Canadian Students Celebrate Nation's Birthday in Breathtaking Face Paint Tribute
These Canadian students wished their country a happy birthday with a breathtaking sixty seconds of diversity and beauty.
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Africans Are Being Empowered to Write and Edit Wikipedia Articles About Their Own Countries and Culture
Promoting cultural change, the Moleskine Foundation's WikiAfrica Education Program empowers Africans to write and edit Wikipedia articles.
10 Positive COVID Updates From Around the World - 2021 is Looking Brighter
These are just a few of the heartening headlines on the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, from the Alaska to the UK to New Zealand.
German 12-Year-old Boy Plants 1Million Trees, Takes Over UN Program to Plant a Trillion More
Felix Finkbeiner is on a mission to get children around the world to plant a million trees in every single country for his booming Trillion Tree Program.
Bi-lingual Sweetheart to the Rescue at Gate A-4
Wandering around the airport terminal, after learning my flight had been detained four hours, I heard an announcement: "If anyone in the vicinity of Gate 4-A understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately." Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there. An older woman in full traditional Palestinian embroidered dress, just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly. "Help," said the Flight Service Person. "We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this." In my halting Arabic, I was able to soothe her worried mind. Not only that, by the end of four hours, all the women at the gate were as one, bonded by the old woman sharing her cookies.
Statue Of Liberty Opens To Disabled Visitors for First Time
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A ceremony on October 28 marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
Boy who was Saved at Sea by Coast Guard Joins Their Ranks 18 Years Later
A 6 year-old boy and his mother probably would have died of starvation at sea had the Coast Guard not found them and their fellow migrants from Haiti. The gratitude he felt as a boy led Orlando Morel to eventually join the Coast Guard. Today, 18 years later, he graduates as a cadet.
Inspiring Cricket Player Competes Doing Everything Without Arms -Watch
Nothing stands in the way of this young cricket player going international – not even the trials of losing both his arms in an accident.
Norway Wants to Give Finland a Mountain For Its Birthday
The country of Finland celebrates its 100th birthday in December and the people of Norway are trying to give them a new high point in their honor.
170 Nations Celebrate A Pledge to Eliminate Super Harmful Greenhouse Gas
Countries big, small, wealthy, and poor have just signed an agreement that could save the planet from 70 billion tons of carbon dioxide.
UN to Launch Space Mission for Countries That Can't Afford Their Own
Some nations simply don't have the funding for their own space programs – so the United Nations is giving them a leg up into orbit.
Build Your Own Orchestra: Make Beautiful Music Via Artists Around the Globe
No matter how you conduct this online world orchestra, it sounds beautiful.
70-Year-old Ran Marathon on Every Continent in Just 7 Days
For 7 days in a row, Chau Smith would wake up, run a marathon, jump on a plane to the next continent. and run another marathon in the morning.
As a Means of Saving the Ocean, Man Tries to Become First Person to Swim Across the Pacific
Ben Lecomte might be the person most prepared to spend 6 to 8 months swimming the 5,500-mile span of the Pacific—and he hopes to leave a healthier ocean in his wake.
Portals That Connect People From Different Countries Are Helping to 'Start World Peace'
There are over 30 of these portals all over the world, and they are already being hailed as a means of "changing lives" and "starting world peace."
Michael Bloomberg 'to Write $4.5M Check to Cover US Commitment to Paris Climate Agreement'
The billionaire said: "America made a commitment and as an American ... we all have responsibility. I'm able to do it. So, yes, I'm going to send them a check for the monies that America had promised to the organization as though they got it from the federal government."
Dark Web Dealers Voluntarily Ban Deadly Fentanyl
This is the first time that online traffickers have effectively banned a drug from dark web marketplaces.
The Ozone Hole is Healing and May Be Completely Repaired Within Our Lifetimes, Says UN Report
This new United Nations report illustrates just what humanity can accomplishment if it works together to save its home planet.
Campaign to Get 'Peacebuilding' in Dictionaries is Gaining Traction
There are plenty of modern words and slang terms that have been added to dictionaries - but not the word for building international peace.
North and South Korea Have Begun Clearing the Mines in the DMZ
The initiative is another step forward in the peace talks between North and South Korea.
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