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In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — Witnessing Westminster Aftermath

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Post date April 12, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/gsNK2vpeWpA expand=1] OneShot — Witnessing the immediate aftermath, 2017 (©Toby Melville/Reuters) This photo was taken just after a terrorist drove into pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge, killing five people. An injured woman gets comfort from a passerby. This photo is among the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 Nominees. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot: [rebelmouse-image 27068863 original_size=”320×320″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068864 original_size=”174×174″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068865 original_size=”128×128″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068866 original_size=”227×227″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068867 original_size=”256×256″ expand=1]

Tags london, photograph, photography, terrorism, united kingdom, video, World Press

Why Digital Abstinence Won’t Fix Facebook

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Post date April 12, 2018

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-OpEd- MUNICH — In the aftermath of the Facebook data scandal, some users have been deleting their accounts. It’s an understandable gut reaction, but it’s also a declaration of surrender because it’s not up to the individual to oppose the superiority of Internet companies. That’s the job of the politicians. Digital abstinence cannot be the […]

Tags cambridge analytica, data, delete, facebook, germany, privacy

In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — Boko Haram Survivor

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Post date April 12, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/P50G0XNfIFs expand=1] OneShot — Boko Haram survivor, 2017 (©Adam Ferguson/The New York Times) Portrait of Aisha, 14, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram and assigned a suicide bomb mission. Instead of detonating the bomb, she managed to escape. This photo is among the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 Nominees. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot:

Tags boko haram, nigeria, photograph, photography, video, World Press

In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — Venezuela Crisis

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 11, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/dkO3eApLxdE expand=1] OneShot — Venezuela Crisis, 2017 (©Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP) José Víctor Salazar Balza, 28, catches fire amid violent clashes with riot police during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela. Salazar was set alight when the gas tank of a motorbike exploded. He survived the incident with first- and second-degree burns. This photo is among the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 Nominees. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot: [rebelmouse-image 27068863 original_size=”320×320″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068864 original_size=”174×174″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068865 original_size=”128×128″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068866 original_size=”227×227″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068867 original_size=”256×256″ […]

Tags caracas, maduro, photograph, photography, protest, venezuela, video, World Press

Uber Will You Have Me? A Personal History

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Post date April 11, 2018

Driving in their nation's capital pingnews/Worldcrunch montage

How our foreign-born author became an app in America’s capital city.

Tags Car Sharing, D.C, driving, lyft, uber, united states

In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — The Battle For Mosul

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Post date April 11, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/tQ6IXJrut2g expand=1] OneShot — The Battle for Mosul, 2017 (©Ivor Prickett) Civilians who had remained in west Mosul after the battle to take the city line up for aid in the Mamun neighborhood. This photo is among the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 Nominees. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot: [rebelmouse-image 27068863 original_size=”320×320″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068864 original_size=”174×174″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068865 original_size=”128×128″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068866 original_size=”227×227″ expand=1][rebelmouse-image 27068867 original_size=”256×256″ expand=1]

Tags iraq, isis, Mosul, photograph, photography, video, World Press

In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — Rohingya Crisis

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 11, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/SZ73ivmXbcQ expand=1] OneShot — Rohingya Crisis, 2017 (©Patrick Brown/UNICEF) A boat transporting about a hundred Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized off a coast in Bangladesh and only 17 people survived. The bodies are laid out on the beach. This photo is among the World Press Photo of the Year 2018 Nominees. OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot:

Tags bangladesh, photograph, photography, rohingya, video, World Press

Viktor From The East: Beware The Orbanization Of Europe

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Post date April 11, 2018

Attila Volgyi/ZUMA

-OpEd- Viktor Orban was beaming on the evening of his victory this past weekend, which brought him his fourth term as Prime Minister. The Hungarian loves the taste of success. But what he loves, even more, is to triumph over those whom he believes feel superior to him. This says much about a Hungarian inferiority […]

Tags election, hungary, orban, populism, Visegrad

Ideas Syria Crisis

Syria, How Did It Come To This?

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Post date April 10, 2018

A rescue worker holding a child after the alleged chemical attack in Douma Syrian Civil Defense White Helmet/ZUMA

-Analysis- PARIS — The Syrian population continues to endure various armed conflicts. Despite all the attention this war gets from international, political and humanitarian organizations, it is now more than seven years since it began — and Syria is suffering from three open wounds. On April 9, at dawn, the Tayfur air base, located between […]

Tags assad, chemical attack, hezbollah, iran, israel, kurds, nuclear deal, russia, strikes, syria, trump, war

Is Switzerland Finally On Its Way To Being Cool?

