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Worldcrunch » Archives for October 2013

October 2013

"Rex" and Bertolt Meyer, the man who lent his face to the bionic exoskeleton
Futuretechnology

Be Still, My Ticking Heart? Introducing The Artificial Organs Of The Future

by Worldcrunch October 31, 2013May 22, 2025
10 Countries Most Vulnerable To Climate Change
Geopoliticsclimate change

10 Countries Most Vulnerable To Climate Change

by Julie Farrar October 31, 2013May 21, 2025
Crime Int'l: Smartphone Armor, Forbidden City Murder, More
Geopoliticschina

Crime Int’l: Smartphone Armor, Forbidden City Murder, More

by Julie Farrar October 31, 2013May 21, 2025
Colombian special forces troops in training
Societycolombia

Colombia Wants To Defend Its Troops Against War Crimes Charges

by Patrick Randall October 31, 2013May 22, 2025
ARABICA: Tunisia Shooting, Saudi Driving And Other News Buzzing In The Arab World
Geopoliticssyria

ARABICA: Tunisia Shooting, Saudi Driving And Other News Buzzing In The Arab World

by Bertrand Hauger October 31, 2013May 22, 2025
Waiting for teachers to arrive in Pakistan's ghost schools
Geopoliticseducation

Pakistan’s Ghost Schools, Rusting Symbols Of A Nation’s Lost Potential

by Liz Garrigan October 31, 2013May 22, 2025
A dragon parade marks the start of the Wat Saket temple fair in Bangkok
Geopoliticsthailand

ISIS Recruits, NY Homelessness Grows, Scary Clowns Ban

by Bertrand Hauger October 31, 2013May 23, 2025
Luxury shopping in Moscow
Societyrussia

The Psychology Behind Russia’s Runaway Consumerism

by Emily Liedel October 31, 2013May 23, 2025
By The Numbers: Assassination Price, Adobe Hack, Beatle Home
Geopoliticsvenezuela

By The Numbers: Assassination Price, Adobe Hack, Beatle Home

by Worldcrunch October 30, 2013May 21, 2025
"It’s not much better in here than it is outside. It’s like Guantanamo"
blogimmigration

“Why Are You Here?” Undercover Inside Italy’s Wretched Immigrant Detention Center

by Bertrand Hauger October 30, 2013May 24, 2025
Waiting
Societyfrance

Diary Of A Double Mastectomy

by Patrick Randall October 30, 2013May 22, 2025
An image of Xi from the video in question.
Societychina

China Lightens Up: State Propaganda Drawn With Xi Jinping Cartoons

by Patrick Randall October 30, 2013May 22, 2025
A Scary World: 6 Halloween Costumes From Ghosts Of Headlines Present
Geopoliticspolitics

A Scary World: 6 Halloween Costumes From Ghosts Of Headlines Present

by Julie Farrar October 30, 2013May 21, 2025
What's on today's menu?
Geopoliticspolitics

In The Cafes Of Buenos Aires, Political Debate Is A Dying Art

by Julie Farrar October 30, 2013May 23, 2025
The SF Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals Wednesday to win the World Series
Geopoliticsnato

Sweden Recognizes Palestine, Ebola Slows In Liberia, New Emoticon

by Bertrand Hauger October 30, 2013May 21, 2025
Architectural rendering of "The New Waterfront" in Sestroretsk
Smarter Citiesrussia

One Small Step Toward Smarter Cities In Russia, With Help From Japan

by Emily Liedel October 29, 2013May 22, 2025
7 Cool Underground Projects To Help Cities Grow Downward
Smarter Citiestechnology

7 Cool Underground Projects To Help Cities Grow Downward

by Julie Farrar October 29, 2013May 21, 2025
No surprises
Geopoliticsusa

Enough With The Outrage – Spying On Your Allies Is Nothing New

by Patrick Randall October 29, 2013May 22, 2025
Grindr, in the crosshairs of Turkish justice
Societygay

Smartphone App For Gays Banned In Turkey, Prostitution Cited

by Patrick Randall October 29, 2013May 22, 2025
A NASA rocket carrying cargo to the ISS exploded shortly after launching Tuesday night.
Geopoliticsunited states

