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Egypt’s Tales Of Adultery, Blackmail And Christian Men Desperately Seeking Divorce

Reports are spreading of Coptic Orthodox Christian men in Egypt who have been trying to trap their wives in compromising situations to force them to give up all their legal entitlements as required by the Church in order to obtain a divorce.

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Future Society

Social Scoring To Social Cooling: Moving Targets Of Modern Privacy

China’s ‘social scoring’ system, with punishments for nonconformist actions and rewards for good behavior, changes human interaction. Germans know a thing or two about the high stakes of privacy protection.

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In The News

Rolex, Making Of A Worldwide Reputation From A Swiss Backyard

GENEVA — At a time when trust and truth are under attack, it’s somehow comforting to see that some reputations can still go untarnished. For the third year in a row, Swiss company Rolex has earned the designation as the company with the world’s best reputation, as awarded by the Reputation Institute, based in Cambridge, […]

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Geopolitics Society

From Rat To Bear To Rabbit: How Russians See Putin In The Animal Kingdom

As the ruble nosedives and Russia chokes on Western sanctions, the president –once compared to a bear or bull — now looks smaller to his countrymen in an unusual recurring survey.

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Geopolitics Society

An Appeal To Loosen The Noose On Ecuadorian Media

A free speech advocate fears that President Rafael Correa’s sweeping new communications law, outlawing so-called “media lynching,” in fact threatens to silence real journalism.

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