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Screen Shot 2016-03-18 at 4.54.01 PM Longform’s Picks of the Week
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European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager. Meet the Woman Leading Europe’s War Against Google, Gazprom, and Apple
Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust czar, is going after some of the world’s biggest companies — and trying to redefine the 21st-century economy.
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FP 2_SW_V1 These 25 Companies Are More Powerful Than Many Countries
Going stateless to maximize profits, multinational companies are vying with governments for global power. Who is winning?
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SyrianDoctors_03 copy Longform’s Picks of the Week
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MarApr2016_Aperture_1 Rock Bottom
Despite a sinking summit, 15,000 laborers continue to claw at the mines in a Bolivian mountain.
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Keenan_image_01-darker Dead Man’s Market and the Boy Gangs of Niger
Impoverished young men have menaced the city of Zinder with rapes and murders. Now Boko Haram wants to turn their ultra-violence into a weapon of war.
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GERMANY - DECEMBER 15: GERMANY, BON, Single hospital bed stands in a hospital corridor. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images) Syrian Doctors Are Saving German Lives — and That’s a Problem
More than 1,500 Syrian physicians are working in Germany. Could this be the death knell for Syria’s medical system?
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Red Cross flags flutter in the wind on June 26, 2009 at the International Red Cross (IRC) humanitarian camp in Solferino, about 150km east of Milan to mark the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross which was founded by Switss Henry Dunant after the battle of Solferino. Around 5000 volunteers from 186 nations are expected for workshops and exercises with the Emergency Relief Unit (ERU). AFP PHOTO/DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Mar del Plata, Argentina ñ August, 2015: Kian Ackroyd, 10, warms up before his freestyle competition for team USA. Kian received a liver transplant at just eight months old. He wins four gold medals at the 2015 World Transplant Olympics, three for swimming, one for long jump. Longform’s Picks of the Week
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150827_0007 The Olympic Games You’ve Never Heard Of
For more than 20 years, athletes from around the world have been facing off in everything from badminton to butterfly stroke. The only rule of engagement: You must be the recipient of an organ transplant.
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Servicemen of Ukrainian volonteers battalion of Donbass unload ummunition from Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in the village of Shirokine, Donetsk region on June 6, 2015. US President Barack Obama urged fellow leaders of the G7 to stand up to "Russian aggression in Ukraine" as he enjoyed a traditional Bavarian welcome ahead of their summit in Germany. AFP PHOTO/ ALEKSEY CHERNYSHEV (Photo credit should read ALEKSEY CHERNYSHEV/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Aerial view of Tokyo city with Tokyo tower and Mount.Fuji, Japan at night. Are the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Trouble?
With an out-of-control budget, bumbling leadership, and embarrassing scandals, the city of the future is looking to the past for guidance.
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9339590204_3a3d83a8de_playboycrop Playboy Is Ditching the Sex and Betting on China
But the once-hot brand has moved decidedly down-market. Can Hugh Hefner save his struggling company by selling sweatsuits to Chinese grandmothers?