NASA Fail, 60 Days To Save Africa, Google Vs. Death

by Bertrand Hauger October 29, 2013May 23, 2025
Ewha Womans University's central underground building, Seoul
Smarter Citiesswitzerland

Subterranean Future: Top Architect On Brains And Beauty Of Underground Buildings

by Emily Liedel October 29, 2013May 22, 2025
Aerial view of Sino Singapore Tianjin Eco-City
Futurepollution

Big Dreams And Ghost-Town Fears In China’s New Mega Eco-City

by Bertrand Hauger October 29, 2013May 22, 2025
Bangkok's Khlong Toei port
Economytechnology

Thailand, A Foreign Investment Paradox

by Worldcrunch October 28, 2013May 22, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
Geopoliticschina

China-USA: The Economics That Drive Politics In The Pacific

by Patrick Randall October 28, 2013May 22, 2025
Virtual hopes, real disappointment
Societydating

Disillusioned Romantics On Why They Abandoned Online Dating

by Patrick Randall October 28, 2013May 22, 2025
Filipino children playing in a cemetery near Manila as the country prepares for All Saint's Day
Geopoliticsisis

Second Mass Grave, Japan’s Nuclear Restart, Table Tennis Foul

by Bertrand Hauger October 28, 2013May 23, 2025
Snapshot Of The World: UK Storms, China Smog, Distant Galaxy And More
Geopoliticsphotos of the week

Snapshot Of The World: UK Storms, China Smog, Distant Galaxy And More

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 28, 2013May 21, 2025
Rob Rhinehart pouring a nice glass of Soylent
Food / Travelisrael

This Soylent Isn’t People, But Is It A Super Shake That Could Save The World?

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 28, 2013May 22, 2025
"Gold is part of India’s DNA"
Economyindia

India’s Insatiable Appetite For Gold And Why It Threatens Its Economy

by Worldcrunch October 27, 2013May 22, 2025
Verbatim: What Merkel, Assad, Pope Francis And Little Maria's Mother Said This Week
Geopoliticsgreece

Verbatim: What Merkel, Assad, Pope Francis And Little Maria’s Mother Said This Week

by Jeff Israely October 27, 2013May 21, 2025
U.S. crew members observing a Russian tanker in the Arctic
Economyrussia

Russia Prepares For A Very Cold War In The Far North

by Emily Liedel October 27, 2013May 23, 2025
Dilma Rousseff was re-elected president of Brazil on Sunday.
blogbrazil

Election Galore, Stress Tests, Smuggler’s Got Guts

by Bertrand Hauger October 27, 2013May 22, 2025
Architectural rendering of the Sophienpalais, part of the future luxury residences
Geopoliticshistory

What Happens When A Nazi Monument Is Transformed Into Luxury Housing

by Worldcrunch October 26, 2013May 22, 2025
Economic crisis, technological growth
Economyunemployment

Greece May Be In Economic Shambles, But Young Entrepreneurs Are Finding Success

by Liz Garrigan October 25, 2013May 22, 2025
In Goa, western India
Societyindia

How Weight-Loss Surgery Is On The Rise In India, Where One Quarter Of People Go Hungry

by Liz Garrigan October 25, 2013May 22, 2025
Anti-NSA protests in Berlin
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Dear USA: Might Doesn’t Make Right, And Moles Make Miserable Allies

by Liz Garrigan October 25, 2013May 24, 2025
Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts
Societyunited kingdom

Hit It – What’s No. 1 On World’s Music Charts

by Patrick Randall October 25, 2013May 21, 2025
A Russian ship carrying used cars docks in Japan
Economyrussia

Russia Needs To Do The Heavy Lifting To Become An Export Nation

by Emily Liedel October 25, 2013May 23, 2025
In Paris, what happens in a cafe'...
Societyfrance

Intellectual Seduction? French Professors’ Sexual Harassment Problem

by Patrick Randall October 24, 2013May 22, 2025
Filipinos living in Manila's South Makati Cemetery
Geopoliticspoverty

