Reuters Morning Digest: August 20, 2015

Click to View in Browser Thursday, August 20, 2015 South Korea fires rounds at North in response to suspected projectile SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds towards North Korea on Thursday after the North fired a suspected projectile towards a South Korean loudspeaker that had been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts, South Korea's defense ministry said. Growth fears hit stocks, oil, emerging markets LONDON (Reuters) - Stocks, oil and emerging market currencies fell on Thursday as fading expectations for an imminent U.S. interest rate hike following Federal Reserve meeting minutes stoked anxiety about the health of the global economy. Chinese police arrest 15,000 for Internet crimes BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in China said on Tuesday they had arrested about 15,000 people for crimes that "jeopardized Internet security", as the government moves to tighten controls on the Internet. Japan cargo ship embarks on International Space Center supply mission CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - After three botched missions to resupply the International Space Center since October, an unmanned cargo ship blasted off from southern Japan on Wednesday with food, water and gear needed to keep the research station and its crew functioning. German chief slams IAAF council exclusion BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's athletics chief on Thursday said his country is likely to have paid a price for its tough anti-doping stance and recent doping revelations on German television as it missed out on an IAAF council seat after 20 years. Star of Australian TV hit 'Prisoner' found guilty of sexual abuse SYDNEY (Reuters) - A star of Australian hit television show "Prisoner: Cell Block H", the women's jailhouse drama that screened globally throughout the 1980s, has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl 31 years ago, a court official said. The flying marshal: North Korea builds private runways for plane-loving Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - His father was afraid to fly, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces, satellite imagery shows. Related Video Dozens wounded in Cairo car bombing Extreme price volatility on Indonesian chillies Great Debate Weird weapons of Vietnam: Combat tree houses, a nuclear rifle and more Ukraine shifts closer to open war with recent attacks 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