World News Digest

Taiwan plane crash toll hits 48, officials defend flight clearance
Taiwanese officials defended flight clearance given to a plane which crashed while trying to land during stormy weather, killing 48 people, as sobbing...
Record-seeking teen pilot dies in ocean crash, father missing
A U.S. teenager who was attempting to set a record for an around-the-world flight was killed when his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
China probes hundreds of firms, restaurants as food safety scare spreads
China’s food regulator has visited 581 restaurants, businesses and food distributors as it investigates a fast-spreading food safety scare that has...
First MH17 bodies arrive in grieving Netherlands
Victims of the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine returned at last Wednesday to Dutch soil in 40 wooden coffins, solemnly and gently carried to...
Silence for Malaysia jet victims at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
The 298 victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash were remembered at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a minute’s silence.
Chew on this: India doctors extract 232 teeth from teen’s mouth
Doctors in Mumbai, India, took seven hours to remove 232 teeth from the mouth of a teenager.
UN: Israel assault in Gaza may be war crime
Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip could amount to war crimes, UN rights chief Navi Pillay said, as Israel continued pounding Gaza for a...
Venezuela’s world-famous ‘vertical slum’ may be demolished
An abandoned Caracas skyscraper dubbed the world’s tallest shanty-town after a squatters’ takeover could be demolished once its inhabitants...
More than 40 dead after crash of TransAsia flight in typhoon-hit Taiwan
At first, there were no immediate reports of casualties on the ground after the plane smashed into houses in the village of Sisi, a couple of kilometres...
The power of the Dark Side: Darth Vader more popular than White House hopefuls
Darth Vader is more popular than President Barack Obama, Congress and every single 2016 presidential hopeful as of Wednesday.
U.S. scientists begin mapping interior of Mount St. Helens volcano
A series of explosions set off by a team of scientists were expected to rattle Washington state’s Mount St.
'National hero' chief Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone struck with deadly virus
The head doctor fighting an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, one of a growing list of medical workers...
Two bomb blasts in Nigeria’s Kaduna city kill 82; ex-leader targeted
At least 82 people were killed Wednesday in two bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna targeting opposition leader and former President Muhammadu...
Hamas calls ban on flights to Israel a ‘great victory’ as U.S. extends restrictions
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday extended a ban on U.S. airline flights to Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport by an additional...
Ukraine says pro-Russia rebels shot down two fighter jets
Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on Wednesday, not far from where a Malaysian airliner was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine,...
Up to 51 feared dead in Taiwan plane crash during emergency landing
A TransAsia Airlines plane has made an emergency landing in Taiwan killing 51 people and injuring seven.
Chinese city sealed off from rest of country after man, 38, dies of bubonic plague
A city in China has been sealed off after a man died of bubonic plague. None of the tens of thousands of people who live in Yumen, in northwestern Gansu...
Usain Bolt among world stars at ‘spectacular’ Commonwealth Games
The eyes of the world will fall on Glasgow today when the opening ceremony of the 20th Commonwealth Games takes place.
Nigerian president vows to free missing schoolgirls after meeting their parents
President Goodluck Jonathan has met for the first time some of the parents of 219 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and dozens of classmates who managed to...
Apple’s court battle with 20,000 workers ‘denied breaks and not given wages’
A court case against Apple by 20,000 disgruntled ex-employees has been granted class-action status.
Italy’s giant cruise wreck begins final voyage as survivors look on
Italy’s Costa Concordia will set sail on its final voyage Wednesday as survivors look on, two and a half years after the luxury cruise ship crashed...
S. Korean police slammed over ferry tycoon’s body
South Korea’s police force was ridiculed and branded as incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive...
Suicide car bomb kills 23 in north Baghdad
A suicide driver has rammed his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 23 people.
Finally home: MH17 victims’ bodies arrive in Eindhoven from crash site
The bodies of some of the first victims recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have returned to the Netherlands from the crash site in eastern...
UN human rights chief: Israel ‘could be guilty of Gaza war crimes’
There is a “strong possibility” Israel is violating international law in Gaza, the U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights has said.
China food safety scandal: Violations ‘were company-led’
Five employees of a company accused of selling expired beef and chicken to McDonald’s, KFC and other restaurants were detained by police Wednesday...
Tuned out: Google put off buying Spotify because of $10bn price tag
Internet titan Google tried last year to buy streaming music service Spotify but backed off for reasons including a whopping price tag.
U.S.: MH17 investigation shows no evidence of direct link to Russia
Senior U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight...
In three months since kidnappings, 11 parents of Nigeria’s abducted girls die
Nearly a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.
Indonesia’s president-elect calls for national unity after divisive election
Indonesia’s president-elect Joko Widodo has called for his nation to put the divisive election behind it as he prepares to take office.

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