Usually an insult, “runaway” could be a compliment for those who dared to emancipate themselves — particularly in Italy, where a majority of 18- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. It’s time to set our children free.
Month: October 2024
The legacy of Hassan Nasrallah will weigh heavily on Naim Qassem, who was named this week as new secretary general of Hezbollah. Can the less charismatic Qassem win the hearts of his followers?
Mobbing, vote-buying, surveillance, and even violence at polling stations can now be correlated with the strong results of the pro-Russia party Georgian Dream in districts where turnout was high. Die Zeit crosschecked the data with reports of voter intimidation.
As All Saint’s Day, the Polish Catholic celebration of the dead, approaches, most families are looking forward to visiting their loved ones who have passed. But a secret lurks beneath it: a black-market grave trade that deals with prized plots in many Polish cities.
Updated October 31, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards on this day in 1984. Who was Indira Gandhi? Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office of Prime Minister from 1966 […]
A Donald Trump victory would likely mean that the expected calm in the confrontation between Israel and Iran in the coming weeks will be just a warrior’s rest.
In Egypt, public support for a Palestinian homeland is deeply felt but constrained by the government that has had 40 years of diplomatic relations with Israel. Will the bloody war just across the border in Gaza change something?
A $2.4 billion project to exploit lithium deposits in Serbia’s Jadar Valley could cover 90% of Europe’s current lithium needs. But the plan has sparked protests across the country and created an unlikely coalition of opposition, which President Aleksandar Vučić’s government has sought to suppress.
Israel and the West are seeking a stabilized Middle East to shorten the trading corridor with India and Asia. It’s a win-win situation for prosperous economies and the West, but what about Tehran’s truculent regime?
The Dating Agency, founded by a psychologist-turned-matchmaker, was supposed to help Polish singles tired of looking for love on dating apps. Today, many are back on Tinder.
If there’s one thing Kamala Harris and Donald Trump can agree on its the demonization of China. After the fall of the Soviet Union, China has become the United States’ ideological adversary — a rival shaping America’s own identity, uniting both left and right. Why does American politics always seem to need an external enemy?
Updated Oct. 30, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman took place in Kinshasa, Zaire on this day in 1974. What was “The Rumble in the Jungle”? “The Rumble in the Jungle” was a historic heavyweight boxing match that took place on October 30, 1974, […]
Cuba’s current energy crisis is a dramatic illustration, symbolic and otherwise, of the overall downfall of a country that could have followed the successful models of its Asian cousins. Faced with a socioeconomic dead-end, record numbers of Cubans are fleeing the country.
With tens of thousands North Korean troops confirmed to be moving toward the Russia-Ukraine front line, to fight on Moscow’s side in Ukraine, the two big questions are: What is Kim Jong-un trying to achieve? And more importantly, how does China fit into this picture?
The Arab community has long supported the Democrats during elections, but the ongoing conflict led by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon is changing the dynamics, and could give Trump an opening in this crucial swing state.
We, the children of “front edge” villages, have seen thousands of homes disappear into rubble. Our loss is not limited to memories and dreams, but also to the stories of our villages.
Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border.
Following the contested parliamentary election in Georgia on Saturday, the West must not be quick to pass judgment and must seek to understand Georgians’ fears — which the Kremlin’s propaganda is playing into.
Updated Oct. 29, 2024 at 12:20 p.m. The New York Stock Exchange crashed in what was later dubbed “Black Tuesday”, beginning the Great Depression, on this day in 1928. What led to Black Tuesday? The Crash of 1929 was the result of a complex set of factors, including excessive speculation in the stock market, overvalued […]
A research project is collecting ice cores from glaciers and icefields before they melt way. The aim is to study both the past and possible future of humanity’s impact on the world’s climate.
The edict was both covert and surprising: On Jan. 3 1941, Nazi official Martin Bormann announced that Hitler no longer wanted to see Gothic typefaces used in print. But the stated reason for this decision was pure invention.
