World News Digest
Health agency issues warning to prevent Britons eating daffodils
Supermarkets in the UK have been asked to ensure all daffodils are kept separate from fruit and vegetables to prevent customers eating the poisonous plants...
Acclaimed anti-apartheid author André Brink dies aged 79
Celebrated South African author and outspoken critic of apartheid André Brink has died aged 79, local media said Saturday.
Gauguin’s Tahitian beauties become most expensive painting ever sold
An oil painting of two Tahitian girls by French artist Paul Gauguin has become the most expensive work of art ever sold.
Facebook and LinkedIn join efforts to boost the number of women in tech
Facebook and LinkedIn are teaming up to boost the dwindling number of women studying engineering and computer science.
Uncertainty in Ukraine: German leader not sure if peace talks will succeed
Angela Merkel, the Prime Minister of Germany, said Saturday that it’s still uncertain whether a flurry of democracy aimed at resolving the crisis...
Kenyan MP and bodyguards gunned down in capital
A prominent Kenyan MP was shot dead along with two bodyguards and a driver in the centre of the capital Nairobi in the early hours of Saturday, police...
TransAsia begins pilot testing and retraining after deadly crash
TransAsia Airways cancelled dozens of flights on Saturday, the first day of a pilot retraining programme, as rescuers retrieved four more bodies from its...
Russia and European powers agree to draft Ukraine peace plan
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed during late-night talks in Moscow to draw up a plan to end fighting in Ukraine as rebels wage a deadly...
'Hot Mugshot Guy' from California behind bars for two years
Jeremy Meeks, the California man whose mugshot became a sensation among Web users admiring his male-model good looks, has been sentenced to more than two...
India election: Delhi votes in first real test for PM Narendra Modi
Voters went to the polls in India’s capital Saturday with firebrand former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal looking to complete an unlikely comeback...
Russia, European powers agree to draft Ukraine peace plan
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed during late-night talks in Moscow to draw up a plan to end fighting in Ukraine as rebels wage a deadly...
North Korea test-fires ‘intelligent’ anti-ship rocket
North Korea has test-fired a new “ultra-precision” intelligent rocket to be deployed across its navy, state media said Saturday, in the latest...
Afghan cricket team prepares for its first World Cup
Against the backdrop of war and hardship, a severe lack of facilities and funds, cricket in Afghanistan has grown at a phenomenal pace in a dozen years. The...
Heroics of engineer recounted after deadly New York train crash
The engineer of a New York commuter train that plowed into a vehicle this week at a suburban rail crossing picked up an injured passenger and carried him...
'Sleeping beauties': Rare collection of antique cars under the hammer in Paris
An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm fetched $16.2 million...
Australian PM Tony Abbott ‘expects spill motion to fail,’ anticipates secret ballot
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he expects the vote on whether to spill his party’s leadership will be done through a secret ballot next...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott ‘expects spill motion to fail,’ anticipates secret ballot
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he expects the vote on whether to spill his party’s leadership will be done through a secret ballot next Tuesday. Addressing...
African migrants risk all in the Mediterranean Sea
In November 2013, one month after a tragedy in which 366 migrants died when just one boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, Italian authorities...
World can’t rely on U.S. to ‘carry economy forever,’ warns finance minister
The United States is carrying the world economy at the moment but that is not sustainable, says Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver, adding that other...
Kremlin talks on Ukraine yield little but agreement to keep talking
The leaders of France and Germany flew out of Moscow in the dead of night after five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, with little to announce...
Family ‘kidnapped their six-year-old’ to teach him how evil the world can be
Three Missouri women have been arrested and charged with kidnapping after they allegedly arranged for a man to kidnap their six-year-old relative because...
Seeing things in black and white: Dead segregated in southern U.S. war memorial
A plan to update a war memorial in Greenwood, South Carolina, led to the mayor being threatened with arrest — all because it segregates World War I and...
Doctors see ‘no hope’ for Bobbi Kristina Brown but life support machine stays on
Bobbi Kristina Brown’s cousin has said “doctors don’t see any hope for change” after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at...
North Korean defector reveals prisoners ate rats to survive in labour camp
A woman has spoken of her year of hell in a North Korean labour camp, where starving prisoners ate rats to survive. Defector Park Ji-hyun says she was...
Ukraine crisis: Hollande and Merkel in talks as U.S. considers sending arms
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are due in Moscow for talks aimed at ending the 10-month conflict in Ukraine. The...
British Islamic State jihadi who faked his own death jailed for 12 years
A British jihadi who posed with the severed heads of Syrian soldiers and faked his own death to sneak back into the UK has been jailed for 12 years. But...
Twitter shares soar as revenue almost doubles
Twitter’s share price rose almost 10% after the social network reported a near doubling in quarterly revenue, despite weaker than anticipated user...
This train calls at anthrax and meningitis: New York subway germs revealed
An 18-month effort to swab handrails across the New York subway network has found anthrax DNA and germs that can cause bubonic plague and meningitis. Weill...
Ukraine crisis: Hollande and Merkel in truce talks as U.S. considers sending arms
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to hold talks in Moscow to try to end escalating fighting in east Ukraine.
Both TransAsia plane engines had cut out before Taiwan river crash
Both engines of the TransAsia Airways plane that smashed into a bridge and then crashed into a river had failed, investigators have revealed. One of the...
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