Run as fast as you can! It’s a stampede! … of cute, little bunnies? Oh, yes. Watch out or they just might cuddle you to death! This is an everyday occurrence on the very small island of Okunoshima, which is nicknamed ‘Rabbit Island’, for obvious reasons. With a circumference of merely 2.5 miles, these rabbits have claimed the island as their new home and trust me, the tourists love it. […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Hong Kong police plan to step up operations against vice operations The move follows a crackdown on prostitution across border in Dongguan Senior police fear vice may shift to Hong Kong in the wake of police raids The Chinese government has indicated that a vice crackdown has gone nationwide Hong Kong police plan to step up efforts against vice operations in the city following a massive crackdown on […]
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has insisted that the UN and aid agencies will not be deterred by Saturday’s attack on a convoy bringing supplies into the Syrian city of Homs. Baroness Amos said she was sad that a three-day ceasefire to allow aid into the old part of Homs had been broken. The events were “a stark reminder of the dangers that civilians and aid workers face every […]
Italy’s navy has rescued 1,123 people from inflatable boats in the space of 24 hours, as clandestine migration from North Africa reaches record levels. The latest migrants were found in eight boats and a barge about 120 miles (222km) south-east of Lampedusa. They included 47 women, four of them pregnant, and 50 children, all probably from sub-Saharan Africa, the navy said. Meanwhile, at least seven migrants have drowned trying to […]
Amsterdam’s red-light district opened its first “prostitution museum” on Thursday, hoping to lure tourists who always wondered what life was like for those on the other side of the infamous glass windows — but were too afraid to ask. “How do they live? What happens in their world?” said Melcher de Wind, a founder of the “Red Light Secrets Museum of Prostitution” which showcases one of the Dutch capital’s most […]
Most wine drinkers have their preferences of red wines or white wines, and their preferences are mostly based on taste. However, if you want to have a healthy meal, you should take the nutritional values of the wines into consideration. So, should you go for white or red wines?Features of White and Red Wines The main ingredient in white wines is white grapes, and these grapes have no skins or […]
The board of directors at Microsoft is preparing to tap 47-year-old charismatic Hyderabad born Satya Nadella as CEO Steve Ballmer’s successor and is also holding discussions to replace Chairman Bill Gates, according to media reports. The board of directors at Microsoft is preparing to tap 47-year-old charismatic Hyderabad born Satya Nadella as CEO Steve Ballmer’s successor and is also holding discussions to replace Chairman Bill Gates, according to media reports. […]
Heroin sold in McDonald’s Happy Meals in Pittsburgh, police say An employee of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh is charged with selling heroin in Happy Meals. Investigators in the county district attorney’s office received a tip that an employee was selling heroin at a McDonald’s in the East Liberty section of the city. Officers say customers looking for heroin were told to go through the drive-thru and say “I’d like […]
This is the first Porsche-designed vehicle, which had been stored in an Austrian garage since 1902 Luxury automaker Porsche has revealed the first car designed by its founder was electric, in a show at its museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. Ferdinand Porsche’s design was dubbed the Egger-Lohner electric vehicle C.2 Phaeton model, or the P1 for short. The car, made in 1898, was recently unearthed in an Austrian garage, where it […]
The people who run New York’s department of agriculture and markets tend to have close ties with the state’s huge dairy industry. The last commissioner, Cape Vincent’s Darrel Aubertine, was a dairy farmer himself. Governor Cuomo broke that mold when he nominated Schoharie county vegetable farmer, Richard Ball, to be the next agriculture commissioner. Ball is a poster child for the “locally grown” movement. His roadside stand, the Carrot Barn, […]
