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The World on Twitter: Thursday Aug. 30

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning through a selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Thursday August 30.

Wiwa vs. Royal Dutch Shell

By Marco Werman ⋅ August 27, 2012 ⋅ One comment ⋅

After my interview with author Noo Saro-Wiwa, I asked her about her family’s lawsuits that they brought against Royal Dutch Shell in 1996 [...]

Invisible Grace

By Amy Bracken ⋅ August 27, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅

A woman in one of Haiti's make-shift camps after Hurricane Isaac, then a tropical, passed over the country. (Photo: Amy Bracken)

A few months ago, it was impossible to move around Port-au-Prince unaware of the thousands of families still homeless after the January 2010 earthquake [...]

The World on Twitter: Monday Aug. 27

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 27, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning through a selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Monday August 27.

The World on Twitter: Friday Aug. 24

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning through a selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Friday August 24.

The World on Twitter: Thursday Aug. 23

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning through a selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Thursday August 23.

The World on Twitter: Wednesday Aug. 22

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Here are some of the stories we’re thinking about this morning through a selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Wednesday August 22.

The World on Twitter: Tuesday Aug. 21

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

A selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Tuesday morning August 21.

Summer in the Global Village: An Afternoon with Brazilian Music Impresario Beco Dranoff

By Mirissa Neff ⋅ August 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Just after Brasil Summerfest ended I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon on a lower Manhattan rooftop with Beco Dranoff [...]

The World on Twitter: Monday Aug. 20

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

A selection of tweets from The World’s newsroom, Monday morning August 20.

Driving Dutch in France

By Ari Daniel Shapiro ⋅ August 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Rental car GPS, in Dutch (Photo: Ari Daniel Shapiro)

I had just switched on the GPS in my rental car and the computerized voice was talking to me in Dutch. Dutch! [...]

The World on Twitter: Friday Aug. 17

By Steven Davy ⋅ August 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Tweets from The World’s newsroom, Friday morning August 17.

Summer in the Global Village: Brasil Summerfest – Part Two

By Mirissa Neff ⋅ August 16, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Quarteto Olinda at Barbes (Photo: Mirissa Neff)

After a stellar kick-off that introduced Sao Paulo’s Criolo to a new set of stateside fans, Brasil Summerfest continued to bring in acts from all corners of Brazil’s lush musical landscape [...]

In London, A Bus That Did Push-Ups

By Ian Rosser ⋅ August 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Seeing a big red double-decker bus doing push-ups recently as I wound my way through the London borough of Islington by bike seemed like some sort of weird hallucination.