From Cradle To Grave: Squatting In Cemeteries Beats Slum Life For Poor Filipinos

by Liz Garrigan October 24, 2013May 23, 2025
The Job Killing Of The Technology Revolution Has Only Just Begun
Economyfrance

The Job Killing Of The Technology Revolution Has Only Just Begun

by Patrick Randall October 24, 2013May 22, 2025
Members of the Free Syrian Army in front of a T-72 tank parked in a secret location in northern Syria.
Geopoliticssyria

Five More Years? More Than Ever, Syrians Preparing For Protracted War

by Jeff Israely October 24, 2013May 22, 2025
he sun sets over the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, during a partial solar eclipse.
Geopoliticsunited states

Ebola Hits NYC, Japan Minister Scandal, Farting Cows

by Bertrand Hauger October 24, 2013May 22, 2025
Inside the old city gate in Xi'an
Economychina

Where The Silk Road Began: Xi’an, China Could Return As Global Trade Hub

by Patrick Randall October 24, 2013May 23, 2025
Crime Int'l: Chinese Daughter For iPhone, Anti-Italian Attack In UK, Panty Thief
Geopoliticschina

Crime Int’l: Chinese Daughter For iPhone, Anti-Italian Attack In UK, Panty Thief

by Patrick Randall October 24, 2013May 21, 2025
Caterina Bellandi and her "Milano 25" taxi in front of Florence's Ponte Vecchio
Societychildren

Fear And Hope Riding In A Florence Taxi Cab For Sick Children

by Julie Farrar October 23, 2013May 22, 2025
By The Numbers: Global Slaves, Marijuana Costs, Gamer's Income
Geopoliticsjordan

By The Numbers: Global Slaves, Marijuana Costs, Gamer’s Income

by Patrick Randall October 23, 2013May 21, 2025
Tradition -- not witchcraft
bloghealth

Traditional Practitioners Use Plants To Treat Mental Illness

by Worldcrunch October 23, 2013May 22, 2025
Co-founder of the Hungarian Guard Movement Szegedi Csanad
Societyfar right

When An Anti-Semitic Hungarian Politician Finds Out He’s Jewish

by Patrick Randall October 23, 2013May 24, 2025
Paradise Lost
Food / Travelmexico

How Acapulco Went From Tropical Paradise To Capital Of Murder, Drugs And Hunger

by Julie Farrar October 23, 2013May 22, 2025
A three-month-old baby was killed in a Jerusalem car crash Wednesday
Geopoliticsisrael

Canada “Not Intimidated,” $1 Million Apple, Adorkable

by Bertrand Hauger October 23, 2013May 23, 2025
Leonarda Dibrani, "lawyer" of the Roma
Geopoliticsfrance

The Girl Without A Country: Leonarda’s Story

by Patrick Randall October 23, 2013May 22, 2025
Bringing electricity - among other things - to Sumba
Smarter Citieselectricity

In A Remote Corner Of Indonesia, A Model Of Clean Energy Use

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 22, 2013May 22, 2025
11 Smart Cities Around The World
Smarter Citiestechnology

11 Smart Cities Around The World

by Julie Farrar October 22, 2013May 22, 2025
Back home in Portland
Smarter Citiesunited states

Better City Living, A Personal Quest From St. Petersburg To Basel And Back Home Again

by Emily Liedel October 22, 2013May 23, 2025
Installing weather censors in Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon
Futurefrance

How Sensors Promise To Change Our Lives, From Smoother Traffic To Smarter Garbage

by Lucille Fonteny October 22, 2013May 22, 2025
Workers at Zhengzhou's Foxconn factory
Economychina

What Would Siri Say? How Apple Subcontractors Exploit Underpaid “Interns”

by Worldcrunch October 22, 2013May 22, 2025
Monterrey subway, operating on bioenergy
Futuremexico

Organic Waste Energy Fueling Latin American Cities

by Lucille Fonteny October 22, 2013May 23, 2025
Hong Kong's "Occupy Central" protesters on Tuesday
Geopoliticsgaza

