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'Poverty is big business': Why billions in foreign aid hasn’t saved Haiti
National Post· 6 days agoForeign aid, more than $13 billion in the last decade and a half, has failed to solve any of the...
Who was Africa’s first black Olympic gold medallist?
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 11 hours agoAccording to World Athletics, Bikila won 12 out of 13 international marathons between 1960 and 1966. But just five years after his second Olympic win,...
Does history have lessons for the future? Roman Krznaric looks to the past to discover the rules for...
The Conversation· 21 hours agoAnswers to the question about the lessons of history generally oscillate between two extremes. One is summed up in the 1905 aphorism of the Spanish-American ...
Canucks UFA targets: 6 mid-summer value signings to consider
New York Times· 9 hours agoThe Canucks are also close to being pressed up against the 50-contract limit, with 48 active...
Romano: Man Utd Confirm Two Major Transfers in Busy Summer
EPL Index via Yahoo Canada Sports· 14 hours agoManchester United’s Monumental Summer: Transfers, Revamps, and Strategic MovesManchester United are...
How the Stratford Festival is reviving a forgotten piece of Chinese theatre history and an enigma of...
Toronto Star· 5 days agoThe American dramatist had just arrived in Beijing to direct the Chinese premiere of “Death of a...
Kathie Lee Gifford launches new book series on biblical figures with 'Herod and Mary'
Religion News Service· 2 days agoBestselling author and television personality Kathie Lee Gifford is set to release her newest book, Herod and Mary: The True Story of ...
Durban Film Fest Opener ‘Legacy’ Explores How History of Oppression Led to Broken Promises of...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoTara Moore’s “Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa,” which opens the 45th edition of the...
Our Critic’s Take on the 100 List: Books That ‘Cast a Sustained Spell’
New York Times· 7 days agoDwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,”...
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and JFK Jr.’s Legacy Lives on 25 Years After Their Death: How Their ‘Old...
WWD· 2 days agoLONDON — July 16, 1999, is a somber date in the Kennedy family history. It’s when John F. Kennedy...