World News Digest
American, German, Russian astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
A three-man multinational crew returned to Earth Monday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, after spending 165 days working together at the International...
Porsche’s $1m sports car going fast – they’ll be gone by December
German car maker Porsche expects to sell out of its most expensive model ever built next month, bolstering earnings as it grapples with rising capacity...
Hair transplants: Pakistan’s new weapon of mass seduction
In Pakistan, hair is synonymous with virility to the point that even some Taliban fighters are buying ointments to give their long locks and beards a lustrous...
Net neutrality: U.S. politicos clash over Internet’s future
President Barack Obama voiced support Monday for “free and open Internet” rules to protect against putting online services that don’t...
Suicide bomb in Nigeria kills almost 50 students, Boko Haram suspected
A suicide bomber disguised as a student set off explosives in a school assembly in Potiskum, Nigeria on Monday, killing almost 50.
Hack attack: China suspected in massive U.S. Postal Service breach
The U.S. Postal Service on Monday announced it was the target of a recent cyber-attack likely launched by Chinese government hackers that compromised the...
1D and Chris Martin among star names singing on new #BandAid30 single
Sir Bob Geldof has revealed a star-studded line-up for the new Band Aid Ebola charity single, which is being recorded on Saturday.
Israeli soldier and woman stabbed to death by Palestinians
An Israeli soldier and a woman were stabbed to death by Palestinians in Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank on Monday, extending a surge in violence fuelled...
Geldof to unveil star line-up for Band Aid 30 years on
Sir Bob Geldof is preparing to release a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? to coincide with the 30th anniversary of Band Aid.
ISS astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
The three-man multinational crew returned to Earth Monday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, after spending 165 days working together at the International...
Barack Obama pushes for 12-nation trade talks at APEC China summit
President Barack Obama has arrived in Beijing for a three-day visit focused on trade talks and a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
S. Korea court to rule on possible death penalty for Sewol ferry captain
A South Korean court is set to rule on whether the captain of a ferry that capsized killing more than 300 people, most of them children on a school trip,...
Mother survives 45 mins with no pulse after caesarean complications
A woman has survived for 45 minutes without a pulse after complications from a caesarean section, it has been revealed.
One Direction in MTV EMA Awards no-show despite triple win
One Direction won in three categories at the 20th MTV Europe Music Awards but failed to turn up for the show in Glasgow.
Suicide bomb blast kills 48 students at Nigerian school assembly
A suicide bomber has struck at a school in northeast Nigeria killing 48 students, the AP news agency is reporting.
Taliban bombs kill at least 10 police in Afghanistan
Two Taliban bombs killed at least 10 policemen in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
Russian planes threaten NATO civilian aircraft with ‘military brinkmanship’
Russia is pursuing a dangerous course of military brinkmanship, with the potential for serious escalation, according to a new study backed by senior European...
Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting amid longtime stormy relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference...
China criminal gang floods market with 100 tonnes of toxic tofu
A criminal gang in eastern China has sold almost 100 tonnes of toxic tofu onto the local market.
Burkina Faso talks end with agreement on plan for return to civilian rule
Opposition parties, civil society groups and religious leaders adopted a plan on Sunday for a transitional authority to guide Burkina Faso to elections,...
New York woman celebrates 100th birthday with sky dive
Would you celebrate your 100th birthday with parachute jump? Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, kissed her 7-month-old great-great-granddaughter...
Polar bears, migratory birds, and fish get new UN protection
Polar bears, whales, sharks and gazelles were among 31 new species granted new protection status by the UN conservation body.
Hong Kong court orders psychiatric reports on British banker
A British banker charged with the grisly murders of two women had his case adjourned by a Hong Kong court on Monday for two weeks of psychiatric reports.
Iraqi officials say Islamic State leader wounded in airstrike
Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
'New phase': Obama deploys more U.S. troops to Iraq to fight IS
President Barack Obama said Sunday that deploying additional troops to Iraq signals a “new phase” in the fight against the Islamic State group,...
Remember the fallen: Queen leads UK ceremony as WWI centenary nears
Queen Elizabeth II honoured fallen soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth by placing a poppy-laden wreath at the Cenotaph national war memorial in...
Continental drift may have caused species ‘Big Bang’
Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics have a new understanding of what has been called “Darwin’s dilemma”, the...
25 years later: Tracing the winding history of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall has long been understood as one of the strangest structures of the Cold War.
A decade after Arafat: A stateless Palestine, a divided Israel
For decades, Yasser Arafat was the incarnation of the Palestinian fight for independence.
Angela Merkel kicks off celebrations to mark Berlin Wall’s fall 25 years on
The German Chancellor has said the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago “has shown us that dreams can come true”.
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