Essay: The euro crisis has exposed something deeper than debt: a reminder that Europe must be outward, not inward, looking. Conventional wisdom says the British are not committed to Europe. The smart money says they’re the right model for the who
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EL DIARO SINEMBARGO, EL UNIVERSAL (Mexico), AP Worldcrunch MEXICO CITY – Though victory congratulations for his rival continue to arrive from world leaders, Mexico’s leftist challenger for President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is conceding nothing as evidence of voter fraud in last weekend’s election has led to a parital recount of the ballots. Protesters in […]
GUARDIAN, TWITTER WORLDWIDE Worldcrunch In a bitter defeat for large media and pharmaceutical companies, the European Parliament on Wednesday roundly rejected the global ACTA anti-counterfeiting accord. The Guardian reports that the US and Japan are likely to proceed with approval of the international accord, and it remains to be seen whether European supporters try to […]
Fifty years after its independence, Rwanda is billing itself as the “African Singapore.” However, the country’s development is benefiting only an elite of the population, as disenchantment spreads.
Interview: The legendary Italian actress shares memories of when it all began, and describes a life that remains rich with honors and new artistic challenges.
REUTERS, NEW SCIENTIST, CERN (Switzerland) Worldcrunch GENEVA – Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva have announced that they have observed a new subatomic particle that may well be the crucial Higgs boson, a.k.a. the “God particle,” thus potentially putting an end to an almost 50-year-long game of hide-and-seek with the […]
SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, DIE WELT (Germany) –Worldcrunch KARLSRUHE – Police say three people and a suspected gunman were dead Wednesday during a home eviction gone awry in Karlsruhe, southwest Germany, reports Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Earlier in the morning, it was reported that a gunman took three to four people hostage, including a bailiff, after authorities attempted to […]
AL JAZEERA (Qatar), XINHUA (China) Worldcrunch RAMALLAH – The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has given the go ahead to exhume the body of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat this Wednesday after a special investigation by Al Jazeera revealed unusually high levels of deadly polonium on his personal effects. Arafat’s widow Suha Arafat asked for the […]
Here’s one way to try to get elected mayor – buy yourself a village. And thanks to eBay, you can make an offer with a click of your mouse.
Worldcrunch ÉPOCA (Brazil) SÃO PAULO – We can all agree that Brazil is the country of beautiful beaches, sensual rhythms and slim, gorgeous bodies. Right? Well, at least for that last category, we may have to leave things loose on our definitions. Once considered worldwide sex symbols of toned slimness, the ladies of Brazil are […]
Worldcrunch LE MONDE (France) PARIS – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s home and office were raided by police investigators on Tuesday, according to Le Monde. His lawyer’s offices were also raided. The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged illegal financing of Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign by billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, the French […]
Mexico’s President-Elect Enrique Peña Nieto is a handsome guy. Stand him arm-in-arm with his second wife, actress Angélica Rivera, aka “La Gaviota,” and it all gets quite stunning.
The approval of European bailout measures has been widely criticized. But a German branch of the global activist group Attac went the next step, comparing the fiscal response to a 1933 law that paved the way for Hitler’s regime.
Worldcrunch LE SOIR ECHOS (Morocco), LA VIE ECO (Morocco), AFP OUJDA – A Moroccan court has ordered the investigation of a controversial imam, Abdellah Nhari, for inciting hatred, reports Le Soir Echos. In a video posted on YouTube (see below), Nhari suggests that Mokhtar Laghzioui, editor-in-chief of the Arabic newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, “must […]
Worldcrunch CUMHURIYET (Turkey), HÜRRIYET (Turkey), BBC NEWS (UK) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has finally responded to last month’s shooting down of a Turkish plane after it entered Syrian airspace, saying he regretted the incident. “We learned that it the jet belonged to Turkey after shooting it down. I say 100 percent: “if only we had […]
Worldcrunch LA STAMPA, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, IL SOLE 24 ORE (Italy) TURIN – Sergio Pininfarina, among history’s most accomplished car designers and a symbol of “Made in Italy” style, has died at the age of 85. Italian media reported Tuesday morning that Pininfarina died at his home the night before after a long illness. Noted […]
Jiang Dalong beat out a dozen competitors to win a bid to takeover failed Swedish carmaker Saab. Having made his millions in renewable energy, Jiang talks to Caixin about Saab’s (green) road back from the dead.
Worldcrunch ADEVARUL, ANTENA 3, ZIARE.COM (Romania) BUCHAREST – Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase remains in a hospital room in the Romanian capital. His aides say the 62-year-old is recovering – gradually — from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck in a June 20 suicide attempt gone awry after having been sentenced to prison on […]
Essay: As the Barclays “Libor-gate” financial scandal unravels, France’s leading business daily says it’s time London lawmakers and City bankers should stop lecturing continental Europe and take a good hard look in the
Analysis: Don’t be fooled by the fact that Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan didn’t launch a military response to the downing of a Turkish jet. He has made it clear in other ways that Bashar Al-Assad’s days are numbered.
