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Next On The Korean Peninsula: Trump And Pyongyang Nukes
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS Kim Jong Un’s historic call for peace also included an unspoken message to U.S. President Donald Trump: North Korea won’t surrender its nuclear weapons easily. The...
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Made In China? America First? The Tech Arms Race Is On
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Russian Poker? Why The New Cold War May Be About To Thaw
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Buddha Inc? A Mindfulness Path For India To Reclaim Soft Power
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Iceland, A Unique Lab For Gender Equality
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS REYKJAVIK — Perhaps it’s the dust that makes Hugrun Hjaltadottir eyes water. Or, the sun that filters through the window, raising the temperature to a degree almost...
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In Prosperous Chile, Immigration Policy Smacks Of Racism
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Facebook, A Black Market For Five-Star Amazon Reviews
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Robot Brains Need Human Rules
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Tax Harmonization, The One True Way To Combat Fiscal Havens
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Not Exactly Free, A Filipina Domestic Worker's Life In Cairo
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — On a hot summer day in 2012, two smartly clad Filipina women arrived at the JW Marriott Hotel on Cairo’s ring road, toting handbags in the crooks of their arms as...
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Iran Nuclear Row: Should Europe Just Stay The Course?
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT -Analysis- WASHINGTON — After the revelations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran's nuclear program, Europeans are on the defensive. The material...
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Welcome To My Turkish Cave
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The only thing more impressive than beholding the ancient troglodyte structures of Turkey's Cappadocia region, was realizing that yes, some people still actually lived in...
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Will Croatia's Quest For Energy Independence Cost It Krk?
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Mario Vargas Llosa: I Would Like To Die With A Pen In My Hand
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — "A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog one important thing," the Ancient Greek poet Archilochus is said to have written. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin elaborated...
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Compared To Google, Amazon And Facebook, Apple Ain't So Bad After All
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS -Essay- I’ve long been a critic of Apple, but today I give up: It’s the perfect tech company for this day and age, an example to the rest of Silicon Valley. After...
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Are Electric Cars Doomed To Be Just A Niche Market?
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — The car of the future will be electric. That is now a certainty. Or rather a consensus. Unless it's an illusion? Let's start at the beginning. A symbol of...
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Nicaragua, A Death Toll And Daniel Ortega's Destiny
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Nicaragua’s crafty caudillo, Daniel Ortega, has weathered the storm — for now at least. But his grip on power is certainly not what it was before the dramatic...
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Women Scientists In India Try New Experiments To Fight Sexism
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NEW DELHI — Maria Thaker, an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru applied for tenure, but her application was turned down because she did...
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Europe Needs Common Front Against Trump's Bullying On Trade
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- MUNICH — Donald Trump may have extended the grace period by one month, but make no mistake about it, he's still holding a gun to Europe's head in the...
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When A California Boy Discovers Bear Bashing In Rural France
Worldcrunch.com / RUE AMELOT PAU — Not far from this southwestern French city, up in the snow-capped Pyrénées mountains that tower in the distance, there are bears. Still, even the most intrepid human...
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