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Worldcrunch » Archives for August 2025

August 2025

Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa.
In The Newsdemocratic republic of congo

Congo’s Farmers Are Fighting Unexploded Landmines With Fire — And Losing

by Merveille Kavira Luneghe August 31, 2025August 30, 2025
Photo of a woman overlooking a city
Societycouples

Liberté, Égalité, Divorce? Why More French Couples Are Choosing To Split After 50

by Stéphane Kovacs August 30, 2025September 1, 2025
August 28, 2025, Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian emergency services are seen at the site of an overnight air strike on civilian apartment building.
In The Newsukraine

Just In Case Someone Still Thinks Putin Is Ready To Negotiate

by Anna Zafesova August 30, 2025September 1, 2025
Jesus carries the cross, a scene from a reenactment of the Way of the Cross in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska onn Friday, March 30, 2018, in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland.
Societycatholic

From Hasidic Shtetl To Catholic Utopia, A Portrait Of Poland’s “New Jerusalem”

by Gil Zohar August 29, 2025August 29, 2025
A person lies on the beach reading a book
Societysocial media

Book Selfies And Late-Stage Capitalism: The Summer Of Performative Reading

by Gonzalo Núñez August 29, 2025August 29, 2025
In The Newsisrael

Houthi Insurance? The Rebel Group Launches Website To Spare Ships From Red Sea Attacks

by Thomas Fischermann August 29, 2025August 29, 2025
Photo of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the head of the atomic organization Mohammad Eslami.
Geopoliticsdonald trump

The New Pawn On The Geopolitical Chessboard: Iran’s 990 Pounds Of Missing Uranium

by Pierre Haski August 29, 2025August 29, 2025
Photo of the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Florida.
In The Newsunited states

U.S. Flood Risk Maps Are Badly Outdated — And Trump Is Blocking A Fix

by Anna Kramer August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
Photo of an osteopathy cession.
Societyhealth

Millions Swear By Osteopathy — Science Says It’s Nonsense

by Andrea Böhnke August 28, 2025September 1, 2025
Aug. 11, 2025, Displaced Palestinians wait to get food in the west of Gaza City
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

What Would Primo Levi Say? Reflections On Israel’s Crimes In Gaza

by Marco Revelli August 28, 2025September 8, 2025
Geopoliticstariffs

Facing Trump And Silicon Valley, Europe Looks Weaker Than Ever

by Pierre Haski August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
Photo of the Miami Grand Prix 2025.
Economyeurope

How Crypto Brands Are Betting Big On Sports Fans

by Emma Confrère August 27, 2025August 28, 2025
June 13, 2025, Washington Dc, Virginia, USA: The Inaugural portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed on the USDA building overlooking the National Mall
Eyes on the U.S.donald trump

On Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Obsession — And Why He Could Actually Win It

by Hassan Murad August 27, 2025August 28, 2025
Moldovan customs guard at the BCP Customs Control Zone on the border between Ukraine and Moldova
Geopoliticsnato

Putin’s Next Prey? The Stakes Couldn’t Be Bigger In Tiny Moldova

by Pierre Haski August 27, 2025August 27, 2025
In The Newsmilitary

“Cover-Up Culture” — How UK Military Police Mishandled Cases Of Child Abuse By Soldiers

by Sian Norris August 27, 2025August 27, 2025
August 15, 2025, Anchorage, Ak, United States of America: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump, left, looks on during a joint press statement
Geopoliticsceasefire

How Putin Has Cornered Himself Into A Forever War In Ukraine

by Hanna Notte August 26, 2025August 28, 2025
Societyliterature

Why Dostoevsky May Be The Original Spark For Latin American Magic Realism

by Fernando Araújo Vélez August 26, 2025August 27, 2025
Photo of Charles Kushner at the French embassy in July 2025.
In The Newsunited states

Charles Kushner’s Attack On Macron — And The White House Push To Destabilize Europe

by Pierre Haski August 26, 2025August 26, 2025
August 15, 2025, Kishtwar, Jammu And Kashmir, India: An Indian Emergency SDRF team evacuates civilians after torrential rain caused deadly mudslides in Kishtwar.
Environmentclimate change

The Human Hand Behind Himalayan “Natural” Disasters

by O.P. Bhuraita August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
Yamila and Dardo, swingers who specialize in threesomes and “soft swapping,” posing for a selfie.
Societyculture

More Than Two To Tango? The Argentine Couple Championing Swinger Rights

by Guadalupe Rivero August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
Fighters of the Ezz al-Din Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas stand guard around ruins as Israeli hostages get delivered to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Feb. 1 2025 in Gaza.
Geopoliticsgaza

