World News Digest
Ex-News International boss Brooks cleared in landmark UK phone-hacking trial
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was found not guilty of all charges in Britain’s landmark phone-hacking trial while former colleague...
Mercury rising: Earth smashes record, has hottest May since 1880
Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high-temperature marks, U.S.
World 3.0: Matternet shows a softer, humanitarian side of drones
Drones have gotten a pretty bad reputation. The word conjures up images of war, surveillance and “collateral damage,” which means civilian...
Egypt President Sisi ‘will not interfere’ in Al-Jazeera journalists case
Egypt’s newly elected president has said he will not intervene over the jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists despite international condemnation.
Gunmen kill five in fresh Kenya coast attack
At least five people have been killed in a new attack on Kenya’s coast, officials said Tuesday, one week after some 60 people died in twin massacres...
Who’s the best paid CEO in Japan? The answer may surprise you
Nissan Motor Co. chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn earned more than US$10 million last year, putting him on track to become the best-paid Japan executive...
Pie in the sky: Russia wins pizza delivery drone race
A restaurant in Russia has launched the country’s first-ever pizza delivery service using unmanned flying helicopter drones.
Michael Schumacher’s medical records ‘stolen,’ offered for sale
Medical records purportedly belonging to Michael Schumacher have been stolen and are being touted for sale to the media, it has been claimed.
Bangladeshi Islamist leader faces death sentence for war crimes
Bangladesh’s war crimes court is set to deliver a verdict against the leader of the country’s largest Islamist party, who could face the death...
Apple suppliers to start making larger iPhones next month: Reports
Apple Inc’s suppliers will begin producing larger versions of the iPhone in China next month, Bloomberg reports.
S. Korea’s prime minister-nominee withdraws
South Korea’s prime minister-nominee withdrew from consideration Tuesday following mounting criticism over alleged pro-Japanese remarks he made.
More juice: Famed atom smasher gets twice the energy next year
The world’s largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades.
168 U.S. children rescued during sex-trafficking operation: FBI
The victims, many of whom had never been reported missing, were rescued in the last week as part of an annual nationwide crackdown, the U.S.
Ebola epidemic ‘out of control’ in West Africa, medical aid group says
The Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Sierra Leona and Liberia is “out of control,” says medical charity Doctors without Borders.
World Cup: Brazil, Netherlands storm into knockout phase
Neymar fulfilled Brazil’s expectations to score twice in a 4-1 destruction of Cameroon on Monday.
Syria hands over chemical weapons but doubts over use of chlorine remain
Syria on Monday handed over to Western governments the last of the chemical weapons stockpile that it has acknowledged having, although doubts remain about...
Ni hao, y’all: In reversal, U.S. hinterlands woo Chinese firms
After decades of siphoning jobs from the United States, Chinese companies invested a record $14 billion in the United States last year.
Ceasefire in Ukraine gets new endorsement as Putin phones Obama
Insurgents promised Monday to honor a ceasefire declared by the Ukrainian president and engage in more talks to help resolve the conflict that has left...
U.S. justified drone killing of Americans by saying it was at war with al-Qaida
The Obama administration justified using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas by citing the war against al-Qaida and by saying a surprise...
20 German firefighters sent to rescue U.S. man trapped in stone vagina sculpture
More than 20 firefighters helped deliver an American man from danger after he became trapped inside a giant stone vagina in Germany.
Researchers tracking missing immigrants at U.S. border find mass graves
Researchers say mass graves discovered in a south Texas cemetery contain the bodies of immigrants who died crossing into the U.S.
Jet fighter, military-chartered Learjet collide over Germany, 2 feared dead
Police in Germany say a military-chartered jet has crashed after colliding with a fighter plane.
Eight dead, 12 hurt after explosion at medical school in Nigeria’s Kano city
An explosion at a medical school in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano killed at least eight people and wounded 12, according to police, who blamed...
Group’s lightning advance on Iraq’s capital likely a ‘Sunni war of liberation’
The success of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a terrorist juggernaut that overran four Iraqi army divisions, put much of northern...
Pie in the sky: Unmanned flying drones delivering pizza in Russia
A restaurant in Russia has launched the country’s first-ever pizza delivery service using unmanned flying helicopter drones.
Movie star Lindsay Lohan ‘streaked naked around London store’
Lindsay Lohan has reportedly shocked onlookers during a recent shopping trip to Selfridges by wandering around naked in the changing area.
Scientists baffled after mysterious ‘magic island’ appears on Saturn’s moon
A mysterious “magic island” has appeared out of nowhere in radar images of a hydrocarbon sea on Saturn’s giant moon, Titan.
Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy ‘to be freed’
A woman sentenced to death after being accused of converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison, according to her lawyer.
South Korean army captures runaway soldier who killed five comrades
The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days...
Apple, Google, Samsung race for first wearable blood sugar monitor
Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc., searching for applications that could turn nascent wearable technology like smartwatches and bracelets...
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