Videos going viral

The orangutan, named Tina, grabbed hold of a zoo visitor's leg and refused to let go. (Image credit: neutralizm_/Twitter) A viral video circulating on social media has captured the moment an orangutan attacked a man through the bars of its cage. The video, filmed at an Indonesian zoo, shows the ape dragging the man closer by grabbing hold of his legs and refusing to let go. What ensued was a terrifying tug-of-war that has since gone massively viral online, racking up nearly 12 million views on Twitter. The video opens with the man standing close to the orangutan’s cage, his arms outstretched. Moments later, the animal reaches out through the bars of its cage and grabs hold of the man’s T-shirt. Local news website riau.suara.com identified the man as one Hasan Arifin. Arifin reportedly visited the Kasang Kulim Zoo in Riau, Indonesia, on June 6. He broke zoo rules by climbing over the fence that separates the orangutan enclosure from zoo visitors – all to get a video. The … [Read more...] about Watch: A terrifying tug-of-war after orangutan attacks man through cage. 11 million video views

“Roads are not good. If I get an artificial limb, I can walk. I have a dream to achieve something in my life," Parvaiz had said earlier. (Screengrab from ANI video) A differently-abled boy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara, who used to hop for 2 km to get to school everyday,  will soon be able to walk thanks to the internet. A video of leg Parvaiz going to school via uneven roads was shared by news agency ANI and it went viral. The clip got the attention of Jaipur Foot USA Chairman Prem Bhandari who contacted Parvaiz's family and pledged to provide an artificial limb for free. #WATCH | Specially-abled boy walks to school on one leg to pursue his dreams in J&K's Handwara. He has to cover a distance of 2km while balancing on a one leg Roads are not good. If I get an artificial limb,I can walk. I have a dream to achieve something in my life, Parvaiz said pic.twitter.com/yan7KC0Yd3 — ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2022 Close The Union Minister of State, … [Read more...] about Video: Differently-abled boy hops 2km to school, to get prosthetic leg. Thanks to internet

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Everyone loves a beach vacation, right? And while for some it’s all about lying back with a cold cocktail and good book, others like to take a more… active approach. One such person is certified Brazilian hellman Rodrigo Koxa who earlier this year was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records for an 80-foot wave he rode off the coast of Portugal in late 2017. On November 8th, as an unprecedented and massive swell started pounding the cliffs at Nazare, Koxa climbed into his wetsuit, motored out into the most alien environment on Earth with his waveski driver Sergio Cosme and hurled himself down the face of a moving mountain. German big wave surfer Sebastien Steudtner races for safety on a moving mountain at Praia do Norte ... [+] in Nazare, Portugal. (FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images) And while Koxa’s achievements have been suitably lauded and rewarded (indeed, as such reward could ever be given for … [Read more...] about See Why The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed Is Not All It Seems

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The pandemic has turned vacation shaming into a blood sport that has only intensified along with Covid-19’s third surge in the United States . Add in a blissfully clueless celebrity, and you’ve got the making of an instant viral meme. “After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine,” tweeted Kim Kardashian West on Tuesday, “I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.” MORE FROM FORBES Travel Alert: America's Current Covid-19 Surge Won't End Until 2021 By Suzanne Rowan Kelleher No sooner had the reality TV personality shared images of her 40th birthday celebration in Tahiti — face masks and social distancing be damned — than the vacation shaming began. While West acknowledged her “privileged” life, the backlash was swift, as many called out her post as being out … [Read more...] about How Vacation Shaming Kim Kardashian West Became Twitter’s Favorite New Meme

Flood-affected people stand on a road damaged by the flood waters after heavy rains in Nagaon district, Assam, on May 19, 2022. (Photo: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters) Large swathes of Northeast India, especially Assam and Meghalaya, are experiencing extreme weather this year, as unusually heavy rain in May and June cause heavy flooding and deadly landslides, which experts say can be linked to some extent to climate change. In Assam, at least 108 people have died so far as flood waters triggered by torrential rain inundated towns, villages, paddy fields, forests and wildlife sanctuaries. Millions have been affected or marooned across the state. Meghalaya has fared no better, with landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rain blocking roads, washing away bridges and snapping power supply. Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur have also reported landslides and floods. IMD data show Assam received 398.7 mm of rain from May 1-31, against a normal of 286.7 mm. (Photo: AFP) … [Read more...] about Climate change concerns rise as heavy rain batters Assam, Meghalaya

