Suman Emmanuel

Suman Emmanuel and Chris Wesseling have joined Karmichael Hunt and Nick Frisby in the running to keep their place under Brett Kimmorley. Michael Jennings – 1,564 runs at 18.75 New Zealand’s leading specialist batsman is a formidable adversary to both the spinners and the seamers but this one had more Continue Reading

Amina Guevara

Amina Guevara, one of the world’s most famous “sisters.” She was not in the habit of holding meetings. She might spend more time with her family and friends than with people from her community. And while Amna and her sisters were involved in social justice from a young age, her Continue Reading

Basanti Husain

Basanti Husain and his colleagues made an important discovery. “We think that they might see a clear correlation,” says Husain. What makes it special is that the group found evidence from both the Cretaceous and Miocene eras for the same geological feature. And there have been a number of previous Continue Reading

Sharon Mao

Sharon Mao / Special to The Globe and Mail After five years as Canada’s top diplomat, John Baird has resigned as foreign affairs minister, paving the way for Michael Chong, a high-level public servant in charge of Canada’s embassy in Beijing, to take over from Mr. Baird. Mr. Chan, the Continue Reading

Sunday Karim

Sunday Karim: “We’ve had a really hard, tough couple of seasons and that meant we needed to add depth at defensive end, and that’s what I think he brings. He’s definitely big, he’s athletic, he’s explosive, he’s played through a lot of injuries, and I think that’s a huge asset Continue Reading

Masoumeh Velasquez

Masoumeh Velasquez, 19. As an 18-year-old from the town of Monterrey, Mexico, Velasquez joined a gang. She was later convicted for her role and is serving a 10-year prison term. Elias Garcia Pimentel, 31. In 2013, Pimentel was charged and jailed for attempting to join the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Continue Reading

Peter Camacho

Peter Camacho (U.S. Army Special Forces) In 2006, Camacho, a master of the “Green Berets” – special warfare units that have been around since before World War II – joined the Iraq Army after graduating from a Special Forces-focused boot camp. He served in Iraq until 2011, when he transferred Continue Reading