World News Digest
Daredevil walks tightrope between Chicago skyscrapers blindfolded
Daredevil Nik Wallenda wowed Chicago and the world on Sunday with two hair-raising skyscraper crossings on the high wire without a safety net or a harness.
Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep across Madrid
Shepherds guided a flock of 2,000 sheep through Madrid’s streets on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly...
Miner’s son, Lenin fan win presidencies in separatist Ukraine votes
Two pro-Russian separatists were confirmed as leaders in controversial elections in eastern Ukraine on Sunday—one a rebel chief who highlights his status...
Cute chick rover: Scientists create a new way to spy on shy penguins
International scientists have created a remote control rover disguised as a chick to snuggle up to the notoriously-shy emperor penguins in Antarctica’s...
Jerusalem on edge in row over contested shrine
This combustible city at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been edging toward a new conflagration, with politicians on both sides stoking...
EU says Ukraine rebel vote ‘new obstacle’ to peace
The European Union said elections held Sunday by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were illegal, would not be recognised and created a new hurdle to...
Historic gate at Dachau concentration camp stolen
A wrought-iron gate bearing the Nazis’ cynical slogan “Arbeit macht frei,” or “Work sets you free,” has been stolen from...
Kenyans Kipsang, Keitany win NYC Marathon
Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany surged at the finish to win Sunday’s New York City Marathon, holding off rivals over the closing strides...
Can space industry survive two explosions in four days?
In the past decade, the space industry has tried to go from risky and government-run to routine private enterprise—so routine that if you have lots of...
Suicide bomber kills more than 50 people along Pakistan-India border
A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Sunday at the main Pakistan-India border crossing, with the blast tearing through crowds of spectators leaving...
Death toll from Islamic State massacre of Sunni tribe in Anbar surges
Iraqi officials upped the death toll of a massacre of Sunni Arab tribesmen by the self-styled Islamic State today to 322, making it among the largest massacres...
Jerusalem on edge in Jewish-Muslim tiff over contested shrine
After months of escalating violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made his clearest attempt yet to cool Israeli and Palestinian...
British banker charged with murder of two women in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police have charged a 29-year-old Rurik Jutting, a British banker, with two counts of murder after authorities found the bodies of two women...
At least 45 killed by suicide bomb near Pakistan-India border
A provincial Pakistani police chief says a bomb blast has killed nearly 45 people near the country’s eastern border with India.
Virgin Galactic colleagues remember co-pilot as ‘Renaissance man’
The pilot killed in a test flight of Virgin Galactic’s prototype space tourism rocket was as capable behind the controls of experimental aircraft...
Carbon levels highest in 800,000 years, warns UN climate panel
Levels of three key greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – are at their highest in at least 800,000 years, the UN Intergovernmental...
Cricketing record smashed: Pakistani skipper sets new half-century best
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq set a new world record for the fastest half-century in a test match, reaching 50 runs off just 21 balls on the fourth day...
Israel closes Gaza border crossings after rocket fire
Israel has closed two border crossings with Gaza, the army said on Sunday, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave struck its territory.
Mandarin compulsory as Portuguese town seeks foothold in China
Five hundred years after the Portuguese became the first Europeans to establish sea trade with China, a town in northern Portugal is counting on its youth...
British man held over Hong Kong double homicide
A British man has been arrested after the bodies of two women were found at an apartment in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong.
Islamic State group lines up and kills 50 tribesmen, women and children
Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen, women and children in Iraq’s Anbar province Sunday, officials said,...
Gunfire rings out at Burkina Faso state TV headquarters
Gunfire rang out on Sunday at the headquarters of Burkina Faso’s state-run RTB Television as the broadcaster went off air amid a power struggle following...
British-Iranian woman sentenced to one year for watching volleyball match
A British-Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran after trying to attend a volleyball match has been sentenced to one year in jail, her lawyer was reported...
Ukraine separatists begin controversial polls as Western powers demur
Polls have opened in two regions of eastern Ukraine in controversial leadership elections held by pro-Russia separatists that Kiev and the West have refused...
Branson to persevere with space bid as investigation into crash begins
Sir Richard Branson said he will persevere with his space tourism venture despite the death of a pilot in a test flight crash in California.
At least 23 killed as Yemen troops battle al-Qaeda in Hodeidah
Twenty Yemeni soldiers and three suspected al-Qaeda militants died in clashes on Saturday in the town of Jabal Ras in Yemen’s western province of...
Spice Girls hit Wannabe is catchiest pop song since 1940s, study finds
How long does it take you to recognise Spice Girls’ debut hit “Wannabe”? In an online experiment, participants recognised the song in...
Argentina seeks extradition of Franco-era ministers from Spain
An Argentine judge has reopened old wounds from Spain’s Franco dictatorship by ordering 20 former Spanish officials to face justice for alleged killings.
Apple is reportedly planning a 12-inch iPad
Here’s the oddest Apple rumor that just won’t go away. Apple is planning a 12.2-inch iPad that will rival Microsoft’s Surface tablet.
Spanish government seeks to block ballot over Catalonia independence
The Spanish government will seek to block in the Spanish Constitutional Court a watered-down version of the non-binding referendum over Catalonia’s...
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