World News Digest
Beijing marathoners don face masks to battle smog
Despite heavy pollution blanketing Beijing on Sunday, the 34th Beijing International Marathon went ahead – with face masks and sponges among the equipment...
Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west
Hurricane Ana was on course Saturday to miss Hawaii while generating strong winds and heavy rains that prompted flash-flood warnings and lured surfers...
Bolivian President Evo Morales wins reelection with 61 per cent
President Evo Morales swept to a third term with 61 per cent of the vote, electoral officials said in confirming the result.
Puppy-sized spider surprises scientist in rainforest
Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot.
Bishops toss gay welcome as Rome mayor recognizes same-sex marriages
Catholic bishops have scrapped their landmark welcome to gays, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart...
Canada to send experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO as cases develop
Canada will start shipping its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization on Monday.
Nepal trekking tragedy sees death toll climb to 39, many still missing
The number of people killed in a devastating snowstorm in Nepal’s Himalayas climbed to 39 on Saturday, in the worst trekking disaster ever to hit...
Suspected Boko Haram fighters continue to terrorize Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed several people in two attacks on Nigerian villages that occurred after the government announced a ceasefire...
U.S.-led coalition slams new IS targets in Syria, Iraq
U.S. war planes struck more than two dozen times in Syria and Iraq on Friday and Saturday, hitting Islamic State jihadists and oil infrastructure they...
Dozens dead in Yemen as advancing Shiite rebels fight Sunnis
Shiite rebels sweeping across Yemen met deadly resistance from both Sunni tribesmen and Al-Qaeda Saturday as they pushed south into mainly Sunni areas...
Serbian PM condemns continued attacks on Albanians after football row
Serbia’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday condemned a spate of attacks on Albanian-owned businesses in the three days since a football match...
Paris vandals pull the plug on ‘sex’ sculpture
A giant inflatable green sculpture was reduced to a flaccid heap on one of Paris’s swankiest squares on Saturday after vandals attacked the work...
Millions in Germany stranded as railway starts biggest strike since 2008
Millions of passengers were left stranded across Germany on Saturday after train drivers began a 50-hour strike that halted two thirds of long-distance...
U.S. woman jailed for failing to mow the lawn
If you were looking for motivation to mow your lawn, this might do the trick: a resident of Lenoir City, Tennessee, just spent the night in jail for failing...
Talks slated for Tuesday as Hong Kong protestors retake streets
Hong Kong will begin talks with pro-democracy protesters on Tuesday, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said today, after police clashed with about 9,000 demonstrators...
Women and children ‘hacked to death’ in DR Congo town
At least 22 people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after...
Ebola outbreak ‘over in Senegal’ as Nigeria approaches all-clear
The U.N. health agency officially declared an end Friday to the Ebola outbreak in Senegal, a rare bit of good news amid the public outcry and fear over...
Ferguson policeman who shot dead teen ‘feared for his life’
The police officer who shot dead Michael Brown in the US town of Ferguson says he was pinned in his vehicle and struggling over his gun with the black...
South Korean official in apparent suicide after concert tragedy
A South Korean official handling safety measures at a concert where 16 people died apparently committed suicide hours after the tragedy which happened...
Indonesia’s new president issues a blunt warning to Tony Abbott
Indonesia’s incoming president Joko Widodo has promised a tough approach to issues of sovereignty and issued a blunt warning to Tony Abbott, stating...
Top secret space plane returns to Earth after two-year mission
The U.S. military’s top-secret version of the space shuttle has completed a nearly two-year-long classified mission.
It can happen to anyone: Obama’s credit card declined at restaurant
Apparently, even the president of the United States can have trouble with his credit card.
U.S. company sells out of Ebola toys
In what some may be tempted to call the least tasteful advertising campaign in the history of marketing, a website called Giant Microbes, which promotes...
Philippine militants release two German hostages: military
Two Germans held hostage by Islamic militants on remote southern Philippine islands for six months were released on Friday, the Philippine military said.
In blow to PM Abe, Japan trade minister to resign over funds scandal
In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s newly appointed trade and industry minister plans to resign following reports that some of her support...
Hurricane Gonzalo scores direct hit on Bermuda
The eyewall of Hurricane Gonzalo made a direct hit on Bermuda on Friday evening, knocking out power to 80 per cent of the island’s electrical grid...
Mexico arrests drug gang leader in missing students case
Mexican authorities announced the arrest of the “maximum leader” of a drug gang accused of colluding with crooked police in the disappearance...
Dubai police slam fast food chain for ‘drink and drive’ Facebook post
When someone says you shouldn’t “drink and drive,” do you take that to mean you shouldn’t drive drunk, or that you actually shouldn’t...
Hong Kong protesters fight police to retake Mongkok camp, over 25 arrested
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed violently with police Saturday as they reoccupied a protest camp mostly cleared the previous day, leading...
UK police to probe Thailand tourist murders
British police officers are to travel to Thailand to help investigate the murders of tourists David Miller and Hannah Witheridge.
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