Investigating child poverty rates in the U.S. A British TV station hires facially disfigured anchors to read the news. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 becomes the hottest video game of the year. These are the top stories making headlines around the world.
Canada will play host to the world's most powerful military figures this weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They will discuss global security, nuclear weapons and foreign policy.
When it is completed next month “Toothpick City II: Temples and Towers” will be a collection of more than 20 famous religious buildings and tall towers from around the world constructed of toothpicks on a 20-foot diameter circular platform.
Stem cell research has recently headed in innovative directions. Earlier this month scientists announced they had grown rabbit replacement penile erectile tissue. Now the idea of growing meat in the laboratory without animals is being proposed.
In 1989 the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed by 193 nations. Those that signed the document were showing the world that they cared about children. In Canada there are several issues that have still yet to be addressed, critics say.
The FBI is hunting an elderly man who is said to have robbed five banks in California in the last three months. The man has been nicknamed the Geezer Bandit because police estimate him to be in his seventies.
The number of portable robots deployed in Afghanistan is set to increase with the British Ministry of Defence ordering devices that can operate in caves, courtyards and which can help dismantle Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
The location of a secret site allegedly used by the CIA to interrogate suspects has been revealed near the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The site is reportedly one of eight such secret centres around the world.
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