British couple get happy ending to engagement ring disaster in US

NEW YORK: For many visitors to New York, Times Square is a must-see. For one British man, it was where his romantic marriage proposal went horribly wrong – the diamond ring fell through a grate. But don’t worry, thanks to the power of the internet, the story has a happy ending.

John Drennan got down on bended knee to ask his girlfriend of 10 years, Daniella Anthony, to marry him in New York’s Central Park. She said yes. But the ring was the wrong size, the couple told the BBC.

As the couple walked through Times Square later on, the sparkling diamond ring fell off and – plop! – it fell through a grate. SKOPJE: Macedonia’s lawmakers moved closer to rename the country and remove a key hurdle on the road to breaking a decadeslong stalemate with Greece.

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Enter the power of the internet. The couple called police, who opened the grate and hunted for hours. No luck. So Drennan and Anthony headed home and planned to buy a new ring. —

But in the interim, the New York Police Department had located the bauble after all, and launched a social media campaign Saturday to find the couple, with pictures of them both and the ring. Police even had the ring cleaned.

“The (now) happy couple is back in their home country, but thanks to your retweets they heard we were looking for them! We’re making arrangements to get them their ring back. Congratulations!” the NYPD said on Twitter. — AFP

Macedonia moves closer towards name change

constitution which would pave the way for a final vote on the move.

For the change of name into ‘North Macedonia’ to be finalised they need to back the constitutional amendments by a two-thirds majority by the end of January. — AFP