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2014年7月3日星期四

Morning Digest: U.S. increases security at overseas airports amid bomb concerns

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07/3/2014

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

U.S. increases security at overseas airports amid bomb concerns

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would increase security at overseas airports with nonstop flights to the country, and U.S. officials cited concerns al Qaeda operatives in Syria and Yemen were developing bombs that could be smuggled onto planes..

Ukraine's Poroshenko shakes up military leadership

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated a new defence minister and appointed a new armed forces chief in a shake up of a military currently driving against Russian separatists despite moves for a new ceasefire..

Asian stocks tread water ahead of U.S. jobs data

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks lingered near three-year highs on Thursday as investors waited for the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report to see if the economy is gaining momentum..

Ed Sheeran scores first No. 1 album on U.S. Billboard chart

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's scored his first top album on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday as "x" easily lapped the competition selling 210,000 copies, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan..

Klinsmann ready to turn to youth after U.S. exit

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - United States coach Juergen Klinsmann says he will now turn to youth after his team's World Cup ended in a second-round defeat by Belgium..

U.S. privacy board says NSA Internet spying program is effective but worrying

(Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)'s data collection program has been an effective tool to enhance the country's security but some elements of the cyber-spying raises privacy concerns, a U.S. federal privacy watchdog said in a report..

Cameron enlists ex-Goldman economist in global superbug fight

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron called on Wednesday for global action to tackle the threat of drug-resistant superbugs and said Britain planned to take a leading role in finding ways to spur the development of new antibiotics..

India finance minister UFO Facebook post angers "common men"

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - With many Indians worrying about the threat of tough measures in their new government's first budget next week, a Facebook post suggesting the finance minister might be pondering less earthly matters quickly roused anger on Wednesday..