BitGou: Morning Digest: Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay self-rule vote

2014年5月9日星期五

Morning Digest: Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay self-rule vote

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05/9/2014

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Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay self-rule vote

DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine ignored a public call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone a referendum on self-rule, declaring they would go ahead on Sunday with a vote that could lead to war..

Thai police fire teargas at protesters bent on toppling 'Thaksin regime'

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police fired teargas on Friday at royalist protesters bent on bringing down a caretaker government after a court threw Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of office and an anti-graft agency indicted her for negligence..

ECB stimulus talk knocks euro, peripheral yields

LONDON (Reuters) - Lower-rated euro zone bond yields fell to fresh record lows and the common currency slid further on Friday as investors positioned for more monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank..

A young Coppola plumbs James Franco's teenage tales in 'Palo Alto'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gia Coppola hails from Hollywood royalty as the granddaughter of Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, but when she made her directorial debut she sought the help of actor James Franco to tap into teenage angst..

Serena pulls out of Madrid Open with thigh injury

(Reuters) - Serena Williams has pulled out of the Madrid Open with a thigh injury ahead of her quarter-final against Petra Kvitova, the world number one said on Friday..

AOL profit misses estimate on costs; shares tumble

(Reuters) - AOL Inc on Wednesday said its quarterly profit declined, with its stock price falling 22 percent as it missed earnings expectations due to the cost of restructuring its digital and media entertainment businesses..

Dolly the Sheep-type clones ineligible for patent: appeals court

(Reuters) - The method for cloning animals such as the famed Dolly the Sheep can be patented, but the resulting animals themselves cannot, a U.S. federal appeals court has ruled..

Make way for ducklings, New York style

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tina Chen has her hands full as a New York City actress, director and now surrogate mother to 16 ducklings that have hatched on her high-rise apartment roof deck..