BitGou: Reuters Morning Digest: January 21, 2016

2016年1月21日星期四

Reuters Morning Digest: January 21, 2016

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Israel confirms it plans to seize West Bank land

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation.

Militants attack near Libya's Ras Lanuf oil terminal: sources

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic State militants attacked oil installations close to Libya's Ras Lanuf terminal on Thursday, an engineer at the port and energy officials said, and the group threatened more attacks.

GM starts car-sharing service in Germany, U.S.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Thursday it is launching a car-sharing service called Maven in the United States and Germany, joining at least two other automakers testing the market for consumers who want to borrow cars rather than own them.

New guilty plea in big U.S. insider trading hacking case

(Reuters) - A trader from an Atlanta suburb admitted to involvement in what U.S. authorities have called a more than $100 million international insider trading scheme that involved hacking into networks that distribute corporate news releases.

From sawdust to petrol

As world governments mull over global emission targets agreed at last December's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), attention is turning to which new technologies can help them achieve this.

McIlroy returns in style to lead Spieth by two

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy showed little rustiness as he returned from an extended break to shoot a six-under 66 and stay two strokes clear of playing partner and world number one Jordan Spieth in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Thursday.

'Star Wars' toys generate more than $700 million in sales in 2015

(Reuters) - "Star Wars" toys generated sales of more than $700 million in the United States in 2015, making them the No.1 property in the toy industry during the year, a retail research group said.

Homeless woman gives birth outside Vatican, gets offer of home

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A homeless woman gave birth on a cardboard box just outside St. Peter's Square early on Wednesday in near-freezing temperatures and later received an offer of one year's hospitality in a Vatican institution.