News Headlines - 28 May 2014

▽World War I centennial: The Great War and its great and terrible consequences | Fox News

On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian-Serb student named Gavrilo Princip killed Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the duchess. It was the shot-heard-round-the-world, unleashing a series of events that by August 1914 embroiled Europe in war. That deadly summer unfolded 100 years ago, and the world truly was never the same.

▽BBC News - Iraq army 'routs Isis rebels' in offensive on Tikrit

Iraq's army has routed Sunni militants in a major offensive on the northern city of Tikrit, state media say.
State television said the governor's HQ had been recaptured and 60 fighters from the Isis militant group killed.

▽Nasa launches saucer-shaped vehicle to test technology for landing on Mars | theguardian.com

A saucer-shaped Nasa vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test of technology that could be used to land on Mars.

▽Google Glass fans warned: Don't forget about privacy | ZDNet

Google Glass went on sale in the UK earlier this week for ￡1,000 and the Information Commissioner's Office, which said that wearable technology may well become as common as mobile phones, has set out how privacy rules affect such devices.

▽Wimbledon 2014: Serena Williams loses to Alize Cornet - The Independent

A tournament apparently immune from major surprises underwent a second, more seismic shock in as many days, when Serena Williams followed Li Na out of the women's singles, beaten by Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. It is the first time in the open era that the top two seeds have both taken their leave from Wimbledon before the fourth round.