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 […]
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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
AL MADINA (Saudi Arabia), AFP (France) , LIBERTÉ ALGERIE (Algeria) Worldcrunch A Lebanese man was sentenced to a year in jail and 200 lashes in Saudi Arabia for having secretly drawn tattoos on women’s bodies, according to a report that first appeared in the Saudi newspaper Al Madina. According to the report cited by the […]
They are the children of the poor masses in a nation marked by a stark gap between rich and poor. Now the so-called ‘C’ Class is the bulging target of Brazil’s consumer-driven economy. See how they live — and what they want.
North Korea’s young new leader Kim Jong-un was believed to rely on the counsel of top general Ri Yong-ho, 69, who was suddenly removed Monday for “health” problems. Few believe that line, and see his departure as a sign of a maj
Analysis: China and Japan have little room for compromise as tensions rise over the disputed Senkaku islands. Still, it is part of a broader dance between the region’s two biggest powers that is short-wired — at least for now — to try and avoid
CLARIN, ADNMUNDO (Argentina) HAARETZ (Israel) JEWISH CHRONICLE (UK) Worldcrunch On July 18, 1994, 85 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the bombing of the main Jewish association in Buenos Aires, an attack that Israelis and Argentinian prosecutors have long suspected Iran of masterminding. Exactly 18 years later, on the same day, six Israeli tourists […]
A new exhibit surveys the career of the master sculptor, who captured in physical form the 20th century’s fascination for the toughest existential questions.
EGYPT INDEPENDENT, FOREIGN POLICY, TWITTER Worldcrunch Omar Suleiman, former Egyptian Vice President and reviled chief of intelligence for ex-president Hosni Mubarak, died in an American hospital on Thursday. The Egypt Independent reports that 76-year-old Suleiman suffered from lung and cardiac problems, and that he’d flown to Cleveland, Ohio three weeks ago to undergo treatment. On […]
For the so-called “Skywalkers” of the world, understanding why they cross massive chasms is difficult — it’s no easier to explain how they feel suspended in the void.
THE GUARDIAN, REUTERS, AFP Worldcrunch Heavy fighting continues between Syrian rebels and government security forces in Damascus on Thursday, as the country reels from yesterday’s bombing that killed three top regime military officials, including President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law. The attack has plunged Syria into perhaps its deepest state of uncertainty since the uprising began last […]
BBC (UK) , NEW YORK TIMES (US), YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (Israel) Worldcrunch BURGAS – The deadly terrorist attack on an Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria was carried out by a male suicide bomber with fake US identification, the BBC reported Thursday. At least seven people have been confirmed dead following the blast on Wednesday, including six […]
The unemployment rate on Montana’s Fort Peck Indian reservation can reach 70%, with scant signs of ways to turn around the local economy. Still, the recent reintroduction of the pure breed of bison can, in tangible ways and otherwise, means somet
LIBERO (Italy), DIE WELT (Germany), HEUTE, KLEINE ZEITUNG (Austria) The tiny Greek island of Icaria is considering a referendum to break away from debt-saddled Greece, and become part of Austria, according to several European press reports. Icaria, which has a population of 8,000, could decide to become independent after its 100-year treaty with Athens expires […]
EL DIA, INFORME 21 (Argentina) Worldcrunch BUENOS AIRES – We know that the news never waits, neither do trains nor time itself. But a good ol” fashioned book…well, we used to think that it could just sit up there forever on the bookshelf, gazing down, waiting until whenever to crack it open and devour what’s […]
In Congo, too often aid gets diverted from those most needy to those best connected. The devastating rains this spring were a tragic case in point.
REUTERS, BBC, AL ARABIYA, THE GUARDIAN Worldcrunch DAMASCUS – Syrian State television is reporting that Syria’s Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha and intelligence chief Assef Shawkat were killed in a bombing at the National Security Bureau in Damascus on Thursday. Other ministers and officials were hurt and were brought to the capital’s al-Shami hospital, including […]
BLOOMBERG, KCNA (North Korea) Worldcrunch Two days after the surprise departure of the army chief, North Korea’s Supreme leader Kim Jong-un is furthering his grip on the military by adding a new title to an already long list of honors. A statement by state-run news agency KCNA announced that “”A decision was made to award […]
AP, AFP Worldcrunch BUDAPEST – Hungarian prosecutors say they have taken into custody one of the world’s last living senior-level Nazi-era criminals on Wednesday and have charged him with war crimes, the Associated Press reports. Ninety-seven year-old Laszlo Csatary was located earlier this week by reporters from British newspaper The Sun through information from the […]
FOHLA DE S.PAULO (Brazil) Worldcrunch SÃO PAULO – “Enjoy “ze flight!” One of the secret pleasures of international flying is checking out the fantastic range of accents of pilots and flight crews. Across all languages. But for security reasons, a very solid grasp of English is mandatory for all pilots on international flights. Passengers on […]
Essay: Europe and the West are considered the “developed” world, while countries such as China are said to be “developing.” But such mentalities don’t really match the respective realities of wealth, in all its
MEHR NEWS AGENCY, KALEME (Iran), LE MONDE (France) Worldcrunch As a last resort to fight soaring food prices, a top Iranian official has proposed a ban on images of people eating chicken on television. National Police Chief Esma’il Ahmadi Moghadam suggested that images of chicken should be banned from state television, fearing that they may […]