A wrap up of the overnight news from around the world
Weird and wonderful
Kodomoroid the news-reading android. Photo: AAP
Meet Kodomoroid, the robot newsreader who just made her debut in Japan
• Japanese scientists have unveiled what they say is the world’s first news-reading android, eerily lifelike and possessing a sense of humour to match her perfect language skills.
‘Ban vampires from Wimbledon!’ Wait, what did he say?
• Colourful Latvian 12th seed Ernests Gulbis thought gives bizarre response at Wimbledon press conference.
The big stories
Brooks: The editor who became front page news
• Rebekah Brooks faces having to rebuild her career after a high-profile trial in which her methods and reputation faced intense scrutiny.
• President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says Egypt’s authorities “will not interfere in judicial matters” a day after three Al-Jazeera journalists, including Australian Peter Greste, were jailed for between seven and 10 years.
Another body pulled from wreckage as students prepare to testify in Korean Ferry disaster trial
• Student survivors of South Korea’s ferry disaster will testify in the trial of the captain and crew in a special session at a courtroom in their traumatised home town, a district court has ruled.