newsmakers

The most inspiring, inglorious and downright bizarre bits of real estate that made news this year around the globe

From villains and losers to bad-luck falls and bad-faith actors, here’s the worst of what happened this year in world politics, sports, music, and more

The highs were high. From entertainment to sports to business to the world at large, here are the people and news that made people buzz—in a good way.

He’s been suspended by Environment Canada. But Turner has a minor hit on his hands with the protest song ‘Harperman’

A teddy bear goes viral as the Internet and print media alike try to reunite a stuffie lost at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Why Stephen Harper has nothing on Australia’s prime minister, who has demanded no front-bencher venture onto a popular interview show

Winchell Delano’s team has spent more than six months paddling from Mexico to the Arctic—and now, through forest fires

The über-powerful pop star takes on Apple’s new streaming service—and while she won the battle, streaming seems to have won the war

The Pope’s speech asks the whole world to listen to his pleas about climate change—and even invites Naomi Klein to Rome to help

Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers steps up his game on basketball’s biggest stage

Despite his policy and pronouncements about gender equality, Narendra Modi makes a bad gaffe

Paris councillor Arash Derambarsh is taking his bold plan of turning trash into food to the world