World News Digest
France foils church attack after suspect shoots self in leg
France said Wednesday it had foiled a jihadist plot to attack a church after an Algerian who accidentally shot himself was found with a stash of weapons...
Ben Affleck apologizes for PBS slavery censorship: ‘I was embarrassed’
Hollywood star Ben Affleck says he was “embarrassed” upon learning he had slaveholding ancestors, and regrets asking US television producers...
10 traffickers and 15 migrants arrested as boats pour into Italy
Italian Police in the Sicilian port city of Augusta have arrested 10 alleged traffickers who were amongst hundreds of migrants rescued at sea. Fifteen...
Cheque this out: 62% of the world’s population now has a bank account
Today 62% of the world’s population has a bank account, that’s up from 51% in 2011. Still, there are around two billion people in the...
Radioactive drone lands on roof of Japanese Prime Minister’s office
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office and tested positive for small amounts...
Ben Affleck apologises for PBS slavery censorship: ‘I was embarrassed’
Hollywood star Ben Affleck says he was “embarrassed” upon learning he had slaveholding ancestors, and regrets asking US television producers...
The picture of Elian Gonzalez that shocked the world – 15 years ago today
It was a picture that shocked the world: 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, screaming in terror in a relative’s arms as a gun-wielding U.S.
15 years ago today: Where is 21-year-old Elian Gonzalez now?
It was a picture that shocked the world: 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, screaming in terror in a relative’s arms as a gun-wielding U.S.
Canada Twitter account uses picture of Berlin to promote Toronto
Canadians have raised a polite eyebrow in the direction of the government-run @Canada Twitter account today, after it posted a tweet highlighting Toronto’s...
New Zealand prime minister offers apology for ponytail pulling
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has apologised to a cafe worker for repeatedly pulling her ponytail when he visited the cafe over several months,...
Radioactive drone lands on roof of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s office and tested positive for small amounts...
‘Imminent attack on Paris churches’ foiled by French police
French police are holding a man they say was planning a terror attack on at least one church in Paris.
No place like home: NASA celebrates planet’s beauty on Earth Day
NASA is marking Earth Day with the release of incredible new images and video of planet Earth captured from the International Space Station (ISS).
Spirited away: ‘Rogue’ distillery workers charged in bourbon heist
Suspects accused of stealing barrels of bourbon from a U.S. distillery in Kentucky “sold the booze to connections they met during softball games”,...
London trader arrested for alleged role in $1T ‘flash crash’ on Wall Street
Prosecutors have charged Navinder Singh Sarao, a London-based trader, with orchestrating an elaborate scheme to manipulate the market for E-Mini S&P...
London trader arrested for alleged role in $1 trillion Wall Street tumble
A high-frequency trader has been arrested in London over his alleged role in the May 2010 “flash crash” that briefly wiped out nearly $1 trillion...
South Korea sets plan to raise ‘corroded’ Sewol ferry year after disaster
South Korea said on Wednesday it will raise the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, yielding to pressure...
Afghan Taliban announce ‘spring offensive’ to start April 24
The Afghan Taliban announced on Wednesday they will launch their annual “spring offensive” from April 24, vowing attacks across the country...
Three killed as super storm lashes Australian east coast for third day
A cyclonic storm lashed Australia’s east coast for a third day on Wednesday, causing millions of dollars of damage to property and infrastructure...
‘This should make us all ashamed’: People using food banks soars to over 1m
The number of people using foodbanks has reached a record one million after an increase in workers on low pay having to seek emergency help for food, new...
3 killed as super storm lashes Australian east coast for third day
A cyclonic storm lashed Australia’s east coast for a third day on Wednesday, causing millions of dollars of damage to property and infrastructure...
British PM under fire as 1 million go on food aid in the UK
Britain’s opposition centre-left Labour urged Prime Minister David Cameron to address low pay on Wednesday after a charity revealed more than one...
Anger in Asia as more than 100 Japanese lawmakers visit Tokyo war shrine
More than 100 Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday paid homage at the Yasukuni war shrine, risking fresh anger from Asian neighbours that fell victim to Tokyo’s...
Denmark bans bestiality, New York may rule that chimps are ‘legal persons’
Denmark passed legislation on Tuesday banning bestiality, toughening a law that animal rights activists feared was encouraging animal sex tourists to visit...
Brazil: As Petrobras scandal spreads economic toll mounts
Consider this a litmus test of the new Brazil — a way for the world to understand whether or not this emerging market can truly recover from corporate...
South Africa to deploy army to end anti-immigrant attacks
South African soldiers will be deployed to quell anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least seven people in several weeks of unrest, Defence Minister...
A trader faces charges in connection with the 2010 ‘Flash Crash’
Navinder Singh Sarao, 37, of west London is accused of using an automated trading program to manipulate the market for certain futures contracts in a scheme...
Italian prosecutors blame captain for collision in migrant shipwreck
Italian prosecutors blamed the captain of a grossly overloaded fishing boat for a collision which capsized and sank his vessel off Libya, drowning hundreds...
American couple sentenced to prison in Bali suitcase killing
An Indonesian court found an American couple guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced them to prison on Tuesday in the killing of the woman’s...
World’s fastest passenger train breaks its own speed record
A Japanese maglev that is the fastest passenger train in the world has broken its own speed record.
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