Southwest

Deep Depression Over Arabian Sea May Intensify Into Cyclonic Storm: Weather Office

India News | ANI | Tuesday December 3, 2019

The deep depression over the Southwest Arabian Sea is about 660 km south-southeast of Socotra, Yemen, and is very likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm during the next 12 hours, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.

Frustrated About Not Having A Child, Delhi Man Kidnaps 2-Year-Old Girl, 2 Arrested: Cops

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 30, 2019

Two men were arrested on Friday for allegedly kidnapping a two-year-old girl from Southwest Delhi's Palam area, police said.

Girl Killed, Several Missing As River Bridge Collapses In France

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 18, 2019

A 15-year-old girl was killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, causing a car, a truck and possibly a third vehicle to plunge into the water, local authorities said.

Beaches In France Closed After 1,000 Kg Of Cocaine Washes Up Along Coast

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday November 13, 2019

Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

51 Children Injured In Chemical Attack At China Kindergarten

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 12, 2019

More than 50 people, mostly children, were injured by a man who broke into a kindergarten in southwest China and sprayed them with corrosive liquid, local authorities said Tuesday.

84-Year-Old Tries To Burn Down French Mosque, Shoots 2 Who Surprised Him

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 28, 2019

An 84-year-old man shot and seriously wounded two other men in their 70s when they surprised him trying to burn a mosque in Bayonne in southwest France, police said.

US Pilots Allegedly Hid Camera In Toilet, Then Streamed Video To Cockpit

World News | Luz Lazo, The Washington Post | Monday October 28, 2019

Two Southwest Airlines pilots allegedly hid a camera in a plane's lavatory and live-streamed the video to an iPad mounted on the windshield of the cockpit aboard a flight, according to a lawsuit filed by a fellow flight attendant.

Nigeria's "Twins Capital" Holds Annual Festival To Celebrate Twinning

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 18, 2019

The sign greeting visitors at the entrance of Igbo-Ora in southwest Nigeria welcomes people to "TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". The sleepy-looking town boasts of having the highest concentration of multiple births of any place on the globe.

Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu To Receive Rainfall Today: Weather Office

India News | ANI | Wednesday October 16, 2019

Isolated places over coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are likely to receive heavy rainfall today, according to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

58 People Arrested After Crackdown On Gambling Racket In South Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 14, 2019

Fifty-eight people involved in a gambling racket were arrested from a hotel in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj, police said on Monday.

Weather Forecast Today: Southwest Monsoon Withdraws Further, Scattered Rain Predicted In Some States

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Friday October 11, 2019

Weather forecast today: Conditions are becoming favourable for further withdrawal of southwest monsoon from most parts of central India and some more parts of West and East India during the next two days.

Southwest Airlines Finds Cracks On 2 Boeing Airplanes During Inspections

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 10, 2019

Southwest Airlines Co said Wednesday it found cracks on two Boeing 737 NG airplanes and removed them from service after US regulators last week ordered urgent inspections.

Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing Over Alleged Lost Wages From MAX Grounding

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 8, 2019

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) said on Monday it filed a lawsuit against Boeing Co alleging that the grounding of the planemaker's 737 MAX aircraft had caused over $100 million (81.3 million pounds) in lost wages.

Alagba, 344-Year-Old Tortoise, "Oldest" In Africa, Dies

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 6, 2019

A tortoise whose royal owners claimed was 344 years old years old has died in the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogbomosho, southwest Nigeria, a spokesman said Saturday.

French Police Break Up Yellow Vest Protest With Tear Gas

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday September 29, 2019

French police repeatedly used tear gas and water cannons to break up a protest Saturday by nearly a 1,000 yellow vest demonstrators in the southwest city of Toulouse.