Cities reboot: Will adapting to COVID-19 change urban life for good?

By Reuters,

Downtowns are deserted and happy hour is history as a second coronavirus wave hits cities from London to Kuala Lumpur. This is leaving futurologist...

coronavirus , urban dwellers

UNICEF launches investigations after employee accused of assaulting, racially abusing Kenyans

By Ian Omondi,

UNICEF has launched investigations into an incident where one of their employees is said to have stormed a private post-wedding party at an apartment ...

Airbnb , Mohamed Fall , Philip Van de Graaf , racism , Thogori Karago , unicef

Mystery of woman found dead in a flower bed of a Kilimani apartment

By Tonny Ndungu,

Police are probing an incident in which the body of a woman was found at a flowerbed in Kilimani after a house party. Workers at the Santonia Court...

Santonia court

Mystery of Kenyan woman who paid bail for Andrew Kimmel in Mexico

By Citizen Reporter,

The story of Andrew Kimmel and how he got arrested in Mexico only to be bailed out by a Kenyan woman reads like a movie script. Kimmel is the found...

kimmel

Luxury jets whisk VIPs to their destinations in flying palaces

By CNN,

A contemporary-style bedroom with a touch of classical elegance, complete with king-size bed and designer furniture, Champagne at the ready and magnif...

Airbus A330 , boeing , Private jet

Top tourist spots crack down as they become victim of own success

By Reuters,

It is not the sheer number of tourists descending on Venice that bothers Italian food blogger Monica Cesarato so much as the type of visitor. Not s...

tourism , UNESCO

The first-time homebuyer checklist

By Citizen Reporter,

By Gitonga Muriithi  If you are planning to buy your first home, you are probably going through a range of emotions: excitement, happiness, hesita...

Centum Real Estate

First Facebook investigation to be completed by summer: regulator

By Reuters,

Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union expects to conclude the first of seven investigations into the company’s use of personal data this...

facebook , Helen Dixon

Judge blocks New York City law requiring Airbnb to hand over user data

By Reuters,

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a New York City law requiring Airbnb to hand over data each month about people who use its apartment listing servi...

Airbnb , Mayor Bill de Blasio , New York City law , U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer

Facebook says preferential data access was with user permission

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc said it did not give some companies access to people’s data without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that...

Airbnb , Amazon , apple , Blackberry , facebook , Konstantinos Papamiltiadis , microsoft , Netflix , New York Times , Spotify , yahoo

Israel to turn to U.S. government over Airbnb removal of settlement listings

By Reuters,

Israel plans to consult with the U.S. government over a decision by home-renting company <AirBnB Inc> to remove listings in Jewish settlements i...

AirBnB Inc , Gilad Erdan , Israel , Israeli Army Radio , U.S. government

Paris museum opens its doors to nudists

By CNN,

Do you ever walk around an art gallery and think, "this would be so much better if I was nude?" If the answer's yes, then the Palais de Tokyo in Pa...

Bois de Vincennes park , Le Parisien , Nudists Association , Palais de Tokyo , Paris , Parisian naturists

Women outnumber men in uptake of Kenya Airbnb home rental opportunities

By Reuters,

Home-renting site Airbnb is providing women with a new way to earn money and build businesses with more women than men on the site and women in Kenya ...

Airbnb , international women's day , kenya

Going to Dubai this festive season? Here are some tips for you

By Mac Otani,

In the last few years, the number of Kenyans travelling to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates during the festive season has significantly grown, with t...

Uber in landmark court battle on Tuesday to escape strict rules

By Reuters,

Uber [UBER.UL] will seek to convince Europe's top court next week that it is a digital service, not a transport company, in a case that could determin...

uber

Dracula’s castle welcomes guests with coffins and no silver

By Reuters,

As the sun set over Dracula's castle in Transylvania, brother and sister Robin and Tami Varma slid into red velvet-trimmed black coffins, trying them ...

Dracula castle , travel

Cyber Attack Slows US Access to Popular Sites

By VOA,

Internet users on the U.S. east coast experienced sluggish surfing on several popular websites as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDOS) a...

Obama, Ban Ki Moon call on world leaders to end refugee crisis

By VOA,

President Barack Obama hosted the first Leaders Summit on Refugees in New York City on Tuesday, saying the world is facing a crisis of epic proportion...

Ban Ki moon , Barack Obama , Refugee , refugee crisis , refugees , U.N , U.S , world

Legal troubles, market realities threaten Uber’s global push

By Agencies,

Uber Inc's aggressive global expansion is looking costlier and riskier than ever as the company struggles with regulatory and competitive obstacles in...