World News Digest
South Africa attacks on foreigners spark anger abroad
Countries neighbouring South Africa on Friday prepared to evacuate their citizens from the country as the UN raised the alarm over deadly xenophobic attacks...
‘Major victory’: Hussein aide-turned ISIS leader reportedly killed in Iraq
A former aide to late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and a leader of Iraq’s insurgency, Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, may have been killed by Iraqi forces...
Platform for success: Japan’s Maglev train breaks world speed record
A magnetic levitation (maglev) train in Japan has broken the world speed record by hitting 590kph. The Central Japan Railway Company said the seven-car...
Baggage handler ‘fell asleep in aircraft hold’ and begged for plane to turn back
A baggage handler who fell asleep inside the cargo hold of an Alaska Airlines jet made a desperate 911 call pleading for the plane to stop. "I’m...
Argentina begins legal action against UK firms drilling for oil off Falkands
Argentina has started legal action against three British companies drilling for oil and gas off the disputed Falkland Islands. Argentina’s minister...
You’re lion about having more tigers: Wildlife experts dispute Indian claim
India’s tiger population has apparently gone up 30% in just four years and the government lauded the news as astonishing evidence of victory in conservation.
I don’t want to stay in power any longer than needed, insists Thai PM Prayuth
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha hailed the performance of his military government on Friday and said a much-criticized overhaul of the constitution...
Emirates picks Rolls-Royce to provide 50 superjumbo engines in $9.2bn deal
Rolls-Royce has won a $9.21bn order, a record for the company, from Emirates for engines to power 50 Airbus A380 superjumbos. Rolls-Royce said its...
U.S. Dog flu outbreak gained foothold at urban doggie day cares
While usually a healthy experience for the dogs, the day care environment, with dozens of pets mingling, contributed to an epidemic of dog flu in Chicago...
‘Chloe’ killing suspect hid in girl’s bedroom with a knife six years ago
A man accused of kidnapping and murdering a nine-year-old girl in Calais was previously found hiding in another child’s bedroom with a knife, it...
Australian FM to tackle Iran on nuclear and asylum seekers
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visits Iran at the weekend looking for Tehran to take back failed asylum seekers, but the rare trip also has deeper...
Cathedral service to mourn 150 victims of Germanwings crash
Germany will hold a memorial service Friday to mourn the victims of the Germanwings crash, blamed on a depressed co-pilot believed to have deliberately...
Cambodia marks 40 years since evacuation of Phnom Penh
Cambodia on Friday will mark 40 years since the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that left a quarter of the...
Top physicians ask Columbia to throw out ‘quack’ celebrity Dr Oz
Columbia University has not removed TV celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz from his faculty position as a group of top doctors has demanded, citing his “egregious...
Intense Yemen bombing, al-Qaeda attack after UN peace call
Intense bombing by a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen again Friday, three weeks into an air campaign against Iranian-backed rebels, as Al-Qaeda seized more...
Italy’s migrant crisis intensifies with murder arrests, drownings
Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the crisis...
How mobile banking can bring Sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty
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...
Former Czech PM Stanislav Gross dies at age 45
Stanislav Gross, who became the Czech Republic’s youngest prime minister but was forced to resign nine months later, has died at the age of 45.
‘We will find it’: Authorities to double search area for missing Flight MH370
The Malaysian government has said the search area for the MH370 airliner that went missing will be expanded by another 60,000sq km in the Indian Ocean...
Indian PM Narendra Modi gets raucous welcome from thousands in Toronto
Thousands chanted “Modi, Modi” to welcome Narendra Modi to Toronto on Wednesday night as the Indian prime minister made his first visit to...
‘Beer pong’ serial male rapist sentenced to 150 years in jail
A Maryland man convicted of raping young men he met at beer pong tournaments has been sentenced to 150 years in prison. Joey Poindexter, 40, of Gaithersburg,...
Snap, crackle, pop - study reveals secret behind knuckle-cracking
Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes...
Paris attacks and Channel Tunnel fire hit Eurostar travel numbers
Eurostar has reported passenger numbers have been hit in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris in January. The cross-Channel rail service said...
60 is the new middle age claims report as live expectancy rises
People may need to rethink what they believe is old as researchers have suggested that 60 is the new middle age. The claim is made by Dr Sergei Scherbov,...
U.N. envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
Jamal Benomar, the United Nations’ special adviser to Yemen, plans to step down from his job, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering appointing...
Fat cat pay: CEO’s gigantic paycut to $70K is all about employee happiness
When Dan Price, the CEO of Seattle-based Gravity Payments decided to cut his annual salary of about $1 million to $70,000, while promising to pay each...
The Price is right: U.S. CEO to cut his pay so every employee earns £47,000
A Seattle CEO who announced that he’s giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees didn’t just make...
Vatican steps up fight against bishops who protect child abusers
The Vatican is preparing to introduce legal procedures to establish the responsibilities of bishops and Catholic hierarchy found guilty of protecting priests...
UN envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
U.N. special adviser to Yemen Jamal Benomar plans to step down from his job and U.N.
Corruption, grief: South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster is still not over
On April 16, 2014, more than 300 people died when a passenger ferry carrying mostly high-school students sank off the coast of South Korea.
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