World News Digest
Message received: Judge says divorce papers may be served on Facebook
A judge has given a New York City woman permission to file for divorce from her elusive husband via a Facebook message. The ruling was made by Manhattan...
Kenyans hold march for national security after massacre
Kenyans marched demanding greater national security Tuesday following last week’s massacre by Somalia’s Shebab Islamists, ahead of a candlelit...
Greece: ‘Germany owes us $302 billion in Nazi occupation damages’
Greece’s defense minister says the country has obtained “stunning evidence” to support its massive claims for World War II reparations...
Postage stamp to honour Maya Angelou has another writer’s words
The iconic poet Maya Angelou might well be one of America’s greatest literary figures.
Brian Williams scandal was tip of dysfunctional iceberg, says Vanity Fair
An investigative report by Vanity Fair into the suspension of Brian Williams suggests the NBC news anchor’s fabrication was only the latest –...
Jury to begin deliberations on accused Boston Marathon bomber’s fate
Almost two years after twin bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon’s finish line on April 15, 2013, and killed three people and wounded more than...
Buy, buy Miss American pie: Don McLean’s lyric notes on the auction block
It was written “a long, long time ago” but the original manuscript for Don McLean’s American Pie is up for auction today.
Close to 1,000 firefighters battle fire following China chemical plant explosion
Fourteen people were injured in the second explosion in two years at a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese city of Zhangzhou, authorities said Tuesday.
‘Miracle’ autistic child found after five days in Australian bush
An autistic boy who went missing five days ago at an Australian camping ground has been found alive, with police describing his survival in the dense forest...
Slam dunk diplomacy: NBA set for first Cuba trip since restored relations
The NBA is set to become the first U.S. professional sports league to visit Cuba since President Barack Obama ordered diplomatic relations between the...
FedEx to buy TNT Express for $4.8bn to expand Europe deliveries
Package delivery company FedEx Corp will buy Dutch logistics company TNT Express to expand package deliveries in Europe.
Seller faces $1m fine and jail term for fixing prices on Amazon Marketplace
A man accused of conspiring with other poster sellers to manipulate prices on ‘Amazon Marketplace' has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring...
Spectre: Christopher Waltz says he’s not Blofeld in disguise
007 star Christoph Waltz has dismissed persistent rumours that he is playing the classic supervillain Blofeld in the latest film. The double Oscar...
Better-than-expected profits, but still a 30 per cent slump for Samsung
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday flagged better-than-expected profits for the first quarter, with rising demand for memory chips helping offset slumping...
Tony Blair to warn against EU chaos as he enters election campaign fray
Tony Blair will today warn a second term for David Cameron risks economic chaos and endangers the British national interest. The former prime minister,...
Fate of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev entrusted to U.S. jury
The fate of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be entrusted to jurors Tuesday when they start deliberating the guilt of the 21-year-old American accused...
The story and staying power of ‘Strange Fruit’
April 7 marks the 100th birthday of American jazz singer Billie Holiday. Her life and early death at age 44 have been the inspiration for generations of...
Fate of Boston bomber entrusted to U.S. jury
The fate of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be entrusted to jurors Tuesday when they start deliberating the guilt of the 21-year-old American accused...
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada’s coast
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too...
Conflict plunging Yemen towards humanitarian disaster, says UN
Yemen’s conflict is driving an already impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, displacing tens of thousands of families and exposing...
U.S. woman dies at 116 after six-day reign as world’s oldest person
Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world’s oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials...
Malaysia parliament passes controversial anti-terrorism law
The controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) Bill was finally passed after nearly 15 hours of debate with 79 votes for and 60 votes against in...
UN: State of Damascus refugee camp ‘beyond inhumane’
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded access for life-saving humanitarian aid to reach refugees trapped in Syria’s Yarmuk camp after it was...
Marginalisation, mismanagement provoked Kenya massacre: experts
Kenya’s government says the university massacre of 148 people was a “surprise” that could happen anywhere: but experts say decades of...
Greece moves to quell loan default fears and pledges to meet ‘all obligations’
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has said that Greece “intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum,” seeking...
Twitter and YouTube blocked in Turkey over images of hostage-taking
A prosecutor has ordered internet providers to block social networking sites including Twitter and YouTube in Turkey, a spokesman for the president says. The...
Kenya bombs al-Shabab camps in Somalia after student massacre
The Kenyan military says it has launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a college that killed 148 people. Colonel...
Skype meets theatre in Syria twist on Romeo and Juliet
Mixing traditional theatre with modern technology, a new Syrian version of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is offering a unique twist...
David Lynch pulls out of ‘Twin Peaks’ reboot over cash feud
Alt-movie icon David Lynch will not direct the much-awaited sequel to cult series Twin Peaks after walking out on the TV network involved in dispute over...
Boston bombing trial: Can ‘Svengali’ defence save Tsarnaev?
The real defence of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, experts say, will begin only after the jury’s verdict, when Tsarnaev’s...
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