World News Digest
Jaguar Land Rover to invest £600m into building and developing cars in Britain
Indian-owned luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover will plough £600 million into advanced car manufacturing in Britain.
Who’s the daddy? More family intrigue on the day of Richard III’s funeral
The remains of King Richard III may be locked away in a coffin to be reburied today, but the 15th-century king’s genome is still offering scientists...
Walking marathon: NASA rover completes 26-mile journey in 11 years
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover has become the first human-made vehicle to complete a marathon on another planet - a feat accomplished in a record...
Zayn Malik quits One Direction to feel ‘normal’
One Direction fans mourn: Singer Zayn Malik said on Wednesday he was quitting the best-selling pop band One Direction because he wanted to live a...
One person killed when tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Arkansas
The slow start to tornado season in the U.S. came to a blustery end, when tornadoes raked Tulsa during its evening rush hour on Wednesday, killing one...
Jaguar Land Rover invests $894m in Britain
Indian-owned luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover announced a £600 million ($894 million, 814 million euros) investment in advanced car manufacturing...
More infidelity uncovered in King Richard III’s family tree
The remains of King Richard III may be locked away in a coffin to be reburied this week, but the 15th-century king’s genome is still offering scientists...
Amnesty says Gazan militants committed war crimes
The human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday that Palestinian militant organizations had committed war crimes during the 2014...
NASA rover completes 11-year Mars marathon
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover has become the first human-made vehicle to complete a marathon on another planet — a feat accomplished in a record...
U.S. launches Tikrit air strikes to support Iraqi forces
At Iraq’s request, the U.S. began airstrikes in Tikrit on Wednesday in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive to retake the city from Islamic...
UN worried by rise in mass abductions of children
Mass abductions of children by groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State are on the rise, with the practice now becoming a tactic of war, a UN envoy...
No ruling yet: Italy extends Amanda Knox courtroom drama to Friday
Italy’s supreme court has pushed back a ruling on Amanda Knox’s murder conviction to Friday, delaying what may be the final act of an eight-year...
Online sales of breast milk need to be regulated, British doctors warn
New mums face mounting social pressure to provide breast milk, given its famous nutritional benefits, and more and more are turning to the Internet if...
Signs of life: Curiosity rover finds evidence of nitrogen on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found nitrogen on the surface of Mars, a significant discovery that adds to evidence the Red Planet could once have sustained...
What’s the beef? Sweden moves to defuse major Saudi spat
Sweden is embroiled in an unprecedented diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia after leftist Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem (pictured) referred to the oil-rich...
No ruling yet: Italy extends Knox courtroom drama to Friday
Italy’s supreme court has pushed back a ruling on Amanda Knox’s murder conviction to Friday, delaying what may be the final act of an eight-year...
New Ebola trial vaccine ‘safe’, researchers say
The latest in a string of candidate vaccines against the deadly Ebola virus was proven safe in an early trial in healthy adults in China, its developers...
Heinz and Kraft to merge into $40B company
H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods Group Inc., creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and beverage company in North America. The...
Something fishy: Tokyo aquarium baffled by mysterious tuna deaths
A lone tuna is all that remains in the vast doughnut-shaped enclosure at Tokyo’s Sea Life Park.
Sale of breastmilk online warrants a watchdog, experts warn
New mums face mounting social pressure to provide breast milk, given its famous nutritional benefits, and more and more are turning to the Internet if...
Oldest evidence of breast cancer found in 4,200-year-old Egyptian skeleton
A team from a Spanish university has discovered what Egyptian authorities are calling the world’s oldest evidence of breast cancer in the 4,200-year-old...
What’s the beef? Sweden moves to diffuse major Saudi spat
Sweden is embroiled in an unprecedented diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia after leftist Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem (pictured) referred to the oil-rich...
Signs of life: Curiosity rover has found evidence of nitrogen on Mars, says NASA
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found nitrogen on the surface of Mars, a significant discovery that adds to evidence the Red Planet could once have sustained...
Opera singers among French Alps air crash victims, theatre confirms
Two star opera singers, one of them accompanied by her baby, were among 150 people killed in the German airliner that crashed in the French Alps Tuesday.
Italy’s highest court to rule on Knox conviction in Kercher murder
Amanda Knox and Rafaelle Sollecito are expected to find out today if their convictions for the murder of Meredith Kercher are upheld. British student...
Thousands line Singapore’s streets to pay respect to Lee Kuan Yew
Thousands of people lined Singapore’s streets on Wednesday as a gun carriage took the casket of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore,...
Elephant hauler stopped from overturning on highway - by its cargo
Louisiana authorities responding to a tractor-trailer stuck on the muddy shoulder of a highway were astounded to see what was keeping it from overturning:...
200 suspected jihadis prevented from leaving Australia
Officials says counterterrorism squads have prevented 200 suspected jihadists from departing Australian airports for the Middle East including at least...
500 days and counting, Rio races to be ready for Olympics
With 500 days left to go before it stages South America’s first ever Olympic Games, Rio is straining at the leash to be ready - but a key target...
Out-of-school children: Nigeria’s ticking time bomb
Bello Shehu is 12 years old. Under a scorching sun, he sells sachets of purified water to motorists caught in traffic jams in northern Nigeria’s...
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