Israel’s new offensive in northern Gaza is trying to make the region uninhabitable, and force Palestinians into the south, toward the Egyptian border and into the Sinai. But since the start of the war, Egypt is dead set against taking in more war refugees.
In the Middle East and North Africa, divisions are as stark as they can be. War-torn nations stand side-by-side with wealthy oil-rich countries where the elites feel disconnected from the rest of the region. But, as Yemeni freelance journalist and a human rights defender Afrah Nasser, warns, these inequalities breed monsters, and wealth will not prevent oil-rich countries from experiencing chaos and destruction.
Updated Oct. 28, 2024 at 12:40 p.m. Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini marched on Rome and took over the Italian government on this day in 1922. Who was Benito Mussolini? Benito Mussolini, known as “Il Duce,” was an Italian politician and the founder of Italian fascism. He played a central role in organizing and […]
Soumaila Diawara, a refugee living in Italy, addresses Matteo Salvini’s remarks made on live television last week, where Italy’s deputy prime minister compared unregulated migrants to dogs and pigs.
The cognitive skills that helped us live on the savannah still exist in our brain’s survival kit, and it may be the reason we fail to tackle climate change.
At a recent festival honoring Syria’s pistachio production, officials made promises about returning pistachio lands to their owners. Yet activists and displaced farmers say their lands are being auctioned off to Ba’ath Party elites, regime forces and their militias.
For 15 years, Nicolas Buissart has been guiding curious visitors through the industrial ruins of Charleroi, the largest municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. With his storytelling skills, he has transformed the supposed ugliness of this urban landscape into a tourist attraction.
Any other nation would cultivate the myth of a figure like former Polish President Lech Wałęsa, marginalizing his flaws, errors, and weaknesses. But in Poland, we have marginalized the greatness of a legend, whose modern thinking is relevant in present-day politics, writes Gazeta Wyborcza columnist Magdalena Środa.
Iran’s 40-year policy of seeking the destruction of the Jewish state and “taking back” Jerusalem became the north star of the Tehran’s foreign policy. Now it may be its undoing.
In a society still ruled by caste, couples fight families and courts to make a life together.
The United States’ confirmation of the presence of North Korean soldiers alongside the Russians in Ukraine has raised fears of an international escalation. All the more reason to fear that the current local or regional conflicts will gradually turn into global ones.
Since Donald Trump made Mar-a-Lago his permanent home, the super-rich enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, has become the heartbeat of the MAGA movement — and its fundraising campaign. Heike Buchter, U.S. correspondent for the German daily Die Zeit reports on the billionaires there who support him and his tax policies.
The Arab front in favor of the Palestinian people is more feeble and ambiguous than ever, even as the people of Gaza are being killed by the thousands. Multiple factors explain this weakness, from fears of a repeat of the 2011 uprisings inside their own countries to longstanding competition with Iran.
Years of budget cuts and a sluggish economy have pushed Italy’s public healthcare system to the brink. As doctors and nurses flee the country in search of better pay, it is in communities along the border with Switzerland where the cracks are most visible.
Updated Oct. 25, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. On this day in 2010, Mount Merapi in Indonesia began a month-long series of violent eruptions that killed 353 people and caused the evacuation of another 350,000 people What caused the violent eruptions of Mount Merupi in 2010? The eruptions of Mount Merapi in 2010 were primarily driven […]
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Worldcrunch Magazine #104— Dementia
October 28 – November 3, 2024
Once the heart of the Aztec empire, now a foodie paradise! Mexico city has it all From whole-in-the-wall restaurants to fine dining with a view.
The ongoing crackdown on critics of the MBS regime becomes more difficult with the dire situation in Gaza and the ambiguity of Saudi foreign policy.
Around 80 countries are taking part in the ‘International Conference in Support of the People and Sovereignty of Lebanon’ in Paris on Thursday. And yet, nobody is even talking about stopping the war.