Ebola Hopes, No Russia-Ukraine Deal, Best Age To Die

by Bertrand Hauger October 22, 2013May 23, 2025
Looking West? Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey
Eyes on the U.S.history

Turkey And The West: A Nation’s Quest For A Modern Identity

by Liz Garrigan October 21, 2013May 22, 2025
Soon on top of the pile?
Economychina

How The Chinese Yuan Is Threatening The Dollar’s Hegemony

by Worldcrunch October 21, 2013May 22, 2025
CEO of Total Christophe de Margerie was killed in a plane crash at Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport.
Geopoliticsrussia

Fight For Kobani, Pistorius Sentencing, Turtle Twerking

by Bertrand Hauger October 21, 2013May 22, 2025
In Beijing's finance district
Economychina

Why China’s Business Leaders Don’t Sleep Well At Night

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 21, 2013May 22, 2025
Sept.14 protests in Cairo
Geopoliticsegypt

The Four Fingers Holding Up The Muslim Brotherhood

by Patrick Randall October 21, 2013May 22, 2025
Amongst the Guarani
Geopoliticsbrazil

Suicide Epidemic Plagues Indigenous In Brazil

by Liz Garrigan October 20, 2013May 22, 2025
Snapshot Of The World: Paris Protests, London Sunrise, Tokyo Typhoon
blognews

Snapshot Of The World: Paris Protests, London Sunrise, Tokyo Typhoon

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 20, 2013May 21, 2025
Kung Fu students at the 10th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival
Geopoliticschina

Ebola Nurse Cured, Pope Overruled, Italy’s Baby Bonus

by Bertrand Hauger October 20, 2013May 22, 2025
Socrates As Management Consultant? Why Executives Are Embracing Philosophy
Economyswitzerland

Socrates As Management Consultant? Why Executives Are Embracing Philosophy

by Worldcrunch October 20, 2013May 22, 2025
Obama at work
Eyes on the U.S.united states

The Sinking Ship That Is Obama’s America

by Jeff Israely October 19, 2013May 22, 2025
Quotes Of The Week: Le Pen, Greenwald, Shutdown, Iran
Geopoliticsquotes

Quotes Of The Week: Le Pen, Greenwald, Shutdown, Iran

by Patrick Randall October 19, 2013May 21, 2025
Coffins lined up side by side in Lampedusa
Geopoliticssyria

Lampedusa, Already Forgotten: Victims Buried In Obscurity After Vows Of State Funerals

by Julie Farrar October 18, 2013May 22, 2025
No volunteer
Geopoliticssyria

No Country For Bad Weapons: Who Will Destroy Syria’s Chemical Arsenal?

by Emily Liedel October 18, 2013May 22, 2025
Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts
Societynigeria

Hit It – What’s No. 1 On World’s Music Charts

by Patrick Randall October 18, 2013May 21, 2025
Johnny Rotten with the Sex Pistols in 1977
blogfrance

Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten On The Real Meaning Of Punk

by Patrick Randall October 18, 2013May 23, 2025
Beijing's uncontrolled urbanization
Societypollution

Is China’s Urban Boom A House Of Cards?

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 18, 2013May 23, 2025
National Front leader Marine Le Pen speaking at a party rally in May 2013
Geopoliticspolitics

The Troubling Rise Of The Far Right In Europe

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 18, 2013May 24, 2025
Crime Int'l: Scamming Nun, Poisoned Elephants, Staged Kidnapping
Societylaw

Crime Int’l: Scamming Nun, Poisoned Elephants, Staged Kidnapping

by Patrick Randall October 17, 2013May 21, 2025
ISIL fighter shows his AK-47 rifle bearing Arabic mention of allegiance to al-Qaeda
Geopoliticssyria

Who Do You Fear More, Assad Or Islamists?

by Jeff Israely October 17, 2013May 22, 2025
Moscow's riots
Societyrussia

Migrants Or Money? What’s Really Driving Riots In Moscow

by Emily Liedel October 17, 2013May 22, 2025
Did you hear THAT??
Societyfrance

8 Reasons Why Gossiping At Work Is A Good Idea

by Patrick Randall October 17, 2013May 23, 2025
Falafel sandwich for the middle class
Food / Travelisrael

