Showing posts with label Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Journal. Show all posts

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Dakar Journal: A Mission to Bring STEM Skills to Children in West Africa

Dakar Journal: A Mission to Bring STEM Skills to Children in West Africa


A Nebraska professor who returns home to Senegal to start a robotics competition hopes to instill a drive in schoolchildren to improve their world.


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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Monterchi Journal: Italians Agree Fresco Is a Masterpiece, but All Else Is Up for Debate

Monterchi Journal: Italians Agree Fresco Is a Masterpiece, but All Else Is Up for Debate


For decades, there has been a dispute over how and where Piero della Francesca’s Madonna del Parto should be displayed, and even who owns it.


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Monday, May 2, 2016

Leicester Journal: Unglamorous Leicester Revels in Unimaginable Soccer Magic

Leicester Journal: Unglamorous Leicester Revels in Unimaginable Soccer Magic


An English team that was nearly dropped from its league a year ago is verging on a championship, electrifying its host city.


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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Celle Journal: A Murder Taps Into Germany’s Conflicted Relations With Migrants

Celle Journal: A Murder Taps Into Germany’s Conflicted Relations With Migrants


The killing of a man by an Afghan migrant has left residents of a small town in the German heartland concerned about their community’s future.










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Monday, March 28, 2016

Shaxi Journal: An Ancient Caravan Town in China Is Reborn

Shaxi Journal: An Ancient Caravan Town in China Is Reborn


In a project praised by Unesco, a Swiss-led team spent years renovating the square of Sideng Village, with an eye toward historical consistency that is rare in China.










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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Passau Journal: German City by the Danube Is Tested by a Different Kind of Flood

Passau Journal: German City by the Danube Is Tested by a Different Kind of Flood


This picturesque Bavarian city embodies Germany’s commitment to welcoming a surging flow of migrants. But it also reflects lingering conflicts over strategy between the Bavarian state and the Merkel government.










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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Palo Alto Journal: At Stanford, Relationship Reveals Accusations of Discrimination

Palo Alto Journal: At Stanford, Relationship Reveals Accusations of Discrimination


A romantic triangle and the dean’s resignation from the Graduate School of Business stir up old and new charges in Silicon Valley about abuses of power.


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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Kathmandu Journal: Waits Stretch for Days as Nepal Confronts Fuel Shortage

Kathmandu Journal: Waits Stretch for Days as Nepal Confronts Fuel Shortage


Thousands lined up after the government briefly eased a ban on sales to private vehicles imposed in the face of constitutional protests and a dispute with India.










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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town

Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town


Dunedoo, 200 miles northwest of Sydney, expected a coal mine to be an economic engine, but the price of coal plunged and now the town is barely hanging on.










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Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town

Dunedoo Journal: Coal Mining’s Promise Falls Through for Remote Australian Town


Dunedoo, 200 miles northwest of Sydney, expected a coal mine to be an economic engine, but the price of coal plunged and now the town is barely hanging on.










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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Wolfsburg Journal: VW’s Emissions Scandal Has Its German Hometown Facing an Uneasy Future

Wolfsburg Journal: VW’s Emissions Scandal Has Its German Hometown Facing an Uneasy Future


Despite its efforts to diversify beyond being a one-company factory town, the home of the “people’s car” is still inextricably part of the Volkswagen ecosystem.










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