World News Digest
U.S. nurses are Ebola free as wary calm, determination settles in NYC
Two American nurses who contracted Ebola from a Liberian patient in the U.S. state of Texas were declared cured on Friday, and one was healthy enough to...
What does a comet smell like?
It’s absolutely awful, at least according to scientists researching the comet 67P/C-G.
Google exec sets records with leap from near-space
A Google executive has broken the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert after taking a leap from the edge...
'Pure s***': U.S. architect Gehry shares his thoughts on the world's buildings
Architect Frank Gehry, known for some of the most unique structures, flipped off a reporter when asked how he responds to people who say his work is “architecture...
Egypt declares emergency in northern Sinai after worst attack in decades
A coordinated assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula killed 30 Egyptian troops on Friday, making it the deadliest single attack in decades...
Tunisian special forces storm house after 28-hr. standoff; 6 ‘terrorists’ dead
Tunisian police killed six suspected militants, five of them women, in a raid on a suburban house Friday after a 28-hour standoff, fanning tensions ahead...
Furious British PM insists UK will not pay ‘unjustified’ $2.8bn EU demand
British Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted he will not pay an extra $2.8bn demanded by the European Union on December 1.
One Direction slammed for using chimpanzee in new ‘Steal My Girl’ music video
Animal rights activists have called for One Direction to cut immediately a scene containing a chimpanzee from their new music video.
Brain cancer patient Ashya King’s parents feel it’s ‘unsafe’ to return to UK
The parents of brain cancer patient Ashya King have said they do not feel “safe” enough to return to the UK.
Putin warns the U.S. is destabilising world peace with ‘botched’ policies
The United States is destabilising the global world order by trying to enforce its will, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Friday, warning that...
Ebola vaccine set for trial in Africa in December as virus spreads to Mali
The World Health Organisation says it expects 100,000 doses of new Ebola vaccine to be available early next year and trials could start in west Africa...
Turkey gives permission for the Free Syrian Army to enter Kobani
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed Ankara will allow hundreds of Syrian rebels to head to the embattled town of Kobani along the Syrian-Turkish...
LOL: Queen Elizabeth sends first tweet, five years after Twitter account was set up
Queen Elizabeth sent her first tweet during a visit to the Science Museum in London on Friday.
French air strikes ‘wipe out’ IS weapons arsenal in Iraq
French fighter jets destroyed 12 buildings in Iraq holding an arsenal of weapons under control of Islamic State militants, France’s chief of staff...
Sweden says ‘at least one’ vessel operated in its waters as it calls off search
Sweden said on Friday it appeared that at least one foreign vessel had likely operated in waters near its capital in recent days, insisting this has been...
Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they sought to quell mostly peaceful protests that erupted after an officer killed an unarmed...
Governor of Mexican state where students disappeared stands down
The governor of a Mexican state roiled by the disappearance of dozens of students that has sparked protests and embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto,...
In world-first, Australian doctors transplant heart that had stopped beating
In what has been described as the biggest breakthrough in a decade, surgeons at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney have transplanted hearts from dead...
Canadian gunman said ‘Devil was after him’ and he wanted to go to Syria
Details are beginning to emerge from the deadly shooting of a Canadian soldier at an Ottawa war memorial.
Hong Kong protestors dig in for the long haul with self-sustaining village
Hong Kong protesters have created a self-sustaining village within a month of taking their call for democracy to the streets, setting up changing rooms,...
China and 21 other countries initiate new Asian bank
China and 21 other Asian nations signed up on Friday to a new Beijing-backed international bank for Asia that Washington opposes as an unnecessary rival...
Oops: Man accidentally texts probation officer to ask for weed
It’s a mistake a convicted felon never wants to make. Alvin Cross Jr. of Albany, Georgia, seems to have gotten his wires crossed – or, more accurately,...
U.S. and South Korea delay troop command transfer
The U.S. will maintain control of South Korean troops in the event of war with the North, the two sides said, delaying again a long-planned command transfer.
U.S. investigating report that Islamic State used chlorine gas
American security officials said Thursday that they were looking into a new report that Islamic State (IS) militants had used chlorine gas as a weapon...
New York mayor confirms first case of Ebola in the city; doctor in isolation
A Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the Ebola virus...
E.U. strikes compromise to set bold new climate change targets for 2030
European Union (E.U.) leaders struck a deal on a new target to cut carbon emissions till 2030, calling it a new global standard but leaving critics warning...
Caught between ‘Ferns,’ Pitt digs ‘Friends’ title track
Zach Galifianakis tends to give his guests a hard time when they appear on his show “Between Two Ferns.” This time, he rendered Brad Pitt sort...
Facebook’s new chat room app brings back the 90s
Can Facebook bring back the chat room popularity of the ’90s?
The massive social networking company is back in the consumer app inventing game with...
Bangladesh Islamist war criminal Ghulam Azam dead at 91
Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam died from a heart attack Thursday aged 91, just over a year after being sentenced to 90 years in prison for masterminding...
Canada PM pledges tougher security laws after Ottawa attack
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to boost security forces’ surveillance and detention powers on Thursday, a day after a gunman killed...
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