Protest In A Pita: Bargain Falafels Help Israeli Middle Class Stave Off Crisis

by Daniel Shadmy October 17, 2013May 22, 2025
A Palestinian youth plays with his horse at sunset in the West Bank.
Geopoliticsisis

Ebola Donations, Putin And Poroshenko, Singing With The Stars

by Bertrand Hauger October 17, 2013May 23, 2025
Workers next to Fukushima's No.4 reactor
Geopoliticsjapan

Meet The Underpaid, Overexposed ‘Liquidators’ Of Fukushima

by Patrick Randall October 17, 2013May 22, 2025
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso
Geopoliticsukraine

Ukraine Tries To Subtly Shift Westward Without Upsetting Russian Bear

by Patrick Randall October 16, 2013May 22, 2025
A bumpy road indeed
Geopoliticsimmigration

After Lampedusa: African Migrants’ Odyssey Continues, Into A Snowstorm

by Julie Farrar October 16, 2013May 22, 2025
By The Numbers: Shutdown Price, Cancer Cost, Happy Commuters
Geopoliticsunited kingdom

By The Numbers: Shutdown Price, Cancer Cost, Happy Commuters

by Worldcrunch October 16, 2013May 21, 2025
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Syria
Geopoliticssyria

After Backing Syria’s Islamist Rebels, Turkey Now Fears Al-Qaeda ‘Boomerang’

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 16, 2013May 24, 2025
Who is this reckless clipboard man at Dallas airport Ebola scene?
Geopoliticsunited states

Ebola In U.S., Falling Markets, Grisham’s Controversial Comments

by Bertrand Hauger October 16, 2013May 23, 2025
"And now I shall juggle cheeseburgers...."
Societybrazil

Not ‘Lovin’ It’! Brazilian Parents Want Ronald McDonald Out Of Their Children’s Schools

by Worldcrunch October 16, 2013May 22, 2025
Xi Jinping's Oct.4 state visit to Malaysia
Geopoliticschina

What China Sees When It Looks At Southeast Asia

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 16, 2013May 22, 2025
All eyes Hassan Rouhani
Geopoliticsswitzerland

Iranian Nuclear Talks And Rouhani’s Window Of Opportunity

by Patrick Randall October 15, 2013May 21, 2025
Eid Al-Adha Around The World
Societyreligion

Eid Al-Adha Around The World

by Julie Farrar October 15, 2013May 21, 2025
At Frankfurt airport
Societyisrael

Exodus? Israel’s Identity Crisis Over Brain Drain To U.S. And Germany

by Patrick Randall October 15, 2013May 22, 2025
Inside the lives and minds of a nation
Societyrussia

Russia’s Crisis Of Conscience: How Widespread Apathy Threatens Its Very Society

by Emily Liedel October 15, 2013May 22, 2025
A mountain of treasures
Societyfrance

An Alpine Tale Of Plane Wreckage, Hidden Gems And Small-Town Fears

by Patrick Randall October 15, 2013May 23, 2025
At least 50 people have been killed over the past two weeks after Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupted four separate times.
Geopoliticsindonesia

U.S. And Russia Team Up, More Ebola In Texas, Barack O’Bama

by Bertrand Hauger October 15, 2013May 23, 2025
Taybeh Oktoberfest in Ramallah
Food / Travelisrael

Palestinian-Brewed, Bavarian-Inspired Beer Is A Hit In Israel

by Daniel Shadmy October 14, 2013May 23, 2025
Snapshot Of The World: Ben Franklin, Banksy, Fog Of War, More
Geopoliticsunited kingdom

Snapshot Of The World: Ben Franklin, Banksy, Fog Of War, More

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 14, 2013May 21, 2025
South Sudan's day of independence in 2011
Geopoliticspeace

From Northern Ireland To South Sudan, Global Lessons On The *Process* Of Peace

by Sarah Collings October 14, 2013May 22, 2025
Al-Mouadamiyah, under siege
Geopoliticssyria

