- Titanic life vest sold at auction: A life vest worn by a Titanic survivor fetched 670,000 British pounds (roughly 8.5 million Norwegian kroner) at auction, according to Norway’s Dagbladet.
- World’s best goat cheese is Brazilian: A goat cheese called Sapucaia, aged inside the gourd of the Sapucaia tree in Valença, Brazil, has been named the world’s best, per O Globo.
- Skydiver crashes into scoreboard: A skydiver’s parachute landed between the letters on the Virginia Tech scoreboard during a US college game, in a moment captured on video.
- France rejects March 8 holiday: French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou dismissed a proposal — backed by the CGT union — to make International Women’s Day (March 8) a public holiday.
- Cruise tragedy off Queensland: The search resumed for a man in his 70s missing from a cruise liner off Moreton Island, following the drowning death of a Tasmanian woman from the same ship who died while snorkelling.
Walter Murrow
April 19, 2026
