BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: January 15, 2016

2016年1月15日星期五

Reuters Morning Digest: January 15, 2016

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Crude sinks 4 percent as market braces for more Iranian oil

LONDON (Reuters) - Brent crude futures plunged more than 4 percent to near 12-year lows on Friday as the market braced for increased Iranian oil exports, with the lifting of international sanctions possible within days.

UNICEF confirms severe malnutrition in Syria's besieged Madaya

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N. children's fund UNICEF on Friday confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, where aid was delivered this week to thousands of people affected by the months-long blockade.

GE to sell appliances business to China's Haier for $5.4 billion

(Reuters) - General Electric Co agreed to sell its century-old appliance business to China's Qingdao Haier Co Ltd for $5.4 billion in cash, a month after abandoning a deal with Sweden's Electrolux.

Former fugitive sports gambling operator pleads guilty in U.S. court

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American operator of an Antigua-based online sport betting enterprise, who spent over 13 years as a fugitive from U.S. justice while continuing to run the business, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge on Thursday in New York.

China to land probe on dark side of moon in 2018: Xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China plans to land the first probe ever on the dark side of the moon in 2018, marking another milestone in its ambitious space program, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Ruthless Kuznetsova demolishes Puig in Sydney final

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Svetlana Kuznetsova rolled back the years with a ruthless 6-0 6-2 demolition of Puerto Rican qualifier Monica Puig to win her 16th WTA title at the Sydney International on Friday.

Singer Celine Dion's husband, René Angélil, dies after cancer battle

MONTREAL (Reuters) - René Angélil, the husband of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion, died on Thursday at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, Dion announced.

Oregon occupiers ask public for supplies: get glitter, sex toys

(Reuters) - Gifts of sex toys, glitter and nail polish are not what the armed protesters who seized a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon were expecting when they put out a public call for supplies to help get them through the winter.