The price of ivory has dropped nearly 50% in China over the past 18 months due to growing public awareness and a promise from President Xi Jinping to ban the…
Last Sunday a donkey, desperately stranded in a flooded river, was spotted by Suzanne Gibbons in Kilorglin, Ireland. The woman shared a post on her Animal Heaven Animal Rescue (AHAR)…
Remember in 2014 when President Jacob Zuma was put up for sale in a tongue-in-cheek advert on classifieds website Gumtree? Reports surfaced that the advert was posted by “Average Joe” on…
12-year-old Lexi Brown has a sarcoma, and the cancer has spread to her lungs. She was recently airlifted to the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA in California. To pass the time…
Hawaii officials are crediting a South African man with saving the life of a professional surfer who almost drowned after a wipe-out. Two-time world bodyboarding champion Andre Botha found the…
Twin brothers from Khayelitsha, who refused to let their circumstances stand in their way, will be celebrating their success today when they both graduate as medical doctors from Stellenbosch University….
On Saturday night, Dec. 5, two people were stabbed in the London Underground by an attacker who said, allegedly, “This is for Syria.” Thankfully, no one was killed, and the…
From a petrol attendant to a medical student in Cuba, Ntando Makhubela’s life-long dreams are finally becoming a reality. South Africa (7 December 2015) – The South African petrol…
Abdul Halim al-Attar, a refugee from Syria who was photographed selling pens in the streets of Beirut, is now running three businesses in the city after an online crowdfunding campaign…
Residents of Soriano, Uruguay were alarmed by a female dog that was howling uncontrollably at the entrance of a narrow drainpipe. They soon realized that the dog’s puppies were trapped…
Where mind meets heart
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert
