Wildlife Travel Agent Drops Zoo Trips
A leading marketer of "responsible tourism" has decided to stop selling tours that include visits to zoos. Responsible Travel, based in Brighton, specialises in wildlife holidays and says keeping...
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Trump’s Executive Order On Climate Change A Great Injustice To the Earth – Africa CSO
President Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change will have far reaching impacts on many developing countries, especially in Africa, that are already bearing the brunt of the negative impacts of...
St Petersburg Metro Explosion Kills Ten
At least 10 people killed in explosions at St Petersburg At least 10 people have been killed in an explosion in an underground station in St Petersburg, Russian media report. The Tass and Interfax...
Minority Dares Government
The Minority in Parliament has dared the Akufo-Addo government to go to court to challenge the $510million Ameri power deal if, indeed, they can prove allegations of fraud allegedly detected by a...
Kwabena Donkor Speaks On AMERI Deal
play videoFormer Power Minister Kwabena Donkor is speaking on issues regarding the AMERI deal The AMERI power deal signed as an emergency power agreement between the government represented by the...
Farc Rebels Offer To Help Rebuild Town
Colombia's Farc rebel group has offered to help rebuild a town devastated by landslides that killed at least 254 people. But their involvement in efforts in Mocoa, in the country's south-west, has to...
Lefover Rice Could Make You Sick If You Dont Do This One Thing
Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you’ve got a hangover is one of life’s great pleasures, leftover rice can actually be scarily bad for you, the UK’s National Health Service says....
Growing Concern For Missing Ship Crew
Rescuers say they have made little headway in finding survivors from a huge South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic. Only two sailors have been rescued from the Stellar Daisy, which is...
EU Nations, Israel Eye Longest Undersea Gas Pipeline
Italy, Israel, Greece and Cyprus pledged Monday to move ahead with the world's longest undersea gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to southern Europe, with support from the European Union....
Nepal To Relocate Five Rare One-Horned Rhinos
Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers. Five rhinos --...
Water Scarcity Hits Pishegu; Over 2k Lives At Risk
An acute water scarcity has hit Pishegu, a farming community in the Karaga district of Northern region putting residents’ lives and properties at risk. Pishegu is one of the many communities in the...
Leopard Shuts Down Nepal Airport
Nepal had to close its only international airport for around half an hour on Monday after a leopard was spotted close to the runway. A spokesman for the airport in Kathmandu said wildlife and...
UN Blasts ‘disturbing’ Racism Against Aborigines In Australia
Racism against Aborigines in Australia is widespread and "deeply disturbing", a United Nations envoy said Monday, urging the government to work more closely with indigenous people. UN special...
Leopard Shuts Down Nepal Airport
Nepal had to close its only international airport for around half an hour on Monday after a leopard was spotted close to the runway. A spokesman for the airport in Kathmandu said wildlife and...
Kirsten Named Hobart Hurricanes BBL Coach
South Africa's Gary Kirsten will be in charge of the Hobart Hurricanes for the next two Australian Big Bash League seasons, the club announced on Monday. The 49-year-old came out on top after an...
Indonesia’s ‘selfie Monkey’ Threatened By Hunger For Its Meat
The crested black macaque shot to fame when one of the monkeys snapped grinning selfies and became embroiled in a US court battle -- but the tussle over copyright is the least of the rare animal's...
We Must Combine Our Effort To Safeguard the Environment – Osafo-Maafo
Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Minister, has called for Ghanaians to combine their effort to protect the environment and nation’s natural resources. He said everybody should find space to...
Unemployed Graduates Engaged For ‘planting For Food and Jobs” In Volta
The Department of Agriculture in the Volta Region has engaged more than 100 unemployed graduates from agricultural institutions as Extension Agents for government’s “Planting for food and...
I Will Play A Unifying Role
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), has pledged to provide a unifying leadership role and revive the spirit of self-help amongst the people within his jurisdiction....
Tesla Tops Quarterly Sales Forecast
Tesla sold more than 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, a record that beat analysts' forecasts, the electric carmaker said on Sunday. The Palo Alto, California-based carmaker saw deliveries bounce...