DIE WELT (Germany), HURRIYET DAILY NEWS (Turkey) Worldcrunch AMSTERDAM – Turkey has launched a campaign to retrieve Turkish children that have been adopted by gay and Catholic couples in European countries, reports Hurriyet Daily News. Currently at the center of the debate is nine-year-old Yunus, the child of Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands, who is […]
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–Editorial- BEIJING – It is a well-known fact that Chinese people don’t like to spend money. Since the 1998 financial crisis, China’s policy makers have been trying to expand domestic demand, and in particular Chinese consumption, to let the “caged tiger” loose. In other words, it is time that people dig into their savings. Since […]
XINHUA (China), ABC (Australia) Worldcrunch BEIJING – China’s annual parliamentary session formally appointed Xi Jinping as the country’s president for the next ten years on Thursday. The vote at the annual National People’s Congress only drew one “no” vote and three abstentions amongst nearly 3,000 delegates, reports ABC. The NPC is largely considered a “rubber […]
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Worldcrunch VATICAN CITY – White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St Peter’s Basilica pealed, on Wednesday, heralding the election of a new pope. Watch live feed from St Peter’s Square: Click here for Worldcrunch’s special papal coverage.
Warnings that the government has failed to protect Antinoupolis, among the largest Egyptian archaeological sites, which is being “systematically destroyed” by those who want to farm the land.
BEIJING – The 18th century British scholar Thomas Malthus predicted that when population growth exceeded agriculture’s capacity to support new population numbers, it would lead to starvation and misery. His prediction was wrong, because he did not take into account the impact of scientific and technological progress. His name has since become an adjective for […]
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Big Brother – Now With Added Intelligence
Advances in software for surveillance video help make cameras “smart” about the footage they are collecting of all of us.
BUENOS AIRES HERALD, CLARIN, LA RED, PAGINA 12 (Argentina) Worldcrunch BUENOS AIRES – Residents of the Falkland Islands voted en masse in favor of remaining a British territory. Thirty-one years after the UK and Argentina went to war over the remote South-Atlantic archipelago, the referendum asked: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their […]
JAPAN TIMES, ASAHI SHIMBUN (Japan) AFP Worldcrunch TOKYO – On Monday, Japan honored the victims of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that killed nearly 19,000 people two years ago. At 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Japan, triggering a tsunami with 30-meter high waves that wiped out entire […]
-OpEd- BEIJING – The four foreign criminals who murdered 13 Chinese sailors in 2011 on northern Thailand’s Mekong River were put to death by lethal injection on March 1. I support the death sentence in this case and the execution of these men. The significance of this execution is three-fold. First, whoever commits a crime, […]
A French war correspondent’s new book recounts the horrors of the Libyan dictator’s rape and torture of women, which was yet another way to subjugate the population.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Every Olympics needs a strong mascot. But for the 2016 Summer Games, the two animals leading the pack are in a rather weak position. Each of the two primates being considered to become the face of Brazil’s first-ever Olympics is in risk of extinction: the mico-leão-dourado (golden lion tamarin) and muriqui […]
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-Analysis- BEIJING – One of the stated functions of the Ministry of Environmental Protection is to monitor the environment, and to publish the findings. But when a Beijing lawyer asked the Ministry to publish its national soil pollution survey, he was turned away. The reason? The findings were a state secret. In China, the “state […]
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How To Make Poland A Truly Modern Nation
-Essay- WARSAW – Poland has always lacked capital for important investments. The roads have always been bad, muddy, full of ruts and potholes. We have great universities, but they are woefully underfunded. In Poland there have always been “islands of modernity in a sea of backwardness,” according to economic historian Witold Kula. In this sense, […]
AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AAP (Australia) Worldcrunch SYDNEY – It’s not called the “Lucky Country” for nothing. Australia’s resource-rich economy continued to expand last quarter, extending the country’s run of 21 years of uninterrupted growth. Fourth-quarter GDP grew by 0.6% from the previous quarter, and 3.1% from a year earlier according to the […]
Adventurers flock to the Finnish hinterland to take in the Northern Lights, winter sports and some culinary surprises.
The Holy See has said that the final report on the scandal plaguing the Vatican would only be delivered to the new pope. But some of those voting for the pontiff want to know the truth.
BEIJING – Before even leaving for the United Kingdom, we had already decided to try out the local cuisine as much as possible. It shouldn’t be too difficult to avoid Chinese food – even though there are Chinese restaurants in every corner of the world these days. After all, we were only spending a dozen […]
KYODO (Japan), WHO, AFP Worldcrunch TOKYO – The Japanese government on Friday refuted a World Health Organization report that found a higher cancer risk for people living in areas contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, reports Kyodo news. The UN health agency’s report, which was published on Thursday, said that there was a 70% […]
But you may also find Amanullah Mojadidi doing performance art pieces in Kabul.
