Reuters Morning Digest: May 7, 2015

Click to View in Browser Thursday, May 7, 2015 German spies curb Internet snooping for U.S. after row: media BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has halted its Internet surveillance for the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) in response to a row over the BND intelligence agency's cooperation with Washington, German media reported on Thursday. MasterCard doubles card numbers in Middle East, Africa DUBAI (Reuters) - MasterCard Inc has doubled the number of its cards to about 100 million in the Middle East and Africa in the past three years, where it has begun setting up partnerships with governments to provide access to its payments system. SpaceX puts Dragon passenger spaceship through test run CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - A Space Exploration Technologies' passenger spaceship made a quick debut test flight on Wednesday, shooting itself off a Florida launch pad to demonstrate a key emergency escape system. Bhullar wants to emulate Yao Ming in India NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sim Bhullar knows it is going to be a tall order but the first NBA player of Indian descent believes that, like Yao Ming in China, he can trigger basketball frenzy in the country his parents left before he was born. Man pleads not guilty in Sandra Bullock stalking case LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The man accused of breaking into Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock's Los Angeles home entered a not guilty plea to more than two dozen charges in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday.  Australia's Sex Party stripped of official registration SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Sex Party, a tiny party known for its salacious name and election day antics, said on Thursday that it had been deregistered after the country's election watchdog ruled it did not have enough activists. Related Video Candidates arrive to cast their ballot in UK elections Prince Harry wows the crowd outside the Sydney Opera House Great Debate Why Bernie Sanders may just shake up the 2016 presidential race Time to fix U.S. home mortgage financing A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook