World News Digest
Like uncovering the Titanic: Microsoft co-founder finds elusive WWII shipwreck
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after...
Live updates: Trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber begins
Opening statements in the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been delivered on Wednesday.
'Your room is ready': Sheriff turns to social media to catch robbery suspect
The sheriff of Butler County, Ohio, called out Andrew Dale Marcum, a 21-year-old suspect wanted for burglary, abduction, assault and domestic violence,...
France gets rap on knuckles over smacking children
A top rights body said Wednesday that France was in violation of a European treaty because it did not fully ban the smacking of children, reigniting debate...
Hamburg red light district takes revenge with walls that ‘wee back’
Residents of Hamburg’s red light district are getting their own back on late-night revellers who urinate on public buildings, by using a new hi-tech...
Microsoft founder says he’s found long-sought WWII battleship wreck
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after...
Everyday is Caturday: Tiny Japanese island has been overrun by feral cats
An army of feral cats rules a remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with...
Mines and bombs slow Iraqi advance on Islamic State-held Tikrit
Iraqi forces are closing in on Tikrit on the second day of Baghdad’s largest operation yet against the Islamic State group.
U.S. billionaire says WWII Japanese ship found in Philippines
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after...
Netanyahu speech draws collective ire in Israel and Iran
Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress may have been greeted by standing ovations in the chamber and praise from U.S.
More than 30 killed in coal mine blast in rebel-held east Ukraine
A blast at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk has killed more than 30 people, a local official said on Wednesday, with dozens...
No hope: Bali 9 drug smugglers sent to execution island
Two convicted Australian drug smugglers were removed from a prison in Bali on Wednesday and taken to an Indonesian island where they will be shot by firing...
'Compulsive' French postman found guilty of stealing 13,000 letters
A French court has delivered a six-month suspended sentence to a “compulsive” postman who stole some 13,000 letters and stored them secretly...
As Delhi chokes, pressure grows for Indian climate action
According to a joint study by Boston-based Health Effects Institute and Delhi’s Energy Resources Institute, at least 3,000 people die prematurely...
No Hope: Bali 9 drug smugglers sent to island for execution
Two convicted Australian drug smugglers were removed from a prison in Bali on Wednesday and taken to an Indonesian island where they will be shot by firing...
West vows ‘strong’ response if major Ukraine truce violation
Western leaders have called for a “strong reaction” from the international community to any major violation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine...
British property ‘safe haven’ for corrupt cash: campaigners
British property is a safe haven for money stolen from around the world, with tens of thousands of London properties owned by secretive companies, according...
Hundreds of koalas killed in Australia to curb overpopulation
Close to 700 koalas have been killed off by authorities in southeastern Australia because overpopulation led to the animals starving, a state minister...
Mexican drug lords decry worms in prison food, dirty conjugal beds
Some of Mexico’s notorious criminals are complaining about “inhuman” conditions at a maximum-security prison, claiming they find worm...
Family of MH17 victims finally view wreckage of downed flight
Relatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine visited a Dutch air base Tuesday to view the wreckage of the...
U.S. cracks down on California ‘birth hotels’ for pregnant Chinese
Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese...
U.S. Police Raid Los Angeles ‘Birth Hotels’ For Chinese Tourists
Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese...
Just add methane: Chemical could be supporting life on Saturn’s moon
A new study coming out of Cornell University published this past week in the journal Science Advances gives us our first tantalizing hints that life...
Hoarders: ‘Compulsive’ French postman guilty of stealing 13,000 letters
A French court on Tuesday delivered a six-month suspended sentence to a “compulsive” postman who stole some 13,000 letters and stored them...
'Saturday Night Live' is coming to China
Online video site Sohu.com is teaming up with Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video Entertainment to bring the Saturday Night Live format to China and will...
India orders TV stations not to give rapist a platform
Indian authorities ordered television stations Tuesday not to broadcast a documentary about a gang rape on a New Delhi bus in which one of the attackers...
Jazz club burns down, but music perserveres in Ethiopia’s capital
In the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa, the Jazzamba nightclub in the Taitu Hotel has fostered a resurgence of the Horn of Africa’s unique...
Israeli PM warns Congress of ‘grave threat’ from Iran’s nuclear programme
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Iran to Nazi Germany in an historic speech to the U.S.
Slain Putin critic laid to rest in Moscow as EU slams ‘arbitrary’ funeral limits
Thousands of mourners on Tuesday filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell to a charismatic activist whose...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen accepts Madonna’s offer for a chat
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen today accepted an offer to sit down with Madonna over a drink and chat about their points of view.
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