Giraffe Parts Sales Are Booming in the U.S., and It’s Legal

At a time when the giraffe population is plummeting in the wild, the sale of products made with giraffe skin and bone is booming. According to a report to be released Thursday by Humane Society of the United States and its international affiliate, more than 40,000 giraffe parts were imported to the United States from 2006 to 2015 to be made into expensive pillows, boots, knife handles, bible covers and other trinkets.

Ghanaian Rapper Sarkodie Challenges Nigeria’s Davido at Jollof Rice Cooking Contest

Popular Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie challenged Nigerian singer Davido for a cooking contest, where they would both prepare for Jollof Rice. It all started when South African rapper Cassper Nyovest published a poll on his Twitter page.

Pope Francis speaks to thousands at Sunday Mass in Dublin

Hundreds of thousands of people braved wet and windy weather to attend Pope Francis' Mass at Phoenix Park in Dublin on Sunday, while thousands more gathered in the city center for protests against clerical sexual abuse amid fresh reports the Pontiff ignored allegations stretching back years.

Multiple dead after gunman opens fire at video game tournament in US shopping centre

Ryen Aleman was engrossed in the virtual world, focused on the video game in front of him, when he realized the gunshots he was hearing were real.

Ireland agrees to take in migrants from boat stranded off Italian coast for almost a week

IRELAND HAS AGREED to take in some of the 140 migrants who have been stranded on a boat off the Italian coast, following an agreement to relocate them yesterday. The migrants have been stranded on the boat for more than a week, after Italy refused to let them disembark when they docked at the port of Catania on Monday, saying there was no EU commitment to relocate them.