AMERICA ECONOMIA (Latin America), TERRA COLOMBIA (Colombia), EXCELSIOR (Mexico) Worldcrunch Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that his country would withdraw from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights “out of dignity,” after the Costa-Rica based organization accused Venezuela of “inhumane” jail conditions, America Economia reports. According to Terra Colombia, Hugo Chavez accused the Human Rights Court […]
Month: July 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS (USA) Worldcrunch DENVER – Reports are emerging on Thursday that the alleged shooter at the Aurora, Colorado movie theatre last week sent a suspicious package to a university he used to attend, according to the Associated Press. The sender and exact contents of the package are still undetermined. The University of Colorado Denver […]
AFP (France), THE TELEGRAPH (UK), YONHAP (South Korea) Worldcrunch LONDON – Day one of Olympic events started with a major diplomatic gaffe on Wednesday. As the North Korean women’s soccer team was entering Glaskgow’s Hampden Park stadium for the opening match with Colombia, a giant screen showed images of the South Korean flag, French news […]
CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY, UNITED DAILY NEWS, TAIWAN NEWS (Taiwan) Worldcrunch BEIJING – According to Xinhua News, Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong, resigned from his post on July 25 along with the vice-mayor, Ji Lin. The very short report did not give an explanation for the resignation of the city’s top officials. Wang Anshun, a Beijing city […]
In parts of northern Syria, Assad’s regime has fallen. In the region between the city of Aleppo and Turkey, the Sunni villagers have already taken control. But what comes next?
PRESS ASSOCIATION (UK), AP, PRESSE CITRON (France) DIE WELT (Germany) Worldcrunch One would think composing the mini “Twitter bio” for Jamaican 100-meter dash superstar Usain Bolt would be simple enough: “Fastest man on the planet” That covers it, no? But never underestimate the never-humble Olympian. Here’s the subtle social network CV he chose instead: The […]
Around Africa’s Great Lakes region, the precious metals industry is not getting the most out of its mines. One way to improve the industry would be to include more women in the work force — but resistance runs deep.
KOREA TIMES (South Korea), TWITTER Worldcrunch More than two weeks after the first photos of the couple surfaced, North Korean state media has announced that the nation’s young leader Kim Jong-un is indeed married to “Comrade Ri Sol-ju.” The couple had been photographed together early July at a concert, during a visit to an amusement […]
LIBERATION (France), ATLANTIC WIRE (USA), THE GUARDIAN (UK) Worldcrunch LONDON – British “masked street artist” Banksy has created two new murals for the Olympic Games, reports Libération. The first Olympic-themed mural, called “Going for Mould” shows a javelin thrower getting ready to throw a missile. The second mural, called “Hackney Welcomes the Olympics’ represents a […]
EL MUNDO, EL PAIS (Spain) Worldcrunch The Spanish stock market started this week at the level registered in April 2003, with a new risk rate record of 643 points, the highest since the creation of the euro, El Mundo reports. According to El Pais, investors have been once again ruthless with the Spanish stock values. […]
REUTERS, BBC NEWS, THE GUARDIAN (UK), HURRIYET (Turkey) Worldcrunch Troops loyal to Syrian president Bashar al- Assad converged on Aleppo on Wednesday as fighting between rebel and governmental forces intensified, signaling a shift of the uprising against the regime that began last year to a full-blown insurgency. BBC News and Reuters reported that the regime […]
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Help, The Tourists Are Coming!
Noisy tourists who come by the bus-full, drunk Brits: many people living in European cities are fed up with the hordes of tourists that are threatening their quality of life.
AL-MASRY AL-YOUM (Egypt) Worldcrunch A month after he was elected president, Mohamed Morsi has surprised many by naming Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil as prime minister. More than praise or criticism, the general reaction was “Who is he?”, reports Al-Masry Al-Youm, According to the Cairo newspaper, Qandil is an unassuming, innocuous figure, […]
The regional governments have decided to save money on firefighting equipment, staff and prevention campaigns. In a drought year, this has dramatic consequences: 17 forest fires have already destroyed thousands of hectares across the country.
Less than a month into his rule as president, Mohamed Morsi’s 100-day plan, which covers a wide range of issues, seems more unrealistic than doable for many.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (United States) Worldcrunch A small plane towing a “Will You Marry Me?” banner crashed into Rhode Island’s Block Island Sound on Monday afternoon, US website Eyewitness News reports. Coast Guard officials were able to speak to the pilot’s 8 year old son who gave them a general idea of where his father was. […]
In Colombia, caught between the army and guerrillas who have been fighting each other for 60 years, the Nasa people are asking the warring parties to go fight somewhere else. It is resonating across the country.
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Where Planes Go To Die…. And Be Born Again
Maybe you didn’t know that the cutting-edge jumbo jets we fly around the world are often filled with recycled used parts.