Syrian City Hit By Infamous Chemical Attack Is Now Dying Of Hunger

by Worldcrunch October 14, 2013May 22, 2025
Future medalists?
Societybrazil

Brazil Goes Hunting Deep In The Amazon For New Olympic Archery Stars

by Julie Farrar October 14, 2013May 22, 2025
Kim Jong-un's first public appearance since Sept. 3.
Geopoliticswho

Kurdish Gains In Kobani, Kim’s Back, NYC Rats

by Bertrand Hauger October 14, 2013May 23, 2025
Shanghai LGBT pride 2009
Societychina

China’s Gays and Lesbians Start To Fight For Rights In The Workplace

by Liz Garrigan October 14, 2013May 22, 2025
Pyrenean bear
Societyfrance

Man vs. Beast: Shepherds And Pro-Bear Activists Clash In The French Pyrenees

by Patrick Randall October 13, 2013May 22, 2025
Last one till the next one
Societyhealth

Can Smokers Be Shocked Into Quitting?

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 13, 2013May 22, 2025
A moment of rest for Hong Kong's "Occupy Central" protesters
Geopoliticselection

Turkey Versus ISIS, Aiding Gaza, Economics Nobel

by Bertrand Hauger October 13, 2013May 22, 2025
Congolese kids practicing capoeira
Societybrazil

In Congo, Street Children Find Hope In Brazilian Martial Art Of Capoeira

by Patrick Randall October 12, 2013May 23, 2025
Quotes Of The Week: Assad Jr, Snowden Sr, Nobel Peace
Geopoliticsegypt

Quotes Of The Week: Assad Jr, Snowden Sr, Nobel Peace

by Jeff Israely October 12, 2013May 21, 2025
'Birth from the Waist' Syrian soap opera, aka 'musalsalat'
Ideassyria

What Syrian Soap Operas Tell Us About Bashar Al-Assad

by Jeff Israely October 11, 2013May 22, 2025
Incendiary comment
Ideassocial media

Lampedusa, Racist Comments And Why Facebook Is Forever

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 11, 2013May 22, 2025
Russia's red caviar industry is worth billions of dollars
Economyrussia

Salmon Roe Woe In Russia Could Spark Caviar Trade War

by Emily Liedel October 11, 2013May 23, 2025
Targeting Madrid's most destitute
Societyspain

City’s Most Desperate Search For Revenue Ever? Madrid May Fine Panhandlers

by Patrick Randall October 11, 2013May 24, 2025
Is the 'Jihad al-nikah' drama a farce?
Ideastunisia

Uproar In Tunisia After Claims Of Women’s ‘Sexual Jihad’ Trips To Syria

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 11, 2013May 22, 2025
Hit It - What's No. 1 On World's Music Charts
Societybrazil

Hit It – What’s No. 1 On World’s Music Charts

by Patrick Randall October 11, 2013May 21, 2025
Oct. 4 protest outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
Eyes on the U.S.united states

Ingobernable! A Latin American View On The U.S. Shutdown

by Emily Liedel October 10, 2013May 22, 2025
Six months in
Geopoliticsgay

Francis, After Six Months: Just How Different Is This Pope?

by Worldcrunch October 10, 2013May 22, 2025
Crime Int'l: Ivory Smuggling In Vietnam, Mob Violence in Madagascar, And More
Societyjapan

Crime Int’l: Ivory Smuggling In Vietnam, Mob Violence in Madagascar, And More

by Patrick Randall October 10, 2013May 21, 2025
No photos, no emails ... Nothing.
Eyes on the U.S.technology

Bye-Bye Candy Crush, Hello Leafy Trees: When Technophiles Need Digital Detox

by Patrick Randall October 10, 2013May 22, 2025
Papani Kamara, haunted by memories
Geopoliticsimmigration

From Africa To Europe, A Former Child Soldier Haunted By His Own Unthinkable Acts

by Julie Farrar October 10, 2013May 22, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafza
Geopoliticssouth korea

Nobel Winners, Missouri Clashes, Pig Paradise

by Liz Garrigan October 10, 2013May 21, 2025
Malala, Chelsea, Vladimir - A World Tour Of 10 Nobel Peace Prize Hopefuls
Geopoliticsputin

