World News Digest
Hackers vs. James Bond: ‘SPECTRE’ script stolen in Sony attack
Early villains have emerged in the next James Bond film ‘SPECTRE’: hackers who stole a version of the screenplay as part of a devastating cyberattack...
Hong Kong police to clear last Occupy protest site Monday
Hong Kong police said Saturday they will clear out the last pro-democracy protest site next week, days after the main camp was dismantled with over 200...
Fingers pointed as climate talks deadlock
Accusations flew at deadlocked UN climate talks in Lima on Saturday, as the United States warned that failure to compromise could doom the 22-year-old...
Came in like a wrecking ball: Marriage proposal ends in evacuation of six homes
A Dutchman’s attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing. The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane,...
Juncker says UK ‘beating up’ poor European immigrants
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker accused Britain’s prime minister of “beating up” poor European immigrant workers with...
U.S. scholar who criticised Egyptian government turned back at Cairo airport
US scholar and former diplomat Michele Dunne, known for her staunch criticism of Egypt’s authorities, says she was barred from entering Egypt Saturday.
Drone downer: Will new FAA rules ground recreational fliers?
Americans shopping for remote-controlled airplanes or helicopters may find they come with unexpected accessories: a raft of new regulations.
International Criminal Court halts Darfur war crimes investigations
Fatou Bensouda, International Criminal Court prosecutor, has said she has suspended investigations into alleged war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur, criticising...
Ronaldo’s underwear lawsuit dropped
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has halted an effort by soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s underwear manufacturer to cancel a Rhode Island...
Back in business: Britain’s Heathrow recovers after flight chaos
Heathrow Airport cancelled 38 flights on Saturday as it recovered from a computer glitch that wreaked havoc with the London airport system, the world’s...
Gold set for biggest weekly rise in six months as stocks, dollar slip
Gold had its biggest weekly rise in two months as the dollar retreated and oil prices slid last week.
Dozens killed in Afghanistan fighting as foreign troops head home
The Afghan Taliban killed a Supreme Court official, a dozen mine clearers and several national and foreign soldiers but also suffered heavy losses from...
Thailand’s Crown Prince divorces wife over in-laws’ corruption charges
Thailand’s Crown Prince has divorced his wife in a dramatic fall from grace for a senior princess at a time of heightened anxiety over the health...
Indian police arrest influential ‘jihadi tweeter’ Shami Witness
Indian police on Saturday arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a 24-year-old executive believed to be the handler of an influential Twitter account supporting...
Mississippi pastor trots out horse in wedding dress to protest gay marriage
A Mississippi pastor brought a horse in a wedding dress to stand with him outside a federal courthouse on Friday in Jackson to protest a federal judge’s...
China’s Xi says Nanjing Massacre undeniable on 77th anniversary
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday no one can deny the Nanjing Massacre, as China for the first time held a national day of remembrance for the...
Indonesian landslide claims at least 17 lives as rescuers search for 91 missing
A landslide destroyed a remote village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people, an official said on Saturday, as rescuers used their bare hands to search...
U.N. climate talks deep in overtime as rich-poor split threatens to derail accord
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include when countries unveil...
Scientists uncover mystery behind why birds have no teeth
The common ancestor of all living birds sported a set of pearly whites 116 million years ago, a new study finds.
Families turning up in droves to claim priceless stolen Nazi artworks
A task force investigating the art found in a Nazi-era collection said Friday it had received more than 200 queries about specific works by possible heirs.
Facebook stops using Microsoft’s Bing search results
Facebook has stopped including results from Microsoft’s Bing search engine on its social networking site as the company has revamped its own search...
U.S. seeks to defuse tensions over Israeli-Palestinian resolutions
The United States will seek to defuse tensions over proposed UN resolutions to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during talks in Europe next week, Secretary...
Ukraine cheers U.S. vote for military aid, Russia cries foul
Ukraine welcomed a US bill that would allow Washington to provide lethal military assistance to the embattled country, but Russia expressed outrage at...
U.S. Congress passes $584 billion defence bill, expands campaign against IS
The U.S. Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a massive U.S. defence policy bill that endorses his stepped-up military campaign of air strikes...
Wife of Thailand’s Crown Prince ‘relinquishes’ royal status
The wife of Thailand’s Crown Prince has relinquished her royal title, the kingdom’s palace said Saturday, the first official confirmation of...
Deadlocked climate talks head for extra time, young activists lose hope
Negotiators scrambled on the final day of U.N. talks Friday to break a deadlock between rich and developing countries on forging the elements of a world...
'Simply unacceptable': Computer failure sparks travel chaos
Hundreds of flights to and from London were disrupted on Friday by a technical failure at England’s main air traffic control centre that a senior...
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' character names revealed in trading cards
J.J. Abrams has revealed the names of some of the new Star Wars characters – via a pack of trading cards.
Have scientists solved a cosmic mystery and found first sign of Dark Matter?
Astronomers may finally have detected a signal of dark matter, the mysterious and elusive stuff thought to make up most of the material universe.
Undercover cop pulls a gun on crowd protesting against police brutality
Senior policemen have defended an undercover officer who pulled a gun on protesters during a march against police brutality.
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