World News Digest
Kim Jong-Un ruffles feathers at North Korean turtle farm
An angry North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un left managers shell-shocked after a visit on Tuesday to a terrapin farm.
Kim Jong-Un leaves terrapin farmers shell-shocked
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un left managers shell-shocked during an angry visit to a terrapin farm.
Debunked: Amtrak crash investigators rule out bullet theory
Investigators say they are certain a bullet did not hit the windshield of Train 188 last week — and they’re not entirely sure that anything...
Rescuers search for survivors after 58 killed in Colombia landslide
Rescuers searched for more bodies and sought to aid the hundreds of survivors of a deadly flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains that swept through...
FIFA talks over Palestine’s bid to suspend Israel from international football
FIFA President Sepp Blatter will hold crisis talks in Jerusalem later in an effort to avert a Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended from international...
Pixar’s new movie ‘Inside Out’ wows reviewers at Cannes Film Festival
Pixar have made a sensational return at the Cannes Film Festival with their new film Inside Out which has been described as “mind-blowing”.
‘Too much to bear’: Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Luz resigns from magazine
Cartoonist Luz has announced he is leaving Charlie Hebdo because working without his murdered colleagues is “too much to bear”.
Debunked: Amtrak investigators rule out bullet theory
Investigators say they are certain a bullet did not hit the windshield of Train 188 last week — and they’re not entirely sure that anything...
Rumors nixed: Apple gave up on making a TV a year ago
Despite superstar investor Carl Icahn’s best guess, Apple has given up on any plans to make its own television, according to the Wall Street Journal. In...
Judge jails 11 Afghan police over mob killing of woman in Kabul
An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul who was accused of burning...
Ousted Thai PM Shinawatra banned from travelling abroad at start of trial
Thailand’s ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra insisted on her innocence on Tuesday, as she was banned from travelling overseas at the start...
Investigators unsure anything struck train before Amtrak derailment
Federal authorities said Monday they’re unsure anything struck the windshield of an Amtrak train minutes before a deadly derailment in Philadelphia...
Rescuers search for survivors after 58 killed in Colombia landslide
Rescuers searched for more bodies and sought to aid the hundreds of survivors of a deadly flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains that swept through...
EU backs naval crackdown to end Mediterranean migrant crisis
EU nations have approved plans for an unprecedented naval mission starting next month to fight human traffickers responsible for a flood of migrants crossing...
Ousted Thai PM proclaims innocence as criminal trial starts
Thailand’s ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra insisted on her innocence on Tuesday, at the start of a trial that could see her jailed for...
New study shows suicide rate for black children on the rise
The suicide rate among young black children, especially boys, has nearly doubled since the early 1990s, while the rate for white children has declined,...
Why do men exist? Scientific study offers an explanation
Since in many species, sperm is males’ only contribution to reproduction, biologists have long puzzled about why evolutionary selection, known for...
Painting looted by Nazis causes US extradition fight
A Russian art dealer living in New York is fighting extradition to Poland to face charges accusing him of refusing to turn over an 18th-century painting...
Apple gave up on making a TV a year ago, according to WSJ report
Despite superstar investor Carl Icahn’s best guess, Apple gave up on any plans to make its own television as long ago as last year, according to...
Charges filed against 170 motorcycle gang members in Texas
About 170 members of rival motorcycle gangs were charged with engaging in organized crime Monday, a day after a shootout at a Texas restaurant that killed...
U.S. signs $1 bn loan guarantee for Ukraine
The United States signed Monday its second $1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed...
Ukraine says it will prosecute captured Russian soldiers for terrorist acts
The Ukrainians seized on the capture of the two Russians, both wounded, to support their accusations of direct Russian involvement in the separatist conflict...
Indian nurse, whose rape changed euthanasia laws, dies after 42 years in coma
Aruna Shanbaug, 67, suffered severe brain damage when she was sodomized and strangled with a metal chain by a hospital worker in 1973.
At least 48 dead, dozens injured in Colombia landslide
A landslide sent mud and water crashing onto homes in a town in Colombia’s northwest mountains on Monday, killing at least 48 people and injuring...
EU backs naval mission to end migrant crisis
EU nations approved plans on Monday for an unprecedented naval mission starting next month to fight human traffickers responsible for a flood of migrants...
Pope Jude: British actor Law to play American Pontiff suffering faith crisis
Jude Law is to play a fictional Italian-American Pope in a new television series directed by Paolo Sorrentino. The British actor will play the fictional...
Paris Riots: Officers cleared over teen substation deaths in 2005
A French court has cleared two police officers who were accused of contributing to the deaths of two teenagers that sparked weeks of rioting. A court...
84-year-old tycoon tumbles off the podium while presenting trophies
An Australian billionaire silenced a booing crowd when he fell off stage on to his head while presenting a football trophy. Football Federation Australia...
Stem cells injection may help repair ‘irreversible’ heart damage
Scientists have identified a stem cell injection that could help repair what is currently irreversible damage caused by a heart attack. Researchers...
Nissan ‘will have autonomous driving technology by 2020’
Nissan Motor Co. will have vehicles packed with autonomous driving technology by 2020 but whether people will be able to drive them on roads is up to government...
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