World News Digest
Top Brazilian pro-surfer shot dead by police officer outside his house
Brazilian professional surfer Ricardo dos Santos has died after being gunned down by a police officer outside his home.
Chinese officials given the boot for feasting during fatal Shanghai stampede
banquet while a New Year’s Eve stampede killed 36 people. Seven others have been disciplined over the tragedy on Shanghai’s riverfront Bund...
Pope Francis backpedals after ‘Catholics breeding like rabbits’ comment
Pope Francis today sought to clarify his remark that Catholics should not breed “like rabbits”.
iPhone 6 hands Apple record share of Samsung’s home market
Apple Inc is chipping away at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s dominant position in its home turf of South Korea, thanks to its new iPhone 6 series.
Don’t give up the search for Joseph Kony, urges ICC prosecutor
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is calling for renewed efforts to arrest notorious militia leader Joseph Kony, after one of his top...
Happy Pharrell Williams to head up ‘Live Earth’ global climate concert
Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, responsible for the planet-wide hit “Happy”, will be the musical director of this year’s “Live...
British codebreaker Alan Turing’s rare manuscript to be auctioned for $1m
A hidden manuscript written by British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing is to go on auction in New York in April.
Dennis Rodman gets teary about North Korea in new documentary
The always unpredictable Dennis Rodman gets emotional explaining his relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un – and the death threats he’s gotten...
NASA probe gets up close and personal with dwarf planet Ceres
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured tantalizing views of the dwarf planet Ceres, revealing hints of craters and other structures on the surface of...
Paris to sue Fox News over ‘Muslim-only areas’ report as Brum takes it on the chin
A plan by the city of Paris to sue Fox News after a report about “Muslim-only areas” has been described by the TV network’s executive VP...
IVF babies healthier than before: study
Better techniques and policies have given children born from artificial fertilisation a much better chance of survival and good health, a Scandinavian...
Disillusioned Hong Kongers press UK for escape route
With Hong Kong increasingly polarised on political reforms and fears growing over the influence of Beijing, frustrated residents are pressing former colonial...
AIDS crisis brewing in Crimea and east Ukraine, says UN
A lethal health crisis is brewing in Russian-annexed Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine, where injecting drug users have lost access to therapy to wean...
State of the Union: Obama asks for new war powers to fight Islamic State
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed in the State of the Union address Tuesday to relentlessly hunt down terrorists from “Pakistan to the streets of...
Ugandan LRA rebel chief headed to The Hague to stand trial on war crimes
A commander of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army who surrendered last week is on his way to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague,...
Eye of the tiger: Tourists get surprise selfie on the ‘Rocky’ steps
A group of tourists who ran up the “Rocky” steps got a knockout photo at the top - a selfie with Rocky himself.
Italy in new swoop against notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime group
Italian police on Tuesday made 31 arrests in connection with an alleged plot by an offshoot of the notorious ‘Ndrangheta crime group to take control...
Number of new Ebola cases declining as disease evolves: UN
United Nations officials say new cases of Ebola in West Africa have been decreasing.
Weakness of Yemen’s government undermines U.S. terror fight
As fighters from the Houthi group entered the presidential palace of the American-backed government in Yemen on Tuesday, U.S.
Japan vows not to bend to IS after £131M ransom demand for hostages
The Islamic State group is threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless it receives a US$200 million (£131m) ransom within 72 hours, but Tokyo vows...
Indonesian transport minister: AirAsia jet ‘climbed too fast then stalled’
An AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board climbed at a faster than normal speed and then stalled, the Indonesian...
Court rules against chef Gordon Ramsay’s ‘ghost writing’ defence
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has lost his High Court battle over liability for the rent of a London pub.
Yemen presidential palace under siege in apparent coup attempt
A top Yemen army commander warns that a full-fledged “coup” was underway and Houthi rebels have seized presidential palace in the capital of...
Five Russians held in France on suspicion of planning terror attack
Five Russians have been arrested in southern France on suspicion of planning a terror attack, local prosecutors say.
Third charity worker abducted by Christian militia in CAR
Armed men kidnapped a female UN employee in the capital of the strife-torn Central African Republic on Tuesday, a day after two aid workers were seized,...
Toothless Tiger: Golf star Woods loses front fang after camera clash
Tiger Woods has another reason to dislike cameramen – they’ve cost him a tooth. Woods made a surprise visit to Italy on Monday to watch girlfriend...
Teen whiz kid earns Intel funding with low-cost Lego braille printer
In Silicon Valley, it’s never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched...
Toothless Tiger: Woods loses front tooth after camera clash
Tiger Woods has another reason to dislike cameramen – they’ve cost him a tooth. Woods made a surprise visit to Italy on Monday to watch girlfriend...
Teen builds braille printer out of Lego and wins Intel funding
In Silicon Valley, it’s never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched...
Third hostage abducted by Christian militia in Central African Republic
Armed men kidnapped a female UN employee in the capital of the strife-torn Central African Republic on Tuesday, a day after two aid workers were seized,...
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