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Germany's Difficult Divorce From Diesel
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MUNICH — A recent high-court decision giving cities the right to ban diesel motors as a way to improve air quality took Germany by surprise. It's been a shock for...
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Speak Sisi: Tracking Egypt's President Evolution Through His Words
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — This June, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will deliver a speech accepting his second term as president of the republic, following this week's (virtually...
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A New Brand Of Antisemitism, From France To Germany To Britain
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH -Analysis- The murder last Friday of Mireille Knoll, an elderly Jewish woman stabbed to death and partly burned after her killers set fire to her small Parisian...
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After Brexit And Trump, Italy's Urban-Rural Divide Deepens
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA -Analysis- TURIN — After the final votes were tallied following Italy's March 4 election, I hung a map with the results on the wall above the desk where I work. Now that a...
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Why Did Dozens Of Dolphins Die In Argentina?
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN PUERTO MADRYN — Were they sick? Were they chased ashore by hungry orcas? Those are two of the theories scientists are considering following the discovery this week of nearly...
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Raft Of The Seals
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH There's something almost Géricault-esque in the pyramidal structure of this shot, and the way these seals meld with the rocks of Ballestas Islands, off the coast of Peru.
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The Back Story On Why Trump Approved Russian Spy Expulsion
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - In the days leading up to the largest expulsion of Russian spies in U.S. history, few people inside or outside the Trump administration knew exactly...
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Mexico, A Republic Of Corruption
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA -OpEd- MEXICO CITY - For ordinary people in Mexico, reports of corruption in the public administration are barely worth raising an eyebrow. In the collective...
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Why Al-Azhar Is Resisting Sisi's Religious Reforms For Egypt
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO CAIRO — Two armored vehicles are stationed at the entrance to the al-Azhar campus in Cairo's Medina al-Nasr neighborhood. A kneeling policeman prays on the lawn while, in...
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Sweet! Upcoming Tax Scares UK Into Taking It Easy On Sugar
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON — Sugar hasn’t just played its part in Britain’s reputation for tea, cakes and bad teeth; it’s also a major contributor to the country’s obesity and diabetes...
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Design And Ecology, An Ugly Truth About Green Energy
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS LAUSANNE — Fyodor Dostoevsky no doubt, had other things in mind when, in his famous novel The Idiot, he wrote that "beauty will save the world." And yet, a...
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'Waiting for Death' In Eastern Ghouta's Underground Bunkers
Worldcrunch.com / SYRIA DEEPLY Ayad Saryoul has spent most of the past month in an underground shelter he shares with his family and 40 other people. Sometimes spending 18 hours straight underground,...
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How Augmented Reality Will Transform Fashion Retail
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA SANTIAGO — Augmented reality (AR) connects the physical with the digital world, providing a unique experience where images generated digitally mix with real-world...
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Rembrandt's Forgotten India Connection
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NEW DELHI — Except for highly specialized scholars of Mughal painting — a centuries-old artistic style from South Asia — few people know know that Rembrandt made 23 drawings...
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Artificial Intelligence And The Limits Of "The Imitation Game"
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — No matter how sophisticated a computer may be, it still needs someone holding its hand. Or as Yann LeCun, head of AI research at Facebook, put it at a recent...
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A True Political Revolt In Italy? Start With A Woman Prime Minister
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA -OpEd- TURIN, ITALY — After the March 4 election indicated a strong desire for change and renewal of the Italian political class, the time has come for Italy to nominate a...
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From Memphis To Paris, Martin Luther King's Unfinished Boulevard
Worldcrunch.com / RUE AMELOT PARIS — On any day of the week in Paris, my morning commute is interrupted by the word “Manifestation.” These political demonstrations and labor union protests occur with...
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In Colombia, Peso "Banknote Trees" Ripe For Harvesting
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR BOGOTA — Maybe money does grow on trees. This week, in the Ciudad del Río sector of Medellín, Colombia's second largest city, passersby were surprised to see a tree...
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Camus Revisited, How The Stranger Speaks To Our Troubled Era
Worldcrunch.com / LE FIGARO -Essay- PARIS — Popularity isn't the only indicator of a book's power. There's also the question of how well the work stands the test of time—its universal plasticity—and...
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Moldova Movement Eyes Reunification With Romania (Not Russia)
Worldcrunch.com / KOMMERSANT KISHINEV — Moldavian President Igor Dodon may be all in favor of closer ties to Russia, but many of his countrymen, including the leadership in Sadovo, his hometown, have...
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