Border cops in the United States of America were shocked when a routine stop of an off-road go-kart and trailer yielded a stash of bhang at the border with Mexico. The Border Patrol’s Yuma sector said agents and officers from the Cocopah Tribal Police Department in Arisono spotted the single-seater go-kart hauling a trailer through the desert near Yuma, Arizona on Tuesday night and gave chase. The driver abandoned the homemade vehicle, which was spray painted a desert beige, fitted with knobbly off-road tires, and towing a trailer packed with bhang and fled back to Mexico.
An Italian luxury shoemaker is willing to pay Sh134,000 (£ 1,000) per square foot in rent to retain his shop in central London’s prestigious Bond Street. Mr Salvatore Ferragamo is close to agreeing the deal that would break the previous record of Sh128,000 per square foot on the same glitzy shopping street by jeweler Piaget in December 2009.
Just cleared airport security and in need of a little deep breathing and stretching relaxation? San Francisco Airport in the US has opened what it calls a first of its kind yoga room. Airport officials say the low lights, and soothing blue walls aim to afford travelers, stressed out or sanguine, an oasis of calm in which to flex, twist and decompress. The idea for the room came from a passenger suggestion at an open house.
The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain’s Palace of Westminster, is tilting while the mother of all parliaments is slipping into the River Thames, raising and lawmakers may have to move out for repairs costing up to Sh7 billion. One newspaper even suggests selling it to Russian or Chinese developers. The 96-metre tall clock tower, which houses the bell originally nicknamed Big Ben, leans about 46 cm to the left of its peak. But a construction expert who worked on the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy said there is nothing to worry about for the next 10,000 years!
And finally...
Greece has published a list of 4000 top tax dodgers as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up. A famous singer and a retired basketball star are among the prominent names on the list.
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