2015年2月4日 星期三

2015-02-05 U.K. Spotlight


Financial Times
   
Pledge weapons for Ukraine or the violence will go on   
Financial Times
here is no military solution to the Ukraine crisis: this is what western leaders have been saying for months. This is correct — but only from their point of view. The west has excluded a military option while the separatists in eastern Ukraine and Moscow have ...


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BBC Sport
   
Managing the Old Firm: Past bosses re-live the thrills and spills   
BBC Sport
The Scottish League Cup semi-final will be an initiation ceremony for Ronny Deila and Kenny McDowall. Celtic manager Deila has no experience of an Old Firm fixture, and while his Rangers counterpart has worked as coach and assistant in several ...


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International Business Times UK
   
The Stig: Giant statue of Top Gear star unveiled in Poland   
International Business Times UK
A giant statue of Top Gear driver The Stig has been unveiled in Poland to celebrate the launch of new BBC Worldwide channel, BBC Brit. The 24ft (10 metres) high statue has been positioned adjacent to The Palace of Science and Culture in the centre of ...


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A deal to bring modernity to Greece   
Financial Times
The EU is supposed to be a union of democracies, not an empire. It should negotiate in good faith. Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn. M. aximum austerity and minimum reform have been the outcome of the Greek crisis so far. The fiscal and external ...


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BBC News
   
Alibaba begins drone delivery trials in China   
BBC News
China's biggest internet retailer says it has begun testing drone-based deliveries to hundreds of customers. It says the trial will last three days and be limited to areas within a one-hour flight of its distribution centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

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International Business Times UK
   
Carlsberg closes two breweries in Russia after revenue decline   
International Business Times UK
Danish brewer Carlsberg on Thursday (January 29) closed two of its 10 breweries in sanctions-hit Russia as a weak market blighted by the economic downturn has dented demand there. Production at the Chelyabinsk and Krasnoyarsk breweries was ...


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Financial Times
   
Mixed messages from Airbus cloud the future for the A380   
Financial Times
hen the maker of Airbus passenger aircraft called itself the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, some investors needed a deep breath to say its name — and to control their despair at the group's peculiar corporate culture. A poisonous ...


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BBC News
   
Death threat hacker who fooled police is jailed   
BBC News
A hacker who hijacked computers to make death threats has been jailed for eight years. Yusuke Katayama played a game of cat and mouse with the authorities, leading them to make numerous wrongful arrests. He threatened a massacre at a comic book ...


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International Business Times UK
   
McDonald's switches CEO amid image and menu struggles   
International Business Times UK
While its golden arches are ubiquitous, McDonald's constantly expanding menu and the lack of a clear direction are being blamed for the hamburger giant posting one of its worst financial years in decades. In the face of those poor results, the world's largest ...


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UK parliament gives three-parent IVF the go-ahead   
New Scientist
In a world first, members of the UK parliament have voted to allow mitochondrial donation. The procedure will allow women with genetic faults in their mitochondria – the cell's energy generators – to have children without fear of passing on their faulty ...


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