World News Digest
EU launches anti-trust probe into e-commerce sector
The EU formally opened an anti-trust inquiry into Europe’s online shopping marketplace on Wednesday amid concerns about how major websites such as...
Watch what you say about us, Rolex warns Italy’s prime minister
Luxury watchmaker Rolex has demanded an apology from Italy’s prime minister and interior minister for saying that violent demonstrators who devastated...
The Met cape that took two years to make and two seconds to go viral
Rihanna is being mocked by social media users in China after wearing a gigantic yellow cape to a New York gala celebrating the country’s influence...
Germanwings co-pilot ‘practised descent on the flight before crash’
The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane into the French Alps after “rehearsing” the descent on an earlier...
Rihanna’s Met cape took two years to make and two seconds to go viral
Rihanna is being mocked by social media users in China after wearing a gigantic yellow cape to a New York gala celebrating the country’s influence...
Austrian magazine printed with HIV-positive blood goes on sale
An Austrian men’s magazine has printed its latest edition using blood from people who are HIV-positive in order to counter the “stigma”...
Millions displaced: Violence takes devastating toll on world’s people in 2014
Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations...
Millions displaced: Violence takes devastating toll on world’s people in 2014
Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations...
Smuggler caught with rare birds jammed inside water bottles in Indonesia
Indonesian police have arrested a suspected wildlife smuggler after discovering nearly two dozen rare live birds, mostly yellow-crested cockatoos, jammed...
Bollywood’s Salman Khan jailed for 5 years for deadly hit-and-run
Salman Khan, one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for drunkenly killing a homeless man with his SUV...
Germanwings co-pilot ‘practiced descent on the flight before crash’
The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps in March practiced a descent on the previous flight, German newspaper...
Cambodia’s PM refuses to pay up on $5,000 bet on Pacquiao
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted he won’t make good on a $5,000 debt he lost on the recent Mayweather and Pacquiao fight because he...
This galaxy far, far away is the farthest one ever found
Astronomers have discovered a baby blue galaxy that is farther away in distance and time than any galaxy ever seen.
Afghan judge sentences four to death for mob killing of woman
An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran in Kabul, a case that sparked...
Nepal’s earthquake reflects village exodus of Nepali young
Gone, the girl says as she squints into the sun, the air around her shimmering with wind-blown wheat chaff.
Sexual violence, unreported rapes another legacy of the war in Somalia
Sexual violence is widespread in Somalia and rarely prosecuted. If anyone is punished at all it is often the victim, not the perpetrator.
Party leaders in last-ditch scramble for votes in knife-edge election
Britain’s party leaders are launching a last-ditch appeal for votes as the final day of campaigning gets under way ahead of the General Election. The...
Berlin police seize 386 kilograms of cocaine at supermarket chain Aldi
Berlin police on Monday found more than 386 kilograms (850 pounds) of cocaine inside banana boxes at a discount grocery chain in what authorities say is...
The Battle for Britain: Seven party leaders fight for top spot
Seven party leaders are headed into Britain’s most unpredictable election in decades on Thursday, which has brought several smaller parties to the...
Cambodia’s PM refuses to pay up on $5000 bet on Pacquiao
The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted he won’t make good on a $5,000 debt he lost on the recent Mayweather and Pacquiao fight because he...
Tea to tech: China’s cybersecurity push sparks a ‘gold rush’
Ex-American spy Snowden’s disclosures in 2013 of U.S. cyberspying and security holes in American technology products have prompted China’s...
French lawmakers approve sweeping new surveillance powers
French lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a new law on Tuesday granting the state sweeping powers to spy on its citizens despite criticism from rights groups...
Halley’s Comet debris will fly through sky in annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower
Debris from Halley’s Comet will streak across the sky overnight for the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Pieces of the icy comet break off...
Oldest copy of Ten Commandments on rare display in Israel
The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll, from a collection of the world’s most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem,...
India to sign significant port deal with Iran, despite warnings
India will push ahead this week with plans to build a port in southeast Iran, two sources said, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keen to develop trade...
U.S. probing Islamic State claims that it was behind Texas cartoon attack
U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State militant group that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibition of cartoons of...
Changes in Cuba: Gay rights gets new push as U.S. approves more travel
Cuban gay rights activists led by Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro, plan a mass symbolic wedding on Saturday to promote acceptance...
Apple has an opportunity to completely change TV if it uses this model
Apple is getting ready to introduce a new television experience. Multiple sources say that Apple will soon debut a new streaming service that offers about...
Italy again calls for EU help after more migrant deaths
Italy on Tuesday renewed its appeal to the EU for help in managing a relentless wave of migrant arrivals, after around 40 migrants died when their inflatable...
Forty feared dead in latest Mediterranean migrant boat tragedy
Around 40 people are feared to have drowned after falling out of a rubber boat in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean.
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