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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Tourism Ministry Launches “Sea Ghana,Eat Ghana,Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana” [pictures]
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and the Ghana Tourism Authority(GTA) have launched the “Sea Ghana,Eat Ghana,Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana” campaign to promote tourism.Join GhanaStar.com to...
Pakistan Says Climbers Missing On ‘Killer Mountain’ Presumed Dead
Two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" are now presumed dead and the rescue operation has been called off, officials said Saturday. The two...
Catherine Afeku’s Four-Day Tour To Western Region In Pictures
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Ablema Afeku and her deputy, Dr. Iddris Ziblim as well as other technical members of the ministry embarked on a four day tour of some...
Lionel Messi Marries Girlfriend In Front of Teammates
Football, Argentina and Barcelona great, Lionel Messi on Friday night wedded his life-long love and partner, Antonella Roccuzzo in front of family and friends of mainly football stars. Messi, 30,...
Argentina Hosts Lionel Messi’s ‘wedding of the Century’
Argentine football star Lionel Messi has married his childhood sweetheart in his hometown in what has been called the “wedding of the century”. A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and Antonela...
Stars Gather For Lionel Messi’s Wedding
Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s “wedding of the century” is taking place in his hometown of Rosario. Messi, 30, is marrying his childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, 29, in a civil...
Darkuman – Official Town Road Left To Rot
The road linking Darkuman – Official to Nyamekye and also the N1 highway has been left at the mercies of pot holes. The road which was constructed less than a decade looks like a 50 year old road....
Room Service? Xi Takes Over Hong Kong Luxury Hotels
China's President Xi Jinping will want for nothing during his three-day visit to Hong Kong after taking over two entire luxury hotels with more than 1,300 rooms between them. The glitzy harbourfront...
Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline
There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by its womenfolk has turned it almost by accident into a star attraction for Chinese...
Evel Knievel Museum Celebrates American Daredevil
Step through the doors of the Evel Knievel Museum in Kansas and you come face to face with a bright red, 63-foot semi-truck. It is the oversized home of the larger-than-life American stunt man when...
Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel
The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for his campaign -- and chose the Trump International Hotel, two steps from the White...
When Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel
The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for it -- and chose the Trump International Hotel, two steps from the White House, as a...
Thai Doctors Battle Cancer-Causing Fish Dish
It wasn't until he got to medical school that Narong Khuntikeo finally discovered what caused the liver cancer that took both of his parents' lives: their lunch. Like millions of Thais across the...
Two Alpinists Go Missing On Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’
Two alpinists, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, have gone missing while attempting to summit a peak in northern Pakistan nicknamed "Killer Mountain", mountaineering experts said Tuesday. "Alberto...
London Eye Evacuated After Tourist Spotted Unexploded WWWII Bomb
The London Eye has been evacuated after a member of the public spotted an unexploded World War Two bomb. Cordons in the Waterloo area of the capital were put in place and police and people were...
Five Killed In Gondola Accident In Indian Kashmir
Five people including two children were killed Sunday when a tree fell on a gondola at a ski resort in Indian-administered Kashmir, sending a passenger cabin crashing to the ground. The gondola at...
Self-Taught, Spurred On By Love
As a girl, Karelle Vignon-Vullierme loved eating the Beninese dishes her mother cooked but never bothered following her into the kitchen to learn how to make them herself. But that has not stopped...
Maiden Edition of ‘Jollof War’ To Come Off July 1
The maiden edition of the ‘war’ to find out who cooks the best Jollof in West Africa has been scheduled to come off on Republic Day, July 1. Dubbed ‘Jollof War’, the inaugural edition will be...
India Protests Threaten Darjeeling Tea Industry
Protests that have shut down Darjeeling in eastern India threaten to derail the tea harvest just as the leaves are at their finest, industry experts warned on Thursday. The picturesque hill station...