World News Digest
China may bring in ‘two-child policy’ to tackle shrinking workforce
A Shanghai-based newspaper, citing an unnamed source, reports that China may replace its controversial one-child policy with a two-child policy toward...
Pearson to sell Financial Times to Nikkei for $1.3 billion
Japanese media company Nikkei Inc. is buying the Financial Times as part of an 844 million-pound ($1.3 billion) deal with Britain’s Pearson PLC. The...
What book should I get? The new Dr Seuss, published 24 years after his death
Among Theodor Seuss Geisel’s things set aside by his widow after his death was an unknown manuscript that would become a book being published posthumously...
1,400 light years away, astronomers find Earth’s bigger and older cousin
Scientists using NASA’s powerful Kepler telescope have found a planet beyond the solar system that is a close match to Earth. The planet, which...
£1bn hit: Jurassic World is now the third highest-grossing film of all time
Jurassic World is now the third highest-grossing film in history, behind only Titanic and Avatar.
U.S.-trained Iraqi troops to join Ramadi counteroffensive
For the first time, Iraqi troops trained by the U.S.-led coalition have been added to the assault force Iraq is using to retake the city of Ramadi, a U.S.
How long-lost Dr. Seuss book released today was discovered
Among Theodor Seuss Geisel’s things set aside by his widow after his death was an unknown manuscript that would become a book being published posthumously...
Pearson to sell Financial Times to Nikkei for $1.3 billion
Japanese media company Nikkei Inc. is buying the Financial Times as part of an 844 million-pound ($1.3 billion) deal with Britain’s Pearson PLC. The...
Earth-like planet discovered using NASA’s Kepler space telescope
Scientists using NASA’s powerful Kepler telescope have found a planet beyond the solar system that is a close match to Earth. The planet, which...
Bailout talks back in Athens as tough conditions approved
Bailout negotiators are due to return to Athens to start talks on a massive new rescue package after Greece’s parliament approved tough new conditions...
‘Jurassic World’ is now the third highest-grossing movie of all time
“Jurassic World” is now the third highest-grossing film in history, behind only “Titanic” and “Avatar.” The dinosaur...
U.S., Iran both counter-attack critics of nuclear deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani both counter-attacked on Thursday against conservatives at home who are trying...
Obama’s Africa visit troubles human rights groups
President Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya and Ethiopia is drawing fresh criticism that the two countries are heavy-handed on human rights and basic...
560-pound man biking across U.S. to lose weight
A 560-pound man biking across the United States to lose weight hit a snag in Rhode Island.
Teenager’s ‘gun-firing drone’ investigated by U.S. aviation watchdog
A viral online video apparently showing a home-made drone firing a handgun in the US is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
U.S. theatre shooter may not be executed even if sentenced to die
The time has come for jurors to hear whether James Holmes should be executed for killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater.
U.S. kills senior Khorasan Group leader
A U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed a key figure in a dangerous al-Qaida offshoot, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli was killed...
Man, 24, charged with terror plot to target U.S. military personnel
A man has been charged with planning a terrorist attack on American military personnel in Britain. Junead Ahmed Khan, 24, is suspected of intending...
Toshiba bosses quit over $1.2bn ‘false’ profits scandal
The boss of electronics giant Toshiba has quit amid a $1.2bn (£755m) accounting scandal, taking with him several other senior staff.
Iran eyes $185bn oil and gas bonanza as Kerry fights to clear sanctions deal
Iran is targeting oil and gas projects worth $185bn by 2020 as it rebuilds its main industries and trade relationships following a nuclear agreement with...
At least 8 Afghan troops killed in U.S. ‘friendly fire’ air strike
At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed in a NATO 'friendly fire’ air strike in eastern Afghanistan, according to security officials.
U.S. and Cuba restore full diplomatic ties after five decades
More than a half century of Cold War and lingering enmity came to an abrupt but quiet end on Monday as the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic...
See if you can catch it tonight: $5.5trn asteroid will fly past Earth
An asteroid will pass just 1.5 million miles from Earth tonight with some onlookers interested in more than just its scientific importance. Asteroid...
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd arrested again, days after threat to kill sentencing
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been arrested again in New Zealand and was behind bars on Sunday night.
Why the police in Beijing had to take on an army of half-naked Spartans
A salad store paraded dozens of half-naked men dressed as Spartans through Beijing as a publicity stunt, causing a stir and drawing a crackdown by police...
Teenage relatives arrested after family stabbed to death in suburban home
Five people were found stabbed to death inside a well-kept suburban home before two teenage relatives were arrested, police said Thursday.
Movie studios and Sky come under suspicion for ‘restricting access to films’
Six major U.S. studios, including Disney and Warner Bros, and British satellite broadcaster Sky UK are being hauled up for restricting access to their...
Blatter seeks solace with pal Putin on first foreign trip since Fifa scandal
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is leaving Switzerland for the first time since the FBI charged some of his closest associates with corruption, when he travels...
Boy, 15, pleads guilty to inciting terror attack on ANZAC Day parade
A British teenager has pleaded guilty to inciting terrorism by encouraging a terror attack on an ANZAC Day parade in Australia.
Children among 21 dead as engagement party boat sinks in River Nile crash
At least 21 people celebrating an engagement were killed on the Nile north of Cairo when a cargo ship hit their chartered boat.
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