Brazil has a lot of reasons to celebrate these days. It recently won the competition to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2014 World Cup.
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The country’s economy may be booming, but the Chinese have to look no further than America to see what will happen if they don’t curb their energy appetite and address the growing gap between rich and poor.
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It had all the trappings of a globally significant confab: big-deal appearances (by Google, BBC), a weighty theme (“the digital age”), and speechifying by international pooh-bahs. Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp., even delivered a peppery keynote, vowing war on “content kleptomaniacs.” But despite its name, the World Media Summit was itself a media bust, especially in the English-speaking …
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China’s Olympic swimming champion Liu Zige will skip November’s Asian Games to concentrate on next year’s world championships, Chinese swimming officials said.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic Committee is considering a bid for the Youth Olympics , with Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Lake Placid, N.Y., possible contenders for the event that drew 3,500 athletes from 205 countries to Singapore last month at a cost of $287 million.
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China’s Jia Zhangke has been hailed abroad as one of the most important living directors but his films have had little impact at home. The once-banned filmmaker hopes the World Expo can help change that.
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Gregor Robertson leading business mission to capitalize on Olympics momentum
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The Coen Brothers are known for their ability to create thick and enveloping moods. Their first feature film, 1984’s “Blood Simple” was a dark, dusty, and definitely Southern. The Coens’ film tells a tale of infidelity and retribution, in which the characters trip up and fall over themselves while going through the vengeful motions seen in so many films. “Blood” started the Coens’ illustrious …
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“Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics?” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) asked the mostly medical tech audience at a recent LifeScience Alley symposium on healthcare. “Did you see the 2,000 synchronized drummers?” I sure did. And like millions of other Americans, I thought: “Oh, crap. We’re in trouble.”
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Gregor Robertson to visit solar and wind farms, the Shanghai World’s fair and four Chinese cities
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