Career News 24/7: Morning Digest: Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Morning Digest: Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender

Click to View in Browser

04/22/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender

KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized..

Japanese negotiator: No major progress in TPP talks with U.S

TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Japanese trade negotiator said on Tuesday there had been no major progress on narrowing differences between Japan and the United States on the establishment of a Pacific trade block..

M&A talk lifts European shares, euro dips to two-week low

LONDON (Reuters) - M&A talk in the pharmaceutical sector lifted European shares on Tuesday, but failed to support the euro, which held at a two week low against the dollar on rising expectations of further policy easing by the European Central Bank..

Illness spoils 'Royals' singer Lorde's Australian tour

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ailing Grammy award-winning New Zealand singer Lorde has postponed her Australian tour this week after doctors advised she needed immediate rest and recuperation, her promoters said on Tuesday..

Team staff linked to Armstrong doping get long bans

(Reuters) - Lance Armstrong's former cycling team manager Johan Bruyneel, doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose "Pepe" Marti have all been handed long bans from sport for their involvement in doping, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday..

Espionage hacking grows, with more from east Europe: Verizon study

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hacking for espionage purposes is sharply increasing, with groups or national governments from Eastern Europe playing a growing role, according to one of the most comprehensive annual studies of computer intrusions..

'Easter Dragon' makes delivery to International Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, with a delivery of supplies and science experiments for the crew and a pair of legs for the experimental humanoid robot aboard that one day may be used in a spacewalk..

Ohio couple married for 70 years dies hours apart

(Reuters) - An Ohio couple who met as teenagers and were married for 70 years, almost never sleeping apart, died from natural causes within a span of 15 hours, according to their daughter..