BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: November 17, 2015

2015年11月17日星期二

Reuters Morning Digest: November 17, 2015

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Putin vows payback after Kremlin confirms bomb downed Russian plane over Egypt

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said Russia would intensify its air strikes on Islamist militants in Syria and launch a global manhunt after the Kremlin concluded that terrorists had placed a bomb on a Russian passenger jet which broke up over Egypt last month.

Home Depot quarterly sales rise 6.4 percent

(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc , the world's No.1 home improvement retailer by revenue, reported a 6.4 percent rise in quarterly net sales, helped by strong demand from professional contractors and builders.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on the messaging app Telegram for spreading "immoral content", semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, the latest detentions in a clampdown on freedom of expression.

U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday.

Russia needs to rid sport of state interference: Pound

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Athletics needs to prove it can operate without interference from state security services if it is to compete on an international stage again, the author of an explosive anti-doping report said on Tuesday.

Prince joins lists of Europe concert no-shows after Paris shootings

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince has joined Irish band U2 and American group the Foo Fighters and other entertainers in cancelling concerts in France, and elsewhere in Europe, following the carnage at a Paris concert venue on Friday.

Zebras escape circus, roam Philadelphia streets for about an hour

(Reuters) - Two zebras broke free from a circus in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing traffic to a crawl as they roamed city streets for about an hour and strolled past customers inside a fitness center, authorities said.