“Time Is Up” — A Gaza Journalist’s Open Letter To Hamas

by Fathy Sabbah August 25, 2025August 26, 2025
Kids on their phones at school.
Societytechnology

Screens In Classrooms? A Serious Swedish Debate Spreads Worldwide

by Yannick Champion-Osselin August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
August 18, 2025, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Two ladies walk away from the carnage after five Russian deployed Shahed drones struck a residential building, killing 5 people
In The Newsrussia ukraine war

Price Of Indulgence? What Trump Still Doesn’t Understand About Putin

by Pierre Haski August 25, 2025August 27, 2025
Societycocaine

The Pink Cocaine Plague Throws Colombia’s Drug War Off The Trail

by Andrés Nieto Ramírez August 24, 2025August 22, 2025
March 15, 2025, Essen, Germany: The neo-Nazi group Jung und Stark, JS, demonstrates in the city center of Essen
In The Newsimmigration

Like Father, Like Son: How Far-Right Beliefs Take Root In Germany

by Timo Büchner August 24, 2025August 22, 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez.
Society

Ronaldo’s Engagement Shows What Saudi Arabia Is Ready To Say “Yes” To

by Clemente Lisi August 23, 2025August 22, 2025
Photo of a voter holding the Bolivian flag filling out his ballot during the 2025 presidential election.
In The Newselection

Bolivian Elections: Will Socialism’s Defeat Bring True Change?

by Juan Pablo Chamón August 23, 2025August 22, 2025
In The Newseconomy

Hotspots Gone Cold: The Strange Afterlife Of 7 Ghost Resorts Around The World

by Valeria Berghinz August 22, 2025August 22, 2025
Photo of Indian Farmers pluckig cotton crops.
In The Newsdonald trump

How Trump’s Tariff Pressure Is Unraveling The Indian Cotton Industry

by Indra Shekhar Singh August 22, 2025August 22, 2025
Photo of Carrie Bradshaw and Big in Sex and the city season 2
Societylove

Sex And Capitalism: When Love Becomes A Class Issue

by Lola Del Gallego Noval August 22, 2025August 22, 2025
In The Newsrussia ukraine war

The Hawks In Russia May Not Survive A Putin-Zelensky Summit

by Anna Zafesova August 22, 2025August 22, 2025
An edited image of Sigmund Freud using ChatGPT.
Societyai

AI On The Couch: A Freudian Swipe At Our Digital Doppelgänger

by Antje Jackelén August 21, 2025August 21, 2025
August 16, 2025, Tehran, Iran: Iranians take part in an Arbaeen Day ceremony marking the end of the 40th day after the Shiite holy day of Ashura, in Tehran.
In The Newspolitics

If Iran’s Regime Falls, Is There A Way To Avoid Total Chaos?

by Amir Daha August 21, 2025August 27, 2025
Ideasviolence

Confined In Chocó: When Guerrillas Decide Who’s Free To Move

by Héctor Abad Faciolince August 21, 2025August 21, 2025
People enjoy food in Guiyang, China.
Societychina

Can Clean Plates Really Solve China’s Food Waste Problem?

by Jo Carter August 20, 2025August 21, 2025
A woman in a crowd in Rome demonstrates holding a sign during the protest against violence against women . November 23, 2024
In The Newsitaly

Facebook Finally Takes Down “My Wife” Italian Group Page That Recalls Pelicot Case In France

by Nadia Ferrigo August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
Senior woman exercising at home.
Societyhealth

How French 60-Somethings Are Taking Aging Into Their Own Hands

by Jeanne Sénéchal August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
A demonstration for the liberation of Palestine, on August 9, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
In The Newsgaza

Could A Palestinian State Be Born In September? Trump’s In A Corner Either Way

by Bahram Farrokhi August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
Geopoliticsbrazil

Milei, Lula And Beyond? How Argentina And Brazil Can Finally Bond Like Brothers

by Juan Pablo Lohlé August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
Passers-by walking by graffiti of Che Guevara on a Cuban flag at a street corner in old town Havana on June 22, 2018.
Economydonald trump

My Return To Cuba, In Search Of A Glimmer Of Hope

by Patricio Fernández August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
Track team running.
Societyresearch

Brains Over Brawn? Neuroscience Explains Why Aging Athletes Beat The Clock

by Fiddy Davis Jaihind Jothikaran August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
Servicemen walk through a field during a combat mission near Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 14, 2024.
In The Newspeace

The Key To Ukraine Peace? A Korean-Style Buffer Zone

by Fabrizio Goria August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
A serviceman of a Russian Army 6th Guards Lisichansk Brigade assault team undergoes firearm training.
Russia-Ukraine Warmigration

