World News Digest
Life’s a gas for record-breaking balloonists heading for Mexico
Two pilots soaring over the Pacific Ocean have made history by surpassing an official world distance record for human flight in a gas balloon. The Two...
Youth storms into Dutch TV studio with fake gun, sets city on edge
A 19-year-old brandishing a fake weapon threatened a security guard to gain access to the headquarters of Dutch national broadcaster NOS and demand airtime...
Canada says man bought lottery ticket 7 seconds too late to win millions
A Quebec man who was denied part of a $27-million jackpot because he missed the deadline to buy the ticket by seven seconds has lost his appeal to the...
Egyptian Islamic State group wing claims deadly Sinai attacks
Islamic State-linked militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car...
Uber’s bid for New Delhi return rejected as rape survivor files lawsuit
Uber has failed to win a licence to resume operations in New Delhi after one of its drivers allegedly raped a female passenger in the Indian capital last...
Gas blast wrecks Mexico children’s hospital, at least two dead
A gas truck blew up outside a maternity hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and trapping others after the...
Gas blast wrecks Mexico children’s hospital, at least two dead
A gas truck blew up outside a maternity hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and trapping others after the...
Three dead, dozens injured after explosion at Mexican children’s hospital
A powerful gas tank truck explosion shattered a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring...
Charles Townes, inventor of the laser beam, dies at 99
The physicist whose invention led to the development of devices to read barcodes, guide missiles and survey the planets has died aged 99. Charles Townes...
Google chief admits: We cannot filter out terrorist content on YouTube
Internet giant Google says its video-sharing website YouTube is so inundated that staff cannot filter all terror-related content, complicating the struggle...
Andy Murray reaches Australian Open final after beating Tomas Berdych
Andy Murray fought off a resilient Tomas Berdych to reach his first grand slam final for 18 months at the Australian Open after a four-set win in Melbourne.
France’s Angoulême comics fest to celebrate Charlie Hebdo cartoonists’ work
The Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, one of the world’s largest comics festivals, opened Thursday under tight security in the...
Charles Townes, inventor of the laser beam, dies at 99
The physicist whose invention led to the development of devices to read barcodes, guide missiles and survey the planets has died aged 99. Charles Townes...
Supreme Court gives last-minute death penalty reprieve to Oklahoma trio
A death row prisoner was been granted a stay of execution on Thursday, the day before he was due to be killed by lethal injection.
Sydney cafe hostage ‘made to kneel before being shot in the head’
A hostage killed during a siege at a Sydney cafe was made to kneel before being shot in the back of the head with a sawn-off pump action shotgun, an inquest...
Unhappy meal: McDonald’s CEO steps down as sales decline
Fast-food giant McDonald’s replaced president and chief executive Donald Thompson on Wednesday, after the company turned in another poor quarter...
Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 finally declared ‘an accident with no survivors’
Malaysia officially declared the loss of flight MH370 was an accident on Thursday and that all on board are dead. ”It is with the heaviest heart...
French co-pilot flying AirAsia jet before crash: investigators
The French first officer of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed into the sea last month was at the controls just prior to the accident, Indonesia’s...
Pyongyang demanded $10 billion for summit: Ex-Seoul leader
Late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il repeatedly pushed for summit talks with South Korea before his 2011 death, but also demanded $10 billion and large-scale...
Amazon launches work email and calendar service in £6.6bn revenue drive
Amazon.com Inc has accelerated its efforts to win over corporate clients by announcing an email and scheduling service that will compete with Microsoft...
He’s lovin’ it: McDonald’s appoint a Brit as their new chief executive
A Briton has been named as the new chief executive of McDonald’s, as the fast food chain tackles disappointing sales worldwide. Steve Easterbrook...
Tenth life: ‘Killed’ cat burrows out of grave five days after being buried
A cat in Florida is on the mend after clawing his way back from the dead, surfacing five days after he was hit by a car and buried for dead.
Hostage in Sydney cafe siege was killed by police bullet ricochet
One of the hostages held during a siege at an Australian cafe last month was killed by a ricochet of at least one police bullet that also injured three...
Great snakes! Serpents may be 70 million years older than thought
A new look at four fossils has revealed that snakes’ earliest known ancestor lived as many as 70 million years earlier than thought, scientists said...
Amazon launches work email and calendar service
Amazon.com Inc accelerated its efforts to win over corporate clients on Wednesday by announcing an email and scheduling service that will compete with...
Hostage in Sydney siege killed by police bullet ricochet
One of the hostages held during a siege at an Australian cafe last month was killed by a ricochet of at least one police bullet that also injured three...
Unhappy meal: McDonald’s CEO steps down as sales decline
Fast-food giant McDonald’s replaced president and chief executive Donald Thompson on Wednesday, after the company turned in another poor quarter...
It’s finally happening: ‘Zombie cat’ claws his way out of the grave
A cat in Florida is on the mend after clawing his way back from the dead, surfacing five days after he was hit by a car and buried for dead, according...
Police bullet fragments killed Sydney cafe siege victim
One of the two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a Sydney cafe in December was killed by ricochets of a police bullet or bullets, an inquest into...
Dead Argentina prosecutor Alberto Nisman ‘feared his guards’
The prosecutor whose suspicious death set off a crisis for Argentina President Cristina Kirchner no longer trusted even his bodyguards at the violent end...
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