7 Headlines You Won’t Read Anywhere Else Today: Feb. 20

* Australia: Voices from the grave: singing in dying languages
Fewer than a dozen people in the world speak the language in which Thomas Kungiung belts out the mournful words to “Truwu”.

* Scotland, UK: Model Olga Roh to turn Inchdrewer castel into home
A Russian princess and former supermodel has pledged to turn a ruined Scottish castle she bought on the strength of a few photographs into an idyllic escape from the “madness of Fashion Week”.

* Germany: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
For 30 years, Cornelius Grätz has been collecting snowmen. His passion earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

* Russia: Whiz Kid Invents ‘Talking’ Walking Stick for the Blind (Video)
A first-year student at Moscow Bauman State University creates something of a furor by inventing a walking cane with a GPS system for the visually impaired.

* South Africa: Stolen phone’s selfie trail
Durban – Every week, Joe Knott logs onto his computer to check the latest happy snaps apparently taken by the man who robbed him.

* Iceland: Icelander Selling NYC’s Most Expensive Coffee
Icelander Rut Hermannsdóttir is one of three owners of the new boutique and coffee bar Búðin in Brooklyn, New York City.

* Sweden: Five best Scandinavian designs for children
If Swedish society cherishes every child and the right to education and healthcare, the country’s designers aren’t far behind in caring for the needs of kids, and their parents, argues design writer Angeline Eriksson. … (Read more)

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