The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion in July 2013 of the last phase of the project for the following 14 African countries:…
Wangui Gitonga is Miss World Kenya 2013!
After weeks of preparing for the beauty pageant which included a lot of pageant competition training and primping classes, 10 beautiful hopeful contestants gave their final best shot last Friday for a chance to be…
BBA: Annabel escapes eviction with support from East Africa
Sunday’s live Big Brother Africa: The Chase eviction show saw Malawi’s Natasha and Ghana’s Selly making their exits from the BBA households. Kenya’s Annabel, 24, once again, managed to escape eviction thanks to East African…
Halle Berry marries for the third time to French boyfriend
Expecting couple Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez tied the knot on Saturday in the French countryside of Vallery at Chateau des Conde. Since meeting on the set of ‘Dark Tide,’ the Berry, 46, and Martinez,…
Blockbuster film ‘Pacific Rim’ uses 3D Dolby Atmos sound
Dolby sound specialists have given director Guillermo del Toro a way to put movie goers into the thick of battles between giant robots and fearsome monsters in “Pacific Rim.” The blockbuster film opening worldwide this…
World’s largest building: artificial sun and beach
Boasting its own artificial sun and a floor area three times that of the Pentagon, the “world’s largest building” has opened in southwest China to mixed reviews from its first visitors. The towering 100-metre (330-foot)…
Snails face: Japan beauty treatment offers slime power
Having live snails crawling on your face sounds like the thing of nightmares, but in Japan one company is hoping people will be prepared to pay for it. Staring Monday, women who want to slough…
‘Glee’ TV star Cory Monteith found dead at 31
‘Glee’ TV series star Cory Monteith was found dead in his hotel room in the western Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday, local police reported. No cause of death was given for the 31-year-old actor…