Daily Archives: Apr 3, 2015
Amanda Knox to work on behalf of wrongly convicted
Amanda Knox has announced she will work on behalf of the wrongly convicted after being cleared of Meredith Kercher’s murder in Italy. In a letter...
Good Friday: Pope Francis leads traditional Via Crucis at Colosseum
Pope Francis has begun leading the traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) at the Colosseum in Rome at 9.15 pm local time (3.15pm EDT) on Good...
Hayley Okines: 100-year-old teenager dies from progeria at 17
Progeria campaigner Hayley Okines, who became known as the "100-year-old teenager", has died aged 17. Hayley Okines was born with Progeria, a rare condition that...
Khloe Kardashian slams Jamie Foxx for Bruce Jenner joke
Khloe Kardashian has opened up on Jamie Foxx’s controversial joke about Bruce Jenner at Sunday's iHeart Radio Music Awards. At the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which...
North Korea test-fires four short-range missiles into sea
According to South Korean military officials, North Korea has test-fired four short-range missiles into the sea off its west coast. In a statement, the Joint...
Okryu: North Korea launches online shopping website
North Korea has announced the launch of its first online shopping website, called Okryu, state news agency KCNA reported. Okryu, a state-run website, offers a...
Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin releases Winds of Winter chapter online
Author George R.R. Martin has released a chapter of The Winds of Winter on his website. The new chapter is part of the sixth book...
Gertrude Weaver becomes world’s oldest living person at 116
116-year-old Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas, the US, is now the world's oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records. Gertrude Weaver was born in 1898...
Justin Bieber works with Kanye West on new album
Justin Bieber has announced he is working with Kanye West and Rick Rubin on his new album. In an interview with USA Today this week,...
Lazarus: David Bowie co-writes New York Theatre Workshop show
David Bowie is co-writing Lazarus, a stage show inspired by The Man Who Fell to Earth, the New York Theatre Workshop has announced. Lazarus will...
Personalized cancer vaccine: Safety tests show promising results
The US researchers have developed personalized cancer vaccines that target unique genetic errors in a patient's tumor. Safety tests on three people, published in the...
Andreas Lubitz accelerated plane’s descent
The second black box belonging to Germanwings flight 4U 9525 confirms that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz acted deliberately, investigators say. The French BEA crash investigation agency...
Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets
Zhou Yongkang, who oversaw China's security apparatus and law enforcement institutions, has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and the intentional disclosure of...