World News Digest
400 migrants die in shipwreck off Libya, survivors say
Up to 400 illegal migrants trying to reach Europe died after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast on Sunday, said survivors who were saved and brought...
EU to file antitrust charges against Google: Reports
The European Union will accuse Google on Wednesday of abusing its dominant position in Internet searches in Europe, stepping up its high profile five-year...
UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen rebels
The U.N. Security Council stepped up efforts Tuesday to thwart a Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on the leaders of the Shiite...
Japanese court orders nuclear reactors to stay offline
A court has issued an injunction ordering two nuclear reactors in western Japan to stay offline, rejecting regulators’ safety approval of the reactors’...
Nigeria marks anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria and the world on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of 219 schoolgirls, with protest marches, candlelight vigils...
Scientists unveil detailed map of universe’s dark matter
In a first, cosmologists have generated an enormous map of the distribution of dark matter in our universe, tracing the invisible substance by monitoring...
Günter Grass warned of ‘sleepwalking’ into world war in final interview
Germany’s Nobel-winning author Günter Grass said he feared humanity was “sleepwalking” into a world war in the last interview he...
Cronut domination: Sweet treat to go worldwide
Dominique Ansel, whose Cronut hybrid of a doughnut and croissant caused a food sensation two years ago, is expanding on his success with new shops in New...
At least 10 dead in al-Shabab attack on Somali government office
Militants, claiming to be a part of the al-Shabab wing of al-Qaida, used a car bomb to blast their way into a building that housed the higher education...
Nigeria’s new president pledges effort to free girls kidnapped a year ago
Nigeria’s President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to make every effort to free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants a year...
It matters: Scientists unveil detailed map of universe’s dark matter
In a first, cosmologists have generated an enormous map of the distribution of dark matter in our universe, tracing the invisible substance by monitoring...
Robot reveals interior of Fukushima’s wrecked nuclear plant
A specially-designed robot became stranded after capturing the first grainy images from inside one of the melted reactors at Japan’s doomed Fukushima...
The most important fight for the tech industry in 2015: Patent trolls
The same week Alex Haro and Chris Hulls raised $50 million for their mobile app, Life360, the business partners found out they had three days to pay licensing...
African nations offer to repatriate expats in South Africa following attacks
Somalia and Malawi have both begun the process of tracing expatriates in South Africa and offering them safe passage home following escalating attacks...
The Singapore high school maths problem that’s stumping the Internet
A maths problem that first appeared in a test for Singapore’s elite high school students has baffled Internet users around the world after it went...
Singapore high school math problem stumps the Internet
A math problem that first appeared on a test for Singapore’s elite high school students has baffled Internet users around the world, prompting a...
Sleepy baggage handler found inside cargo hold after pilot hears ‘banging’
An airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped in a plane’s cargo hold forced a Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight to return to...
Singapore high school maths problem stumps the Internet
A maths problem that first appeared in a test for Singapore’s elite high school students has baffled Internet users around the world after it went...
Alaska Airlines ramp agent found inside cargo hold after pilot hears ‘banging’
An airport worker who fell asleep and found himself trapped in a plane’s cargo hold forced a Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight to return to...
China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push
China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late on Monday, as part of a larger...
Still not back: Year on from abduction Boko Haram has uprooted 800K children
Around 800,000 children have been driven from their homes as a result of fighting between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram, according to a new UNICEF report.
Foreign ministers call for end to fighting in east Ukraine
Foreign ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine called for an end to the renewed heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine following tough talks in...
Following Clinton, Rubio dives into US presidential race 2016
Calling for new American leadership that is not “stuck in the 20th century,” Republican Senator Marco Rubio officially launched his presidential...
Impoverished Indian tribe struggles to stop surge in teen suicides
The people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are no strangers to hardship or to the risk of lives being cut short.
Athletics Kenya suspends two agents in runners’ doping probe
Athletics Kenya said on Monday it had suspended two foreign agencies for six months from managing its athletes pending investigations into allegations...
Still not back: Boko Haram insurgency uproots 800,000 children, says UNICEF
Around 800,000 children have been driven from their homes as a result of fighting between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram, according to a new UNICEF report.
Athletics Kenya suspends two agents in doping probe
Athletics Kenya said on Monday it had suspended two foreign agencies for six months from managing its athletes pending investigations into allegations...
Putin lifts ban on sending missiles to Iran
Russia’s decision to lift a ban on the delivery of an air-defence missile system to Iran amid nuclear negotiations drew objections from the U.S.
Europe’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement ratchets up rhetoric
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders attempted on Monday to boost the German anti-Islam movement PEGIDA with a speech that mocked Chancellor Angela...
Jean Marie Le Pen pulls out of French elections after ‘gas chamber’ comments
The founder of France’s far-right National Front has said he is pulling out of regional elections after a public spat with his daughter, who now...
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