BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: November 20, 2015

2015年11月20日星期五

Reuters Morning Digest: November 20, 2015

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Gunmen attack luxury hotel in Mali capital, 170 taken hostage

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied with al Qaeda for several years.

Number of $5 billion-plus takeover deals hits record

LONDON (Reuters) - A bumper North American railroad bid and three other big tie-ups announced this week have taken the number of takeover deals worth $5 billion or more to a record 128 this year, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Tech group rejects post-Paris call for data encryption 'backdoors'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S.-based technology industry group on Thursday, in its first statement since last week's Paris attacks, rejected calls to give U.S. law enforcement authorities backdoor keys to let them circumvent encryption technology for cellphones.

U.S. clears genetically modified salmon for human consumption

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Thursday cleared the way for a type of genetically engineered Atlantic salmon to be farmed for human consumption - the first such approval for an animal whose DNA has been scientifically modified.

Bulgaria weightlifters get Rio ban over widespread doping

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bulgaria's weightlifters will be absent from next year's Olympics after the sport's governing body banned the country's athletes following a high number of doping cases, it said on Friday.

Adele's '25': Streaming or not, a monster hit before its release

LONDON (Reuters) - Adele's album "25" is released worldwide on Friday, and even though it will not be on streaming services like Spotify and Deezer, industry analysts are expecting it to be the hit of the year.

Singapore megachurch leaders sentenced to jail for pop music fraud

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The co-founder of a Singapore church and five other leaders were sentenced to jail terms of up to eight years on Friday, for fraudulently diverting millions of dollars to support his wife's pop singing career.