Worldcrunch TIANFU MORNING POST (China) CHENGDU – These days in China, marriage proposals are over-the-top and the richer you are the better it is. Last month, the spotlight was on 11 very rich men looking for wives, kicking off a high-profile search in ten major cities. Needless to say, the ladies the men were looking […]
The bumps and bruises continue 15 years after Hong Kong returned into Chinese hands. Now it’s up to both to try harder.
Worldcrunch EL DIARIO, EL INFORMADOR (Mexico) L.A. TIMES (USA) MEXICO CITY – Though his main challenger has yet to concede defeat, Enrique Peña Nieto appears set to become Mexico’s next President, which would mark a return to power after 12 years for his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. Mexico’s federal elections commission is reporting that […]
Worldcrunch THE PRESS ASSOCIATION (UK), KHAAMA PRESS (Afghanistan), REUTERS The UK Defense Ministry confirmed Monday that three British soldiers were shot to death at a check-point in southwest Afghanistan by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform. The gunman was injured and detained after the Sunday attack, a spokesperson for the Ministry told Reuters. According […]
Worldcrunch LA REPUBBLICA (Italy), EL DIARIO VASCO (Spain) , SPORTS ILLUSTRATED With Spain’s Euro 2012 soccer championship victory, a 4-0 trouncing of Italy (the biggest ever margin in a European final) that secures an unprecedented third major title in a row, the question is on every sports fan’s lips: Is Spain the best national soccer […]
It may look like art, but it’s just a beautiful dress: Mary Katrantzou is leading fashion’s digital print boom, a new generation of designers creating clothes with the help of such tools as Photoshop.
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The Afro Is Back
A return to what is considered “natural” hair for African-American women is also showing up on Europe’s top fashion runways. The afro used to be a political statement, today it’s more likely a fashion statement.
Centuries after Potosí, Bolivia’s legendary but now dried-up silver reserve, the small South American country may have struck a new enormous source of precious metal wealth. But locals may stand in the way.
In the region of Bavaria, there is an often hidden parallel justice system, where imams and self-appointed judges circumvent the German legal system and Islamic law prevails.
Jealousy, fights, fits of rage…even murder: Italy has noticed a rise in reported cases of 60-something and 70-something men who kill their wives and lovers. What ever happened to those his and hers rocking chairs?
Worldcrunch YAHOO! JAPAN Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ruled Japan for nearly 54 years until the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) rose to power. The LDP has long been the gray flipside to the neon instincts that fuel the Japanese popular culture that brings such gems as karaoke bars and anime alternative universes. But now […]
Few know the Lebanese capital has been a destination for immigrants in recent years. But now a group of Sudanese men are on a hunger strike, demanding that the UN resettle recognized refugees and grant temporary status to those waiting for their papers.
As Mexico goes to the polls to elect a new president, a visit to Xalapa, a city that once attracted cultural elites and foreign university students –until the country’s bloody drug war brought it to its knees.
Worldcrunch WANT DAILY (China) SHANGHAI – There have been numerous recent reports of female passengers being harassed on Shanghai’s subway. Instead of acknowledging the complaints and enforcing security measures, the Shanghai subway authority has decided instead to post a photo of a woman wearing a transparent dress clearly showing her underwear on its website. The […]
Wolfgang Draeger has dubbed Woody Allen’s parts in German since the American actor-director’s first film appearance in 1965. Did vanity drive Allen to replace Draeger for the German version of “To Rome With Love?”
Worldcrunch LE MONDE (France), NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GABON – Authorities in Gabon burned more than 4.5 tons of illegal ivory this week after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species released a report showing that elephant poaching has reached a record high in the past few years. The year 2011 saw the highest recorded levels […]
Samira Ghorbani Danesh, 24, says she fled Iran for fear of repression for being a lesbian. A German court has denied her asylum request, ruling that she can live unbothered back in her native country so long as she hides her homosexuality.
Worldcrunch ICELAND REVIEW, LE FIGARO MADAME (France) REYKJAVIK – This Sunday, when Iceland goes to the polls to elect its next president, the choice is rather stark. There is the white-haired incumbent, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson,69, and there is Thora Arnórsdóttir, who is not only a 37-year-old newcomer to politics, but also just gave birth last […]
Worldcrunch IL SOLE 24 ORE (Italy), DIE WELT (Germany) BBC NEWS (UK), LE MONDE (France) BRUSSELS – Spain and Italy…Spain and Italy. Sports junkies know by now the lineup for the finals of the 2012 European Soccer Championship, after Italy defeated the favored Germans 2-1 in Warsaw on Thursday night, following Spain’s semifinal win over […]
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Report: DSK And Wife Of 20 Years Split
Worldcrunch CLOSER, VOICI (France) REUTERS PARIS – Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, prominent French journalist Anne Sinclair, have split after 20 years of marriage, a source close to DSK has told Reuters. The French edition of the weekly magazine Closer first reported the news in its online edition, adding that Sinclair, […]