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Norwegian wins Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska: 9 days, 12 hours Yereth Rosen   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A Norwegian musher won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early on Wednesday, notching the third victory ever...

These six photos are competing for a top photojournalism prize By Olivier Laurent   The bodies of Rohingya refugees who were fleeing Burma are laid out after their boat capsized near Bangladesh. About 100 people were on...

Social media is the cornerstone of the luxury lifestyle industry Dominic O’Reilly   With a new wave of competitors sweeping the leisure industry, focusing on customer satisfaction is the best way to generate loyalty and goodwill. Over the...

Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal escalates   About half a million of the newly discovered accounts were missed during the original review in 2016, when it emerged that bank employees had opened accounts that customers might...

Fighting for human rights with banks, not tanks: New bill angers Russia   http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1225058   Canada shouldn’t put too much stock into Russia’s angry statements over a new bill that would enable sanctions on foreigners who violate international...

Ecuador voters bar ex-president Correa from comeback   Interim results of Sunday's referendum show 64 percent of ballots in favour of restoring the measure which prevents presidents from running indefinitely, effectively barring ex-president Rafael Correa from...

Alphabet to build futuristic district in Toronto as a model for smart cities By Luján Scarpinelli   Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs aims to improve the quality of life in urban environments by developing a neighbourhood that can...

Saudi prince killed in helicopter crash near Yemen border A senior Saudi prince and seven other officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country's border with Yemen, state media report. Prince Mansour bin...

EU leaders claim breakthrough deal on migrants   All 28 members of the bloc agreed to ease pressure on point-of-entry nations like Greece and Italy by screening migrants in North Africa for asylum eligibility and setting...

Learning from Hurricane Harvey Joseph E. Stiglitz   Government investment and strong regulation are needed to protect people, the environment, and infrastructure — regardless of the prevailing political culture. Hurricane Harvey has left in its wake upended lives...

Stress of Trump era harms Americans’ psychological health Psychologists find a marked increase in stress in early 2017, as Americans struggle to cope with rumors of looming war, an uncertain political future, and a deep...

Jamaican women's bobsleigh team makes debut at the Winter Olympics   The Jamaican women's bobsleigh team made their Winter Olympics debut on Tuesday, thirty years after the country's first appearance at the Games in Calgary. Pilot Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and...

Nobel prize winner Malala visits former home in Pakistan   Malala Yousafzai visits her former home in Mingora city of the picturesque Swat Valley for the first time since 2012 when she was shot by a...

EU wage growth hits two-year high Author: Luján Scarpinelli   The European Central Bank could be set to phase out its emergency stimulus programme as wages in the eurozone grow at their quickest rate for two years. On...

US indicts alleged Russian agent for conspiring to influence US politics   Maria Butina was charged with conspiring to act as an agent of Russia "by developing relationships with US persons and infiltrating organizations having influence...

Greek workers strike against bailout reforms   More than 10,000 striking workers, youths and pensioners marched to parliament around noon to protest against a new wave of austerity measures due to begin after the current international...

Kim Jong-un's sister heads North Korea's Winter Olympics delegation - video   https://youtu.be/-bLgqRcniPA   The North Korean leader's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, arrives in South Korea as part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony of the...

What You’re Doing Wrong When You Eat a Bowl of Ramen By Kate Krader    Don’t make enemies with your bowl of noodles. https://youtu.be/IMu64HnPEt8   For fans, ramen is a thing of beauty, taut noodles in a steaming rich broth,...

The Eurozone Must Reform or Die Kenneth Rogoff Twitter: @KRogoff   OXFORD – With the election of a reform-minded centrist president in France and the re-election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeming ever more likely, is there hope...

Assad's army enters Daraa to take control of the cradle of 2011 uprisings   After securing Damascus in May, regime leader Bashar al Assad is determined to oust rebels from a key southern region bordering Jordan...

Meghan Markle's Mom 'Expected' to Spend Part of the Christmas Holiday With Daughter and Prince Harry By Antoinette Bueno‍   https://youtu.be/CZG7-AIyzjg   Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's first holiday as a married couple is sure...

Amazon Go: convenience and concern at new checkout-free corner shop Mark Harris in Seattle   All around me in this Seattle corner shop, people are grabbing items off the shelves, shoving them into bags or pockets,...

Branding Sailo   How Sailo grew its fleet from 100 to 5,000 boats in just one year by leveraging the power of a compelling brand story. A Q&A with Delphine Braas '14 of Sailo, the online boat...

From sidekick to superstar: the rise of the salad Rebecca Nicholson   With chefs making it their star, and veganism on the rise, salad is no longer the sad side it used to be. Have the stereotypes had their day? In...