World News Digest
Qatar’s Al-Attiyah wins second Dakar Rally car title in Mini
Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah clinched his second Dakar Rally car title on Saturday to give British marque Mini their fourth consecutive success in the...
Australia and Papua New Guinea deny violence at asylum-seeker camp
Australia and Papua New Guinea on Saturday denied reports that protests at an asylum-seeker camp in the Pacific nation had turned violent, officials and...
Volunteer killed in accident after stormy Tacloban Mass held by Pope Francis
Tragedy struck Pope Francis’ visit to the central Philippine city of Tacloban, where he was comforting victims of Typhoon Haiyan, a devastating storm...
Army takes to European streets a day after anti-terror arrests
Belgium on Saturday began deploying hundreds of troops to patrol the streets after security forces smashed a suspected Islamist “terrorist”...
Thumbs up: Hitchhiker snags lift from Uruguay’s president and first lady
The man who stopped for hitchhiker Gerhald Acosta offered to give him a ride, but only as far as the presidential palace.
Taiwanese man dies after three-day Internet gaming binge
A 32-year-old Taiwanese man has died after a three-day gaming binge at an Internet cafe in the island’s south, the second such case this year, a...
Canada to cull 184 wolves in helicopter hunt to save declining caribou herds
A government plan to shoot up to 184 wolves from a helicopter to reduce their population and save caribou herds in western Canada is drawing sharp criticism...
Japan PM pledges billions for Mideast countries battling Islamic State
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged $2.5 billion in non-military aid for the Middle East as well as US$200 million in non-military assistance...
$1 billion Switch data centre near Reno will be world’s biggest
The largest lithium battery factory in the world is getting a new neighbor at an industrial park east of Reno — the world’s biggest data center.
Biggest reservoir for Brazil’s largest city is running dry
Halfway through the rainy season, the key reservoir for the hemisphere’s largest city holds just six percent of its capacity, and experts warned...
Japan marks 20th anniversary of killer quake in Kobe
Japan on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people with renewed calls for the quake-prone nation to...
21 confirmed dead after tugboat capsizes in eastern China
Authorities confirmed 21 people dead in the capsizing of a tugboat with an international team on a test voyage in eastern China, after rescuers dragged...
Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan to rival Al Qaeda, Taliban
Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaeda and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S.
Storm cuts short Pope Francis’ trip to typhoon-hit Philippine city
Pope Francis cut short his visit to a typhoon-hit region of the Philippines on Saturday because of an approaching storm.
Man scooped up by California rubbish truck survives ride
A man searching for his wallet in a trash bin in Northern California was scooped up by a garbage truck and taken on a long ride.
Malawi floods death toll triples, 200,000 homeless
The death toll from floods ravaging Malawi has risen to 176, with many more missing and 200,000 homeless, Vice President Saulos Chilima said Friday.
Pope Francis wades into climate change ahead of Tacloban visit
Pope Francis travels to the central Philippines city of Tacloban on Saturday to pray for the dead and comfort the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, the country’s...
War crimes court opens probe into Palestinian territories
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-scale investigation into possible...
Quiet Belgian town shocked by Islamist battle
As police swooped on a suspected Islamist cell in Belgium, the quiet streets of the town of Verviers were transformed into a war zone complete with gunshots...
Too ill to be flogged: Saudi Arabia postpones blogger’s next 50 lashes
The flogging of writer Raif Badawi has been postponed on medical grounds, Amnesty International has said.
Coming soon? Airbased overground transport that can travel at 1300kph
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is building a five-mile test track for a new ground transport system which could move people at speeds of up to 1300kph.
AirAsia plane fuselage to be lifted to surface after divers beaten back
An Indonesian search official said Friday that the crashed AirAsia jet’s fuselage will be lifted to the surface after sea conditions again prevented...
The force was with him: Star Wars costume prevents deadly snake bite
A Star Wars fan has been saved from a venomous snake bite by his stormtrooper outfit.
Washington DC under attack - Sharknado 3 to be set in the U.S. capital
Tara Reid and Ian Ziering has confirmed they will return for a third battle with flying sharks. In the first two Sharknado films the actors’ characters...
Teen ‘Lizard Squad’ hacker arrested over Xbox and Sony cyber attacks
A teenager believed to be a member of hacking group Lizard Squad has been arrested in England following cyberattacks on Sony PlayStation and Xbox systems...
Life on Mars? ‘Partially deployed’ Beagle-2 finally located on the red planet
The European Space Agency’s Beagle-2 lander, which had been lost on Mars since 2003, has been found, the agency said Friday.
Too ill to be flogged: Saudi Arabia postpones blogger’s next 50 lashes
The flogging of writer Raif Badawi has been postponed on medical grounds, Amnesty International has said.
Europe on edge: Paris police nab terror suspects, Germans arrest extremists
Police arrested a dozen people suspected of providing “logistical support” to the Islamist militant gunmen in last week’s Paris killings,...
Huge turnout as pope urges Filipinos to reject corruption
Pope Francis called on Filipinos to reject the corruption that has plagued this Asian nation for decades and urged them to instead work to end its “scandalous”...
Epic flyby: NASA’s New Horizons probe begins six-month approach to Pluto
U.S. space agency NASA said its New Horizons spacecraft Thursday officially began its six-month approach to Pluto, with the first close-up flyby scheduled...
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