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Dive boat sinks in flames off California, 34 missing
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» LOS ANGELES: A commercial scuba-dive boat sank amid intense flames early Monday off the coast of Southern California and 34 passengers were unaccounted for, the US Coast Guard said.
French ducks in the dock for quacking
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» SOUSTONS, France: Less than two months after the owner of a French rooster was hauled before a court over his rowdy crowing, the owner of a gaggle of geese and ducks is in the dock over their boisterous quacking.
Zverev loses at US Open as Nadal faces former champion
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» NEW YORK: Alexander Zverev slumped to a last-16 defeat at Flushing Meadows on Monday while Rafael Nadal was set to battle Marin Cilic later in a clash of former US Open champions.
US sprinter Coleman cleared as USADA withdraws case
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Christian Coleman has been cleared to take part in this month's World Athletics Championships after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) dropped charges against him on a technicality, a statement said Monday.
Hong Kong leader denies Beijing won't let her resign
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she has never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the city's political crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a voice recording of her saying she would step down if she could.
Kashmir trims its big fat weddings after Indian lockdown
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» SRINAGAR, India: After a year-long countdown, Arshi Nisar's wedding plans are in tatters, with the Kashmiri bride-to-be fearing for her guests' safety as an Indian security and communications clampdown on the Himalayan valley leaves residents on edge.
Clash of cultures as Amazon cowboys close in on indigenous lands
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» MONTE NEGRO (BRAZIL) - As evening falls over their Amazon home, the hunter gatherers of the Uru-eu-wau-wau people extract bamboo arrows from the flank of a wild pig and begin roasting it.
Rights group sceptical that Myanmar's military seeks justice
Associated Press, Published on 03/09/2019
» YANGON: Plans announced by Myanmar's military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority drew scepticism Monday from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.
British PM faces Brexit rebellion, threatens election
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a rebellion by his own lawmakers on Tuesday over his Brexit strategy, despite warning he would respond to any defeat by calling an early election.
K-Pop and Kimchi: Tokyo's 'Little Seoul' shrugs off spat
AFP, Published on 03/09/2019
» TOKYO: In the "little Seoul" area of Tokyo, Japanese shoppers flock to get their fix of K-pop and Korean face cream, seemingly shrugging off a deep freeze in Japan-South Korean ties.