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin For the uninitiated it would be easy to guess the biggest waves in the world likely break off the shores of Hawaii or perhaps Australia. But over the last ten or so years, a wave known as Nazaré (pronounced ‘Naz-a-ray’) located off the beach of Praia do Norte in a picturesque town on Portugal’s rugged west coast has been drawing the best big wave surfers in the world like moths to the proverbial flame – or in this case, inferno. Nazaré is a true monster – the wave it’s claimed is most likely to break the magical one-hundred-foot-high barrier that has long been the Holy Grail of big wave surfing. It is a freak of nature created by the Canhão da Nazaré , the largest underwater canyon in Europe. Reaching depths of 16,500 feet, the canyon tapers to a point as it meets land, funneling the swells that have been building and traveling through the Atlantic Ocean upwards into gargantuan towers of water that, when they crest, have … [Read more...] about German Surfer Breaks World Record For Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

Hemant Kumar Bhadoriya (name changed) was travelling in a chauffeur-driven sports utility vehicle on a Saturday afternoon in Kota, seemingly headed to Jaipur, where people typically go on weekend getaways. Unlike the others, though, Bhadoriya was not out on a leisure drive. Neither was he actually going to Jaipur. He was, in fact, just sitting in the car and talking about money. Crores of rupees. Bhadoriya is not a lawyer or an investment banker. Neither does he deal in illegal activities. He is a maths teacher at Kota’s top coaching centre and was negotiating with a potential employer, one of the country’s biggest edtech companies. The edtech startup had offered him a 40 percent hike on his existing salary of Rs 1.65 crore. “At first, I was shocked and a bit sceptical when I heard about the offer as every day we have been reading about how hundreds of employees were getting laid off by startups,” said Bhadoriya, 46. “But then it was for their offline classes and I have been … [Read more...] about Poaching and coaching in Kota: Race for $500 million education hub heats up

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg made headlines after he laid off 900 employees over a Zoom call last year. A former Better.com employee is suing the company and its chief executive, Vishal Garg, alleging they provided misleading statements to investors about the digital mortgage firm's financial prospects and performance. Sarah Pierce, a former executive vice-president for sales and operations at the SoftBank-backed company, claimed in her lawsuit that Garg misrepresented Better.com's statements to ensure investors go through with a SPAC merger instead of withdrawing due to its financial condition. A Better.com lawyer said the claims were "without merit". SoftBank did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment. Better.com's plan to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Aurora Acquisition Corp, in a deal that valued it at $7.7 billion, was agreed to last year and has yet to close. Close SPAC deals were among the … [Read more...] about Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, who fired 900 employees over Zoom call, sued for ‘misleading investors’

Digital experts say if TikTok returns, it could change the content game in India - again. (Image: Solen Feyissa via Unsplash) When TikTok was banned in India on June 29, 2020, it left close to 200 million users orphaned. In four years, the 15-second video platform owned by the Chinese technology company, ByteDance, had changed the way Bharat made and consumed content. With the accessibility of 15 regional languages on the app, there was a TikToker born out of narrow alleyways, ghats, river banks, and forests of the country. From Jhumri Telaiya to Tirunelveli, TikTok gave a confidence booster to users across ages, regions, classes and genders. Though for many urban Indian internet inhabitants TikTok’s videos were “cringe-inducing”, it gave wings to millions to fly and breathe the air of success and fame. After two years of TikTok ban and several other apps and formats such as Instagram’s Reels, YouTube’s Shorts, Josh, and Moj, among a few others, getting popular, the space may … [Read more...] about Storyboard18 | ‘Reels made a mall, TikTok made a DMart’: What TikTok’s possible comeback means for brands & creators

A version of this story first appeared in CNN's Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region's biggest stories. Sign up here . Abu Dhabi and Cairo (CNN) The brutal killing of a young woman in broad daylight on an Egyptian street has shocked the Arab world, bringing the country's gender-based violence crisis into the spotlight. Naira Ashraf, 21, was fatally stabbed on Monday by a man whose advances she rejected, according to Egyptian prosecutors who said the suspect was arrested outside northern Egypt's Mansoura University, where the incident took place and where Ashraf was studying. Video from a nearby CCTV camera showing a man attacking a woman outside the university went viral across the Arab world this week. A lawyer for Ashraf's family confirmed to CNN that the video shows the incident in which Ashraf was killed. The Egyptian prosecution said that the suspect had been referred to the criminal court and … [Read more...] about A woman’s brutal killing shocks the Arab world