World News Digest
Like father like MVP? Text messages Bumgarner’s dad sent during Game 7
As Madison Bumgarner was busy willing the San Francisco Giants to a World Series victory, his father, Kevin, watching from his couch in North Carolina,...
In U.S. Ebola fight, no two quarantines are quite alike
In the U.S. battle against Ebola, quarantine rules depend on your zip code. For some, like nurse Kaci Hickox, who defiantly left her house and went on...
Gas deal may be first sign of Russia-Ukraine cool-off
Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on Thursday on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine for winter after several...
Tension in Jerusalem inflamed after Israeli police shoot Palestinian gunman
Israeli police on Thursday shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man suspected of having tried hours earlier to kill a far-right Jewish activist, leading...
Chaos in Burkina Faso as president dissolves government
Burkina Faso’s military dissolved parliament and announced a transitional government on Thursday after violent protests against President Blaise...
Microsoft takes on Apple Watch by launching $200 wearable fitness band
Microsoft unveiled its first fitness band Thursday joining a crowded market of connected devices for tracking and analysing personal health data.
'No chance' of survivors at mudslide as search for 200 Sri Lankans called off
Hundreds of desperate Sri Lankan villagers dug with bare hands through the broken red earth of a deadly landslide on Thursday, defying police orders after...
Roman Polanski walks free in Poland after questions about infamous sex attack
Film director Roman Polanski has been allowed to walk free after being questioned by Polish prosecutors on a U.S.
Man’s worst friend: Drug dealer’s own dog betrays him to the police
Police in central Alabama say a man’s own dog helped officers bust him on a drug charge.
Chinese giants Lenovo complete $2.9B takeover of Motorola
Motorola has been purchased by Lenovo - making it the world’s third biggest selling smartphone-maker.
U.S. ‘Ebola’ nurse defies quarantine and takes a bike ride
A U.S. nurse recently returned from West Africa has defied quarantine by going on a bike ride with her boyfriend.
150 Iraqi Sunnis killed by IS found in mass grave near Ramadi
The bodies of 150 members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe opposed to Islamic State (IS) have reportedly been found in a mass grave.
'Proud to be gay': Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly proclaims his homosexuality
Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly came out as gay on Thursday in an article he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Iran could get iPhones as relations with the West thaw
Apple has reportedly met with Iranian distributors at its regional headquarters in London as it looks to expand into the country.
Bumgarner pitches in as Giants clinch thrilling World Series victory
The MLB season went down to the wire as the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals in a tight game seven to clinch the World Series.
Israeli closure of Al-Aqsa mosque is a ‘declaraton of war’, rages Abbas
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the closure of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque as a “declaration of war”.
World’s first independent sperm bank opens in the UK
The world’s first independent national sperm bank has been launched in Birmingham, England, to alleviate the shortage of donors in the UK.
15-minute test for Ebola ‘could be a game-changer’
Tulane University scientists in New Orleans have created an Ebola diagnostic device that they say is as easy to use and nearly as fast as a home pregnancy...
Nintendo will develop device to track sleep and fatigue
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user’s fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said...
Australia outlaws travel to terror hotspots
Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to...
Al-Qaeda asks IS militants to rejoin group and fight West, says analyst
U.S. intelligence analysts are closely watching al-Qaeda’s overtures to the renegade Islamic State to reunite and fight the West.
Don’t forget to flush: DNA from toilet leads police to burglary suspect
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said a man suspected of a $250,000 jewelry heist should have flushed the evidence he left behind to avoid getting caught.
Video of woman harassed and catcalled on NYC street goes viral
In just 24 hours, a YouTube video of a woman silently walking through the streets of Manhattan and getting catcalled and verbally accosted by countless...
U.S. Federal Reserve opens a new era with the end of QE stimulus programme
The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to end its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus programme, after six years of pumping easy money into the U.S.
On isolated Gaza’s southern flank, an Egyptian buffer zone takes shape
Egypt began demolishing houses along its border with Gaza on Wednesday to set up a buffer zone to prevent militant infiltration and arms smuggling following...
Refurbished Russian engines early suspects in Antares rocket explosion
A $200 million private resupply mission to the International Space Station went up in flames moments after launch.
Sistine Chapel revived with cutting-edge air, lighting technology
The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled new high-tech, energy-saving lighting and air purification systems to protect Michelangelo’s delicate Sistine Chapel...
Obama-Netanyahu tensions level up with reported slur
An anonymous U.S. official’s reported description of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “chickens**t,” or worthless coward, drew...
American couple held in Qatar speaks: ‘We are being kidnapped’
An American couple feels trapped and abandoned by the U.S. government as they await a possible death sentence following the death of their daughter in...
Ebola appears to be slowing in Liberia: WHO
Liberia, the country worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic, may be seeing a decline in the spread of the virus, although the battle to contain the outbreak is...
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