BitGou: Morning Digest: And they're off: Ted Cruz, via Twitter, announces presidential bid

2015年3月23日星期一

Morning Digest: And they're off: Ted Cruz, via Twitter, announces presidential bid

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03/23/2015

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

And they're off: Ted Cruz, via Twitter, announces presidential bid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative firebrand who frequently clashes with leaders of his Republican Party, became the first major figure from either party to jump into the 2016 U.S. presidential election race on Monday when he announced his candidacy on Twitter..

Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of modern Singapore, dies at 91

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, died on Monday aged 91, triggering a flood of tributes to the man who oversaw the tiny city-state's rapid rise from a British colonial backwater to a global trade and financial center..

Greece worries leave Europe subdued, Asia makes gains

LONDON (Reuters) - Caution about Greece ahead of a meeting between its prime minister and Germany's Angela Merkel prompted a nervy start to the week for European markets on Monday..

Fictional TV presidents more popular than Obama: Reuters-Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether it's the earnest Josiah Bartlet from "The West Wing" or the manipulative Frank Underwood in "House of Cards," Americans prefer television presidents to their real-life POTUS, President Barack "No Drama" Obama..

Djokovic fells Federer to keep Indian Wells title

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic fought off a determined challenge from Swiss great Roger Federer on Sunday to claim back-to-back titles at Indian Wells and celebrate his 50th tournament win on the ATP Tour..

China to reap Alibaba windfall as tightens up on tax

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China could make billions of dollars from taxing gains made by employees of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group who are free to sell their shares for the first time since its IPO, as the country tightens up its leaky mechanisms for tax collection..

Eclipse thrills on remote Arctic islands, clouds mar for some

TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands (Reuters) - A solar eclipse thrilled thousands of sky gazers on remote Arctic islands on Friday but clouds disappointed some viewers of a rare celestial show that was also partly visible for millions in Europe, Africa and Asia..

Paper planes, parents help Indian pupils outsmart state exams

PATNA, India (Reuters) - Images of Indian students blatantly cheating on school-leaving examinations under the noses of supervisors have gone viral, inviting ridicule on Twitter and exposing flaws in the much-maligned education system of an impoverished eastern state..