World News Digest
Iran digs in heels on nuclear centrifuges at Vienna talks - envoys
Talks in the Austrian capital between Iran and the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany look unlikely to yield the desired result...
No wizard: Dr. Oz scolded by senators for ‘miracle’ weight loss claims
A U.S. Senate panel probing bogus diet product ads took celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to task on Tuesday for touting weight loss products on his syndicated...
Why Spain isn’t panicking before must-win match against Chile
Andres Iniesta says Spain needs to approach Wednesday’s clash against Chile as if it were “a final” if they are to get their World Cup...
SpaceX hopes to shuttle humans to Mars by 2024
SpaceX’s Elon Musk says his private space transport company hopes to shuttle humans to a settlement on Mars in the next 10 to 12 years.
Afghan election in peril over Abdullah’s fraud claims
Afghan presidential election candidate Abdullah Abdullah has called for a halt to vote-counting over fraud allegations.
Nokia ‘blackmailed for millions of euros’ by hackers
Nokia paid several million euros to criminals who threatened to sabotage its smartphone operating system, it has been reported.
DiCaprio donates $7m to prevent oceans turning into ‘massive dead zones’
Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $7m toward protecting the oceans after witnessing “environmental devastation firsthand.” The Hollywood star told...
First prisoners executed in U.S. since botched lethal injection
Two death row prisoners have been executed in the U.S.—the first since the botched lethal injection of an inmate in April.
Japan bans possession of child porn—but not sexually explicit manga comics
Japan’s parliament voted on Wednesday to outlaw possession of child pornography after years of international calls for a crackdown, but avoided a...
Iraqis urged to stand up to militants as battle rages at country’s biggest refinery
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has gone on television to urge Iraqis to unite against the militants as a battle rages at the country’s biggest...
32 missing and 5 dead as migrants’ boat sinks in Malaysia
A wooden boat carrying 97 Indonesian migrants capsized and sank after leaving Malaysia’s west coast, and rescuers scrambled to save 32 people still...
Boy finds man’s mummified body in closet of abandoned house
The mummified remains of Edward Brunton were found hanging in an empty property in Dayton, Ohio.
Ebola virus kills at least four in Liberia’s capital
At least four people have died from Ebola in Liberia’s capital, a World Health Organization (WHO) and a government official said on Tuesday, the...
Nigeria ‘losing $35million from oil theft every day’
Nigeria is losing an estimated $35 million a day from oil theft and needs to put a “full, final stop” to the growing black market for crude...
21 dead after explosion at screening of World Cup game in Nigeria
At least 21 people have been killed after a suicide bomber targeted football fans at a World Cup screening in northeastern Nigeria.
Thailand’s war-weary southerners fear coup will erode new freedoms
Popular community radio station Media Selatan talked about corruption and politics, about healthcare and women’s rights, about the anxiety of bringing...
Rohingya camp conditions in Myanmar ‘appalling’: U.N. official
A senior U.N. aid official said on Tuesday she had witnessed a level of human suffering never seen before in camps for some 140,000 stateless Muslim Rohingya...
Free at last: Al-Jazeera reporter held in Egypt released
An Al-Jazeera journalist who had been on hunger strike for more than four months to protest his prolonged detention without charges in Egypt walked free...
Hillary Clinton: Benghazi figure may help with ‘unanswered questions’
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday warmly welcomed the capture of a suspected ringleader of the deadly Benghazi terrorist attacks and predicted that he could help...
Obama to use executive power to create world’s largest ocean preserve
President Barack Obama announced plans today to use executive power to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which would create the...
Teenager Sterling gives England hope at World Cup
Four years ago, Raheem Sterling was watching the World Cup eating pizza with his friends.
World Cup: Goals dry up as draws abound at close of first week
Hosts Brazil slogged out a 0-0 draw with Mexico in the second round of Group A matches.
Benghazi attack suspect transported to U.S., faces terrorism charges
A suspect in the 2012 attacks on a U.S diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya captured by U.S.
Rare British Guiana 1-penny stamp could net $10M to $20M at NYC auction
A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America is poised to become the world’s most valuable stamp—again.
Wealthy Clintons use trusts to limit estate tax they back
To reduce their taxes, Bill and Hillary Clinton are using financial planning strategies befitting the top 1 per cent of U.S.
Foul! Uruguay blames seized food treats for poor World Cup form
Uruguay’s World Cup team were dealt a blow when Brazilian authorities confiscated 39 kilograms of caramel spread, known as dulce de leche, from them...
Iraq’s leaders refuse to play by U.S. political script, accuse Saudi Arabia of ‘genocide’
The U.S. has made clear that it wants Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to embrace Sunni politicians as a condition of support to fight the advance by...
YouTube to start blocking indie stars like Adele ‘within days’
Music videos by artists such as Adele and Arctic Monkeys could be blocked by YouTube in the next few days after a number of independent record labels refused...
Russian journalist killed in mortar fire attack in eastern Ukraine
A Russian journalist for a Russian state-owned TV channel died Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after being wounded by mortar fire, the Rossiya 24 network said.
MH370 search yet to target most likely crash site, scientists claim
The search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is yet to target the most likely crash site, having been distracted by what is now believed...
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