World News Digest
Batman bargain: Creator Bob Kane’s personal comics up for auction
Batman creator Bob Kane’s personal copy’s of the Dark Knight’s earliest adventures will be put up for auction.
In Canada, cancer fight puts focus on lack of minorities on stem-cell lists
A Quebec woman’s desperate online plea for a compatible stem-cell donor is bringing light to the issue of a lack of minority donors.
As anti-West rhetoric surges in Russia, plug pulled on ‘last independent TV show’
A program seen as Russia’s last independent show on mainstream television has been taken off the air amid an upsurge in anti-Western rhetoric, in...
Obama hosts Africa summit with an eye on legacy
President Barack Obama is gathering nearly 50 African heads of state in Washington for an unprecedented summit aimed in part at building his legacy on...
German police shut down motorway to rescue elderly man on bicycle
German police rescued an 83-year-old man pushing his bicycle in the middle of a motorway on Saturday after he gave up trying to cycle to Luxembourg to...
Sierra Leone athletes face Ebola fears as they return from Commonwealth Games
Several members of Sierra Leone’s Commonwealth Games team are afraid to return home because of the outbreak of Ebola, it has been reported.
Former CNN hosts Larry King and Piers Morgan trade jabs
An interview with a Buffalo radio station has sparked a war of words between former CNN prime-time stars Larry King and Piers Morgan.
Botox maker sues billionaire hedge fund manager over ‘fraudulent’ takeover bid
Billionaire investor William Ackman (pictured above) is in hot water with the Botox maker Allergan that claims his hedge fund, Pershing Square, colluded...
Libya parliament holds emergency meeting as evacuations continue
Libya is descending into a civil war spiral that is “much worse” than the unrest that toppled its dictator Muammer Qadhafi in 2011, residents...
Oh, snap: Team USA basketball player suffers brutal leg break on court
On a night that was intended to mark the return of Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose from a devastating knee injury, Pacers All-Star Paul George suffered...
Brother of Oscar Pistorius in ICU after head-on collision
The 29-year-old brother of South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius has been badly injured in a head-on collision but his life is...
More than 30 Palestinians killed as search for missing Israeli soldier continues
Israel launched dozens of airstrikes Saturday in the southern Gaza Strip as part of a large-scale search for a soldier Israel suspects was captured by...
Homeward bound: American volunteers with Ebola evacuated to Atlanta
Two Americans infected with Ebola in West Africa will be evacuated back to the United States today to be cared for in strict isolation.
Deadly Nepal landslide blocks river, sparking fear of flash floods
Eight people are confirmed dead and many are missing after a massive landslide in northern Nepal.
Blessing or curse? New lake appears in Tunisia’s desert
Hundreds of swimmers have been flocking to a mysterious new lake in the Gafsa region of southern Tunisia.
Rare whale fossil pulled from California backyard
A search-and-rescue team pulled a rare half-ton whale fossil from a Southern California backyard Friday.
Australia sends asylum-seekers to Nauru, as India offer refused
Some 157 asylum-seekers who were detained at sea for weeks by Australia have been sent to the Pacific island of Nauru after rejecting a return to India,...
Israel looks for missing soldier; Hamas says he may have been killed
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday it had no clear indication on the whereabouts of an Israeli soldier that Israel...
Married British couples ‘keeping secrets’
The secrets kept by the 2,175 married Britons included in the study ranged from infidelity to money troubles to keeping pornography, and the results show...
At least 65 dead and 120 injured by blast at Chinese metal factory
An explosion has killed 68 people and injured 187 at a Chinese factory that makes wheels for US carmakers, including General Motors.
Baby with Down’s syndrome abandoned in Thailand
A Thai surrogate mother has received about $100,000 in donations to care for her baby after his Australian parents refused to take him when they found...
Facebook under fire: Student starts global class action suit
Austrian law student Max Schrems appealed to a billion Facebook users around the world on Friday to join a class-action lawsuit against Facebook’s...
Microsoft sues Samsung alleging contract breach
Microsoft has sued Samsung in U.S. federal court, claiming the South Korean giant had breached a contract over licensing of technology used in the fiercely...
Tropical Storm Bertha dumps heavy rain in eastern Caribbean
Tropical Storm Bertha swirled through the eastern Caribbean on Friday as it unleashed heavy rains and strong winds in the region, knocking out power on...
Why the PC still matters
The PC is not dead, at least not yet, despite the rising popularity of tablets, “phablets” and smartphones - large and small.
Obama says of CIA after September 11 attacks, ‘We tortured some folks’
President Barack Obama somberly warned Friday that a forthcoming Senate Intelligence Committee report will show that the United States “tortured some...
With ‘Iron Dome’ bill, U.S. shows it has Israel’s back; Gazans say war must go on
The U.S. Senate on Friday rushed through a $225 million bill to replenish Israel’s missile defense system, and House approval was expected in the...
Uganda court scraps new anti-gay law, but advocates vow to press on
Uganda’s constitutional court on Friday overturned tough new anti-gay laws that had been branded draconian and “abominable” by rights...
Pumped up pork: Sportswear company Reebok now sells bacon
While the cult of CrossFit was busy praying to the Paleo Diet gods for pure, unprocessed bacon, sportswear maker Reebok was listening in from the nave.
French hospital to open wine bar to cheer up terminally ill
The French have long been famed for their unshakeable belief in the health benefits of a glass of wine.
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