World News Digest

Greek MPs gather for crucial vote on cutbacks… as IMF warns bailout deal will fail
Greek MPs are arriving at their parliament ahead of a vote on measures aimed at saving their economy – hours after financial analysts cast doubt...
‘Too late to fight it’: With Iran deal reached, what should Israel do now?
The nuclear accord the U.S. and other world powers reached with Iran on Tuesday presents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an agonizing dilemma. Throughout...
Jaws-dropping: Sunbathers to the rescue as great white shark is stranded on beach
Beachgoers helped a great white shark which got stranded on a beach stay alive until rescuers arrived to drag it back into the water.
Jail for ‘bookkeeper’ of Auschwitz who took money from 300,000 about to die
A former SS officer known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” has been found guilty over the murder of 300,000 people and jailed for four years.
Quake-hit Nepal to train 50,000 workers for reconstruction
Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, the finance minister said, the biggest skill development program in the...
IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of crucial bailout vote
An International Monetary Fund study showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to contemplate so far, as...
Hundreds of sex toys found hanging from powerlines in Portland… yes really
Hundreds of phallic sex toys have been seen hanging in recent days from power lines across Portland, Oregon, provoking laughter, blushing and lots of photos.
IMF calls for Greece debt relief ahead of bailout vote
An International Monetary Fund study published on Tuesday showed that Greece needs far more debt relief than European governments have been willing to...
With Iran deal reached, what should Israel do now?
The nuclear accord the U.S. and other world powers reached with Iran on Tuesday presents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an agonizing dilemma. Throughout...
Whoops! Trump campaign mistakenly tweets star-spangled Nazis
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday inadvertently tweeted a promotional photo featuring what appeared to be Nazi...
NASA spacecraft phones home after historic Pluto flypast
A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles (4.88 billion...
Kenya set to re-open Westgate mall two years after scarring terror attack
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall is to re-open Saturday, nearly two years after it was attacked by Somalia’ Islamic extremist rebels who killed at least...
NASA probe calls home to say it survived historic Pluto flypast
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made contact after surviving a flypast of the dwarf planet Pluto. Confirmation of the mission’s success...
Sighs of relief and signs of struggle as world, U.S. leaders react to Iran deal
World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama envisioning a “new direction” and Vladimir Putin voicing a global...
Harper Lee book flies out of stores — to mixed reviews
Harper Lee’s second novel flew out of stores Tuesday in one of the most eagerly anticipated book releases in modern publishing history and half a...
Kenya set to re-open Westgate mall 2 years after scarring terror attack
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall is to re-open Saturday, nearly two years after it was attacked by Somalia’ Islamic extremist rebels who killed at least...
Twitter shares spike nearly 8% thanks to fake Bloomberg story
Twitter’s stock briefly spiked on Tuesday after a fake story said the company received a $31 billion buyout offer. The report appeared on a...
This amazing photo of Pluto is just the beginning, NASA says
The veil has been pulled back from the surface of Pluto: A jaw-dropping new photo of the dwarf planet taken by NASA’s New Horizons probe reveals...
UN chief says world on way to ‘generation free of AIDS’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the world was headed for a “generation free of AIDS”, after UNAIDS reported a 35-percent drop...
Obama hails Iran nuclear deal but Israel warns of ‘historic surrender’
U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed a historic deal with Iran on its nuclear program but faces a tough fight to convince America it was the right call.
Air-heads! Rejected $150,000 start-up stake now worth $2bn
As bad business decisions go, it may sit alongside music executive Dick Rowe turning down then-unknown band The Beatles in 1962.
‘Gross failures’ by military chiefs led to deaths of SAS reservists, coroner rules
A coroner has ruled that there were “gross failures” by Britain’s Ministry of Defence in the deaths of three Army reservists who died...
Deal built on ‘verification’: World leaders reach pact on Iran’s nuclear powers
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States, five other world powers and Iran had struck...
French tourist is gored to death at bull running festival
A French tourist has died after being gored during a festival in which bulls are released on to the streets of a town in Alicante province, Spain.
Landmark deal: World powers reach historic pact on Iran’s nukes
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States and five other world powers and Iran had struck...
Greetings from Pluto: Dwarf planet is bigger than scientists thought
On the eve of NASA’s historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced Monday that the New Horizons spacecraft has nailed the size of the faraway icy...
Landmark deal: World leaders reach historic pact on Iran’s nuclear powers
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States, five other world powers and Iran had struck...
Greetings from Pluto: Minor planet is bigger than scientists thought
On the eve of NASA’s historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced Monday that the New Horizons spacecraft has nailed the size of the faraway icy...
Prison boss sacked after ‘inside job’ springs Mexico drugs lord El Chapo
The boss of a maximum security prison has been sacked amid claims one of Mexico’s most feared drug lords had inside help escaping jail.
Iran and six major powers reach historic nuclear deal
A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington...

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