STUFF, TV3, ONE NEWS, NEW ZEALAND HERALD, AUCKLAND NOW (New Zealand) Worldcrunch AUCKLAND – An award-winning filmmaker was killed in a shark attack on Wednesday at a popular surfing beach west of New Zealand’s largest city. Muriwai beach on Auckland’s west coast has been closed after a fatal shark attack: ow.ly/i52Gv — nzherald (@nzherald) February […]
FOLHA DE SAO PAULO (Brazil) Worldcrunch RIO DE JANEIRO – No matter who’s playing, a new Monopoly game created especially for the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics always has the same winner: Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes. “Your house now costs more after the pacification of a neighboring community. Get 75,000 reais ($ 37,500)…” This sentence […]
LES ECHOS, RTL, FRANCETV INFO (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – A video has been posted on YouTube showing members of a French family of seven, including four children, who were taken hostage last week by Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist sect. The three-minute video, which was posted on Monday, shows the French family – two men, […]
AFP, NHK (Japan) Worldcrunch TOKYO – A powerful earthquake shook Tokyo on Monday, with buildings swaying for 30 seconds, but few reports of injuries. The magnitude 5.7 quake was centered in the mountain resort town of Nikko, about 140 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, reports the AFP. Earlier reports had put the quake at magnitude 6.2. […]
And a bit “Poodle” too, according to Marcela Iacub, a lawyer and writer who had an eight-month affair with Strauss-Kahn last year.
A 30-year battle ends in victory for owners of land that French energy giant Areva wanted to mine for uranium.
DIE WELT (Germany), TIMES OF ISRAEL (Israel) Worldcrunch BERLIN – What does a German tourist do in Bali when his wallet gets stolen? He goes right away for help to the German consulate in Denpasar, the capital of the Indonesian island. But an Israeli in the same bind has a problem: Indonesia does not recognize […]
BERLIN – Europeans are in a virtual state of paralysis about the future, frozen by a fear that – were they to turn away from Brussels – the result would be a rise of reactionary nationalism. Not surprisingly, these new chauvinisms are perfectly suited for some political agendas – on all sides of the ideological […]
SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG (Germany) Worldcrunch BERLIN – “Disgusting,” “inhuman,” “unbelievable” – that was the tenor of thousands of comments that have been left in recent hours on Amazon Germany’s Facebook page. The outrage followed an incendiary documentary about the e-commerce giant aired on German Television ARD on Thursday night. Customers also passed on info to other […]
THE AUSTRALIAN, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, ABC NEWS (Australia) Worldcrunch CANBERRA – Australia’s lower house of Parliament unanimously passed a historic bill on Wednesday recognizing Aboriginals as the first inhabitants of Australia. Parliament voted in favor of an act of recognition which commits Australia to changing its Constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians, reports the Australian. Prime […]
Worldcrunch PARIS – After yesterday’s announcement that Pope Benedict XVI would resign from the papacy on Feb. 28, the world’s newspapers reacted today: ITALY UNITED KINGDOM AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA BELGIUM CANADA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA FRANCE GERMANY INDIA USA SPAIN POLAND SWITZERLAND HONDURAS MEXICO PARAGUAY SOUTH AFRICA SWEDEN PORTUGAL THE PHILIPPINES IRELAND AUSTRIA
BEIJING – Recently, pharmaceutical company Renhen Pharmacy went through a public relations nightmare after a doctor wrote on the popular Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo that its children’s cold medicine was dangerous. Could better preparation and response on Weibo have substantially mitigated the damage to Renhe’s image? On Jan. 21, a Weibo post about Renhe Pharmacy […]
THE INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL, BBC (UK) Worldcrunch LONDON – British government food officials have warned the public not to eat frozen beef lasagna sold by the Findus brand after tests showed they contained up to 100% horsemeat. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has ordered all British companies to test their processed beef […]
PHNOM PENH – A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both ends, and some 200 heads lowered […]
CAIRO – Among the amazing landscapes Egypt possesses, the most precious are undoubtedly the seashores on the North Coast and the Red Sea, as well as the desert. Countless sites in these areas are unique and rare wonders of nature, and require special care and protection. The Egyptian Tourism Ministry has a plan for how […]
THE HERALD SUN, NHMRC, AAP, THE AUSTRALIAN (Australia) Worldcrunch MELBOURNE – Australia is officially the meanest country EVER! New hygiene rules mean that Australian children will be banned from blowing out birthday candles at school parties. Photo devinf Yes, you read it correctly. No this is not a cruel joke. According to the latest National […]
MUNICH – It is shortly past 10 a.m. in a Munich middle school and Tammy is lying on the floor, muzzle tucked between his paws, stomach rising and falling gently as he breathes in and out, apparently asleep. Occasionally, when Salma leafs through the pages of her book, the dog’s eyes blink open then shut […]
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (Australia) Worldcrunch SYDNEY – Australian scientists have discovered that cannabis could help reverse dementia. Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NRA) believe one of the main active ingredients in cannabis – cannabidiol – could reverse some of the symptoms of memory loss, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Tim Karl, a senior NRA researcher […]