BitGou: Morning Digest: Supporters of Afghanistan's Abdullah rally after disputed vote

2014年7月8日星期二

Morning Digest: Supporters of Afghanistan's Abdullah rally after disputed vote

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07/8/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Supporters of Afghanistan's Abdullah rally after disputed vote

KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah rallied in central Kabul on Tuesday in a gesture of defiance after his rival, Ashraf Ghani, was declared the winner of last month's run-off vote..

Israel launches military offensive against Gaza militants

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel launched an offensive against Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing some 50 targets, including homes, in a campaign meant to end Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state..

U.S. in sanctions talks with Commerzbank and Deutsche: source

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have begun settlement talks with Germany's Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank over their dealings with countries blacklisted by the United States, extending a crackdown on European banks at a delicate point in U.S.-German relations..

Lloyd Webber to revive 'Cats' in London, hints at movie

LONDON (Reuters) - Andrew Lloyd Webber is about to find out if felines have more than one life - and possibly a cinematic one as well - as he prepares to bring his 1980s hit musical "Cats" back to London's West End for a limited run..

National Basketball Association roundup

(The Sports Xchange) - The Cleveland Cavaliers believe LeBron James is listening to their pitch to leave the Miami Heat and return to his home state, ESPN.com reported Monday..

Twitter appoints Katie Stanton global media chief: source

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has appointed Katie Stanton its new media chief, placing the former Google executive at the heart of its crucial relationships with Hollywood and the global media industry, a source with knowledge of the move said on Monday..

NASA to send 3D Google smartphones for robots to space station

MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif. (Reuters) - Google smartphones with next-generation 3D sensing technology are about to blast into orbit, where they will become the brains and eyes of ball-shaped hovering robots on the International Space Station..

Robbers attack PA gun collectors home, leave with 31 guns

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Robbers attacked an elderly gun collector in his western Pennsylvania home and escaped with an arsenal of 31 firearms, at least 14 of which are still missing..