Category: International

A 42-year-old man was shot and killed in Latvia this week during a showing of “Black Swan.” One suspect has been taken into custody. Witnesses say the conflict arose because the man was eating his popcorn too loudly. The shooting took place in the central cinema of this small country’s capital, Riga. (The Telegraph)

The Dalai Lama’s nephew was killed by an SUV last week while on the first leg of a 300-mile march in Florida for Tibetan independence from China. Jigme K. Norbu, 45, was walking along the white line of the highway when he was hit. The driver, 31-year-old Keith R. O’Dell of Palm Coast, Florida, was…

Building work on a car designed to breach that 1,000 mph barrier has started. The manufacturing of the Bloodhound SSC is a major milestone for the UK-based team behind it and formally marks the end of a painstaking design process led by chief engineer, Mark Chapman. “We spent two and a half years building up…

New mobile app, with the church’s blessing, is designed to help Catholics confess. “Confession” offers password-protected profiles and advice on contrition. The app received the official blessing of a U.S. bishop — the first for an iPhone app

Arianna Huffington is slated to lead the newly firmed The Huffington Post Media Group, which will integrate Huffington Post with AOL Content. This media group will reach 117 million Americans and 270 million people around the world. The acquisition will solidify AOL’s strategy of creating a premier content network with local, national and international reach.(The…

Flooding in southern Malaysia has killed two people and more than 40,000 people were evacuated to relief shelters on Tuesday. According to USA Today, two women in the Johor area, in the southern part of the Malaysian peninsula, drowned this weekend. As the rain begins to slow, some people have started to return home, however…