World News Digest
Tunisian presidential candidates after Essebsi declares win
Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday’s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia’s shift to full...
In the dogfight over posh airline food, the sky’s the limit
From Michelin-star food to vintage champagne, airlines are pulling out all the stops to cater to their top-tier passengers’ tastes, as they seek...
Social media provides insight into ‘assassination’ of two Brooklyn policemen
The names of the two police officers killed in their car by a gunman who walked up and opened fire have been released: Wenjian Liu, a seven-year police...
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for ‘gay marriage bridge’ as Sir Elton weds
As Sir Elton John and David Furnish were tying the knot today, the Archbishop of Cantebury was calling for more dialogue on gay marriage.
Christmas in China, with saxophones, Smurfs and steam trains
Christmas - once banned in China - has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam...
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the “last mile”
As the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami approaches, experts and officials say weaknesses remain across Asia in a system designed to warn...
Spared the butcher’s knife, horses get new lease of life in Italy
Considered taboo in many parts of the world, eating horsemeat remains sufficiently widespread in Italy for the country to have to import live animals destined...
Smart City: Jakarta taps into technology to monitor and act on public complaints
The Indonesian capital is home to about 10 million people and is famous for monster traffic jams, sanitation issues, and major flooding during the wet...
Islamic State connection probed in French police station attack
French police shot dead a knife-wielding man who attacked three officers in a police station while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”).
Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siege
Iraqi Kurdish fighters flashed victory signs as they swept across the northern side of Sinjar mountain on Saturday, two days after breaking through to...
NYC cop killer said he was going to shoot ‘two pigs’ over chokehold death
A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed...
A series of tremors has Florence concerned for ‘David’
More than 250 minor tremors have rattled the Florence region over the past three days, sparking alarm in Italy over the safety of Michelangelo’s...
Australian mother charged with murder of her seven children and niece
A 37-year old woman has been charged with murder in the deaths of seven of her children and her niece whose bodies were found inside her home Friday.
As 2014 closes, world still grasps for answers to year’s top news
More than nine months after searchers began scouring the seas for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner that vanished with 239 people aboard, the catastrophe defies...
Why the Sony hack isn’t big news in Japan
While American journalists have extensively covered the fallout from the unprecedented Sony hacking attack, it hasn’t exactly been massive news in...
IS executes 100 foreign fighters for trying to quit
The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial...
First of four Fukushima reactors cleared of nuclear fuel
One of four heavily damaged reactor buildings at Japan’s tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant has been cleared of radioactive fuel rods,...
United Nations: Israel should pay $850m for 2006 oil spill
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution asking Israel to pay Lebanon more than $850m in damages for an oil spill caused by an Israeli air force...
Japanese researchers develop sensors to relay data from inside the body
Scientists in Japan have developed a sticky sheet of tiny sensors that can be attached directly to moving joints, beating hearts or other living tissues.
Long-delayed elections kick off in Ebola-hit Liberia
Liberians began voting on Saturday in a much-delayed election that will fill half the seats of the Senate in the Ebola-ravaged west African country.
Pakistan slammed for resuming executions after school massacre
Rights groups have condemned Pakistan’s decision to hang two convicted militants in its first executions for six years, as leaders vowed decisive...
Sony Pictures hires crisis specialist who inspired ‘Scandal’ TV series
Sony has hired crisis management expert Judy Smith — the inspiration for Kerry Washington’s “Scandal” character, Olivia Pope — to...
Armless man jailed for four months on weapons possession charge
Four months after his arrest on gun possession charges, a man who is unable to use his arms has been released from prison without bail.
Grandfather defends petition to expel HIV-positive boy from Chinese village
The grandfather of a Chinese HIV-positive boy has defended his support for a petition to banish him from their village, media reported Saturday, in a case...
U.S. asks China for help on #SonyHack as Obama vows to punish North Korea
The United States has sought help from China, Japan, South Korea and Russia in combating cyber attacks such as the recent hack by North Korea on Sony Pictures.
Umbrellas banned as China’s Xi visits Macau on 15th anniversary
President Xi Jinping visited a drizzly Macau on Friday and Saturday for the 15th anniversary of the gambling hub’s return to Chinese rule, with onlookers...
Run-and-gun: Kim Jong Un game spoof ‘Glorious Leader!’ moving forward
The creator of a satirical video game that depicts Kim Jong Un as a gun-toting, unicorn-riding hero has no plans to cancel his zany creation following...
Swimmer Michael Phelps dodges jail in drunk driving case
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps looked to the future Friday, including the Rio Olympics in 2016, after he dodged a stint in prison for drunk driving. The...
Mother arrested over killing of eight children in Australia
Mersane Warria, the 37-year-old mother of seven of the eight children found dead in a Cairns home yesterday, has been arrested for murder.
Israel bombs Gaza militant base after rocket hits southern Israel
Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas militant base in the Gaza Strip on Friday for the first time since the end of a war in the territory, in response to a...
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