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February 28, 2020

Stock market: Coronavirus, Wet'suwet'en: peacekeepers, Cape Breton pheasant, Anti-idling ad, Turkey-Greece border, Bernie Sanders campaign and more

February 27, 2020

U.S. Coronavirus Response, Blockades: Nathan Cullen, Leaning Tower of Dallas, Scottish Sanitary Products, No Leap Year, and more.

February 26, 2020

Blockades: Kahnawake, Coronavirus: Italy, Halifax quiet fireworks, David Roback obit, Anti-lynching act, Jens Nygaard Knudsen obit and more

February 25, 2020

Quebec blockades, B.C. care homes, FedEx driver fall, Madison Bumgarner, Hosni Mubarak obit, Mars earthquakes and more

February 24, 2020

Weinstein verdict, Planking record, Derbyshire hole, Jean Vanier abuse, Katherine Johnson obit and more
Full story - April 18, 2017
Migrants

An eye doctor was out on a yacht one night and ended up in the middle of a humanitarian disaster

Optician Carmine Menna, his wife Rosario, and six of their friends were sleeping after a night of revelry at sea in a small yacht off the coast Lampedusa in the early hours of Oct. 3, 2013, when they heard what sounded like seagulls fighting.
Full story - December 19, 2016
Luke Moore was living the high life.

How an Australian man got away with taking $1.5M of his bank's money

Six years ago, Luke Moore noticed something strange about his bank account. More than 2 million Australian dollars later (US $1.5 million), the whole thing came crashing down.
Full story - August 07, 2014
Bowhead whale catch

A successful whale hunt in northern Canada revives an ancient Inuit tradition

Hunting the bowhead whale has been part of Inuit life in northern Canada for centuries. Communities throughout the vast region are now re-experiencing the ancient practice in order to maintain their culture and their identity.
Full story - March 28, 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet sign the US Estonia Partnership Statement at NATO headquarters in Brussels December 3, 2013. The statement affirms the commitment of both countries to continue working together to e

Estonia casts a wary eye toward Russia, while leaning on NATO

Estonia Foreign Minister Urmas Paet says all European and NATO countries have to be disturbed by Russia's rhetoric and the changed security environment in Europe.