Power Couple: Trump And Kim Make History, But What's Next?
Worldcrunch.com / THE WASHINGTON POST -Analysis- With smiles and handshakes and words of mutual warmth, President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un entered the history books in Singapore on Tuesday...
View ArticleWho Said That? Words From New Italian Leaders Echo Dark Past
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA ROME — Addressing his followers in Rome, Five Star leader and incoming labor minister Luigi Di Maio insisted last week that his party "is now the state." His words —...
View ArticleWomen's Rights Hangover: In Mumbai, Male-Only Bars Still Exist
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE MUMBAI — As far as Indian cities go, Mumbai is probably the most free-spirited of them all. The streets are bustling till the wee hours, the people are generally more...
View ArticlePetite Fleur
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH What would be a good soundtrack to this picture of my then four-year-old daughter Cécile, posing in a flower market in southern France? Though I'm more partial to...
View ArticleItaly Is Closing The Borders, And Nobody Can Blame Them
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT -OpEd- BERLIN — Italy has closed its ports, letting the Aquarius, a ship with more than 600 migrants on board, drift in the Mediterranean. And right off, the roles have been...
View ArticleThe World Cup, Not Quite A Mirror Of Our World
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN -OpEd- BUENOS AIRES — Soccer fans and intellectuals don't always see eye-to-eye. Academics tend to look down at this plebeian passion. And spectators, once a 90-minute match...
View ArticleWatch: OneShot, Guerrillero Heroico - Alberto Diaz Korda
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT On this day 90 years ago, one of the world's most famous revolution figures was born. OneShot commemorates Ernesto "Che" Guevara's birthday with a photo taken at the funeral...
View ArticleNowhere To Hide? Big Data, Little Privacy Protection In China
Worldcrunch.com / ECONOMIC OBSERVER BEIJING — The exhibition was called “Secret,” and opened in the Wuhan Art Museum in April. And what was in the show? The personal information of the 346,000...
View ArticleDiscovering Exquisite Vegan Food In Beef-Loving Bogotá
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR BOGOTA — I confess that I've tried several times to stop eating meat and animal products, all for various reasons. A love of nature and for animals. I want to help the...
View ArticleWhere Is Europe? The Other World Powers No Longer Even Ask
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Analysis- PARIS — A historic, surreal handshake between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. A G7 summit in Canada that officially confirmed...
View ArticleRotten In Denmark? Europe's Happy Bellwether Turns Dark
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT BERLIN — Petite Denmark has often played the eminent role of a political trendsetter, particularly with regards to Germany, its much larger neighbor. Take for example the...
View ArticleA New Calais? Migrant "Jungle" Forms On Serbia-Croatia Border
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA ŠID — After the Serbian government shut down an official migrant center in this town on the Croatian border, an informal camp arose next to the train station. Locals were...
View ArticleHow To Design The Ideal, Multi-Generation Office
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN BUENOS AIRES — Shifting workforce dynamics are presenting companies that specialize in office furnishings and design with a new and unusual problem: how to create spaces that...
View ArticleIs It Time For AI To Replace Politicians?
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS PARIS — French mathematician and Fields Medal recipient Cédric Villani has devoted some of his formidable natural intelligence to the subject of artificial intelligence...
View ArticleWatch OneShot: Immigrant Children Torn From Parents, A Sight And Sounds
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT The chilling stories of migrant children being torn from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border now have their first visual and audio record. A photograph taken by a border...
View ArticleIndia's Joyful, Adopt-A-Team Approach To The World Cup
Worldcrunch.com / THE WIRE NEW DELHI — It's June 2014. I enter a house where there's a 'sick party' going on, and spot people wearing Argentina soccer jerseys. They're staring intently at the...
View ArticleIván Duque, New Colombia President Is Likely Trump Ally In Latin America
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR -OpEd- BOGOTÁ — What kind of government can we expect from Colombia's president-elect, conservative Iván Duque? He has limited government experience, having worked as a...
View ArticleRafah Crossing Voices, When Gaza-Egypt Border Stays Open
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR RAFAH — It has been one month since the Rafah Border Crossing was opened, marking the longest window in which Gaza residents have been permitted to leave and reenter their...
View ArticleMuharrem Ince, Can A Former Science Teacher Beat Erdogan?
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT ANKARA — On a recent campaign stop in the eastern city of Van, presidential candidate Muharrem Ince of the social-democratic and secular opposition party CHP made a proposal...
View ArticleWhy World Cup As Marketing Tool Scores Best In Latin America
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA MIAMI — Beyond being the world's most popular sport, soccer is essential to any description of Latin American culture. It brings us moments of joy, emotion — and...
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