San Francisco’s New Rodent Cafe
The rodent-borne bubonic plague may seem unappetizing, but for a few San Francisco visionaries, it proved just the inspiration needed to launch one of the city's latest eateries: The Rat Cafe. The...
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Australia A Will Not Tour S.Africa Unless MOU Agreed
Players will boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa this month unless a new pay deal is agreed by Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers' Association said on Sunday. The players' union...
Californians Take A Shine To Solar Power
Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to take the plunge last year. The 52-year-old Los Angeles resident joined an...
Trump Administration Stalls On Transgenders In Military
The Trump administration has delayed a plan to accept transgender recruits into the military, putting on hold a divisive integration effort that could reverberate in other aspects of American public...
Dr Kofi Amoah’s Life Changing Story
Dr. Kofi Amoah is a celeberated Ghanaian business. He had his secondary education in the 1960’s at Opoku Ware School (OWASS) in Kumasi in Ashanti Region Ghana. He was there on scholarship, courtesy...
Disastrous Bahamas Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested For Wire Fraud
The tech entrepreneur behind a music festival in the Bahamas that was billed as a luxury getaway but collapsed in chaos in April has been arrested and charged with wire fraud, prosecutors said....
George Heading To Thunder, Griffin Stays With Clippers
Indiana Pacers star Paul George is set to join the Oklahoma City Thunder in a blockbuster deal that will see Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis head in the opposite direction, reports said Friday....
US State Allows College Students, Teachers To Carry Guns
Students and professors will be legally allowed to carry concealed handguns onto college campuses starting Saturday in the US state of Kansas. The concealed carry law was enacted four years ago and...
Beyonce and Jay-Z Twins’ Names Could Be Rumi and Sir
The wait may be over for the names of the twins of music power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z. Signs point to the names as Rumi and Sir. The pop diva and rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, have filed...
Numerous US States Balk At Trump Request For Voter Data
Several states have rejected a White House request for sensitive personal data on all registered voters, scoffing at President Donald Trump's election fraud commission and warning the information...
Abraham Attah Attends World Premiere of Spider Man
Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah joined his co-stars during the world premiere of SpiderMan Homecoming Wednesday evening. The event was held at the TCL Chinese Theater in California, United States of...
Australia’s Cricket Pay Dispute Set To Miss Deadline
Cricket Australia and the country's players looked set to miss a deadline to resolve a pay dispute on Friday, potentially leaving players unemployed and threatening fixtures including this year's...
Could Apple’s Next Big Thing Be A Car?
Is an Apple Car about to hit the road? The California technology colossus behind the iPhone has confirmed its interest in self-driving cars, but experts are trying to deduce the secretive company's...
Climate Change Could Greatly Widen US Inequality
If the United States fails to take decisive measures to combat climate change, it will become a poorer country facing more dramatic inequality, according to a study. The poorest third of US counties...
Cricket Australia Warn Players As Pay Row Deadline Looms
Cricket Australia has sent a formal letter to warring players officially informing them they will be unemployed if a deal is not reached this week in their protracted pay dispute. Amid reports that...
Ten Years After Commercial Discovery of Oil In Ghana
Ten years ago this month when the announcement of commercial discovery of crude oil in Ghana was made, the price of a barrel of crude oil was about $68 and on steady increase. The price increase...
Why Does Light Keep Us Awake and Darkness Make Us Sleepy?
Many of us have heard that going to sleep when it is dark outside is healthy, as light and darkness influence our circadian rhythm. But how exactly does light affect our sleep-wakefulness cycle? New...
Pandora CEO Out In Shake-Up At Internet Radio Pioneer
Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren on Tuesday stepped down as chief executive and from the board of directors, as the internet radio pioneer strives to win more listeners in the face of competition...
Waymo Teams With Avis To Keep Self-Driving Cars Going
US car rental giant Avis Budget on Monday announced it will team up with Waymo on the self-driving cars being tested on Arizona roads. The rental company said it would provide support and maintenance...
California Father Gets Phone Call From Son 11 Days After He Thought He’d Buried Him
Eighty-two-year-old Frank Kerrigan had been told by the coroner’s office in Orange County that his son, Frank M. Kerrigan had been found dead in the street. The coroner’s office had wrongly said...