CNN TÜRK, HÜRRIYET, (Turkey) LA STAMPA (Italy), WSJ (United States) A Syrian general, two colonels, two majors, one lieutenant and 33 soldiers have defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and arrived in Turkey, Hürriyet, the Istanbul-based daily, reports. The officers and soldiers were part of a group of some 224 people who crossed the border […]
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Chinese multinationals are growing faster than their competitors anywhere else in the world, but they still have a long road ahead until they can become truly global.
He was the charismatically-challenged alternative candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood party. But destiny has awarded the US-trained Islamist Morsi the presidency of Egypt at a crucial moment in the nation’s history.
Worldcrunch CLARIN (Argentina) TARTAGAL – The ambulance was traveling fast, its lights on and sirens blaring — an emergency, for sure, in this northern Argentine city. But Salta provincial police, here near the Bolivian border, knew better. They stopped the suspiciously speedy ambulance and discovered that the apparent emergency was actually an express delivery of […]
You probably know him…or her. Charming, manipulative, a smooth talker and guilt-tripper who ends up making you do what he (or she) wants. So-called “narcissistic perverts” are all around us, explains a growing body of psychological res
Should researchers and scientists leave a country when there is a war? Quite the opposite, say the Swiss researchers at CSRS.
In this end-of-year exams and papers season, a new French study analyzes the evolution of cheating techniques in the past five years, in particular the widespread digital tool we all have come to know as “copy-paste.”
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TAGES ANZEIGER (Switzerland) ZURICH – Clear, sunny skies typically make for safe airplane travel. But according to the Swiss Tages Anzeiger newspaper, airport officials in Zurich are worried that the reflected sunlight from solar panels planned for a nearby church steeple could blind pilots while they are landing. This is not the first time this […]
More and more people are criss-crossing Russia to take part in protest actions, spawning a new breed of “political tourists” just in time for the summer travel season.
Turkish President Gul breaks government silence after downing of air force jet by Syria.
Once a gateway for illegal immigrants hoping to hop a ferry to Europe, the Greek port of Patras is now a dead end, where refugees must now also face growing hostility from the popular Neo-Nazi political party Golden Dawn.
Worldcrunch O GLOBO (Brazil), EL PAÍS (Uruguay) MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica wants to make his country the world’s first to grow and sell pot. With marijuana consumption already legal in Uruguay, Mujica says that drug-related crime continues to plague the country, and that handing over production and distribution to the government can […]
Editorial: “When France sets a 75% top income tax rate, we will roll out the red carpet, and we will welcome more French businesses,” recently announced British Prime Minister David Cameron. Et voila…a French reply.
Have negotiations with Iran hit a dead end? President Obama has made it clear the discussions could not go on indefinitely, but it is the Supreme Leader in Iran who may hold the next card.
Worldcrunch LES ECHOS (France), LE TEMPS (Switzerland), BLOOMBERG PARIS – The Moody’s ratings agency’s downgrading of 15 top Western banks reverberated in world financial capitals Friday, though markets held relatively steady in both Asia and Europe. The announcement, made late on Thursday, sparked reactions Friday morning from top bank managers and analysts in Europe. One […]
Worldcrunch CNN, ABP NEWS TV (India) KABUL – A standoff between Afghan and NATO forces and Taliban militants who had attacked a hotel near Kabul and taken civilian hostages ended Friday morning with at least 26 people dead, CNN reports. According to the Kabul police chief, the Taliban militants killed 15 civilians as well as […]
Worldcrunch HEADLINES The German and Greek press have been “at war” for nearly a week. Following Greece’s qualifying win against Russia on Saturday, Athens-based Sports Day“s front page was a message to Germany. “Angela, get ready! Did you see how your debtors qualified?”….”Give us Merkel,” headlined Greek soccer outlet Goal News. And the very confident […]
To teach business ethics to students, several MBA programs are inviting convicted white-collar criminals to talk about how they defrauded their companies.
Worldcrunch IL MESSAGERO, LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) MILAN – Under mounting pressure from the Chinese government, Milan’s city council cancelled a vote planned this week that would have awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, the Italian daily Il Messagero reported. The Tibetan spiritual leader, who has gathered similar honors over the years from Rome, Venice […]
While giving the rest of Europe lessons on austerity, Germany has quietly been accumulating debt, a situation that will worsen with the planned social reforms and tax cuts.
Analysis: Shaming suspects, parading them in the streets – in China, police believe public humiliation is the best method to deter criminals, a practice dating from ancient times.
