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Welcome To Songdo, South Korea: The Smartest Of Smart Cities
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG SONGDO — On Saturday morning, Mr. Lee brings the trash downstairs, one bag with combustible waste, the other with organic. His wife is already working at the cafe...
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Ancient Dolphin Play
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH My daughter Cécile has a troubling history of playing with archeological treasures. Though in her defense, at the time tourists were allowed to roam freely among the...
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Afghanistan's Female Poets Secretly Share Forbidden Words
Worldcrunch.com / KBR JALALABAD — Mursal, 22, reads her poetry. It's a patriotic verse, dedicated to young people who have made sacrifices in war for Afghanistan. But even with that subject, she is...
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Mexico Freeze, Is Trump Really About To Kill NAFTA?
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Editorial- SANTIAGO — It is ironic that in the United Kingdom, there are people suggesting their country should join NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement,...
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You Are A User: How Silicon Valley Turns Your Smartphone Into A Drug
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS -Analysis- LAUSANNE — It’s a Swiss Army knife. A digital cuddly toy. But more importantly, it’s an extremely powerful magnet. Every day, iPhone owners unlock their devices...
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Profanity And Diplomacy, Translating Trump's "Shithole Countries" Insult
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- By the end of Donald J. Trump's presidency, people will wonder: Was there anything he did not say? Any line he did not cross? As a lifelong businessman, he has...
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China Turns Top-Secret Nuclear Plant Into Mao-Era Museum
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO FULING — For years the villagers didn't know what that high chimney on the verdant Jinzi Mountain, towering above the Wu River like a look-out post, was for. Turns out it's...
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Home Alone? The Risks If Trump's Top Advisors Resign
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS -Analysis- WASHINGTON — So Michael Wolff wrote a book about Donald Trump. Perhaps you've heard about it? The internet spent a few days pointing and laughing at the...
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Colombia War Reparations, One Village Demands Justice
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR EL PARAÍSO — It's only 20 kilometers from San Jacinto, in the northern department of Bolívar, to the village of El Paraíso. But they can feel like the longest 20...
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Wagah The Dog? The Daily Paradox Of Pakistani-Indian Border Ritual
Worldcrunch.com / KBR WAGAH — Here at the India-Pakistan border, thousands of men, women and children have gathered to watch a stunning ritual: On either side of the border, military march back and...
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Tunisia, The Long And Fragile Arc Of Democratic Revolution
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE -OpEd- TUNIS — The Tunisian revolution was supposed to mark a radical break with the past. Seven years later, we are surprised to see that many fringes of Tunisians remain...
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The Royal Doorman Of Durban
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Our first and only visit to South Africa was three years after the end of Apartheid. In Durban, we stayed in five-star style at The Royal, the city's oldest hotel, which...
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Sinai Spectral: High-Tech In Ancient Library Reveals Layers Of History
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR SAINT CATHERINE —From the shrine bathed in early morning light, Father Justin lets his eyes linger on the arid peaks of South Sinai with contentment. "Can you see the...
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Biofuel Or Fossil Fuel? For Argentina, It's A False Choice
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — Debate over biofuels has been heating up in Argentina, one of the world's biggest agriculture producers, amid the closure of the U.S. market and volatile price...
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Saudi Arabia, If Oil Becomes A Curse
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS -Analysis- The unlikely rapprochement between the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia, orchestrated by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, seems to be a response to the rise...
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Lobsters Feel Pain, Friends Is Sexist — And I Just Can't
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -OpEd- Over the past week or so, it’s been hard not to feel disoriented by what is constantly being thrown at us, in this hyperconnected planet of ours, and not to get...
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The New Forms Of Protectionism Go Well Beyond Trump's Mouth
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — Global trade seems to have been saved from the brink. According to researchers at the International Monetary Fund, commercial exchanges are growing by 4%...
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Madrid To Chicago, Tracking Down Ancient Colombian Treasures
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR BOGOTÁ — A decade-long legal battle may culminate this year in forcing Spain to return the Quimbaya collection to Colombia. The collection, consisting of 122 gold and...
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How AI Can Make The Internet Itself Run Better
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA TURIN — From vacuum-cleaner robots that clean your house all by themselves to virtual assistants that can keep track of every appointment in your work agenda to...
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Aging At Record Pace, Brazil Faces Demographic Emergency
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -Analysis- A look at Brazil's recent demographics show a population that is aging at the fastest pace in its modern history. Life expectancy for the Latin American...
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