The world’s biggest mobile phone factory is slated to open in India, but the country still buys its best electronics from abroad.
Month: August 2018
More than just a vehicle to communicate, language expresses and helps construct identity. As such, it has the power to inspire and unite people — but language can also be a source of division, or an impediment to peace between groups already in conflict. From squabbles over things like spelling and pronunciation, to minority groups […]
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Is Empathy Determined By Genes?
Education and experience certainly play a role in how well an individual understands other people’s feelings. But there may be certain genetic predispositions at work too.
The U.S. web giant may be planning a return to China. But would web users there actually embrace it? An online pull (that mysteriously disappeared after just a few hours) offers some hints.
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 April 17, 1912 brought them out to the streets in droves. The spectacle was front-page news in the country — alongside early reports of a certain maritime disaster, that happened just two days before this picture was taken: the sinking of the HMS Titanic. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/pJuLYqPO7wY expand=1] Pendant l”éclipse — © Eugène Atget / OneShot French flâneur Eugene Atget (1857-1927) was a pioneering documentary photographer. His images of architecture, landscapes and […]
Nathuram Godse, author of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, is the object of a quasi-religious cult among Hindu extremists. In the Maharashtra state, his great-nephew is spreading his message.
The U.S. president wants to impose his will and whims on all partners. The EU, for the sake of its own security, needs to resist.
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 abortion,” the front page of today’s La Voz reads. The high-stakes session played out “as expected,” the Córdoba-based daily reports, with senators voting 38-31 against a bill […]
Is religion numbing Egyptians into acquiescence amid a number of merciless austerity measures?
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Ecuador’s Point And Snout
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, many pigs for sale.
-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 for an historic vote on whether or not to legalize abortion. The high-drama session comes nearly two months after the country’s lower house opted narrowly — following a marathon, 22-hour debate […]
TOKYO — Seventy-three years after atomic bombs laid waste to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, remaining survivors still bear the physical and psychological scars of the horror they endured. And for many, one of the most troubling aspects of that experience is the lingering guilt they feel, for having survived while so many […]
It’s time to overhaul the Old Continent’s roads, bridges, airports and electrical systems. And like it or not, private investment has a role to play.
A determined architect continues to pursue her dream of opening a civil war museum in Beirut, where people are still rattled by the bloody events of the Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990.
The peace process he helped guide in Colombia isn’t perfect. Nor is it complete. But by ending the decades-old war with the FARC, outgoing President Manuel Santos definitely made his mark.
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 stellar career. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/r96cZkIEXuw expand=1] The Chef of the Century — © Keystone Press Agency / ZUMA / OneShot Dubbed the “Chef of the Century,” Robuchon went on to earn 31 Michelin stars, an haute cuisine record. He was also a successful businessman, having opened restaurants all around the world, including in Bangkok, New York, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Macau and London. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story […]
There’s a potentially sinister side to the crush of data we unwittingly feed into systems like Google, which can use the information not only to make money, but ultimately control us.
It’s not just Donald Trump’s wall. Around the world, people are erecting new and increasingly strict lines of division.
Since 2011, the Caribbean islands have been attacked by rafts of algae which give off a pungent odor as they decompose.
Tim Cook’s company has broken a stock market record, but a closer look at Apple’s operating numbers tells a more nuanced story.
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Watch: OneShot — Back From The Gulag
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 Stalin, and spent eight years in a labor camp. The experience reshaped his political opinions and inspired his most famous works, including The Gulag Archipelago (1973). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970, but was hounded by the KGB, stripped of his citizenship, and expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974. He remained in exile for 20 years, before being allowed back in Russia in 1994 — after the fall […]
Modern Latin American history holds examples of insurrections to topple dictators, which contemporaries and posterity have judged positively. Why should there not be a rebellion today to free Venezuelans of its inept and tyrannical regime?
The good, the bad, and the bizarre. Part-time Uber operator Andrej Mrevlje offers an honest, intimate take on what it’s like to work with the controversial ride-sharing platform.
The Chinese public wants answers, and decisive government action, after learning that two vaccine manufacturers distributed substandard products.
A dozen dead and mutilated seals, together with a few porpoises, have recently been found on Polish beaches in the Baltic Sea. How did it get to this?
DaWanda will soon disappear, clearing the way for its top competitor — the U.S. firm Etsy — to dominate the e-commerce market for homemade goods.
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Nailing The Thai Dance
In the Thai capital, I remember being treated to a lavish meal involving a variety of authentic Thai dishes, all the while watching a traditional dance performance. Here, the famous — not to mention peculiar — “fingernail dance.”
After decades of dictatorship, democracy in Latin America seemed destined to take root through the 1990s. But from Brazil to Nicaragua, things can change quickly.