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Post date April 9, 2018

Cool probably isn't the first word that comes to mind when thinking of Switzerland. Peter Ogilvie

It may not be Europe’s biggest trend setter, but in subtle ways, the land-locked, quadrilingual republic is fashioning a hipper, more confident cultural identity.

Tags alps, coolness, federer, quality of life, soccer, switzerland, tourism

Trump, Putin And The False Definition Of A ‘New Cold War’

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Post date April 9, 2018

"Democracy has outlived its usefulness" Robert Walsh

The bipolar world of yesteryear is gone. In its place is a shifting geopolitical landscape of circumstantial alliances and ascendant authoritarianism.

Tags authoritarianism, cold war, conflict, democracy, election, nuclear, russia, weapons

Art History Gets Complicated For The #MeToo Era

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Post date April 8, 2018

Rape of Proserpina Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Sexually-charged images of women (and occasionally men) being seized and abducted abound in ancient and present-day artwork alike.

Tags art, bernini, france, metoo, mythology, painting, Picasso, rape, rapture, Rubens, sexuality

Economy Eyes on the U.S. Future

Got AI? Connected Cows, Artificial Intelligence, Your Milk

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 7, 2018

Cows with their "FitBits" that control Ida Connecterra Facebook Page

‘Cow Fitbits’ and artificial intelligence are coming to the dairy farm, but some farmers aren’t impressed.

Tags ai, cows, farm, FitBit, georgia, Ida, milk, robot, united states

Geopolitics Ideas

From Lula To Park To Zuma, Rough Times For Former Presidents

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Post date April 6, 2018

Brazil's Lula faces 12 years in prison Ae/ZUMA

-Analysis- The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Rarely has the old expression had as much global echo as it does this morning. Over the past 48 hours, no fewer than three former heads of state, in three different continents, have had to face judges over accusations of corruption. In Brazil, South America’s biggest […]

Tags brazil, geun-hye, lula, park, presidents, Sarkozy, zuma

We May Have Just Witnessed The Moment China Overtook The U.S.

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Post date April 6, 2018

Masks of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un hanging in a shop in Hong Kong Georg Wendt

It will be marked in the historical record as the date when China took over control of Far East Asia.

Tags china, kim jong-un, north korea, united states, us-china relations, xi jinping

Idlib Diary: Mental Health Care In Times Of War

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 5, 2018

Syria’s civilians are victims of the conflict between the major powers in the country. Idlib Health Directorate Facebook Page

Abdullah, a psychosocial health worker in Idlib, discusses helping families cope with depression and other mental health issues that are rampant across the city.

Tags bombs, depression, mental health, personal essay, syria, syrian crisis

Camus Revisited, How The Stranger Speaks To Our Troubled Era

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Post date April 5, 2018

The Stranger is the second most-read French book in the world das.mot

Albert Camus’s iconic novel is a relevant today as it was when it first hit bookstores, in 1942.

Tags albert camus, france, literature, macron, meursault, populism

In The News OneShot

Watch: OneShot — Jesus Statue At American Megachurch

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 3, 2018

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZv3UMLsxX8 expand=1] OneShot — Jesus statue at American megachurch, 2005 (©Nina Berman/NOOR) OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot:

Tags architecture, jesus, megachurch, Ohio, photograph, photography, statue, united states, video

Artificial Intelligence And The Limits Of ‘The Imitation Game’

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Post date April 3, 2018

Sophia, a life-like humanoid robot. Li Muzi

Rest assured, computers aren’t that smart. They lack common sense. Or so we assume: for if a computer could become conscious, how would we really know?

Tags artificial intelligence, consciousness, france, turing

Rembrandt’s Forgotten India Connection

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 3, 2018

From the cover of Schrader's book

Stephanie Schrader, curator of a new Getty Museum exhibition, says the Dutch master was inspired by Indian imagery of empire, trade and luxury.

Tags art, india, J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A., Mughal, rembrandt

‘Waiting for Death’ In Eastern Ghouta’s Underground Bunkers

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 2, 2018

Syrian children that live in underground to escape the threat of airstrikes and mortar attacks. Anas Alkharbotli/ZUMA

As the Syrian government continues its offensive in the Damascus suburbs, civilians cower in underground shelters hoping for an end to their living hell.

Tags airstrikes, bombs, damascus, Ghouta, syria, violence, war in syria

Sweet! Upcoming Tax Scares UK Into Taking It Easy On Sugar

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 1, 2018

No, thanks rawpixel

Beverage companies have responded to the planned tax by reducing the sugar content of their drinks.

