World News Digest
Police search house, launch sex abuse investigation against Cliff Richard
British police on Thursday searched a house belonging to veteran rock star Cliff Richard in connection with sexual allegations dating back to the 1980s.
Upper-caste convicted killer of India’s ‘Bandit Queen’ gets life sentence
The upper-caste killer of India’s “Bandit Queen” was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for gunning down the outlaw-turned-legislator...
Berlin bans car service Uber over safety concerns
Berlin has banned car service Uber, which allows users to summon a ride on their mobile phones, for not offering drivers and vehicles licensed to carry...
Off to shaky start, Gaza truce holds with a five-day extension
Millions in Gaza and southern Israel on Thursday enjoyed a welcome extension to a temporary truce despite a rocky start that saw a flurry of rocket fire...
Robo-cook: Android-run restaurant electrifies diners in China
A restaurant in China is electrifying customers by using more than a dozen robots to cook and deliver food.
Michael J. Fox teams up with Intel to fight Parkinson’s through smartwatches
Intel Corp plans to use wearable gadgets such as smartwatches to monitor patients with Parkinson’s disease and collect data that can be shared with...
Eurozone recovery hits the buffers as Germany’s economy shrinks
The eurozone recovery ground to a halt in the second quarter after German output shrank and France flatlined, official data showed today.
Steve Jobs’ estate sued by Apple shareholder over ‘unlawful’ hiring deals
The estate of Apple founder Steve Jobs is being sued by one of the company’s shareholders.
What an adorbs listicle! New words added to Oxford Dictionary Online
People binge-watch their favourite dramas, humblebrag about exciting experiences on Facebook and show off some side-boob in revealing clothes, but YOLO...
Newly launched satellite has eagle eye on Earth
The most powerful commercial satellite ever made spent its first evening circling the Earth.
Pilot’s artificial arm ‘became detached while landing plane’
A captain lost control of a passenger plane after his artificial arm became detached as he was coming in for a landing, an accident report has said.
Rescue mission for Iraq’s Yazidis now ‘less likely’ as UN declares emergency
A U.S. mission to evacuate Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain by Sunni militant fighters is far less likely after a U.S.
Tibet’s glaciers at their warmest in 2,000 years
The Tibetan plateau, whose glaciers supply water to hundreds of millions of people in Asia, were warmer over the past 50 years than at any stage in the...
Australian hospital accidentally declares 200 patients dead
An Australian hospital apologised “unreservedly” Thursday after sending out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients telling them they...
Battle of Donetsk: Shells heard in rebel-held city as aid convoy nears border
Heavy shelling has pounded the centre of Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk, as a large Russian aid convoy rumbled towards the border.
Hacker group Anonymous targets cop who shot Missouri teenager
Authorities in Missouri on Thursday stood by their earlier decision to withhold the name of the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager,...
Flock of ancient ‘butterfly headed’ flying reptiles discovered
An ancient flying reptile with a bizarre, butterfly-like head has been unearthed in Brazil.
Cisco to cut another 6,000 jobs as forecast falls flat
Cisco Systems Inc forecast tepid current-quarter results and said it plans to cut another 6,000 jobs as the network equipment-maker works through a transition...
Apple bans use of two chemicals in iPhone assembly
Apple is banning the use of two potentially hazardous chemicals during the final assembly of iPhones and iPads as part of the company’s latest commitment...
Imran Khan leads thousands of anti-government protesters in Pakistan
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered outside the house of Imran Khan on Thursday in preparation of a huge march across the capital,...
Pope calls for peace on Korean Peninsula as Pyongyang fires missiles
Pope Francis has called for renewed efforts to forge peace on the Korean Peninsula as he opened a five-day visit to South Korea with a message of reconciliation,...
Japan’s Kamikaze pilots say war horrors lost on young
Kamikaze pilot Yutaka Kanbe should have died nearly seven decades ago. It was only Tokyo’s surrender on August 15, 1945, that saved him from the...
Snowden: U.S. developed autonomous cyberwar tool, knocked Syria offline
In his latest revelation, former NSA contractor and whistlebower Edward Snowden tells WIRED magazine that the NSA has a secret, autonomous program called...
Vatican gives rare approval to a military action, to protect persecuted in Iraq
Fearing a genocide of Christians, the Vatican has given its approval for U.S. military air strikes in Iraq—a rare exception to its policy of peaceful...
Amid rescue mission talk, Islamic militants grab new weapon: Iraqi wheat
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have overrun large areas in five of Iraq’s most fertile provinces, where the U.N.
'Miraculous' story of survival as Swiss train derailed by landslide
A passenger train derailed into a ravine in a mountainous region of southeastern Switzerland after encountering a mudslide on the tracks, Swiss police...
Fresh strikes follow five-day Gaza truce extension
Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza after being targeted by rocket fire, just as agreement had been reached on extending a truce by five days.
Brazil presidential candidate, six others killed in plane crash
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, a contender to unseat President Dilma Rousseff in October elections, died Wednesday when his campaign...
'Huge' spider photobombs BBC news presenter during morning bulletin
A spider “photobombed” a live BBC news bulletin when it crawled across the screen to catch an insect.
Premier League stars are putting in more effort than ever before, study reveals
Premier League footballers may have never been so well paid—but the latest research shows they are working harder than ever and playing “The Beautiful...
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