Disappearing Data: How Russia Has Buried Key Wartime Statistics

by Rina Nikolaeva August 18, 2025August 18, 2025
Migrant Livesimmigration

Invisible Integration? How So Much Immigration Success Goes Unnoticed

by Armin Nassehi and Irmhild Saake August 18, 2025August 18, 2025
Photo of an an Afghan displaced child holding her baby sister in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2017.
Societygender roles

Bacha Posh, When Afghan Girls Are Raised As Boys

by Marina Kiryunina August 18, 2025August 18, 2025
In The Newssocial media

From Revolution To Hopelessness, The Changing Face Of Self-Immolation In Tunisia

by Driss Rejichi August 17, 2025August 8, 2025
Societyeducation

In Colombia, Disabled Women Face Greater Risk Of Sexual Abuse

by Luisa Lara August 16, 2025August 8, 2025
Sign fordbidden swimming on a beach
Societymyths

Take It From Odysseus: A Day At The Beach Wasn’t Always Bliss

by Marie-Claire Beaulieu August 15, 2025August 8, 2025
Economysanctions

New Name, Same Game: A Syrian Airline’s Attempt To Fly Under The Sanctions Radar

by Bassel AlHamdou, Mohammed Bassiki, Ahmed Haj Bakri and Ali Al Ibrahim August 15, 2025August 8, 2025
Ideasresearch

Metascience, The Key To Restoring Trust In Research — Or Just Another Career Elevator Field?

by C. Brandon Ogbunu August 14, 2025August 8, 2025
A Repair Cafe session in Zella Mehlis, Thuringia, Italy in 2024
Ideascapitalism

The “Right To Repair” That Could Fix Our Throwaway Economy

by Juan F. Samaniego August 14, 2025August 8, 2025
In The Newschildren

Summer Breaks Shouldn’t Be A Survival Test For Parents

by Johannes Schneider August 13, 2025August 8, 2025
Economymigration

No Migrants, No Coffee: The Struggling Nicaraguans Powering Costa Rica’s Harvest

by Karla Perez August 13, 2025August 8, 2025
Futuregenerative ai

Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk

by Eva Wolfangel and Lenz Jacobsen August 12, 2025August 8, 2025
Societymarriage

Bachelorette Parties, That Modern Ritual That Can Wreck Even The Closest Friendships

by Morgane Rubetti August 12, 2025August 8, 2025
Societyfatherhood

From Beach To ER, Parenting Anxiety Takes No Vacation

by Ignacio Pereyra August 11, 2025August 7, 2025
Societyhistory

Colombia’s Race To Save Its Native Languages From Extinction

by César Mora Moreau August 11, 2025August 7, 2025
Societycommunism

“Comrade Raffaella,” The 1970s Italian Pop Star Who Became A Communist Icon In Chile

by Andrea Calogero August 10, 2025August 8, 2025
Migrant Livesimmigrants

Bihari Limbo: The Urdu-Speaking Minority Chasing A Citizenship Mirage In Bangladesh

by Fabeha Monir August 10, 2025August 8, 2025
The Breaking 48 breakdancing team in Nuseirat Camp, Gaza.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

The Beat Won’t Stop: How Breakdancing Helps Gaza’s Kids Resist Despair

by Yu He August 9, 2025August 8, 2025
Migrant Livesimmigration

Spain Without Immigration? Calculating The Cost Of A Closed Border

by Paula Costa Correa August 9, 2025August 8, 2025
Soldiers with the People's Liberation Army at Shenyang training base in China.
Geopoliticsdonald trump

From Taiwan Strait To Tasman Sea, China Flexes Its New Military Muscles

by Tom Harper August 8, 2025August 8, 2025
Weirdgeopolitics

“Roblox Republic” Joins Quirky List Of Micronations, Pixel-Style

by Laura Valentina Cortés Sierra August 8, 2025August 8, 2025
Iranian women look on black Chadors while visiting the Hijab and Chastity fair at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, on March 31, 2024, Tehran, Iran.
Women Worldwidepatriarchy

Tehran To Islamabad, When An Islamic Patriarchy Fuels Femicide

by Akhtar Qasemi August 8, 2025August 8, 2025
Groups of environmental activists protested that oil companies not continue to be installed in the Argentine sea on July 16, 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Greenpollution

To Fight Climate Change, Argentina Must First Rethink Its Fossil Fuel Language

by Claudio Campagna August 8, 2025August 8, 2025
Futureartificial intelligence

The New Digital Divide: When Your Language Isn’t In The Machine

by Angelo Valerio Toma August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
Servicemen march in formation during a Victory Day military parade in Red Square marking the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2023.
Russia-Ukraine Warukraine

