World News Digest
Oscar de la Renta, designer of gowns for America’s first ladies, dies at age 82
The award-winning couturier, who died after a long battle with cancer, became famous in the 1960s for designing clothes worn by Jacqueline Kennedy.
Microsoft’s gender pay row boss receives $84m package for 2014
Microsoft has given its new boss Satya Nadella a pay package worth 84.3 million dollars.
Buzz off! Illegal drone use a growing issue at sports venues
Long after drones became a key tool for militaries and spy agencies, authorities now realize the threat they can pose to sports events.
Paralysed man walks again after pioneering cell transplant
A Bulgarian man who was paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack can now walk with the aid of a frame after receiving pioneering transplant treatment...
Oscar Pistorius begins five-year jail term - but he may be out in 10 months
Oscar Pistorius has been taken away in a police van with barred windows to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Transgender troops seek end to U.S. military taboo
For Donna Harding, joining the Australian army was a bid to try to suppress what she had known from an early age – she was a girl trapped in a boy’s...
Taliban blast in Kabul kills four Afghan soldiers
At least four Afghan soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack on a bus in the capital.
One budget to rule them all: Cost of making ‘Hobbit’ movies up to $745 million
The movie trilogy “The Hobbit” has so far cost nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars to make as the epic continues to set new benchmarks...
California woman gets stuck in chimney trying to sneak into home
A California woman who tried to sneak into a house through the chimney got stuck and had to be rescued by firefighters, who used dish soap to help extricate...
Antibiotics may help animals spread salmonella
Giving animals antibiotics may make them sicker and could lead some to spread even more salmonella than they would have otherwise, U.S.
South Sudan sexual violence ‘rampant,’ 2-year-old raped: U.N.
Rape and other forms of sexual violence by all sides in South Sudan’s civil war have become so widespread that a 2-year-old child was among the victims,...
'Giant of his time': Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam dies at 98
Gough Whitlam, a flamboyant Australian prime minister and controversial social reformer whose grip on power was cut short by a bitter constitutional crisis,...
Warming Earth heading for hottest year on record
Earth is on pace to tie or even break the mark for the hottest year on record, federal meteorologists say.
Hong Kong protestors set for talks with government as roads remain blocked
Talks between pro-democracy student leaders and the government tonight pose the best chance of a peaceful ending to more than three weeks of demonstrations...
'It's disgusting': Kissing gay couple 'thrown off London bus by angry driver'
Transport chiefs have launched an investigation after a gay couple were reportedly thrown off a bus for kissing.
Nigeria declared Ebola-free as dozens cleared from U.S. watch lists
Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and volunteers helped end an outbreak...
As Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings, some see a political message
A sudden surge in public executions in Saudi Arabia in the last two months has coincided with a U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State.
Japan female ministers resign over cash scandals
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suffered a double setback Monday with the resignations of two female cabinet ministers over claims they misused...
Indiana authorities say serial killer suspect spree dates back decades
Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women whose bodies were found over the weekend said Monday it could be the work of a serial...
Teen arrested in N. France as ‘clown attacks’ spread, terrorizing children
The party is over for a fake clown who received a six-month suspended jail term Monday for threatening passers-by while in full circus garb, a disturbing...
Nigerian elders question Boko Haram ‘ceasefire’ deal
Nigeria’s government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has said, as violence...
Nazis expelled from U.S. were paid millions in Social Security
Dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in payments from the U.S.
Manhattan Project window, Apple-1 computer and Darwin letter up for auction
A working Apple-1 computer, a window from the Manhattan Project’s bomb-development site and a letter from Charles Darwin discussing the details of...
Royal boon: Kate and William’s second child to be born in April 2015
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have confirmed that their second child is due in April next year, Kensington Palace has said.
Turkey U-turn as Iraqi Kurds granted access to beseiged town of Kobane
Turkey has given permission for Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobane in a major policy change on Monday.
Bodies of 7 women found in Indiana after killer confesses
The bodies of seven women have now been found in Indiana, U.S., after a man confessed to killing one woman who was found strangled at a motel and leading...
A Jew, an Arab and an Afghan walk into a comedy club in Los Angeles …
The world-famous Laugh Factory might well be the funniest place in the world—at least for tonight, when the semi-finals of a “World’s Funniest...
Nigeria declared Ebola free after 42 days without a fresh case
Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
20 killed and 30 injured in Bangladesh bus crash
At least 20 people were killed and 30 injured when two buses collided head-on in northern Bangladesh on Monday.
Sweden scours Stockholm waters for ‘damaged Russian submarine’
The Swedish Navy is continuing to scour the seas around Stockholm for a damaged Russian submarine, after an amateur photographer captured a picture of...
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