John Racovali

British actor Idris Elba, 47, is careful not to say he contracted coronavirus from Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. But his “known exposure” to the virus — and subsequent positive test — dates back to March 4 when he was in contact with ‘that person who came up positive,” Elba revealed in a 17-minute video he shared on Twitter on Tuesday night.

Workers excavating an abandoned cellar in 2006 for the construction of a shopping centre in Tulln, Austria came across an extraordinary find — the completely preserved skeleton of a large animal, its neck bent backwards and four legs drawn up under its body. But this was no lowly beast of burden, scientific sleuthing revealed.

Toronto sailor Diane Reid has been selected as the first woman to skipper a 70-foot racing yacht in one of the greatest tests of endurance, a 40,000 nautical mile ocean odyssey. “I want to race round the world stupidly fast,” said the diminutive Reid, who was dwarfed at the announcement Thursday by male competitors in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.