Worldcrunch
Welcome to Wednesday, where Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president, Italy’s prime minister hangs on, and the Tokyo Olympics may be cancelled again. We also visit six iconic businesses around the world, which have survived wars and depressions, but are now at risk of closing down due to the pandemic. Joe Biden […]
Welcome to Monday, where Navalny is arrested upon his return to Moscow, Brazil starts its mass vaccination campaign and there are signs of life from China’s trapped miners. Meanwhile, Le Monde travels to the French port city of Calais to see how high-tech is being used to ease post-Brexit commerce with the UK. SPOTLIGHT: ON […]
Welcome to Friday, where Joe Biden announces a huge COVID relief package, North Korea boasts “the world’s most powerful weapon” and Wikipedia turns 20. Les Echos also explains how the pandemic response is quietly helping us prepare for the next big bad thing. SPOTLIGHT: TRUMP DIDN’T INVENT THE SPREADING PLAGUE OF NARCISSISM When I was […]
Welcome to Thursday, where Trump becomes first president impeached twice, China goes back into lockdown, and a 45,000-year-old wild boar makes news. We also scan what sets “Made in Africa” ID tech apart. SPOTLIGHT: D.C. TO ROME TO KAMPALA, DEMOCRACY IS A COUNTING QUESTION At 6 p.m. local time Wednesday in Rome, while much of […]
Welcome to Friday, where a cop dies in the aftermath of Capitol mayhem, Boeing’s fraud won’t fly, and Norway hits an electrifying record. Meanwhile, Les Echos weighs the possibility that Asian populations are genetically more resistant to COVID. SPOTLIGHT: FROM PINOCHET TO TRUMP, WHEN DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK A dictator-in-waiting orchestrates a violent assault on […]
Welcome to Thursday, where chaos rocks Washington, South Africa worries about a new COVID strain, and a Nicaragua zoo celebrates the birth of an exceptionally rare animal. Meanwhile, as many vaccination rollouts are delayed, we look at what’s slowing down the jabs around the world. SPOTLIGHT: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY UNDER ASSAULT, THE WORLD WATCHES The raid […]
Welcome to Wednesday, where Democrats are on course for U.S. Senate control, Hong Kong cracks down on activists and the Czech Republic launches its own “COVID currency.” Meanwhile, Persian-language daily Kayhan-London takes a look at what has changed (and what hasn’t) in Iran, a year since the killing of top military commander Qasem Soleimani. SPOTLIGHT: […]
Welcome to Wednesday, where Trump blocks U.S. stimulus package, the last continent gets its first COVID cases and Messi breaks Pele’s record. We also discover the different ways the world’s teachers kept 1.5 billion students learning through the pandemic’s lockdowns. SPOTLIGHT: A HUMAN MUTATION: PANDEMIC TRIALS, TRANS SPECIES VISIONS Seeing Manel de Aguas can prompt […]
Welcome to Tuesday, where the UK’s isolation deepens, Rio’s mayor gets arrested and a baby elephant gets CPR. And if you’re late on your Christmas shopping, Die Welt tells you not to worry: kids have too many toys anyway. SPOTLIGHT: BORIS JOHNSON AND THE COLLAPSE OF CHAOS-AS-LEADERSHIP As the sudden arrival of harsh new lockdown […]
Welcome to Monday, where stocks plummet and borders are blocked after news from Britain about a new faster spreading COVID strain. Mada Masr also takes us to Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region and considers the ramifications of the conflict along the border with Sudan. SPOTLIGHT: THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED THE MEANING OF WORK AND FREE TIME […]
Welcome to Thursday, where Emmanuel Macron has COVID, air pollution is guilty in the death of a 9-year old, and couscous is culture. Meanwhile we look at how “cancel culture” in India is a very different thing. SPOTLIGHT: TEN YEARS LATER, THE ARAB SPRING DELUSION MUST NOT KILL HOPE When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on […]
Welcome to Wednesday, where the pandemic has spiked again in Germany and South Korea, New Zealand reports decades of child abuse and a cigar box contains an ancient Egyptian mystery. Le Monde, meanwhile, reports on France’s Chechen community reeling since a radicalized 18-year-old beheaded a French teacher in October. SPOTLIGHT: THE NEXT PANDEMIC MAY BE […]
Welcome to Tuesday, where Trump’s Attorney General resigns, Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya and we meet one weird-looking dinosaur. Meanwhile, t’is the season to look at how the world is getting ready for a very special kind of Christmas. SPOTLIGHT: EUROPE IS RIGHT TO CALL UP BIG GUNS AGAINST BIG TECH Europe is moving […]
Looking back on this week, and forward to the next.