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Hawaii To Holland, Populism Bumps In The Road
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH The headlines this morning provide two bits of far-flung hope for those still shaken by Brexit and Donald Trump: the new version of Trump's travel ban applied to six...
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Merkel, Martial Arts And Trump
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- The German press coverage of Chancellor Angela Merkel's first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday is occasion for all kinds of...
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Trump v. Trump, How His Words Undermine His Agenda
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — In blocking the administration's second attempt at a travel ban from terror-prone countries, a federal judge in Hawaii laid the blame squarely on...
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Happiness Ranking: From Oslo To Addis Ababa And Beijing
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH It's official: Norway has toppled Denmark to become the world's happiest country in 2017. Or, to put in local linguistic terms, the world's lykkeligste country. This...
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Seeing Warhol In Tehran? The Saga Of Iran's Modern Art Museum
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE PARIS — It may be the best modern art collection you've never heard of. Inaugurated in 1977, the same year as Paris' Pompidou Center, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art...
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Solar And Hydrogen Fuel State-Of-The-Art Electric Ship
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS LAUSANNE — A Swiss-based charity, Race For Water Foundation, wants to turn the PlanetSolar catamaran into a floating display of emerging hydrogen technologies. "That's...
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North Korean Clan Intrigue: Who Is Kim Jong-un's Ambitious Half-Sister?
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO SEOUL — One family secret can hide another. A few drops of poison spilled in an airport terminal has shed some light on the fratricidal struggles that stir Pyongyang's...
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Apple’s Next Game Changer: Augmented Reality
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS Tim Cook has talked up a lot of technologies since becoming Apple's chief executive in 2011. Driverless cars. Artificial intelligence. Streaming television. But no...
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If Trump Kills NAFTA, "Modern Mexico" May End Up Dead Too
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -OpEd- MEXICO CITY — The shakiest tremor U.S. President Donald J. Trump may have triggered in Mexico is not his insults or attacks. Instead, it’s a renewed debate...
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In Italian Town Torn By Quake, A Mayor Keeps Taxes At Bay
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH AMATRICE — Seven months after a powerful earthquake in central Italy reduced Amatrice to rubble and killed almost 300 people, mayor Sergio Pirozzi has declared the town a...
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One Year Later, The Meaning of Brussels
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- As the headquarters of the European Union, Brussels has come to be seen as the epitome of a faraway faceless bureaucracy. One year ago today, with coordinated...
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True Fiction: Melania Says Basta! The Former First Lady’s Secret In Milan
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Two months into Donald Trump's presidency, we already know more — real or fake — than many care to know. But as far as Slovenian-born First Lady Melania Trump, remarkably...
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Populists v. Elites: Lessons From Germany, Past And Present
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT -OpEd- BERLIN — The rise of populists has given way to an alarming reaction among so-called elites. Many of them are blaming themselves for not having considered those who...
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Around The World, 31 Newspapers React To London Attack
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH A British-born attacker killed four and injured about 40 others yesterday in an attack on Westminster in the heart of London. The attack coincided with the one-year...
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London And Brussels, Terror Links Europe
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH It's a pattern that, sadly, is becoming too familiar in Europe. The initial shock of the latest terrorist attack soon gives way to anger, sadness, prayers, and a gnawing...
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Chinese Single Women Flock To U.S. To Freeze Their Eggs
Worldcrunch.com / TENCENT BEIJING — For rich and single Chinese women who want it all, America is there to help. The Beijing-based website Tencent Finance reports that U.S. fertility clinics are...
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Seniority TV! Why We Need More Old Folk On The Small Screen
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — Although senior citizens watch more television than any other demographic, we rarely see them on screen. If they do appear, they tend to be portrayed as...
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How A Website Used Anti-Immigration Fears To Sell Guns
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — On Oct. 5, German doctor Alexander Haase* opened his web browser and dropped merchandise he wanted to purchase into a checkout basket. He paid 590,99...
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In Trump’s America, Checks And Balances Are Doing Their Job
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Under the big gray cloud, amid the general gloom, allow me to offer a ray of sunshine. The last two months have brought a pleasant surprise: Turns...
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How Did Turkey Become Isolated So Quickly?
Worldcrunch.com / CUMHURIYET -OpEd- ISTANBUL — For Turkey, the door to Europe is shut and will not be opened again anytime soon. I’m saddened less for myself than for the generations to come. Today we...
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