World News Digest
High time: First marijuana farmers market in Los Angeles opens
Medical marijuana users in Los Angeles will now be able to buy pot directly from a farmers market the same say they purchase fresh fruit and vegetables.
'i' in the sky: Science students launch iPhone into space
A team of students of Giles Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, have filmed Earth from space using a helium balloon and an iPhone.
Ex-boxing world champion Amir Khan arrested over assaults in the UK
Former boxing world champion Amir Khan has been arrested on suspicion of two assaults in Bolton.
Ukraine attempts crisis talks again as fighting rages and death toll mounts
Ukraine has proposed a time and a place for talks on Saturday on reaching a durable ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels and is awaiting a reply, as fighting...
World stocks hold at all-time high after bumper week
World stocks were enjoying the view at an all-time high on Friday, lifted by a week of strong U.S.
Tough talk: Iraq’s al-Maliki vows to stay on as PM and fight Sunni militants
Despite mounting pressure to step aside, Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki vowed Friday not to abandon his bid for another term as prime minister and pledged...
Shattered dreams: Brazil shocked, angered by Neymar’s World Cup injury
The loss of their star player has dented Brazil’s chances of winning a record-extending sixth World Cup, and first on home soil, and left Brazilians...
75 years after Gehrig’s ‘Luckiest man’ speech, ALS cure remains elusive
It’s been 75 years since Lou Gehrig said goodbye to baseball, declaring himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth” despite a diagnose that...
Ukraine says Russia lets rebels attack from its side, proposes more talks
Russia is letting separatist rebels use its territory to attack Ukrainian border posts, a top security official charged Friday as clashes in southeastern...
Germany arrests suspected double agent allegedly feeding secrets to U.S.
An employee of Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, two lawmakers with knowledge...
New frozen Earth-like planet could help find alien life, astronomers claim
A frozen Earth-like planet circling just one of a pair of stars has greatly improved the prospects of finding extra-terrestrial life, astronomers claim.
France and Germany down tools ahead of World Cup quarter final
Europe’s two largest economies slipped into low gear on Friday as workers in Germany and France skipped shifts or put up TV screens to watch the...
Skateboard replaces squad car as U.S. cop connects with local youths
A police officer in Wisconsin, America, has come up with an unusual way to connect with youngsters in his precinct - by trading in his patrol car for a...
Eerie new footage inside Costa Concordia as workers prepare to refloat liner
Italian police have released startling new video showing the interior of the sunken liner Costa Concordia.
BBC entertainer Rolf Harris jailed for more than five years for sex attacks
Shamed BBC entertainer Rolf Harris has been sentenced to five years and nine months behind bars for a string of sex attacks against young girls.
Clashes in Jerusalem as thousands turn out for Palestinian teen’s funeral
Israeli police clashed with hundreds of Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem as an Arab teenager, who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists,...
Female driver Wolff makes F1 history at British Grand Prix - but only for 20mins
Susie Wolff became the first woman driver in 22 years to take part in a Formula One race weekend on Friday - but her involvement in the British Grand Prix...
CCTV ‘shows murdered Palestinian teenager being abducted’
CCTV footage which purports to show the moment a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped before being killed has been obtained by Sky News.
Ex-editor Coulson gets 18 months for phone hacking
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s former media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months on Friday for being complicit in widespread phone-hacking...
Hurricane Arthur: Thousands without power after storm makes landfall
Hurricane Arthur began moving offshore and away from North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday after slashing into the state’s barrier islands...
Scientists say fish may be eating ocean plastic waste
Scientists are concerned that hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic waste floating in the ocean is being eaten by fish.
United Kingdom had plans to train and equip 100,000 Syrian rebels: BBC
Britain had planned to train and equip a 100,000-strong rebel army to defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad according to a report by the BBC.
Some like it hot: Patients set alight in China
For some in China, playing with fire is a treatment for illness. So-called “fire therapy”, in which a therapist pours alcohol over a patient...
Brazil police say Fifa official connected to $100m ticket scam
Police on Thursday have said a Fifa official is involved in a $100m ticket scandal.
With one eye on Washington, China plots its own Asia “pivot”
The Silk Road, an obscure Kazakh-inspired security forum and a $50 billion Asian infrastructure bank are just some of the disparate elements in an evolving...
Protests hit Egypt on ouster anniversary
Nearly 200 people have been arrested in Egypt in a crackdown after a series of demonstrations and small bombings marked the anniversary of the ouster of...
One dead, 19 injured as road collapses on bus in Brazilian World Cup host city
An overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a Brazilian World Cup host city, killing at least one person and trapping a commuter bus, two construction...
Prayers answered: Former monk wins $259 million in lottery
Roy Cockrum once lived a life of poverty, but winning Tennessee’s largest every Powerball jackpot has changed everything for the former monk.
Hurricane Arthur batters North Carolina coast
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength as it made landfall near the southern end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
The Kurdish push for independence is a big problem for Baghdad
In the past month, the Kurdish military has already seized the oil city of Kirkuk and other territory it’s long sought as part of an independent...
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