BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: December 18, 2015

2015年12月18日星期五

Reuters Morning Digest: December 18, 2015

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Big powers struggle to agree U.N. resolution ahead of Syria talks

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were struggling to agree on a draft resolution endorsing an international bid to end the five-year-old civil war in Syria ahead of ministerial talks taking place in New York on Friday.

Rwandans vote on constitution changes to let Kagame extend rule

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandans voted on Friday in a referendum on changing the constitution that would allow President Paul Kagame to extend his term in office, possibly until 2034, despite criticism of such an amendment by the United States and other Western donors.

Oil heads for third straight weekly loss as supply weighs

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Friday as investors closed positions ahead of the end of the year though crude was still heading for a third weekly loss in a row, its longest losing streak in four months.

Alibaba avoids being named on U.S. blacklist for fakes

WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has avoided being named on a U.S. blacklist for sites hosting the sale of fake goods, a victory for the firm after lobbying hard to avoid inclusion on the list.

Analysis of crickets' jumps could lead to new, tiny robots

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are dissecting crickets' jumps, not with a scalpel, but with high-speed cameras to analyze their patterns of movement.

Tour de France organizers ASO to withdraw from UCI's calendar

PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organization) are withdrawing from the International Cycling Union's elite calendar in 2017 because of a disagreement over the reform of the calendar and the selection of teams, they said on Friday.

North Korea girl band concert canceled over 'anti-American lyrics': source

BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean all-female pop group canceled their Beijing concert last week when Chinese authorities objected to "anti-American" lyrics in the show, a source with ties to North Korea and China told Reuters on Friday.

Canadian man kills Brit in psychedelic ceremony in Peru's Amazon

LIMA (Reuters) - A Canadian man killed a British man after the two took a hallucinogenic plant brew known as ayahuasca together at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, authorities said Thursday.