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New York Trio Hauls Van Full of Clean Water to People in West Virginia
I've got an incredible story for you that starts with a high school senior who heard about the toxic chemical spill that poisoned the...
An Unexpected Family Reunion, Seven Decades After the Holocaust
Frieda’s family was decimated by the Nazis. But at 95, she discovered relatives she never knew. More than 70 years after the Holocaust claimed...
Polish Citizens Who Rescued Jews in WWII Hailed as Heroes
Dozens of elderly Poles who helped save Jews during World War II have gathered in Warsaw to be recognized by Jewish representatives who hailed...
Historic Polish Gdansk Shipyard Rescued by Visionary Wind Investor
Just yards from where Lech Walesa made his first moves to bring down communism in eastern Europe, Danish businessman Thomas Gaardbo is taking advantage...
Russian Billionaire Launches Project to Create a Better World
Russia’s richest woman, Elena Baturina, is investing $100 million in a new “creative think-tank” devoted to improving the world.
Dubbed Be Open, its noble aim...
Schindler’s Museum: Krakow Factory Made Famous by “Schindler’s List” is Transformed Into Art Center
Oskar Schindler entered history when he saved approximately 1,200 Jews from concentration camps during World War II, as memorably recounted in Steven Spielberg's 1993...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...
Clean Power Projects Turn Landfills Into Electricity Makers
Landfills, with the tendency to belch noxious greenhouse gases, have long gotten a bad rap from environmentalists. But now several clean-power technology companies are...
Rent-a-Granny Creates Family Ties (Video)
A new "grannies-for-rent" service in Poland brings together elderly people without families, and people who miss having real grandparents. A local University for...
Russia ‘Halts Missile Deployment’
Russia's military has announced it will halt its plans to deploy short-range missiles in its Baltic enclave Kaliningrad, bordering Poland. A Russian military official...
Mexico Pledges 50 Percent Cut in Greenhouse Gases
Mexico announced a plan on 11 December to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 using solar power, wind, and other clean technologies -- making...
Brazil Commits to Cut Amazon Destruction by 70 Percent
Brazil announced on Monday a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years, the...
Lithuanians World Champions in Latin Team Dancing (Video)
A Lithuanian team became the Latin sport dance world champions again after three years. The Klaipeda University formation team, Zuvedra ("Seagull"), regained its world...
Polish Priest Wins Templeton Prize for Uniting Science and Religion
Michael Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and...
Once Volatile, the German-Polish Crossing Is Dismantled
One of the world's most tense borders, the gates between Poland and Germany, will be opened for good as Poland today joins the passport-free...
Women Cycle Around the Middle East, for Peace
249 female cyclists from 30 countries, both Western and Arab, began peddling for peace in northern Syria on April 7 in the third annual...
China, India Once Food Aid Recipients, Now Food Donors
In the same year it stopped receiving global food aid, China emerged as the world's third largest food donor. According to a report by...