National GeographicShark-Attack Deaths Highest in 19 Years—Travel Trends to Blame?National GeographicCosta Rica, Kenya, and New Caledonia (picture) each saw one fatality, while the French-administered Indian Ocean island of Réunion and the Seychelles saw two apiece. "I think many of these communities aren't prepared structurally to worry about a shark ...and more »

List of World Press Photo winnersCBS NewsKoichiro Tezuka, Japan, Mainichi Shimbun, Tsunami strikes Natori City, Japan, March 11; 2. Niclas Hammerstrom, Sweden, for Aftonbladet, Utoya, Norway, July 22; 3. Eduardo Castaldo, Italy, Dawn of a revolution, Cairo, Egypt, January-February.and more »

Globe and MailList of World Press Photo winnersThe Associated PressKoichiro Tezuka, Japan, Mainichi Shimbun, Tsunami strikes Natori City, Japan, March 11; 2. Niclas Hammerstrom, Sweden, for Aftonbladet, Utoya, Norway, July 22; 3. Eduardo Castaldo, Italy, Dawn of a revolution, Cairo, Egypt, January-February.World Press Photo 2011 winnersWashington Post2012 World Press Photo contest winnersDenver PostWorld Press Photo 2012Creative Review (blog)all 455 news articles »

The Day Weekly DigestThe Day's experts on changes in Russia and risks for UkraineThe Day Weekly DigestThere is no critical mass for cardinal reforms as yet, but there is the example of the Ukraine without Kuchma campaign and Orange Revolution, despite disillusioning the outcome. Small as it is, the intrigue of the upcoming presidential elections in ...and more »

Deadly cold snap grips Europe, snow strands thousands in Serbia, BosniaWashington Post (blog)Unofficial low temperatures recorded in major European cities, since Jan. 31 (Meteo-France, Austrian Weather Service, NOAA, weather.com) The brutal cold has killed at least 163 people in central and eastern Europe, many of them homeless. In Ukraine ...and more »

News of the world in photos: Prayers, protests over China's treatment of TibetSeattle Post Intelligencer(AP Photo/Malacanang Palace, Jay Morales) In this photo released by Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, fourth from left, and other officials inspect the quake-stricken city of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province in ...and more »

Nuclear Damage ControlBusiness InsiderAfter the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in central Pennsylvania in March 1979 and the explosion of Chernobyl's unit four reactor in the Ukraine in April 1986, few would have predicted that nuclear power could ever shake off its global pariah ...and more »

TTG AsiaWasted opportunity for Indonesia: delegatesTTG AsiaFlight accessibility was cited repeatedly as the biggest gripe, with respondents pointing out that ample seat capacity into the destination should have been a requirement of being a host city. Gilbert Whelan, president, ATM Travel Marketing, ...and more »

Best Western opens Plus hotel in RussiaBreaking Travel NewsThe city is the transportation and industrial hub of Tyumen Oblast—a vast, oil-rich region stretching from the Kazakh border to the Arctic Ocean—as well as home to many companies active in Russia's oil and gas industry. BEST WESTERN PLUS Spasskaya ...and more »

HHLA stays in the blackifw-net.comHamburg's largest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), continued to make good money last year despite constant pressure on its cargo handling rates from loss-making ocean carrier customers. According to provisional results, ...and more »