International Headlines
Jun 18: Escaped Tiger Shot
A tiger has been shot dead in Georgia after killing one man and wounding another. It was one of a number of animals which broke free from their enclosure at Tbilisi Zoo last weekend following severe flooding damage. The tiger was tracked to a disused warehouse but could not be sedated because it was too aggressive. It is believed the other escaped animals are dead.
Jun 17: Al-Qaeda Leader Dead
Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in a United States drone strike in Yemen. Wuhayshi was known as al-Qaeda's second-in-command and was a former personal assistant to Osama Bin Laden. He built one of the most active al-Qaeda branches. His successor is military chief Qasim al-Raymi.
Jun 16: Paris Festival
About 5,000 Parisians visited the two-day Himalayan Festival in Paris over the weekend, the 15th annual festival focusing on Himalayan culture and with special emphasis on Tibet. The theme for the fist day was His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for the second day, Tibet’s environment and Tibet-related organisations spoke about their work. France Tibet celebrated its 25th year of work for Tibet.
Jun 15: Comet Contact
The European Space Agency comet lander, Philae, which was dropped on to the surface of Comet 67P last November, has reactivated and contacted Earth. Philae is the first spacecraft to land on a comet and worked for 60 hours before its solar-powered battery ran flat. The comet has since moved nearer to the Sun and Philae has enough power to work again
Jun 13: Toddler Shoots Himself
A three-year-old toddler has killed himself while playing with his mother's gun. He shot and fatally wounded himself in the chest after finding the gun in his mother’s purse at their home in Ohio. Prosecutors are considering whether to charge his mother. This is the second accidental shooting death of a child this month in Ohio; about 100 children die in the US every year in accidental shootings.
Jun 12: Financial Crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) representatives who have been negotiating to end Greece's financial crisis say that major differences remain and they are "well away from an agreement", and that the sticking points are pensions, taxes and financing. Greece is seeking a cash-for-reform deal, to avoid defaulting on a €1.5bn debt repayment to the IMF. The IMF bailout deal with Greece runs out at the end of June.
Jun 11: PhD After 80 Years
Ingeborg Rapoport (then Syllm), a 102-year-old German woman, has been now awarded the doctorate she completed nearly 80 years ago. At the time the Nazi anti-Semitic race law prevented her from sitting her final oral exam - her mother was a Jewish pianist. Three professors from Hamburg University's medical faculty tested her in her Berlin home on the work she completed on diphtheria in 1937.
Jun 10: Cyber Attack
The French television network TV5 Monde has been subject to a cyber attack, believed to have been carried out by Russian-based hackers. Jihadist propaganda, claimed to represent Islamic State, was posted on the station's website in April. French media reports that police are now focussing on a group of Russian hackers called APT28 which has tried to hack the White House and Nato members in the past.
Jun 9: Maggi Noodles Banned
Nestle's Maggi noodle brand has been banned by East Africa's biggest supermarket chain Nakumatt who have become the latest company to ban the brand following the allegations by regulators in India that Maggi noodles are "unsafe and hazardous". The product, which is extremely popular, has been partially banned in India and many African countries; Nestle maintains that it is completely safe.
Jun 5: Tiananmen Remembered
Tens of thousands gathered in Victoria Park in Hong Kong to commemorate 26 years since the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square that ended in the massacre of protestors by Chinese authorities. People gather in Hong Kong because such demonstrations are banned in China. This comes just months after mass pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong which left the city divided over demands for universal suffrage.
Jun 4: Polio in Pakistan
Troops in Pakistan are gaining ground in the north west against militants opposed to polio vaccination programmes, resulting in a 70% drop in Polio cases. Militants accuse doctors of being spies and say the vaccinations are part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslims. So far this year there have been about 25 cases, while last October there were more than 200 cases across the country.
Jun 3: IS Debate
Ministers from 20 countries debated the Islamic State issue in Paris. Iraq's Prime Minister had said that other countries have a duty to support Iraq in its struggle against IS, calling the advance of IS a "failure" of the world, and said he had received fresh commitments of help from allies. IS has recently made gains in Iraq despite US-led coalition air strikes.
Jun 1: Fifa Scandal
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected Fifa president amid a corruption crisis which is gripping world football with key Fifa officials facing a string of bribery charges, arrests and corruption allegations. Mr Blatter has not been implicated but faces calls to stand down. In September 2014, Mr Blatter came under pressure to quit after rejecting calls for a report into alleged World Cup bidding corruption to be made public
May 29: Maharaja Crowned
The new maharaja of Mysore, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, a 23-year-old economics graduate from the University of Massachusetts, has been crowned as the titular head of the 600-year-old Wadiyar dynasty in southern India. The two hour ceremony was conducted by more than 40 priests across 15 temples spread across the Mysore Palace grounds and attended by over 1,000 people.
May 28: Anthrax Security Breach
Live Anthrax samples have been accidentally sent out across the United States by the military there. A defence official has said that there was no public threat but samples were shipped to nine commercial laboratories, at least one of the shipments contained live spores. All the samples are believed to be secured, and there are no known exposures.