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In The Netflix Era, French Television Must Be Reinvented
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -OpEd- PARIS — Given the flood of on-demand content coming from U.S. streaming services, what France needs is nothing short of a revolution, a response, in other words,...
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Bad Language Politics In India: Why Modi Wants To Demote English
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE -Essay- A few days ago, I was giving lectures around the Silicon Valley, in California. The IT hub of the world, the Silicon Valley is the site of several pioneering...
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As Online Medicine Spreads, Doctors Push Back In Argentina
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — You wake up with a cough or a cold. You call your healthcare provider and ask them to dispatch a doctor to your house. Instead, to your surprise, they suggest...
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Take 5: How Nations Protect High-Tech Assets
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH It's part trade war, part cyber defense — and the rumblings of conflict grow louder as countries (and companies alike) maneuver to protect their high-tech assets. Prime...
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Is Venezuela Behind Latin America's Surge In Civil Unrest?
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -OpEd- BOGOTÁ — "What's happening in Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Honduras is just the first breeze," said the Speaker of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly, Diosdado...
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Lining Up For Leonardo: Is Mona Lisa A Burden On The Louvre?
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE PARIS — The most visited museum in the world houses the most beloved painting in the world — the two are linked, and completely without precedent in the world of art. The...
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Gandhi, A Singular Guide For MLK And Civil Rights Movement
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NEW DELHI — This year, we mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. A person's ideas and actions can only be judged by seeing their role over the course of...
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My 17th-Century Aunt And Killing The 'Witch Hunt' Metaphor
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Essay- NEW YORK — They said the devil had traveled in her clothing. Elsche Prösche, née Wohler, wife of Jochim, was in her forties, and lived a life of relative poverty...
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Forced To Flee, Kurds In Syria Fear They May Never Return Home
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE BARADESH — Ten days before crossing the Iraqi border, 37-year-old Mahmoud Issa was giving English classes at a school in the Kurdish and Arab village Ras al-Ayn, in...
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Hot New Details From Italy's Battle Over 'Last Tango in Paris'
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA BOLOGNA — A young man from the province of Bologna buys a ticket and enters the Kursaal cinema in Porretta Terme to see a brand new film by director Bernardo Bertolucci....
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What If Moscow Is The Real Loser In The New Syrian Chessboard?
Worldcrunch.com / KOMMERSANT -Analysis- MOSCOW — The USA betrayed the Kurds. This was the blunt interpretation from Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin, following the...
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Draghi To Lagarde: The Meaning Of A Momentous ECB Handover
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — Since its inception, the European Central Bank (ECB) has undergone an extraordinary transformation. Its initial incarnation did not seem promising, at least to...
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AMLO's Disconcerting Push For Total Control In Mexico
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -OpEd- MEXICO CITY — Corruption is the pretext, but what's happening is really a power grab. Step by step, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is...
View ArticleAll Scallops Lead To Compostela
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH All across Europe, you may stumble, as my wife and I did many times, upon discreet scallop shell symbols: They mark the ancient "Camino de Santiago" routes that lead to...
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The Stakes Of Egyptian Female Soccer Go Beyond The Pitch
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Trapped in the ordinary life of waking up early to get on with daily housework or visiting with extended family, a group of young upper Egyptian girls had a simple...
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Argentina's Next President Has A Mandate, Not A Blank Check
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — Alberto Fernández and his running mate, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, won Argentina's presidential election as expected, but not...
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How Neuroscience Can Help Corporations Maximize Motivation
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS MARSEILLE — The operator of a shipping company is concentrating hard on his computer screen when suddenly it talks back to him. "Would you like some help?" it asks. "You...
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Meet The 'Heroic' Vintners Conserving Italy's Violet Coast
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA BAGNARA CALABRA — Rosario Morello inspects the cultivated rows of Zibibbo, a white wine grape also known as Muscat of Alexandria. In a few days' time, on these steep ridges...
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Why Latin America Should Go All In On The Sharing Economy
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -Analysis- BOGOTÁ — While we tend to think of the so-called sharing economy as a new concept — a product of the fourth industrial revolution — its origins are far...
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A Boxing Gym As Bridge Between France And Senegal
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE DAKAR — The blows come fast and furious. The leather of the punching bag pops. The chains holding it in place grind and groan as Idrissa Gueye, 24, unleashes his fists —...
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