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How English (And Etsy) Killed Germany's Online Crafts Leader
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — DaWanda just wasn't growing fast enough. It was destined to die a slow death, reasoned Claudia Helming, a top figure in the German startup scene. And so,...
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Battered Baltic Seals And Polish Fishermen Nightmare
Worldcrunch.com / GAZETA WYBORCZA -Essay- GDANSK — Reports of murdered seals are alarming. Not only because of the number of the deaths, although it is greater than in previous years, but also due to...
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An Urgent Call For Accountability In China's Vaccine Scandal
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER -Editorial- BEIJING — Following recent revelations of a data falsification and faulty product scandal involving Changsheng Bio-Technology, one of China's major...
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Behind The Wheel With A Straight-Talking Uber Driver
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER WASHINGTON D.C. — I have been an Uber driver for a few months now. As a rule, I don't drive more than three days a week, for three to four hours a day. If you want to hire me,...
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When Is Violence Acceptable? On Ending Tyranny in Venezuela
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR BOGOTA — On Dec. 31,1958, a bearded man with a beret took the microphone on Radio Rebelde, the broadcaster of Cuban guerrillas opposed to the regime of President...
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Watch: OneShot — Back From The Gulag
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT He was born three years before Russia’s October Revolution, and served in the Red Army during World War II. But in 1945, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested for criticizing...
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$1 Trillion!? Dissecting Apple's New Money Milestone
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS NEW YORK — Apple Inc. was a profit geyser well before it reached the $1-trillion value mark on Thursday. Even Warren Buffett is impressed. "It is an unbelievable...
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Welcome To The Metadata Society — And Beware
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — Every day, Google processes 3.5 billion search queries. Users google everything: resumes, diseases, sexual preferences, criminal plans. And in doing so,...
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Watch: OneShot — The Chef Of The Century
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT The gastronomy world mourns the death of French culinary genius Joël Robuchon following a long battle against cancer. This OneShot focuses on one of the early moments of his...
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Adios, Santos: An Appreciative Send-Off As Colombia's Peace President Steps Down
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Op-Ed- BOGOTA — After eight years in office, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón officially completed his tenure today as president of Colombia, and though it may be early to...
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Building Beit Beirut, A History Museum In A City That Tries To Forget
Worldcrunch.com / NEWS DEEPLY BEIRUT — Mona Hallak, 26, landed on the tarmac of the Beirut International Airport in 1994, four years after the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war, and headed straight...
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Why Old Europe Needs A New Approach To Infrastructure
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — With its crumbling roads, deteriorating railroads and undersized telecommunication networks, the Old Continent has never been more aptly named. Indeed, on...
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73 Years On, Hiroshima And Nagasaki Survivors Still Grapple With Guilt
Worldcrunch.com / THE JAPAN NEWS TOKYO — Seventy-three years after atomic bombs laid waste to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, remaining survivors still bear the physical and...
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Historic Abortion Vote Puts All Eyes On Argentina
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- Months of impassioned public debate, colorful protests and determined counter-demonstrations are coming to a head today in Argentina, where the Senate is set...
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Ecuador's Point And Snout
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Taking pictures at the vibrant marketplace in Otavalo, Ecuador required more than just pointing and shooting: I also had to avoid getting trodden on by one of the many,...
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"Opium" No More: The Changing Relevance Of Religion In Austerity-Hit Egypt
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Karl Marx hated organized and institutionalized religion. Of all his economic and political thoughts, his words equating religion with opium are some of the most...
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Tears And Smiles: A Divided Argentina Reacts To Abortion Ruling
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH La Voz's Aug. 9 front page Deeply disappointing for some. A reason to celebrate for others. After an historic senate vote on Wednesday, Argentina is still “without legal...
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Why Europe Must Stand Up To Trump On Iran
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- MUNICH — The regime in Tehran is committed to destroying Israel. It promotes terrorism and creates discord in the region, while at home, the mullahs...
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Hindu Nationalism And The Posthumous Glory Of Gandhi’s Murderer
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE PUNE — This article almost didn’t see the light of day. My mistake was to send a message to the great-nephew of Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, without realizing...
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Watch: OneShot — Blinded In The City Of Lights
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT Désolé, France is not on the trajectory of the partial solar eclipse taking place this Saturday (Aug. 11). About a century ago, Parisians were luckier: The total eclipse of...
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