LyrArc | World News Insights: 1-3 Minute Gist

Browse Articles or use Lyrarc's US patented "Groups" and "Links" for new insights. A Lyrarc Group of Articles on a topic gives insights into particular angles shown in the Group Title. A Lyrarc Link shows more specific insights for 2 articles.

All Topics Articles

LyrArc brings in selected articles from many of the world's top publications.

Articles are selected by experts and you can see the gist of the important articles.

Dark Clouds Over Turkey

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

The Editorial Board, The, Editorial, Board

LyrArc Article Gist
This editorial in the NYT on May 23, 2015, says the government of president Erdogan is continuing its suppression of the media in Turkey before the parliamentary elections in June 2015. In the last parliamentary elections in 2015 Mr. Erdogan's AKP party won 326 seats, 4 short of the three fifths majority needed to have a referendum on a proposed change to the constitution. The editorial points out that the actions against the media only weaken the fragile fabric of democracy in Turkey following a decade of the AKP in power, when the country needs to have an open debate on competing economic and social policies put forward by different parties.

Read LyrArc gist ›

Banks as Felons, or Criminality Lite

1 Links 2 Groups

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

The Editorial Board, The, Editorial, Board

LyrArc Article Gist
This editorial in the NYT on May 23, 2015, says the country has lost something in the process unfolding at the Justice Department of large settlements during the second term of the Obama administration, a continuation of a singular feature since the first term- a noticeable and serious lack of individual accountability for serious wrongdoing. This lets bank officers move on calling the situation of pleading guilty to criminal charges for currency manipulation nothing more than "an embarrassment," says this NYT editorial.

Read LyrArc gist ›

Increasingly, Polish Voters Call for Change in Politics

1 Groups

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

Rick Lyman, Rick, Lyman

Gaza Strip Economy on ‘Verge of Collapse,’ World Bank Says

1 Links 4 Groups

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

Diaa Hadid, Diaa, Hadid

LyrArc Article Gist
The situation facing 1.8 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip grows increasingly desperate as the economy collapses following the war with Israel. Egypt's new government and Israel say cement was being diverted to build tunnels and have reduced flow of construction materials into Gaza. Unemployment is at 44%, 11 percentage points higher than before the war with Israel in 2014, and youth unemployment at 60%, according to the World Bank's report in May 2015. One reason given for the conflict was that an impasse had been reached and economic conditions were bad with blockade by Israel, the situation following the conflict shows increased isolation of Gaza, not less. As the World Bank report puts it the economy's survival depends on restoring contacts with neighboring countries, which becomes even more difficult following the war.

Read LyrArc gist ›

Political Unrest Pushes Burundi Closer to Economic Collapse

3 Groups

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

Isma’il Kushkush, Isma’il, Kushkush

G.M. Inquiry Said to Find Criminal Wrongdoing

1 Groups

New York Times - 05.22.2015 Original article ›

Danielle Ivory, Danielle, Ivory, Ben Protess, Ben, Protess, Bill Vlasic, Bill, Vlasic