The news this week from the developing world was good -- for once.

The world has reached the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of cutting by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water, five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.

The...

"Now you're talking!"

That's how the late Marie Colvin used to half-jokingly admonish me when I was working as UNICEF's chief communicator in East Jerusalem and would unintentionally hold back on story ideas that would appeal to her. The fabled Sunday Times journalist was tragically killed yesterday while reporting on...

When I made my first trip to Burma in 1989, the blood on the streets from a harsh crackdown on student protesters had hardly dried. The climate of fear was so acute that I'd meet with terrified young activists in secret, and evaded government agents pretty much at every turn.

Whenever I hear the phrase "Charity Begins at Home" -- as celebrity chef Bruno Serato implored millions of viewers in Canada and the U.S. during the recent CNN Heroes awards ceremony -- I cannot help but somewhat cringe.

As someone who's for many years implored Canadians to support...