World News Digest
Driver charged in crash that injured Tracy Morgan
A truck driver from Georgia has been charged with death by auto in the crash that killed a man described as a mentor to Tracy Morgan, the former “Saturday...
Protests and strikes threaten to paralyse São Paulo ahead of kickoff
Police in Brazil’s biggest city São Paulo have used batons and fired tear gas to break up protests by striking subway workers and commuters.
Jordanian ambassador tapped for UN’s top human rights post
Prince Zeid al Hussein has been tapped by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon for the role of new high commissioner for human rights.
Appeals court revives case for art seized in WWII
A federal appeals court has revived a New York woman’s lawsuit against a Southern California museum to return two 16th century paintings seized by...
Iraqi students and staff freed after Al Qaeda-linked group storms campus
Hundreds of students and staff at Anbar University in Iraq were taken hostage on Saturday after militants stormed the campus.
'Nonsensical': Uganda's proposed HIV/Aids bill comes under fire
Activists in Uganda are urging their president to reject a bill passed by parliament that will make it criminal to deliberately infect another person with...
President Poroshenko sworn in, promises to work for peace in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as president of his troubled country on Saturday as government forces battled pro-Russian separatists in...
S. Korea to donate warship to Philippines amid sea tensions
South Korea will donate a corvette warship to the poorly-equipped Philippine navy.
Singaporean man bids more than $2 million for lunch with Warren Buffett
A Singaporean man will pay $2,166,766 to have lunch with Warren Buffett, the fourth biggest-ever winning bid in Glide Foundation’s annual charity...
CIA Twitter account reveals sense of humour
The Central Intelligence Agency has launched a Twitter account, revealing a previously undercover sense of humour.
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas to divorce after 18 years
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith are to divorce after 18 years of marriage.
Gigs help me sleep after daughter’s death: Bob Geldof
Irish rocker Bob Geldof is using his performances to “purge” his grief and help him sleep following the death of his daughter Peaches.
More than 60 migrants drown in boat sinking off Yemen
Sixty migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia and two Yemeni crew members drowned last weekend in the worst such tragedy off the coast of Yemen this year, the...
Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls face rape danger: U.N. official
The more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, said Zainab...
Hunch-bat, Zorro snake among new Mekong species discovered
A skydiving gecko, a fish with genitals in its head and a blind cave-dwelling spider are among the 367 new species that have been discovered in the Greater...
Apple to make 3-5 million smartwatches monthly, sales begin October
Apple Inc is preparing to sell its first wearable device this October, aiming to produce 3 million to 5 million smartwatches a month in its initial run,...
As leaders talk peace on eve of Poroshenko’s swearing-in, rebels down Ukrainian plane
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army plane as fighting raged in the eastern town of Slaviansk on Friday, a day before the inauguration of...
Stowaway on KLM flight, Norwegian teen, found dead in undercarriage
Dutch police confirmed Friday that a body found in the undercarriage of a passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport was that of a missing Norwegian...
Afghan presidency favourite survives assassination attempt; 10 dead
Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah has survived an assassination attempt on his convoy in western Kabul.
English D-Day vet ditches nursing home, heads to Normandy
Bernard Jordan, an 89-year old World War II veteran, was last seen by staff at The Pines nursing home Thursday morning and, when he didn’t return...
'Corrupt accounts' written on edible paper in Italy bribes scandal
A bribes scandal in Venice started when investigators found corrupt accounts written out on edible paper to be consumed in case of a police raid, Italian...
Underwater ‘Iron Man suit’ to help in search for world’s oldest computer
A robotic diving suit that acts as a “wearable submarine” is to be used in the search for the world’s oldest computer.
Campus violence: Students helped stop gunman at Seattle university
When a lone gunman armed with a shotgun at a small Seattle, Washington, university stopped firing at students to reload, another student pepper-sprayed...
Extraordinary sword fight at India’s Golden Temple on 30th anniversary of raid
Sword-wielding Sikhs clashed inside the compound of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, on Friday, the 30th anniversary of a controversial army raid...
War and peace: Leaders talk of Ukraine ceasefire at D-Day event
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s newly elected leader Petro Poroshenko have spoken of their desire for a quick end to hostilities in...
The day that changed the world: ‘Heroes’ of D-Day remembered
French President Francois Hollande has issued a rallying cry to the world calling on nations to fight against threats to peace just as the D-Day troops...
'I'm done': Canadian gunman Justin Bourque arrested after manhunt
A nerve-wracking manhunt came to an end on Friday after police apprehended the suspect that left three Mounties dead and two others wounded in Moncton,...
North Korea detains U.S. tourist, three now in custody
North Korea said it had detained an American tourist for violating its laws after entering the secretive state in April, bringing the number of U.S.
Flesh-crawling page turner: Book on life and death ‘is bound in human skin’
A meditation on the meaning of life and death by the French novelist and poet Arsène Houssaye, which has been sitting in the hallowed halls of a Harvard...
'Pointless' Tetris now 30 years old - with new versions set for launch
Tetris, the puzzle game that launched in 1984, has had people hooked for 30 years because it appeals to the basic mental instinct to tidy things, an expert...
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