World News Digest
Declassified docs show U.S. military once planned spying base on the moon
The United States military once made plans to build a surveillance station on the moon, newly declassified documents reveal.
Protection from poachers: South African park considers evacuating rhino
South Africa’s Kruger National Park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the flagship wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them...
China food scandal as McDonald’s and KFC provider is shut
China has shut a factory of U.S. food provider OSI Group for selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald’s and KFC, authorities...
Roller-skating instructor due in Indian court over ‘rape’ of schoolgirl, 6
A roller-skating instructor is due in court later accused of raping a 6-year-old girl at a school in India.
AIDS circumcision campaign lifted by new evidence
A campaign to encourage circumcision among men in sub-Saharan Africa to help protect them against the AIDS virus was backed by new research on Monday showing...
Cambodians protest Vietnam land dispute; political rivals hold fresh talks
Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties say their leaders will hold a fresh round of talks to end a yearlong political deadlock after last year’s...
Dunga poised to take second bite of Selecao cherry; tipped as new man for Brazil
Brazil’s new coach will be unveiled at a news conference on Tuesday after Luiz Felipe Scolari’s resignation.
Typhoon Matmo on course to strike Taiwan
A major storm that is forecast to become a severe typhoon is churning its way across the South China Sea on a path that could see it strike Taiwan as soon...
Likely loser in Indonesia presidential election says won’t accept result yet
Former military strongman Prabowo Subianto has indicated he will not accept the likely result of the Indonesian presidential election and has called into...
Iran completes process of eliminating enriched uranium
Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear arms into more harmless forms, the U.N.
Putin ‘on side of the devil’ as crash site is ‘blocked by rebels’
Ukraine’s prime minister has said Vladimir Putin is “on the side of the devil” as he reiterated Kiev’s view that Russia had a clear...
British Open glory for mighty Rory McElroy
Rory McIlroy didn’t just make his father proud today when he won the British Open at Hoylake, he made him much richer too.
New York police officer stripped of gun and badge after fatal chokehold
A New York City police officer involved in the arrest of a man who died after being placed in a chokehold has been stripped of his gun and badge, and placed...
Snowden seeks to develop anti-surveillance technologies
Edward Snowden, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked details of major U.S.
Hollywood’s original ‘Maverick,’ James Garner, dead at 86
American screen legend James Garner, who co-starred in “The Great Escape” (1963) with Steve McQueen, has died at the age of 86.
At least four killed as Islamists mount attack on Libyan airport
Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for control, killing at least four people...
'Smell of death': Israeli attack leads to deadliest day of conflict
At least 50 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli shelling in a Gaza neighbourhood ahead of a meeting aimed at ending the nearly two-week conflict.
New Peru law removes environmental safeguards to ‘bolster investment’
Dozens of international groups, the United Nations, and even Peru’s own citizen ombudsman are objecting to a new law that weakens environmental protections...
Malaysia Airlines retires MH17 flight number
Malaysia Airline says it is retiring the flight number of the plane that was shot down over Ukraine.
Armed Russian rebels load MH17 passengers’ remains onto trains in Torez
Armed pro-Russian separatists have reportedly forced emergency workers to hand over all of the 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site.
It’s not resting, it’s dead: Monty Python’s final show
The remaining members of Monty Python will reunite on stage tonight for the last of their farewell shows, which will be screened in cinemas around the...
Video of child beating boy in Lebanon goes viral
Lebanon has ordered an investigation into horrific video footage of a small child beating a boy while being urged on by adults.
Legendary New Orleans jazz musician Lionel Ferbos dies at 103
Centenarian jazz musician Lionel Ferbos died Saturday at his home in New Orleans, just days after celebrating his 103rd birthday on July 17 with friends...
Angry protesters rally over police inaction after 6-year-old raped at Bangalore school
Thousands of people angry over alleged police inaction after a 6-year-old girl was raped at her school in southern India rallied Saturday, demanding authorities...
Propaganda war on MH17: Russia edits Wikipedia entry, conspiracy theories mount
State-controlled Russian media has proposed a series of conspiracy theories on the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17, as the propaganda war over...
Tobacco company told to pay widow of cancer patient $23.6 billion
A U.S. court has ordered the country’s second-largest cigarette company to pay $23.6 billion to the wife of a smoker who died of lung cancer.
Melbourne AIDS conference vows to honor colleagues killed in plane downing
Delegates at a global AIDS conference which started in Melbourne on Sunday, vowed to renew efforts to end the deadly disease in honour of the commitment...
On the decline: HIV diagnosis rate fell by third in U.S. over past decade
The rate of HIV infections diagnosed in the United States each year fell by one-third over the past decade, a government study finds.
As wave of bombs rocks Baghdad, ancient Christian population of Mosul flees
The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia...
For Obama, foreign crises grow more challenging
The cascade of overseas developments comes as the American public’s views about President Barack Obama’s foreign policy have soured, turning...
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