LE FIGARO (France), BBC Worldcrunch PARIS – Specially-trained Syrian rebel fighters, alongside US, Israeli and Jordanian forces, have crossed the border into Syria as an unprecedented assault begins against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, French daily Le Figaro reports Friday. The newspaper cites military sources saying the operation began last week in the southern Syrian region of […]
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Pistorius’s Murder Trial Set For March
BBC, REUTERS Worldcrunch PRETORIA – South African “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius was officially indicted Monday on charges of murdering his girlfriend, with the trial set to begin in March 2014. The March 3 start date has been agreed by all parties during the hearing at Pretoria magistrates’ court Monday, the BBC reports. The 26-year-old star […]
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Magazines, Mapped! Week Of August 16-22
What has the world been reading this week? Check out our selection of covers from top magazines around the world…
BEIJING — Economists rack their brains studying the nature of business. In the simplest terms, the essence of business is to make money. But in today’s China, as elsewhere, particular political, economic and social factors make a difference — and a wide range of uniquely Chinese money-making mechanisms have been developed. What Wang Lin, the […]
Worldcrunch MOSCOW – AFP photographer Olivier Morin snapped a breathtaking picture of World champion Usain Bolt just after he crossed the finish line, winning the 100-meter final at the Moscow world championships on Sunday night. See the photo HERE.
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Nestle And The Chocolate Factory
In the French city of Noisiel, the old Menier chocolate factory is a grand architectural landmark of the industrial age. It’s now the luxurious headquarters of Nestle France.
CNN (USA) Worldcrunch LOS ANGELES– Actress Karen Black’s long and public battle with cancer has ended with her death, her agent said Thursday. Black, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, was 74. Black took her fight to overcome her illness to a crowd-funding website earlier […]
BERLIN — The understanding voice, the way the therapist slides the box of tissues over when you get emotional, the warm pat on the shoulder and the handshake as you leave. Can you imagine psychotherapy without these comforting human niceties? If so, consider replacing these face-to-face sessions with online therapy. Results of a University of […]
Stiffer penalties for baby traffickers are all well and good, but what China really needs is to regain its moral integrity.
LA TIMES (US) Worldcrunch LOS ANGELES – At least three people — two firefighters and one civilian — have been injured in the Silver fire, a fast-moving blaze that had consumed 6,000 acres in Riverside County by Wednesday night and was continuing to spread. The fire spread so quickly that some residents were told to […]
Street children often abandon their own infants, who are sometimes raised by grandmothers or dropped at convents. But these young parents all wish them a better life than they had.
BBC NEWS (UK), AFP Worldcrunch QUETTA – Gunmen have killed at least 13 bus passengers on Tuesday in the southwest of Pakistan, according to officials. Provincial home secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told AFP news agency that militants had blocked a road and held up a group of security personnel. They then stopped at least two […]