excavators are hard at work on a new high-tech facility that will become a centerpiece of Israel’s national...
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A New Migrant Gateway On Algeria’s Western Border
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH MAGHNIA — The banks of the Wadi Jorgi river valley in western Algeria are littered with the remains of shacks built from branches, plastic, and sheet metal. The sprawling...
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Looking For Mandela's Gold
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH These "birds of paradise" flowers are native to South Africa. And indeed, they thrive near the Drakensberg mountain range. Alas, these one are not of the Mandela's Gold...
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Syria, How Did It Come To This?
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -Analysis- PARIS — The Syrian population continues to endure various armed conflicts. Despite all the attention this war gets from international, political and humanitarian...
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Viktor From The East: Beware The Orbanization Of Europe
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT -OpEd- Viktor Orban was beaming on the evening of his victory this past weekend, which brought him his fourth term as Prime Minister. The Hungarian loves the taste of...
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Watch: OneShot — Rohingya Crisis
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — Rohingya Crisis, 2017 (©Patrick Brown/UNICEF) A boat transporting about a hundred Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized off a coast in Bangladesh and only 17...
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Watch: OneShot — The Battle For Mosul
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — The Battle for Mosul, 2017 (©Ivor Prickett) Civilians who had remained in west Mosul after the battle to take the city line up for aid in the Mamun neighborhood....
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Uber Will You Have Me? A Personal History
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER WASHINGTON — About two years ago, after I experienced my first rides as a passenger with Uber, I wrote: “Uber is not just a new model of a company. It is not just a company...
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Watch: OneShot — Venezuela Crisis
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — Venezuela Crisis, 2017 (©Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP) José Víctor Salazar Balza, 28, catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during an anti-government protest...
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Not Just Trump: More Economists Questioning Free-Trade Orthodoxy
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — What if Donald Trump was right to close the borders? For quite a long time, the vast majority of economists would have scoffed at this very question. Come on, the...
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Watch: OneShot — Boko Haram Survivor
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — Boko Haram survivor, 2017 (©Adam Ferguson/The New York Times) Portrait of Aisha, 14, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram and assigned a suicide bomb mission. Instead of...
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Why Digital Abstinence Won't Fix Facebook
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- MUNICH — In the aftermath of the Facebook data scandal, some users have been deleting their accounts. It's an understandable gut reaction, but it's also a...
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Watch: OneShot — Witnessing Westminster Aftermath
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — Witnessing the immediate aftermath, 2017 (©Toby Melville/Reuters) This photo was taken just after a terrorist drove into pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge,...
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Between Healthy Fries And Guilt-Free #FatSwissGirls
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- The Western world isn’t short of public enemies right now. There are, of course, the usual suspects: Putin, Assad, even Mark Zuckerberg seems to have joined...
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Watch: OneShot — Saving Mosul
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT OneShot — The Battle for Mosul, 2017 (©Ivor Prickett) An unidentified young boy who had survived the siege of last ISIS-controlled area in the Old City of Mosul is cared for...
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