BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: July 14, 2015

2015年7月14日星期二

Reuters Morning Digest: July 14, 2015

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Greek PM faces 'Gordian Knot' to pass reforms for deal

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had less than 48 hours on Tuesday to pass a series of pro-market reforms in parliament and smother dissent from hardliners within his own ranks as he races to meet the terms of an unpopular bailout deal.

Apple Pay launches in Britain, with hiccups

LONDON (Reuters) - Apple introduced mobile payments in Britain on Tuesday, hoping to make a splash with consumers familiar with using cards for tap-and-go purchases, as resistance from hold-out banks and stores appeared to evaporate.

Australian tracking station to get first new images of Pluto

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A space tracking station surrounded by cows in an Australian valley will on Tuesday become the first place in the world to get close-up images of Pluto, the most distant planetary body ever explored.

U.S. draw with Panama in Gold Cup, Haiti through to quarters

(Reuters) - The United States recovered from a poor first half and earned a 1-1 draw against Panama on Monday that kept the Central Americans from clinching an automatic spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals.

'Finch' fries, 'Boo' burgers as Harper Lee's hometown greets new novel

MONROEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - In the southern hometown of author Harper Lee, a freight truck unloaded the first of 7,000 copies of "Go Set a Watchman" at a small bookshop just ahead of midnight, minutes before Tuesday's release of Lee's first published novel in 55 years.

Hundreds of sex toys dangling from power lines in Portland, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Hundreds of phallic sex toys have been seen hanging in recent days from power lines across Portland, Oregon, provoking laughter, blushing and lots of photos.