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You Can Still Go On Holiday, But It's Time To Do It Sustainably
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG OpEd- MUNICH — "Urlaub," the German word for holidays, is a term that comes from 8th century High German and means "the permission to leave" and "the possibility...
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Posterity, Pleasure, Revenge: What Drives Writers To Write
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -OpEd- BOGOTÁ — U.S. poet Allen Ginsberg said he wrote because he liked to sing when he was alone, because he had no reason and because it was the best way to express...
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Bitcoin, Petro, Libra ... Why Cryptocurrency Isn't Really Currency
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- LIMA — How does one know that a political entity qualifies as a sovereign state? This was easy in the past: an entity was sovereign if it could impose on...
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The Gateway To Norway
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Svolvaer is one of the first scenic stops upon entering the famous Lofoten archipelago of northern Norway. The fishing village, with its typical wooden red houses, offers...
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Hong Kong Protests And Xi Jinping's First Big Failure
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE -Analysis- The demonstrations that have been taking place in Hong Kong for more than two months are Xi Jinping's first major failure since coming to power in 2012. It is...
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No, Capitalism Is Not To Blame For Climate Change
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG -OpEd- At the "Fridays for Future" climate demonstrations in Germany, the same sign kept cropping up among the protesters, its message written in felt tip:...
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Caste Discrimination Still Casts A Long Shadow Over Indian Politics
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NEW DELHI — Mangesh and Aarti loved each other. Both belonged to the same village, professed the same religion, had the same cultural heritage. Their class and status in...
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Argentina's Prohibitive Presidential Front-Runner, In His Own Words
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN There are still two months before Argentines select their next leader, and depending on the outcome, there could also be a runoff in December. But after last week's PASO — as...
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The Problem With China's Parents-Know-Best Mentality
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER -OpEd- BEIJING — Much has been said in recent days about an incident in the Bund, Shanghai's trendy waterfront district, where on a particularly hot day, several...
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Next For Italy: An Unlikely (And Up To Now Unthinkable) Alliance?
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA Italy is infamous for its short-lived governments. Over the past two decades only TV tycoon Silvio Berlusconi managed to complete a five-year term as prime minister, with a...
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A Facebook-Based Collector's Cave Of Nostalgia In Post-Revolution Egypt
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — As a child, artist Hany Rashed waited for his father, Salah, to come home so he could sit by him and watch as he unloaded strange objects from bulging pockets. What...
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Extra! Amazon Rainforest "On Fire" On Brazilian Front Page
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Estado de Minas's Aug. 23 front page Pegou Fogo. "On Fire." Belo Horizonte-based daily Estado de Minas chose this straightforward, yet impactful title for its Friday...
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Watch: OneShot — 75 Years Ago, The Joy Of Liberated Paris
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT On Aug. 24, 1944, the first French and U.S. armored tanks entered Paris, after a week of intense fighting with German soldiers — effectively freeing the capital from Nazi...
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My Mentor Is A Millennial: On The Benefits Of Reverse Mentoring
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA SANTIAGO — In Chile, Banco Santander has come up with a mortgage plan for millennials. You have more than 40 years to pay it off. It makes sense when millennials and...
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The Brutal Truths Of Maduro's 'Last Stand' In Venezuela
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Editorial- BOGOTÁ — The bad news continues arriving from Venezuela. A recent article in The New York Times described how the socialist regime of President Nicolás...
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Why Data Rights Are About Much More Than Just Privacy
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE -Analysis- Digital data and the pervasive intelligence that it provides about people, and about artefactual and natural phenomena, is the very basis of a digital economy....
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Why The Sharing Economy Doesn't Work: Human Nature
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT -OpEd- BERLIN — In social sciences, there is a theory that I always think of when I see e-scooters carelessly strewn about in Hamburg or shared bikes artfully stacked on the...
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Brazilian Fires 'Finally' Spark Colombian Concerns Over Rainforest
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR BOGOTÁ — Brazil's 72,000 forest fires have finally prompted an unprecedented, global reaction to deforestation. One of our readers has angrily written, "My son has sent...
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Between The Lines: On The Enduring Power Of Oral Communication
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — In an era of virtually constant electronic communication, businesses continue to declare that people are at the heart of their operations. Yet the new...
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In Buenos Aires, Why 'Zero Waste' Beats Recycling
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — You're thirsty, you buy a bottle of water. Plastic. You throw out your empty shampoo bottle. Plastic. The greengrocer puts your shopping in a bag. Plastic. You...
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