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STORY: Sandboarding is making a comeback in Namibia.And that's after the global health crisis sent the southern African country's tourist numbers - previously around a million a year - tumbling.Tourists like media professional Aylin Yazan have been heading for the seaside town of Swakopmund - lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the 31,000 square mile Namib desert."It was my first time doing this body surf in the sand. I tried snowboarding before in Doha. It was not as much fun."Sandboarding...
My pastor never told me about the kinds of Jesus I see on Facebook these days: an adult made out of shrimp; a baby surrounded by three-armed fairies and candles (terrible parenting, Joseph); a crucifix worshipped by kneeling flight attendants around a pool.These images of Jesus are the kind of artificial intelligence-generated images that are overwhelming Facebook, making the social media site even more depressing.I'm one of the few millennials I know who regularly uses Facebook, mostly to make...
The Benue State House of Assembly, on Thursday, rejected one of the nominees for the membership of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, Vincent Gisaor, for allegedly insulting the Tiv tribe in a Facebook post. Gisaor was one of the eight nominees for the state electoral commission submitted for screening by Governor Hyacinth Alia a Read More
Set against miles of mesmerizing sand dunes, Namibia's seaside resort town of Swakopmund is seeing a boom in sandboarding, buoyed by a near-doubling of the numbers of cruise liners docking at nearby Walvis Bay last year. Lying between the 80,000 square km (31,000 square mile) Namib desert and the sea, Swakopmund is drawing tourists back, three years after lockdown brought Namibia's visitor numbers - previously around a million a year - to a standstill. Many of them are tempted by the thrill of...
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Richard Simmons offered his fans an update about his health, days after sharing a cryptic Facebook post contemplating his mortality. The reclusive fitness guru, 75, revealed on Tuesday that he had been diagnosed with skin cancer and received treatment to remove the cancerous cells. Simmons detailed finding "a strange looking bump under my right eye" in a pair of Facebook posts. The self-proclaimed "Weight Saint" said he set up an appointment with his dermatologist, who tested the lump and...