Malala, Chelsea, Vladimir – A World Tour Of 10 Nobel Peace Prize Hopefuls

by Julie Farrar October 9, 2013May 21, 2025
Missing from the picture...
blogunited states

Obama’s Missing Asia-Pacific Summit Might Not Matter

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 9, 2013May 22, 2025
Syrians landing in Germany
Geopoliticsgermany

A Journey Of Pain And Hope For Syria Refugees In Germany

by Liz Garrigan October 9, 2013May 22, 2025
Russian helicopters flying over Kazakhstan
Economytechnology

Can Russian Giveaways Of Old Weapons Keep U.S. Shut Out Of Central Asia

by Emily Liedel October 9, 2013May 22, 2025
News By The Numbers: Click Farms, Oktoberfest, Palestinian GDP
blognews

News By The Numbers: Click Farms, Oktoberfest, Palestinian GDP

by Worldcrunch October 9, 2013May 21, 2025
Tibetan Prime Minister In Exile Lobsang Sangay
Geopoliticschina

A ‘Middle Way’ With China? Interview With Prime Minister Of Tibetan Government-In-Exile

by Liz Garrigan October 9, 2013May 22, 2025
In Faiyum, away from Cairo's "Sisimania"
Geopoliticsegypt

Far From Cairo, How The ‘Other’ Egypt Sees The Muslim Brotherhood

by Worldcrunch October 9, 2013May 22, 2025
Thousands of angry protesters demonstrated across Mexico as outrage grows over student killings.
Geopoliticsunited kingdom

Fighting For Kobani, Lost Capote Stories, Google’s Camel

by Liz Garrigan October 9, 2013May 21, 2025
Shadows in the lab
Futurescience

Do Nobel Prizes Discourage Research?

by Patrick Randall October 8, 2013May 22, 2025
Hands-on learning
Impact: Education Innovationgermany

A Math Museum’s Twists To Conquer Fear And Loathing Of *That* Subject

by Emily Liedel October 8, 2013May 22, 2025
From Japan To Italy: Tour OECD's First-Ever National Rankings Of Adult Skills
Impact: Education Innovationunited kingdom

From Japan To Italy: Tour OECD’s First-Ever National Rankings Of Adult Skills

by Julie Farrar October 8, 2013May 22, 2025
Clashes in Istanbul on June 15, 2013
Societylaw

Turkish Government Aims To Increase Police Powers

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 8, 2013May 23, 2025
The Rudolf Steiner school near Lausanne
Impact: Education Innovationswitzerland

A State-Of-The-Art School Springs Up In A Swiss Forest

by Patrick Randall October 8, 2013May 22, 2025
Typhoon Vongfong is expected to hit Japan in the next 48 hours.
blogisis

Europe Ebola Warning, Kenyatta In Court, Typhoon Eye

by Patrick Randall October 8, 2013May 23, 2025
Snapshot Of The World, Oct. 1-7
blogunited kingdom

Snapshot Of The World, Oct. 1-7

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 8, 2013May 21, 2025
Tel Aviv University
Economyisrael

Can An Apprenticeship System Solve Israel’s Crisis Of Over-Educated Unemployed

by Liz Garrigan October 8, 2013May 23, 2025
Chinese fashion shop owner Yuki Tan and her private chauffeur/bodyguard
Societychina

Bodyguards, Chinese-Style

by Simon Benoit-Guyod October 7, 2013May 22, 2025
Only 150 of the 500 people on board are thought to have survived the Lampedusa tragedy
Societyimmigration

”I Paid For His Trip” – Heartbreaking Search For A Missing Brother In Lampedusa

by Julie Farrar October 7, 2013May 22, 2025
Kirchner, in August, flanked by possible successor Scioli
Geopoliticsun

In Kirchner’s Absence, Argentine Whispers Of Health Secrets And Successors

by Julie Farrar October 7, 2013May 22, 2025
Strauss-Kahn in a file photo
Economyfinance

DSK’s New Life, Between Russian Banks And Serbian Hardliners

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Ideaschina

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Eyes on the U.S.brazil

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Geopoliticsegypt

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