World News Digest
Multiple bomb attacks in and around Baghdad leave 47 dead
Bombings and a mortar strike in Shi’ite Muslim parts of Baghdad and in the rural belt south of the capital killed at least 47 people on Thursday...
Global markets tumble to four-year low on fears of new economic slowdown
The sharpest decline in European stocks since 2011 has been followed by a second day of volatile trading as investors flee risk because of global economic...
UK to deploy Reaper drones in Iraq as battle against IS intensifies
Britain is to use Reaper drones over Iraq as part of the battle against Islamic State militants (IS).
Putin warns U.S. not to ‘blackmail’ Russia over Ukraine crisis
President Vladimir Putin has warned Washington that a spat between nuclear powers over the Ukraine crisis could threaten global stability and said in remarks...
Plane quarantined in Madrid after passenger displays Ebola symptoms
An Air France plane has been isolated at an airport in Madrid after a patient was reported to have a fever and shivers.
Find My iPhone, find me: App guides rescuers to woman trapped in ravine
A driver who crashed into a remote ravine and was left stranded for 17 hours was discovered after police used the Find My iPhone app to pinpoint her smartphone’s...
A clipboard but no hazmat suit: The mystery man with the U.S. Ebola nurse
A man has been spotted helping a nurse in the U.S. with Ebola board a flight to a specialist unit - without wearing a hazmat suit or indeed any protective...
Hitman’s ‘obscenities’ drive tearful Pistorius’ sister from court
Oscar Pistorius’ sister left his sentencing hearing in tears on Thursday after a self-confessed hitman was accused of mouthing obscenities at her.
Apple expected to unveil new iPads and iMacs at launch event
Technology giant Apple is expected to introduce two new updated iPads today. It was only a month ago that Apple chief executive Tim Cook took to the stage...
How I Met Your Oscar? Neil Patrick Harris to host Academy Awards
How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris is to present next year’s Oscars ceremony, the awards’ organisers have announced.
Too heavy to hop: Extinct giant Kangaroo walked on two feet
They roamed Australia while mammoths and Neanderthals lived in Europe - and it now seems they did so by putting one heavy foot in front of the other.
Taiwan considers permanent armed ships for disputed island
Taiwan is considering stationing armed vessels permanently on a disputed South China Sea island, officials said, a move bound to renew friction in a region...
Hurricane Gonzalo takes aim at Bermuda
People on the small British territory of Bermuda are hurrying to batten down for Hurricane Gonzalo, which is churning toward them as a major Category 3...
Nepal blizzard death toll rises to 20 after eight more bodies found
Nepal army rescuers in helicopters spotted eight more bodies of trekkers along a mountain trail that was buried in avalanches and blizzards, raising the...
Million-dollar Florida home with ocean view goes up…on the wrong lot
Florida builder Robbie Richmond of Keystone Homes was left bewildered after constructing a million-dollar, ocean view home on the wrong lot, authorities...
Ebola deaths near 4,500 as virus spreads in West Africa
A total of 4,493 people have died from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, and the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is deteriorating,...
Hong Kong police use pepper spray amid anger over beating of protestor
Hong Kong police used pepper spray early on Thursday to stop pro-democracy protesters from blocking a major road near the office of the city’s chief...
Expecto patronum! Three new J.K. Rowling wizard movies due from 2016
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is working on three new wizard-based movies to be released starting in 2016, studio giant Warner Bros announced Wednesday.
Time Warner to launch HBO as streaming broadband service
Viewers longing to watch “Game of Thrones”, “True Detective” and “Veep” will no longer have to pay big bucks for cable...
Down with the kids: First Lady turn(ips) Lil Jon
So what will Michelle Obama turn out for? Turns out it’s a turnip. Video of the first lady dancing with a turnip has gone viral after the White House...
US, coalition continue numerous strikes on IS in operation ‘Inherent Resolve’
US aircrafts carried out 18 strikes on Islamic State positions near the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani and five strikes against the group in Iraq...
Google unveils Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet
Google is coming out with bigger, more expensive versions of its Nexus phone and tablet to attract more of the affluent consumers who faithfully buy each...
Ebola intensifies worldwide travel fears, precautions
Ebola could spread globally if the world does not respond to the epidemic in Africa, Barack Obama has warned.
Islamic State ‘retreating’ in key Syria town of Kobane as airstrikes continue
Islamic State (IS) militants are retreating in parts of the strategic Syrian town of Kobane, a Kurdish official has said.
Europe’s space agency sets time, place for ‘risky’ comet landing
The European Space Agency has confirmed the time and place it will attempt to land the first spacecraft on a comet.
As 2nd U.S. nurse with Ebola identified, worldwide fears spread about travel
A second health care worker in Texas tested positive for Ebola, U.S. officials said Wednesday, as concerns mounted worldwide over the possibility that...
Putin’s tiger ventures across Chinese border and ‘raids henhouse’
A rare Siberian tiger, released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a remote part of the Amur region in May, has strayed across the border...
Hotel guest arrested for ‘aggressively mopping’ lobby floor
Police have arrested a man for mopping a hotel floor too “aggressively” in Bristol, Connecticut.
Prostitutes, drugs and black market cigarettes lift Italy out of recession
Italy today learnt it was no longer in a recession thanks to a change in data calculations across the European Union which includes illegal economic activities...
Controversial Ebola suits this year’s ‘most wanted’ Halloween costume
Emergency protection gear seems set to be all the rage for Halloween this year as the world struggles to get to grips with the Ebola crisis.
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