World News Digest
Gonna go her way: Kravitz joining Katy Perry at Super Bowl halftime show
The Grammy award winner will be Katy Perry’s “special guest” during the game’s halftime show, the pop star announced during halftime...
Nobel Prize winners show playful side with crayon drawings
A new photography exhibit has found that Nobel laureates may be geniuses in their field, but most aren’t very good at colouring.
'Uncivilized traveller' record threat for 25 removed from Chinese plane
Police in China detained 25 passengers after a member of their tour group opened three emergency exit doors while the plane was taxiing, forcing it to...
Arson attack on Hamburg newspaper that printed Charlie Hebdo cartoons
A German newspaper in the northern port city of Hamburg that reprinted cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo was the target of an arson...
Indonesian searchers believe crashed AirAsia’s fuselage found
Indonesian search teams believe a sonar scan has detected the fuselage of an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people...
Dead loss: Witch doctor fails to revive corpse because of tiredness and bananas
Furious Kenyan villagers said they wasted a day waiting for a “witch doctor” to bring a corpse back to life after he failed because he was...
Australia to erect permanent memorial for Sydney siege victims
Australia will build a permanent memorial to remember the victims of the Sydney cafe siege, officials said on Sunday as they vowed never to forget the...
Kerry in India to push commercial ties with U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in India to attend an international investment conference and push trade ties with the giant South Asian nation ahead...
At least 57 people killed in fiery Pakistan bus-oil tanker crash
A passenger bus crashed into an oil tanker in southern Pakistan early Sunday, killing 57 people with remains charred beyond recognition, officials said.
#CharlieHebdo: World leaders join Paris march; Canada rallies in support
France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the...
'Deadliest massacre': why does Nigeria struggle to stop Boko Haram?
In the latest campaign by the African Islamic militant group Boko Haram, hundreds of gunmen reportedly overtook the town of Baga, its neighboring villages,...
After string of jet crashes, a struggle to re-train pilots
As investigators hunt for what caused an AirAsia jet to crash in an equatorial storm on Dec 28, the aviation industry is still struggling to apply the...
French athletes unite to remember victims of terror attacks
Football and rugby players, swimmers and skiers, fans and officials all united on Saturday in touching tributes for the 17 people killed in Paris following...
Pings: Signs of black boxes heard near where AirAsia jet crashed
Three Indonesian ships detected the signals from the two missing black boxes not far from where the plane’s tail section was recovered.
Iran and Venezuela vow to ‘neutralise’ oil price problem
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, vowed Saturday to “neutralise” the threat posed to...
The drones are coming, but probably not in the way you think
Forget the vision of drones delivering book orders put forward by Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos.
Diaper-wearing volunteers guard Filipinos for Black Nazarene feast
Three hundred volunteers in diapers were on hand on Friday to form human barricades during a jam-packed open-air Catholic Mass in Manila before a statue...
Police defuse bomb found in Istanbul shopping mall
Turkish police on Saturday defused a bomb outside a shopping centre in Istanbul, with the city on a high security alert following a suicide bombing earlier...
Winter woe: Two Palestinian babies die in Gaza freeze
Two Palestinian babies have died due to cold weather in the Gaza Strip, an official said Saturday, as winter storms continued to lash the region.
Girl, 10, detonates suicide bomb in Nigeria, killing 19 and injuring 18
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 19 people, police said on Saturday.
'We believe the women': Protests disrupt Cosby's shows in Canada
Bill Cosby called for calm, saying he and his fans “hold no enemies” after protesters disrupted the final performance of his three-city Canadian...
Peace talks bring East African leaders to Somalia for first time in decades
For the first time in three decades, East African foreign ministers are meeting in Mogadishu to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia.
Canadian police arrest brothers on terror-related charges
Twin brothers from Ottawa have been charged with terrorism-related offences after police in Ottawa arrested them on Friday night.
'Close but no cigar': SpaceX's rocket barge landing recycle bid fails
The world’s first attempt to recycle a rocket by guiding it down to a precision landing on an ocean platform (pictured above) failed today, SpaceX...
Brazilian police detain 50 during protests over bus fare hikes
Tensions were high in Sao Paulo after police resorted to tear gas and detained some 50 protesters, as thousands took to the streets against the country’s...
German anti-Islamic rallies may grow on terror fears
Germany’s new anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement plans to rally again on Monday, when analysts expect its ranks to swell by thousands following the Paris...
AirAsia plane tail lifted from sea as divers resume search
The tail of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been lifted out of the Java Sea off Borneo, two weeks after the Airbus A320 crashed into the Java Sea, killing...
New implant lets paralysed rats walk again
An experimental flexible implant that connects directly to the spinal cord might someday lead to a treatment for people with spinal cord injuries, and...
European leaders, Canada’s Blaney to show solidarity at Paris attacks rally Sunday
European leaders will make an extraordinary show of support for France by joining a mass rally in Paris Sunday, amid a wave of solidarity following the...
Interstate pileup leaves South Dakota road covered in 500 pounds of fries
A six-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in South Dakota left the road covered in 500 pounds of McDonald’s french fries.
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