World News Digest
Family of Loretta Young claim she was date-raped by Clark Gable
Loretta Young was one of the most beautiful actresses to have ever lived, but according to her family, she died with a terrible secret.
Australian woman jailed in Abu Dhabi for posting ‘bad words’ on Facebook
A West Australian woman has been jailed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates because she wrote ‘bad words on social media’.
Boy Scouts America puts end to blanket ban on gay scout leaders
The executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America has unanimously approved a resolution that would end the organization’s blanket ban on gay adult...
Mysterious Pluto turns out to be bigger than expected
Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft wraps up a nearly decade-long journey, with...
After three billion miles, fastest ever spacecraft set to make Pluto flypast
The fastest spacecraft ever built is on its final approach for a pioneering rendezvous with Pluto. New Horizons is closing in on the dwarf planet...
Little Pluto bigger than scientists thought as flyby looms
Little Pluto is a little bigger than anyone imagined. On the eve of NASA’s historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced Monday the New Horizons...
I haven’t got a cent: Rapper 50 Cent files for bankruptcy after sex tape defeat
US rapper 50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy, claiming he has assets and debts of between $10m and $50m.
Tanked up: Brewer claims world first by turning beer into eco-friendly petrol
A brewery has given a new meaning to the phrase tanked up after becoming the first in the world to use beer as petrol.
Larvae or lava? Search for lobster young unearths four volcanoes off Sydney
A cluster of submerged volcanoes has been discovered off Sydney offering the potential to help unlock the secrets of the sea floor between Australia and...
‘Faulty repairs’ blamed as 23 soldiers killed in Russian military barracks collapse
More than 20 soldiers were killed when the ceiling of a Russian military barracks collapsed.
UAE woman jihadist executed for murder of American teacher
A female jihadist who murdered an American woman in the toilets of a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi has been executed.
Gunmen on run after taking 18 people hostage in French Primark robbery
French special forces are hunting three gunmen who took 18 hostages at a Primark store in Paris. The gunmen entered the Primark store in Villeneuve-la-Garenne,...
Gunmen ‘take 18 people hostage’ in French Primark robbery
Gunmen are holding up a store with as many as 18 people inside near Paris, the AFP news agency has reported.
Gaming community mourns loss of Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata
Nintendo’s chief executive has died of cancer at the age of 55, in an upheaval for the Japanese videogame giant just months after abandoning a consoles-only...
Australia promises citizenship to rich Americans with a hefty price tag
Flush with the success of a millionaire visa programme to attract wealthy Chinese, Australia is now promising citizenship to rich Americans who are willing...
35 killed in Baghdad car bombings and suicide attacks
Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the...
Stay united in fight for change, Pope tells Paraguay slum dwellers
Pope Francis, wrapping up his three-country tour of South America, on Sunday urged people living in a flood-prone shantytown in Paraguay to stay united...
Drugs baron escapes through mile-long tunnel to make second jailbreak
Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped through a 1.5km (1 mile) tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, it emerged Sunday.
Nobel winner Malala marks 18th birthday by opening Syrian refugee school
Girls’ rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has marked her 18th birthday by calling on world leaders to stop “failing” the people of Syria. Speaking...
Pope wraps up tour of South America with visit to Paraguay slum
Pope Francis put into practice his insistence that the world’s poor not be left on the margins of society by visiting a flood-prone slum outside...
Drugs baron ‘Chapo’ Guzman escapes from prison through mile-long tunnel
Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped through a 1.5km (1 mile) tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, it emerged Sunday.
Fowl play? Hardly, says pub owner with a new rival for his turkey testicle festival
You would be forgiven for feeling a bit testy. You have run a successful turkey testicle festival for more than 30 years, when someone decides to cash...
From Pirates of the Caribbean to Syria: Actor joins fight against ISIS
A film actor who says he has abandoned his Hollywood career to fight Islamic State in Syria has called for troops to be sent to the war-torn country.
Mexican kingpin ‘Chapo’ Guzman escapes prison for second time
Mexico's most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has escaped from a high security prison, officials said on Sunday, the second...
Trump towers: Unabashed Donald takes aim at Mexicans once again
Donald Trump has courted controversy once again, this time at a rally in Arizona where he laid out his views on immigration, foreign policy and how he...
Attack on Serbia PM mars Srebrenica massacre anniversary
An angry crowd hurling stones and plastic bottles forced Serbia’s premier to flee a ceremony Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica...
Analysis: ‘Reddit Revolt’ that led to Ellen Pao’s resignation is bad news for the Internet
Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao stepped down yesterday, following a week that saw the online community’s users call for her head on a pike after the...
Serbian PM forced to flee Srebrenica ceremony after coming under hail of stones
A stone-throwing crowd has chased Serbia’s Prime Minister away from a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
Behind-the-scenes sneak peek sends Star Wars fans into a frenzy
Star Wars fans have been treated to a behind-the-scenes sneak peek of the upcoming “The Force Awakens” movie.
Reddit chief Ellen Pao quits after receiving ‘sickening’ abuse from users
Ellen Pao has bowed to pressure to quit as Reddit chief executive after a revolt from the website’s users over her handling of a popular employee’s...
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