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Ten animals were killed when a fire broke out Thursday at the African Safari Wildlife Park in northern Ohio, Danbury Township police said. Firefighters were called to the Port Clinton park at 6:15 p.m. after reports of a fire at a barn housing animals, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office and park officials said. Firefighters were called to a blaze at a barn housing animals at the African Safari Wildlife Park on Thursday. Three giraffes, three  red river hogs , three  bongos  and a  springbok  had been inside the barn before the fire, Officer Carolyn DeMore with the Danbury Township Police told reporters. A bongo is a large forest antelope and the springbok is a medium-sized, gazelle-like antelope. Holly Hunt, the co-owner of park, told CNN there are 300 other animals in the park and all have been accounted for. "We are grateful that our staff is safe and no one was injured, but the loss of the wildlife that we care for every day is tragic for our team

A witness who works in a stall in Borough Market, on the south side of London Bridge says it looked like a minor incident at first. But Laurence Verfaillie tells the PA news agency it brought back memories of the terror attack on the bridge and market in 2017. "I thought it was a car crash, it looked like it was pretty minor," he says. "Suddenly a trader told me the ice cream seller on the bridge has run away yelling there has been an incident. "Another trader said police were looking for someone. "Suddenly people were taking refuge in our shop before we got told to leave. "We still think about what happened last time." Artic

T his morning I opened my inbox to find reams of emails –  mid-season sale ,  50% off ,  exclusive offer  – enticing me to grab the best deal while it lasts. When we’re barraged by messages from the fashion industry to buy more, it’s hard to resist – and I have easily succumbed to these temptations in the past. Millions set for Thanksgiving disruption as storms sweep across US   Read more We are now producing and consuming fashion at a rate like never before. Since 2000, Europeans have purchased more pieces of clothing but spent less money in doing so: clothing prices in the EU have  dropped  by over 30%, relative to inflation. Meanwhile, the average person buys 60% more clothing and keeps it for about  half as long  as they did 15 years ago. Yet we’re facing a climate crisis and rapidly exceeding the planet’s resources. With our global population predicted to grow to 9 billion, and an unprecedented culture of overproduction and mass consumption, we are pushing ou

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State says his administration is set to recruit no fewer than 2,000 qualified Teachers for Primary and Secondary Schools. Fintiri disclosed this on Friday, when he addressed supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Shelleng and Guyuk Local Government Areas, during a campaign rally for the local government councils elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission has slated Dec. 7, for the council poll. He said this was a fulfillment of part of his campaign promises which included revamping the education sector, providing jobs for the unemployed and conduct of elections to give citizens the right to vote leaders of their choice. “After the partial lifting of the embargo on recruitment; we are set to recruit about 2,000 qualified Teachers for our Primary and Secondary Schools. “We are making contact with the state’s legislature to see how we can make provisions for the recruitment in t

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it is committed to conducting its activities based on existing International Mining Regulation, to achieve growth and development in the mineral sector. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, stated this when he received the Executive Director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Mark Robinson, in Abuja. Represented by the Minister of State, Uchechukwu Ogah, he said the Ministry is determined to ensure that registered mining firms operate within the confines of the rules and regulation. According to him, structure of the Nigeria Extractive Transparency Initiative (NEITI), is meant to achieve total transparency as well increase the revenue generation in the mineral sector. He also revealed that government is working on restructuring and reform that would revive the sector and make it key alternative to diversifying the economy and grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Ea

American rock climber Brad Gobright has died after a fall in northern Mexico. The incident happened Wednesday at Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, the nation's civil protection agency said. Gobright, 31, of Orange County, California, was with a climbing partner when he fell nearly 985 feet. Rescuers retrieved his body Thursday and treated his climbing partner, Aidan Jacobson, for injuries to his ankle and other parts of his body. A fellow climber and a friend of the partner said Jacobson told him their rope got stuck, causing them to both fall 20-30 feet to the ledge below. Jacobson crashed into a bush, which broke his fall and stopped him from tumbling farther. "It pretty much saved his life," the friend, Ryan Borys, said. Jacobson told him he saw Gobright fall past him and over the ledge. The State Department confirmed Gobright's death in Mexico. "We offer our sincerest condolences to his family on their loss. We are closely monitoring local

The death toll as a result of a cholera outbreak in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has risen to five and it includes a four-month-old baby and 33-year-old pregnant woman. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Ogun State, Dr Ayinde Akinsanya disclosed this on Friday, during a press briefing in Abeokuta. Akinsanya said so far, the number of the reported cases has risen to 12 and five persons have died. It was reported that four persons in Abule-Otun in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state have lost their lives to the outbreak. READ ALSO:  Appeal Court affirms Lalong’s victory Addressing newsmen on the outbreak, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of health said, the baby died at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, while others did not go to any health facility in the state. He said the other seven cases have been hospitalised at the state hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta. Akinsanya said, “On 21 November, 2019, the state Epidemiology unit