Kyrgyz Arrests, Uzbek Rebukes: Cracks In Russia’s Post-Soviet Grip?

by Kloop August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
Economyunited states

“We Don’t Want Our Music To Kill People”: Why Indie Bands Are Quitting Spotify

by Kristoffer Cornils August 7, 2025December 19, 2025
Photo of Syrian lawmakers at the Syrian parliament in Damascus.
Syria CrisisBashar al-Assad

From “Secretary” To “Branch Emir”: The Shifting Language Of Power In Post-Assad Syria

by Ghaith AlGendy August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
People take part in a march to commemorate the victims of the Beirut port blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 4, 2025. Hundreds of people gathered in Martyrs' Square and marched toward the port to commemorate the tragedy.
In The Newscorruption

Five Years Since Beirut Port Blast, Still No Answers — Or Justice — In Sight

by Hala Nasreddin, Maryam Shenawi and Salma Mahawod August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
Food / Travelcatholic church

Holy Spirits! Faith Is On Tap At This Manchester Pub

by Angela Youngman August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
Hiroshima 70 Years Ago, How Newspapers Covered It
Geopoliticshistory

Hiroshima At 80: How The First Nuclear Strike Shook Front Pages Worldwide

by Bertrand Hauger August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
In The Newsdemocracy

Smiling Strongman Forever? Bukele Scraps Term Limits In El Salvador

by El Espectador August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
Economytourism

The Great Gentrification Hollowing Out Valencia’s Working-Class Heart

by Amador Iranzo August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
Paying a restaurant bill.
Economytips

To Tip Or Not To Tip? A World Tour Of How To Handle Gratuity

by Traver Pacheco August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Statehood As A Symbol: Why The West Is Finally Pushing For Palestinian Recognition

by Bahram Farrokhi August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
Photo of Modi and Trump
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Modi’s Guide To Taking On Trump? Channeling The Nehru-Gandhis

by S.N. Sahu August 5, 2025August 5, 2025
Societyresearch

Body Recovery, Not Laziness: The Science Behind Holiday Lie-Ins

by Michelle Spear August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Gazpacho on a wood table.
Food / Travelfood

Gazpacho, Tarator, Naengmyeon… The World’s Best Cold Soups To Beat The Heat This Summer

by Emma Albright August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Economytariffs

To Free Itself From Trump’s Grip, Europe Needs New Allies

by Mark Schieritz August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Migrant Livesmigration

Chaos And Cruelty As Iran Forces Thousands Of Afghans Back Across The Border

by Firouzeh Nordstrom August 4, 2025August 4, 2025
Societycommunism

The Maoist Dogma Still Haunting Colombia’s Campuses

by Mauricio Rubio August 3, 2025August 1, 2025
Docteur Estelle, a doctor and Youtuber.
Societyhealth

The Real Doctors Battling The Spread Of Fake Health News Online

by Louise de Maisonneuve August 3, 2025August 1, 2025
Societyviolence

Haiti Gang Violence Drives Exodus From Capital To Fragile Haven Of Cap-Haïtien

by Wyddiane Prophète August 2, 2025August 1, 2025
President Donald J. Trump participates in a Bilateral with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland on Friday, July 27, 2025.
Economyusa

Does Trump Even Care About The Deals He Makes?

by Nils Markwardt August 2, 2025August 1, 2025
Migrant Livesmigration

Detained, Handcuffed, Deported: Indian Nationals Expose Racial Profiling At Georgian Borders

by Ritu Mahendru August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
A handshake between Hussein I of Jordan and Yitzhak Rabin, accompanied by Bill Clinton, during the Israel-Jordan peace negotiations at the White house.
Israel-Palestine Warpeace

From Rabin To Rogue: How Israel Lost The Idea Of Peace

by Rana Sabbagh August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Societyphotos of the week

Photos Of The Week: Tsunami Scare, Swimming King, Qwacky Race

by Anne-Sophie Goninet and Bertrand Hauger August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Residents gather inside a bar in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 26, 2023, the day the Ukrainian capital shortened its wartime curfew by an hour to midnight to help businesses.
War in Ukrainedrones

Dancing Despite The Drones, Ukrainians Seek Breathers From The War

by Gianluigi Ricuperati August 1, 2025August 1, 2025
Person holds a hand up to a mirror.
In The Newshealth

Narcissistic No More: How Personality Disorders Are Being Redefined

by Bente Lubahn August 1, 2025August 1, 2025

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