Tags diabete, drink, food, health, obesity, soda, sugar, tax, uk, united kingdom

Why Al-Azhar Is Resisting Sisi’s Religious Reforms For Egypt

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Post date March 31, 2018

Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque and university Wissam Nassar/Xinhua/ZUMA

The president thinks it’s time to ‘revolutionize’ Islam. But to do so, he needs help from the country’s oldest, most prestigious Sunni university.

Tags egypt, muslim brotherhood, presidential election, reform

The Back Story On Why Trump Approved Russian Spy Expulsion

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 30, 2018

Trump last year at CIA headquarters Olivier Douliery/CNP via ZUMA

The White House national security team presented Trump with three options, leading to an unprecedented purge of 60 Russian spies, which caught Moscow off-guard.

Tags cia, dc, espionage, kgb, moscow, united states

A New Brand Of Antisemitism, From France To Germany To Britain

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Post date March 29, 2018

Paris march in memory of slain Mireille Knoll on March 28 redd.moon via Instagram

The targeted murder by a Muslim of an elderly Parisian Jewish woman connects hatred of Jews today to that of Europe’s past. And it’s not just in France.

Tags antisemitism, attacks, extremism, france, germany, jewish, muslim, uk

Speak Sisi: Tracking Egypt’s President Evolution Through His Words

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Post date March 29, 2018

"It is difficult to predict the content of the president’s speech." kremlin.ru

Set for a second term, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has evolved in tone and substance over the past four years: from soft-spoken insider to all-powerful leader.

Tags cairo, egypt, presidency, president, sisi, speech

Mao Or Erdogan? Defining Trump’s Brand Of Authoritarianism

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Post date March 28, 2018

Trump returns this week to the White House in Marine One helicopter Zach Gibson/CNP via ZUMA

-Essay- WASHINGTON — On Nov. 8, 2016, Erik Hagerman was struck by a bolt. Donald Trump was victorious, the last thing he wanted to hear. So on that very day, the 53-year-old former Nike corporate executive swore that he would avoid everything that happened in, and to, America after election day. He did not want […]

Tags authoritarian, Erik Hagerman, mao, nike, Sinclair Lewis, trump, united states

When The IRS Tracks Down ‘Accidental Americans’ In France

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Post date March 28, 2018

There are several thousand people like Renaud, who are French but also "accidental Americans." mywalkabouts

French authorities agreed to help the U.S. crack down on tax evaders. But in doing so, people who just happened to be born on American soil face massive penalties and reams of red tape.

Tags dual citizenship, FATCA, france, tax

When Terrorists Get Help From Amazon Recommendations

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Post date March 27, 2018

An Amazon Fresh employee packs a bunch of carrots for grocery delivery in Berlin Monika Skolimowska/ZUMA

‘Other bombmakers who bought products like these…’

Tags amazon, france, gafa, germany, Monoprix, product, recommendation, terrorism

Egyptian Election: Yes, There Is Another Candidate

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Post date March 26, 2018

Moussa Mostafa Moussa felt compelled to run for president, “because the right chance to run had presented itself.” Mohamed El Raai/DPA/ZUMA

CAIRO — Over the course of the past two months, since Ghad Party head Moussa Mostafa Moussa decided to run for president, the party and its relatively unknown candidate have found themselves suddenly wading into uncharted waters. Before he submitted his papers to the National Elections Authority on January 29, only minutes ahead of the […]

Tags egypt, election, ghad party, moussa, sisi

Solzhenitsyn’s Widow: On Putin, Russian Soul And French Lit

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Post date March 25, 2018

Aleksander and Natalia Solzhenitsyn in 1994 Richard Ellis

PARIS — As we prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the author of The Gulag Archipelago, his widow and intellectual accomplice, granted a rare and exclusive interview to Le Figaro. Natalia Solzhenitsyn evokes her husband’s gigantic literary and historical work in identifying the causes of the Russian tragedy. She recalls that […]

Tags crimea, democracy, france, gulag archipelago, macron, putin, totalitarianism

Ideas Trump And The World

Donald Trump Could Usher In A Female Revolution In Congress

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 24, 2018

Arizona Representative Kyrsten Sinema Ron Sachs/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — How many times have we heard that this is the year of the woman? Let’s just say, several. Each decade for the past century or so seems to have presented a fresh feature to justify yet another proclamation of historic import. From suffrage (1920) to the pill (1960) and legalized abortion(1973) to Gloria Steinem and Ms magazine (1972) to “Reviving Ophelia” (1994) — fast-forwarding to the recent pink-capped Women’s March (2017) and the #MeToo movement (2017) — women have been pushing their way forward to reach parity with men. Many of the original goals have been reached. Women […]

