World News Digest
British hostage being held in Libya released by Army of Islam
A British teacher held hostage by militants in Libya has been released and reunited with his family, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Coming soon: Bio-engineered penis transplants
Penises grown in laboratories could soon be tested on men by scientists developing technology to help people with congenital abnormalities, or who have...
North tells South: There is ‘no problem’ with Korean leader Kim Jong Un
A senior North Korean official has denied reports that the country’s leader Kim Jong Un is ill, saying there is “no problem at all,”...
Brazil goes to polls today after dramatic campaign season
Brazilians go to the ballot box today in a national election where President Dilma Rousseff says her top challengers threaten social gains achieved during...
Biden apologises to Erdogan over remarks
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologised Saturday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was angry over comments in which Biden said Erdogan had...
Scientists develop world’s first ‘solar battery’
Scientists have recently developed world’s first ‘solar battery’ that runs on light and air.
Pakistan bars relief goods to flood-hit Indian Kashmir
Pakistan on Saturday barred activists from taking relief goods intended for flood victims to the border of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Jihadists pound key Syrian town after beheading Briton
Kurdish fighters supported by US-led air strikes held back Islamic State militants attacking the Syrian border town of Kobane on Saturday, amid an international...
Eiffel Tower’s new glass floor aims to turn heads…downward
A much-anticipated facelift of the Eiffel Tower will be unveiled Monday with a new glass floor to dizzy the millions of tourists who flock to Paris’s...
Warning to disperse renews ardor of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters held a peace rally in central Hong Kong in defiance of recent attacks against their ranks, as students early...
U.S. hospital retracts explanation for missed, now-critical Ebola diagnosis
The Texas hospital that failed to initially identify and isolate the country’s first Ebola patient in its emergency room is now backtracking on its explanation...
Close encounters of a third kind: Canada helps in search for extraterrestrials
Canada is contributing to create a new space telescope that one scientist says will up the search for extraterrestrial life.
Former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier dies
Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, who ruled the impoverished Caribbean nation from 1971 until his ouster in 1986,...
Scientists uncover 14,300-year-old human faeces in Oregon cave
Archaeologists have found the earliest DNA evidence of human habitation in North America at a cave in Oregon’s high desert.
Gold expected to drop next week on U.S. dollar strength
As many as 16 of 26 analysts polled in a Kitco Gold Survey said they expected gold prices to trade lower next week, while seven predicted that prices will...
Arson attack suspected after fire at South Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque
South Africa’s controversial first gay-friendly mosque, which also allows Christian worshippers and women to lead prayers, was damaged by a fire...
Hong Kong protesters scrap talks as government issues ultimatum
Hong Kong student leaders have called off talks with the government aimed at bringing an end to mass pro-democracy rallies, accusing police of failing...
Bitcoin is ‘better than currency’, says Bill Gates
After remaining mostly mum on Bitcoin, Microsoft’s legendary co-founder Bill Gates has thrown his weight behind the controversial cryptocash – at least...
Sebastian Vettel to leave Red Bull for Ferrari as McLaren beckons Alonso
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said on Saturday that his shock decision to leave Red Bull at the end of the season had come from the heart,...
British PM vows to ‘hunt down’ Alan Henning’s murderers
David Cameron has promised to hunt down the terrorist murderers of the aid worker Alan Henning after jihadists posted video of him being beheaded online.
Four more bodies recovered from Japanese volcano as typhoon nears
Authorities found four more bodies on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano Saturday as they resumed a search stalled by heavy rain, but a typhoon threatened...
U.S. judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes
A federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner being forcibly removed from his cell...
N. Korean officials make rare visit to South as Kim Jong Un questions swirl
Isolated North Korea sent its highest level delegation to South Korea on Saturday to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony amid a flurry of diplomatic...
Hit the road: ‘Top Gear’ crew flees Argentina after number plate gaffe
A crew from the popular BBC television programme “Top Gear” has left an Argentine province after being denied permission to film by local authorities...
Indonesians snap up ‘luxury’ cows for Muslim Eid festival
Every year ahead of the Muslim feast of sacrifice, a showroom in Indonesia swaps cars for hulking cows costing up to US$25,000 each, seeking to lure a...
Ivory poaching could wipe out elephants and rhinos ‘by 2034’
Elephants and rhinos could be extinct within two decades, campaigners are warning ahead of marches across the world to call for greater protection for...
Marriott fined $600,000 for blocking guests’ Wi-Fi
Marriott International will pay a $600,000 fine for jamming conference attendees’ own Wi-Fi networks at its Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention...
For the first time, a woman has given birth after receiving a womb transplant
In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.
For bumiputera Christians, ‘Allah’ ban akin to cultural ‘genocide’, says archbishop
Malaysia’s persistence in refusing non-Muslim Malaysians the right to use the word “Allah” is tantamount to the systematic destruction of the language...
Danish scientists create crystal to enable breathing under water
Bulky oxygen tanks and face masks could soon no longer be needed to be able to breathe underwater, thanks to the creation of the “Aquaman Crystal”...
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