Cruise ship rescues fishermen who had been adrift for weeks
Miami: A cruise ship has rescued two Costa Rican fishermen who had been stranded at sea for about three weeks. Royal Caribbean Chief Meteorologist James Van Fleet tweeted that the sailors were saved Friday night between Grand Cayman and Jamaica by the Empress of the Seas cruise ship. Fleet says the cruise ship was not scheduled to be there but had taken an alternate route because of bad weather. Fleet tweeted Sunday that the fishermen left Porto Limon, Costa Rica, and had been adrift since December 1. They said they had fallen asleep while their nets were soaking and ran out of gas while trying to return. Both received medical attention onboard. (AP)
Yoga gains popularity in China, more colleges to come up
Beijing: The China-India Yoga College that was founded in June 2015 in Yunnan as part of a Delhi-Beijing cultural exchange program, plans to expand its training locations as yoga has been gaining popularity in China as a healthy lifestyle choice. The college opened its first branch on Saturday at the Yunnan University in the city of Lijiang as part of its nationwide partnership with universities in cultivating high-level yoga professionals, Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 50 branches would be set up to boost yoga education and teacher training, according to Chen Luyan, dean of the China-India Yoga College, as it spreads beyond its location city of Kunming in Yunnan Province. Nearly 100 yoga teaching and training centres would also be built to provide teacher training courses, yoga workshops and non-profit courses, Chen said. (IANS)
Elephants join search in Thailand for missing 2-year-old
Bangkok: Four elephants mounted by their mahouts have joined the search for a 2-year-old boy from Myanmar who has been missing in Thailand for a week, as hundreds of rescuers comb through a sugarcane field for traces of the missing child. Sului Piew, a son of migrant workers from Myanmar, went missing December 17 when he went out to play near the sugarcane plantation where his parents work. The governor of Suphan Buri province, says Sului’s family was alerted of his disappearance when his 3-year-old friend told her parents that she saw Sului being abducted. The latest to offer assistance to the search operation are the mahouts and their elephants, who will scour the vast plantation for signs of life. (AP)