EUROPE 1, RMC SPORT (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – This adds a new line to the definition of “armed robbery”… On Saturday morning, French disabled athlete Arnaud Assoumani, who holds the Paralympic long jump world record, was attacked by two young thieves as he was waiting at a red light on his scooter, French radio station […]
LE MONDE, AFP (France), AL JAZEERA (Qatar), HRW (USA) On Tuesday, eight people were killed in a mutiny at a prison in Syria’s second city Aleppo, where the conflict has intensified. The opposition Syrian National Council told AFP that security forces opened fire and used tear gas on prisoners during a peaceful sit-in to protest […]
THE STANDARD, HONG KONG OBSERVATORY (Hong Kong), CHINA DAILY (China) Worldcrunch More than a hundred people were injured on Tuesday as a typhoon lashed Hong Kong, with winds over 140 kilometers per hour. “Vicious Vicente” ravaged the city, said the Standard, disrupting services on land, air and sea. Schools were closed and outpatient clinic services […]
The city of Prato in Tuscany is warming up to its Chinese population. Little by little, Chinese immigrants have taken over the low-end garment industry and adapted to the Italian way of business.
A friend in need is a friend indeed: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s chief, has never wavered in his support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The stakes are high: if Assad goes, chances are Hezbollah goes too.
In a culture where having a big family is a sign of wealth, it is very difficult to stem the population explosion that is threatening these countries’ development and their inhabitants’ health.
NEW WEEKLY, HAN HAN BLOG (China) CHINA TIMES, UNITED DAILY NEWS (Taiwan) Worldcrunch TAIPEI – The half-century political standoff across the Taiwan Strait is slowly easing. But it may be China’s new waves of globetrotting tourists who help bury the axe once and for all, making the island nation a favorite new travel destination. Chinese […]
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Forest Fires Rage In Northeast Spain
EL PAIS, EL MUNDO, EL PERIODICO (Spain) Worldcrunch Two forest fires have been raging in the northern region of Catalonia, in northeast Spain, since Sunday afternoon, El Pais reports. The first fire started around 1 p.m., in the region of La Jonquera, close to the French border — the second, six hours later, in the […]
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In This Museum: Please Touch The Artwork
A joint exhibition between two Swiss museums invites visitors to experience the sensory, and sometimes sensual world of touch – by squeezing, scratching, feeling and stroking the works of art.
REUTERS, TIMES OF INDIA (India) Worldcrunch GUWAHATI – Tens of thousands villagers have fled their homes in northeast India after clashes between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers killed at least 17 people during the weekend. Between 25,000 and 50,000 villagers have fled their homes and taken shelter in government-run camps, after unidentified groups set ablaze […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AL JAZEERA Worldcrunch At least 93 people were killed in a string of bombings and shootings across Iraq on Monday morning, in the deadliest day so far this year. According to Iraqi officials, the death toll could still rise. The Associated Press reports that the attacks came a few days after Al […]
DIE WELT (Germany) Worldcrunch BERLIN – A 25-year-old track layer was fired by Berlin’s public transportation company BVG for smoking hash on the weekend, Die Welt reports. A court decision in the Denny W. case could set a precedent in German law with regard to whether an employee in a sector where public safety is […]
Derided by her opponents as just the puppet of her brother, a populist former prime minister living in exile, Shinawatra is still on a mission to be taken seriously. But a year after her surprise election, still being there is already an accomplishment.
German authorities, like their counterparts elsewhere, have proven unable to protect certain businesses and individuals from cyber crimes. Now, more and more are taking digital justice into their own hands.
Essay: Purists of the French language have long derided the slipping of English words into daily conversations. But now, even a reasoned observer who acknowledges the importance of English, says it has all gone too far.
A German reporter has the curiosity — and courage — to see how the traditional Oktoberfest celebration looks and tastes in the American state of Maryland. A decidedly mixed review.
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How Testosterone Drives History
A new book by a German researcher explores the role that the hormone, which is more present in males, plays not just in mindless aggression, but also the kinds of real-life revolutions that change history.
CARTA CAPITAL (Brazil) Worldcrunch One year has passed since Carlos Augusto Catanheide first noticed the girl with brown skin and green eyes who went to his tiny shop to buy flour. She was 13 and he was 47. They got married soon after in Conceição do Lago Açu, a small town with 15,000 inhabitants in […]
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Erdogan called abortion “murder,” setting off protests in Turkey, where the practice has long been allowed early in pregnancies. Now, a woman who has an abortion after the 10th week faces three years in
BBC, AP Syrian TV announced the death of a fourth top regime official Friday morning from the suicide bombing earlier in the week that killed members of Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle. AP reported that Syria’s national security chief Gen. Hisham Ikhtiar died at a Damascus hospital from injuries from the attack carried out Wednesday by […]
AP, 9NEWS Worldcrunch The Associated Press is reporting that at least 14 people were killed and 50 wounded at a shooting at the Aurora Mall near Denver, Colorado early on Friday morning, during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” A suspect is currently in custody. Aurora police tell us […]
After piecing together history from nearly 400 years ago, Cologne’s city council has identified and “rehabilitated” 38 men, women and children who were tortured and executed in the hysteria of both Catholic and Protestant inquis