BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: August 10, 2015

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Reuters Morning Digest: August 10, 2015

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Monday, August 10, 2015

U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills eight

ISTANBUL/DIYABAKIR (Reuters) - The U.S. consulate in Istanbul came under gunfire on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.

Germany drops treason probe against news website

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's acting chief public prosecutor on Monday dropped a treason investigation against a news website and said the secrets it leaked had not threatened national security.

Greece, lenders in final push to seal new bailout

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and international creditors sought to put final touches on a multi-billion euro bailout accord on Monday to keep the country financially afloat and meet an important debt repayment to the European Central Bank within days.

Video gamers win millions of dollars in Seattle championship

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Teams of video gamers playing characters ranging from wizards to monsters exchanged virtual punches, fireballs and lightning strikes over the past six days, battling at the main event of the Dota 2 International 2015 tournament in Seattle.

House panel asks NASA why it isn't probing SpaceX blast

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House panel this week asked NASA to explain why it hasn't launched an independent review of the explosion on June 28 of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as it did after the earlier explosion of Orbital ATK Inc's Antares rocket on Oct. 28.

Teams lose sleep over Rio night races

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - As soon as the world championships concluded on Sunday, swimming's top nations were setting their sights on an all together different proposition -- how to deal with midnight finishes during the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Sixties series 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' comes to silver screen

LONDON (Reuters) - The secret agents from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." are back, this time on the silver screen in an action comedy movie based on the 1960s television series.

Texas judge gives man a choice: get married or go to jail

TEXARKANA, Texas (Reuters) - A 20-year-old East Texas man jumped into a quickly arranged marriage after a judge told him last month he had a choice of getting hitched or spending 15 days in jail on an assault charge.