But playing Justin Bieber “would be against the Geneva Convention.”
Africa
You Have to Play a Board Game Before You Can Get a Driver’s License in Sierra Leone
This way you don’t have to read any manuals!
WATCH: Baby White Rhino Born at Australian Zoo
Staff hope a breeding program could help safeguard the majestic creature for future generations.
Prince Harry Holding Things
NewsFeed takes a look back at the royal’s past official trips — mostly philanthropic — through pictures of the royal holding things – from a puppy to a python.
Man Swallowed by Hippo, Lives to Write About It
“Time passes very slowly when you’re in a hippo’s mouth”
PHOTOS: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Tweets Stunning Images from Orbit
Sure, sometimes Twitter feels like one big maelstrom of drivel — a digital platform for utter minutiae. But at other times the social media platform can be ridiculously awesome, especially when used the way Chris Hadfield is …
The World’s Most Valuable Award Goes To… Nobody
The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, worth $5 million plus $200,000 a year for life, has once again found no leader deserving of the honor.
Fermented Herring Party Prompts Gas Leak Panic
Over the weekend, a gas leak reported in the trendy Stockholm district of Södermalm, prompted two fire trucks, two police cars and an emergency gas leak team to respond to the scene. But it turned out the outrageously foul odor …
Study: Humans and Neanderthals Didn’t Interbreed As Much As We Feared/Hoped
Here we go again. It’s been barely two years since a breakthrough study found that people living outside Africa shared up to 4% of their DNA with Neanderthals, prompting speculation that there had been quite a bit of, shall we …
Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 Sequel to Premiere This Week
With more than 100 million views in under a week, Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 video became the most viral video in history. Celebrities touted its message, #stopkony and #kony2012 took over Twitter and the media had a field …
Hundreds of Elephants Slaughtered in Cameroon as Ivory Demand Skyrockets
In one of the deadliest poaching massacres in decades, at least 200 elephants were killed at Bouba N’Djida National Park in northeastern Cameroon, the Associated Press reports. That’s at least half of the elephants at the remote …
Beloved Socialite Zelda Kaplan Dies in Front Row at Fashion Week
New York lost one of its truest originals on Wednesday, when 95-year-old socialite Zelda Kaplan died, collapsing in the front row of a runway show during Fashion Week.
Kaplan appeared to faint and slumped in the lap of Ruth …