World News Digest
Recession-hit Finland goes to the polls, change of government expected
Finns go to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections expected to oust the left-right government after a campaign that has focused heavily on how to...
Clarkson: I was told I ‘probably’ had cancer just before Top Gear assault
Jeremy Clarkson has said he was told he “probably” had cancer two days before he launched an unprovoked attack on Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon...
Hundreds feared dead as another migrant boat sinks; Pope urges action
As many as 700 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what may be the deadliest in recent tragedies...
Zuma cancels state trip as xenophobic violence in S. Africa spreads
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday pleaded with foreigners to stay in South Africa as he cancelled a state visit to Indonesia to deal with a wave of deadly...
UK reviews security of Anzac Day events after Australian arrests
Security arrangements for next weekend’s Anzac Day commemorations in Britain are being reviewed following terrorism arrests in Melbourne, although...
Goebbels’ estate sues Random House for diary royalties
Random House is being sued by the estate of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief, Joseph Goebbels, after the publisher used extensive extracts from the...
Mysterious disease that kills patients within 24 hours leaves 17 dead
A “mysterious” disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said...
Fish take cross-Pacific trip in boat wrecked by 2011 tsunami
Scientists say 21 yellowtail jacks and one Asian striped knifejaw have been quarantined in the U.S.
Russia’s Putin says he’s ‘ready to work with United States’
Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday...
Saudi vows to cover $274m UN aid call for Yemen as air raids continue
Saudi Arabia pledged Saturday to cover the entire $274 million in humanitarian aid sought by the UN for conflict-torn Yemen, which has also been the target...
Google Wallet takes major leap in online payment safety
Google is making a big change to its mobile payment service, Google Wallet: Funds left in accounts will now be FDIC-insured, which means Google users’...
Ringo Starr and Joan Jett among rock stars inducted into Hall of Fame today
Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground-rock icon Lou Reed, bluesy guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joan Jett and The...
Collapse of illegal Tanzanian gold mine kills 19 people
The collapse of an illegal gold mine killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said yesterday.
IS claims deadly Afghan suicide attack: President Ghani
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan Saturday that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 others, President...
Highway abuzz with millions of bees after big truck tips
A tractor-trailer carrying millions of honeybees overturned on a highway north of Seattle yesterday, scattering hives and sending white-suited beekeepers...
Hidden treasure: Family wins back seized gold coins that could be worth $80m
A family was awarded the rights to 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more on Friday after a U.S.
Over 25,000 flee military operations in Iraq
Over 25,500 people have fled Iraq’s Ramadi district due to the ongoing military operations launched on April 8, a UN spokesperson said. More...
There won’t be a ‘Hurricane Isis’ next year
The United Nations weather agency has removed “Isis” from a list of future Pacific hurricane names, deeming it inappropriate given that the...
Australia arrests five on charges of plotting ANZAC Day attack
Five Australian teenagers were arrested Saturday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack that would have targetted police officers, officials said. The...
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer officially released after leak
A day after it was leaked online (and swiftly removed), director Zack Snyder has released what he calls the “not blurry, not pirated” teaser...
Cybercrime now ‘number one’ threat to Europe: Europol chief
Cybercrime has become as big a threat to Europe’s security as terrorism, the head of the continent’s policing agency warned Friday. "It’s...
Rising ‘ides’: Mar 2015 on record as hottest month since 1880
There’s been a new record in the planet’s temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday.
Veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu sentenced to seven years jail
A Beijing court sentenced a veteran Chinese journalist to seven years in prison Friday on charges of leaking a document detailing the Communist Party leadership’s...
Iraqi forces kill Saddam aide, car bomb explodes outside U.S. consultate
Iraqi officials said Friday they believe that government forces had killed Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former deputy of Saddam Hussein who for over a decade...
NASA electric rover goes for a spin
Driving NASA’s Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV) looks out of this world - and the leading space agency says this might one day be a possibility. A...
Court battle over Obama immigration action could be road map for reform
Federal appeals judges on Friday peppered lawyers on both sides with questions in a fight over President Barack Obama’s move to shield millions of...
Russia lifts ban on air defense sale to Iran. A game changer?
For nearly a decade, Iran’s elusive holy grail of military deals has been acquiring advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. So when...
20 burn victims rescued at sea amid growing migrant crisis
The unabated flow of refugees fleeing instability in Libya brought a new horror on Friday: The discovery of 20 people adrift at sea who had suffered grave...
Report says China building airstrip on reclaimed island
China is rapidly building an airstrip on an artificial island in disputed South China Sea waters, recent satellite pictures show, potentially ramping up...
Spanish language ‘Sabado Gigante’ ends 53-year run
Univision Network will have a giant hole in its Saturday night line-up - “Sabado Gigante,” its top-rated variety show, will be going off the...
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