On his way back to the White House, Barack Obama made a stop at his campaign headquarters in Chicago yesterday. This was because he wanted to thank his campaign staff after Tuesday’s big victory.

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French photographer Thomas Jorion specialises in capturing urban ruins and condemned buildings. His latest picture set tells the sad story of the Izu Peninsula – an abandoned holiday resort in Japan. It is one of many such resorts abandoned 40 years ago and left to the mercy of the elements.

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Michael O’Leary, Cief Executive of Ryanair budget airlines is thinking out the box right now. He told The Telegraph that seatbelts on planes won’t save anyone, and wants to make low-cost “standing room only” cabins a reality.

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Mozambique has just announced the creation of Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve by establishing a 10-island archipelago in a bid to protect all forms of marine life in the region.

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Lance Witten, a sports presenter for both e.tv and eNCA, has apologised for an insensitive tweet following the death of a Linkin Park fan in Cape Town last night. Twenty other concertgoers were also injured when a massive advertising tower was blown over at Cape Town stadium.

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The Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard was monitoring Mitt Romney’s campaign homepage during the US elections and was a little surprised when Mitt claimed victory.

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Austrian sky diver Felix Baumgartner has been convicted of punching a lorry driver during a road-rage incident in 2010. Baumgartner was driving in Salzburg when he overtook a queue of four cars waiting at a roundabout, only for his car to become wedged in front of the other drivers.

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Spokesman for the Hawks, McIntosh Polela, has been suspended for a joke he made about Vaseline and convicted murderer Jub Jub.

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Sanral has announced that it has a roll out plan – and a mandate from government – to begin rolling out e-tags in a number of provinces apart from Gauteng. Although, they did fail to specify which provinces, and when they would begin the process. The announcement was made this afternoon by Sanral project manager, Alex […]

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Wouldn’t it be lovely if Cricket South Africa came to the party early and extended Gary Kirsten’s contract as national coach? There’s no guarantee that they will.

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Apart from being a musician, journalist, and “confirmed bohemian”, Darmon Richter is also pretty good at urban exploring. He regularly visits abandoned or derelict buildings, and captures footage of their insides for his blog, The Bohemian Blog.

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British moral fabric eroded further on Monday when a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a man teaching his three-year-old son how to sing vile chants about Robin Van Persie.

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Jimi Matthews, acting head of the SABC’s news division, has told his staff that they may not use phrases like “Nkandlagate”, “compound”, and “Homestead” when referring to President Jacob Zuma’s lavish thatch palace.

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Spending for spooning. Coinage for canoodles. Funded fondles. OK, we’ll stop. But listen: Jackie Samuel, 29, runs a company called The Snuggery out of her Rochester, New York home. She says the non-sexual service is a way to encourage human touch and provide “a healing connection.”

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It’s a year since British businessman Neil Heywood was lured to a hotel in Chongqing, south west China, and given cyanide by Gu Kailai, the lawyer wife of Bo Xilai – previously tipped to be a future leader of China.

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Linkin Park kicks off their South African tour at the Cape Town Stadium today. They will then move to Joburg for a concert at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. The gates for this evening will open at 17h00. KONGOS will kick off the show at 20h00, followed by Linkin Park at 21h00.

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Brie Lybrand is a former beauty pageant contestant with her own YouTube channel, called The New Orleans Beauty Guru. But her latest upload is very different from her usual upbeat beauty tutorials, and is truly heartbreaking to watch.

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One of South Africa’s most prominent cyclists, David George, has been caught with his hand in the needle jar, testing positive for the banned performance enhancing drug, EPO. He faces a charge of doping, and the scorn of people wearing spandex in coffee shops, everywhere. Thus spake the CEO of the South African Institute for […]

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Sneak Peaks of tonight’s drama from episode 12 of Clifton Shores. Channel 123 on DStv tonight at 21h00.

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Lingerie and women’s clothing label, Victoria’s Secret, has been credited for launching the careers of many supermodels – including Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Gisele Bundchen.

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Yesterday campaigning for the US elections officially ended, with voting starting today. In a final bid to rally people behind him, Barack Obama’s last couple of events for the day featured the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z.

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Prince Charles is the descendent of Count Dracula – seriously- he even admits it (video inside). And the bloodsucking Romanian National Tourist Office is using the link to sell holiday packages to would-be UK tourists.

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The wonderfully named and anatomically correct sex-doll, ‘Just-In Beaver’ has apparently sold out very quickly. Fans heard a few days ago that they could ‘snuggle’ up to a life-size plastic Bieber for the bargain price of $32.95.

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Are you due for an upgrade? Or did you forget your iPhone in your pocket when you went for a swim and are thinking about a change? Check out these smart phones as ranked by Business Insider. It’s one of these, or nothing..

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TIME Tech announced their Best Inventions of 2012 last week. The list, consisting of 25 items, contains everything from body armor for women, a civilisation starter kit, a motion-activated screwdriver, and a home HIV test kit.

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This is one of two whales which may be the only fully-preserved specimens of its species ever seen by human kind. Spade-toothed beaked whales were first discovered in 1872 when bone fragments were found on a remote Pacific island, but until now the species has remained entirely hidden from human view. In the 140 years […]

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Tonight is Guy Fawkes night and the City of Cape Town has urged Capetonians to be cautious and sensible when participating in annual organised fireworks displays or discharging shop-bought fireworks.

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Heard about the Red Bull Special Editions? Of course you have! You only have a few hours left to help bring fame and glory to your city, and win incredible prizes. TO WIN A VARIETY PACK OF RED BULL SPECIAL EDITIONS TODAY: Follow these guys on twitter: @RedBullZA. @2ovfm. @PatrickHayworth. @MarcoJMartins. Tune in to the Pat and Marco Show live from Melrose […]

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Egypt’s Coptic Christians elected a new Pope yesterday for the first time since 1971. Bishop Tawadros was named the 118th Pope in an altar lottery when a blindfolded boy picked one of three names out of a glass chalice at the altar.

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Blackie Komani, 1time Airline CEO, has today said that the airline has not filed for liquidation, and that it has just “suspended our services as an airline.”

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