Day: September 22, 2019

Swiss hold high-altitude wake for lost glacier

10:15 pm September 22, 2019

Mels: Dozens of people dressed in black went on a “funeral march” up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change. Around 250 people including children joined the solemn two-hour climb up the side of Pizol mountain in northeastern Switzerland to the […]

US man drowns while proposing underwater in Tanzania

10:07 pm September 22, 2019

Nairobi: An American man has drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater at an idyllic island off the coast of Tanzania, a luxury resort said in a statement Sunday. His girlfriend Kenesha Antoine posted on her Facebook page footage of Steven Weber proposing to her through the window of their underwater hotel room at the […]

In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL

9:32 pm September 22, 2019

FOXBOROUGH: Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL. In a Twitter rant on the morning his most recent team was getting ready to play without him, the former New England Patriots receiver says, “Will not be playing in the NFL anymore.” He went on to take shots at other people in football who […]

Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests

Hong Kong protesters trample Chinese flag, set street fires

9:22 pm September 22, 2019

HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong trampled a Chinese flag, vandalized two subway stations and set at least two street fires on Sunday, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again. The day’s action began peacefully, as protesters filled a shopping mall and, in a new twist, folded paper “origami” cranes that they tied […]

Youth held for blackmailing girl over video

It was verbal rape: 3 women claim harassment in South Delhi resto bar

9:09 pm September 22, 2019

New Delhi A woman and her two friends were allegedly molested by a group of men at a resto bar in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash area, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday around 10.30 pm, they said. In a post on social media, the woman alleged that the men made obscene […]