Tags feminism, trump, united states, women, womeninoffice

Future Ideas

Europe To Silicon Valley: Time To Pay For Your False Promises

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Post date March 23, 2018

In Germany, where privacy matters, data should be protected Omer Messinger via ZUMA

-OpEd- MUNICH — We are making the world a better place: That has been a central promise that helped Silicon Valley’s Internet giants seduce the public, on their way to gaining unprecedented power over our lives. That vow remains at the heart of the message of Mark Zuckerberg and his company Facebook. The goal, as […]

Tags airbnb, cambridge analytica, data, delete, facebook, privacy, protection, tax, uber, united states, Zuckerberg

Women In Science, A Brand New Formula Needed In India

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 23, 2018

Women have more than a hand in science. Now they need power too. CDC India

NEW DELHI — A recent photo posted on Facebook by the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, Ashutosh Sharma, featured 41 heads of Indian educational and research institutions. It didn’t take long for Shobana Narasimhan, a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, to point out that not a single one was a woman. Only 20% of tenured faculty positions in Indian educational and research institutions are held by women. Other numbers are even more skewed: only 12 women are Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences (there are 197 men); only 3 women […]

Tags bias, gender, india, indian, science, women

Facebook May Suddenly Find Itself Without A Business Model

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 22, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg in 2017 Anthony Quintano

There’s simply no way for Mark Zuckerberg to fix the fake news and data abuse problems without destroying his social network’s business model.

Tags cambridge analytica scandal, data, facebook, tech, united states, Zuckerberg

Why Europe Should Boycott The World Cup In Russia

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Post date March 22, 2018

The empty 2018 World Cup stadium in Russia FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Facebook

-OpEd- BERLIN — It’s a strange state of affairs. Two madmen are leading two of the three greatest world powers: Donald Trump, who has turned his former TV show The Apprentice into a governing method in the White House, and Vladimir Putin, who lets himself be photographed hunting bare-chested, showing off his muscles, who eliminates […]

Tags boycott, election, football, germany, poison, putin, russia, skripal, soccer, syria, worldcup

Documenting War Crimes In Syria Can Serve More Than Justice

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 21, 2018

Walking in Douma, Syria Muhmmad Al-Najjar/ZUMA

-OpEd- In the Syrian conflict, loss means means different things to different people. For many, it means the loss of loved ones. For those displaced or forced to flee the country, it also means the loss of their homes, properties, jobs and communities. For most, it means the loss of predictability, welfare and security. And yet, Syrians remain active and resilient —even after seven years of horrific violence. Despite being deprived of their basic human rights, many are fighting to protect their dignity, their voices and their memories. Amid these devastating conditions, Syrian activists have relentlessly documented the suffering and […]

Tags Fernando Travesí, free syrian army, human rights violations, icc, ICTJ, IIIM, international criminal court, Jabhat al-Nusra, justice, Save Syrian Schools, syria, war crimes

Eyes on the U.S. Ideas

Facebook And Uber, Eye On A European Techlash

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Post date March 20, 2018

Error 2018 Lukas Schulze/DPA/ZUMA

-Analysis- The term “techlash” has been around for awhile, but get ready to see and hear it more and more. The company that stands at the center of this “technology backlash” is no doubt Facebook, with the world’s largest social network experiencing its worst week in memory amid snowballing revelations around its relationship with Cambridge […]

Tags analytica, cambridge, facebook, giants, privacy, tech, uber, united states

Future Ideas

Bankers Be Warned, GAFA Web Giants Are Coming For You

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Post date March 20, 2018

A cashless transaction in Ghent, Belgium. Jonas Leupe

–OpEd- PARIS — The year is 2050. Cash has disappeared. People now pay for their purchases with their smartphones. And as in so many other sectors, Apple and Google are the big winners — along with Microsoft, who makes a small chip, which people implant under their skin to use as an electronic wallet. For […]

Tags amazon, apple, banking, facebook, france, google, insurance, loan

Turning Feminism Into A Spiritual Quest

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 19, 2018

Coworking with child at Working Mommy Working Mommy

The power of love, or the celebration of a future society that values spiritual oneness rather than patriarchal divisions, is the ultimate source of resistance.

Tags feminism, gender equality, india, metoo, sprituality, time's up

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