Worldcrunch LE FIGARO (France), AFP BEIJING – Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei said Thursday that he’d been barred from attending a hearing on a tax evasion case that the Chinese government has ordered against a firm he founded. Chinese police authorities also warned Weiwei that he was not authorized to leave the country, […]
LE MONDE (France) PARIS – Cooking food in the dishwasher…now why should anyone do such a thing? Because the French say so, and when it comes to cuisine, it’s best just to do what they say. “Wrap your fish or meat in a waterproof bag and then set your dishwasher on 60°C or more,” explains […]
Worldcrunch EL PAÍS, LAINFORMATION.COM (Spain) BILBAO – By last October when the Basque terrorist organization ETA announced an end to its decades-long campaign of violence, five different convicted ETA terrorists had already met with five people whose lives were affected by the groups attacks: the injured, orphaned and widowed. The conversations, which were all one-on-one […]
In the next six months, French troops will be leaving Kapisa province, handing it back to Afghan control. What does the future hold for this hotbed of insurgency?
Worldcrunch THE NATION, THE DAILY TIMES (Pakistan), BBC NEWS (United Kingdom) ISLAMABAD – Newly nominated Pakistani Prime Minister Makhdoom Shahbuddin came under judicial scrutiny on Thursday, only a few days after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified his predecessor, Yousaf Raza Gilani, for contempt of court. Shahbuddin was nominated Prime Minister of Pakistan by President Asif […]
Worldcrunch THE AUSTRALIAN, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (Australia) A boat carrying about 200 asylum-seekers bound for Australia has capsized off the Indonesian coast. The Sydney Morning Herald reports an Australian Customs surveillance aircraft spotted a boat in distress about 120 nautical miles north of Christmas Island. According to the The Australian daily newspaper, Australian search […]
Worldcrunch AL JAZEERA (Qatar), JERUSALEM POST (Israel) GAZA – The military wing of Hamas announced that it had agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel, after three days of bloodshed in and around Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. “In response to the Egyptian efforts to try and stop the aggression on our people, we at Al-Qassam […]
Worldcrunch NOVAYA GAZETA (Russia) MOSCOW – Russian aviation has been making an impact in all the wrong ways. Last May, a new airplane on a demonstration flight in Indonesian crashed into a mountain, killing all 50 people on board. And now Novaya Gazeta has revealed that Russian airlines are using scheduling tricks to cut the […]
In today’s economy, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are forced them to build internationalization strategies and corporate culture.
In eastern Congo , the dramatic effects of deforestation on the environment can already be seen. A new ban on illegal logging risks running into both forest-plundering rebel groups and the immediate needs of the local population.
What’s a Pastor to do when the city council refuses to sell him land or to let him build his church in their neighborhood? Many are forced to rent small, overcrowded rooms, which can lead to senseless tragedies.
A new Internet service allows dead people to communicate with their loved ones via social media. Is this crazy or just the thing to help us grieve in the 21st century?
A standout for Manchester City in England’s Premier League, the Palermo-born son of Ghanaian immigrants is making waves as Italy advances to the quarterfinals — against England.
Worldcrunch OUEST FRANCE, LE PARISIEN, EUROPE 1 (France) TOULOUSE – This southwestern French city was the scene of a new standoff on Wednesday, with a man claiming to belong to Al Qaeda taking four hostages in a bank. Last March Mohammed Merah, killed three French soldiers and three children and a teacher at a Jewish […]
Worldcrunch FAMIGLIA CRISTIANA, CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy) VATICAN CITY – If ever “Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown feels forgotten, if he ever needs a surprise shot of P.R….he knows he can always count on Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The Vatican’s Secretary of State, effectively the No. 2 man in the Catholic Church hierarchy, dusted off […]
From a difficult childhood in China to playing for President Obama and Queen Elisabeth II, pianist Lang Lang’s “Journey Of A Thousand Miles” has taken him a long way indeed.
Worldcrunch DAILY TELEGRAPH, BBC (UK), EXPRESO (Ecuador) LONDON – British police said Wednesday that Julian Assange had violated the terms of his bail, and was subject to re-arrest after the 40 year-old Wikileaks founder spent the night at the embassy of Ecuador, where he is seeking asylum. Assange, who is set to be extradited from […]
Worldcrunch AL ARABIYA, AL-MASRY AL-YOUM (Egypt), AP CAIRO – Conflicting reports continued Wednesday on the condition of Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak, after he was transferred from prison to a military hospital following a stroke, Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. “Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead,” the official MENA news agency had reported late Tuesday. But […]
On the Ilha das Cinzas island, inhabitants are proving that it is possible to live in harmony with the environment — so long as you follow the rules.