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Reuters | Updated: 28-11-2018 11:30 IST | Created: 28-11-2018 11:30 IST

China is going to this week's G-20 summit hoping for a deal to ease a damaging trade war with the United States, Beijing's ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday, while warning of dire consequences if U.S. hardliners try to separate the world's two largest economies.

CHINA-BLAST/

Blast kills 22 in China's Hebei province, injures 22 others

BEIJING (Reuters) - A blast near a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou city in China's northern Hebei province early on Wednesday killed 22 people and injured at least 22 others, the local government said.

U.S.

USA-CONGRESS-HATECRIMES/

Top Democratic lawmaker to probe hate crimes and surveillance of minorities

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presumed incoming Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday he plans to investigate the drastic spike in U.S. hate crimes and whether federal investigators have wrongfully targeted racial and ethnic minorities instead of focusing on white supremacist groups.

CHICAGO-POLICE/

Chicago policemen conspired to shield officer convicted of murder -prosecutor

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three Chicago policemen conspired to protect a fellow officer after he fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, even though there was a video of the shooting that helped to convict former officer Jason Van Dyke.

BUSINESS

GM-RESTRUCTURING-TRUMP/

Trump threatens to cut GM subsidies in retaliation for U.S. job cuts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to eliminate subsidies for General Motors Co in retaliation for the automaker cutting U.S. jobs and plants, and the automaker also took fire from Canadian political and labor leaders for cutbacks there.

USA-TRADE-CHINA-KUDLOW/

Trump open to deal with Xi at dinner but with conditions: Kudlow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is open to reaching a deal on U.S.-China trade irritants over dinner on Saturday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping but is ready to hike tariffs on Chinese imports if there is no breakthrough, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday.

ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION-SPONGEBOB/

'SpongeBob SquarePants' creator dies at age 57

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "SpongeBob SquarePants" creator Stephen Hillenburg, who brought the zany cartoon marine underworld of Bikini Bottom to television, the movies and the stage, has died at the age of 57, the Nickelodeon television network said on Tuesday.

ALPHABET-GOOGLE-YOUTUBE/

YouTube shifts to make new exclusive shows, movies free to users

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube plans to make all future original programing available to users for free with advertising, as the video streaming unit of Alphabet Inc's Google seeks a bigger audience for shows and movies that had mostly been restricted to paid subscribers.

SPORTS

SOCCER-LIBERTADORES-RIV-BOJ/

Postponed Libertadores final moved outside Argentina in December

ASUNCION,(Reuters) - The Copa Libertadores soccer final between Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors will take place in early December outside of Argentina after fan violence forced the match to be postponed last week, organizers said on Tuesday.

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MUN-YBO/REPORT

United qualify after controversial late Fellaini winner

MANCHESTER,(Reuters) - Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini struck a controversial stoppage-time winner to bring blessed relief to Old Trafford after a laboured 1-0 win over Young Boys edged them into the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

BRITAIN-ROBOT/MASK (PIX) (TV)

Canny robot Furhat aims for the human touch

Furhat the robot, a three-dimensional bust with a projection of a human-like face, aims to build on our new-found ease talking to voice-assistants like Siri and Alexa, by persuading us to interact with it as if it were a person, picking up on our individual cues to strike up a rapport.

28 Nov 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

GERMANY-POLITICS/CDU (PIX)

Candidates to succeed Merkel compete at regional conference

Germany's CDU party will hold a regional conference in North Rhine-Westphalia, where all candidates aspiring to succeed Angela Merkel as conservative party chair will address party members. The industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia not only is home to CDU's most relevant regional body, but also to two of the frontrunners for the top-job.

28 Nov 12:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-CONGRESS/PELOSI (PIX) (TV)

U.S. House Democrats elect leadership

U.S. House of Representatives Democrats meet to elect leaders for the 116th Congress.

28 Nov 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

BRITAIN-EU/GOVE (TV)

Environment minister Michael Gove appears in front of parliamentary committee on Brexit

Environment minister Michael Gove, a key Brexit-supporting cabinet minister, appears in front of parliamentary committee on Brexit.

28 Nov 04:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

GERMANY-SECURITY/

US, European military and government officials speak at Berlin Security Conference

Senior officials from the U.S. and European military, government and industry speak at the annual Berlin Security Conference on common security challenges, increased naval cooperation, ballistic missile defence and procurement.

28 Nov 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-COURT/EXCESSIVEFINE

Supreme Court hears fight over police seizure of convicted man's Land Rover

The Supreme Court weighs whether an Indiana man can pursue his claim that the police seizure of his Land Rover following his conviction for drugs related offenses constituted an excessive fine under the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment

28 Nov 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

INSYS-OPIOIDS/ (PIX)

Former executive at opioid maker Insys to plead guilty

A former executive at Insys Therapeutics Inc accused of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe the company's flagship opioid medication is expected toplead guilty.

28 Nov 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

ARGENTINA-CHINA/ (PIX)

INSIGHT-As U.S. looks on, China deepens ties with one of its key regional allies - Argentina

China is forging closer economic ties with Argentina while the United States under President Trump has increasingly disengaged from Latin America. As Argentina hosts this month`s G20 summit, its reliance on China as a customer for its commodities and a lender of last resort for its crisis-stricken economy has never been greater, posing a dilemma for the U.S., which views Argentina as a key regional ally.

28 Nov 01:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

USA-PIPELINES/ETP-VIOLATIONS (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

INSIGHT-Two U.S. pipelines rack up violations, threaten industry growth

Energy Transfer LP and its Sunoco pipeline subsidiary have racked up more than 800 state and federal permit violations while racing to build two of the nation's largest natural gas pipelines, according to a Reuters analysis of government data and regulatory records.

28 Nov 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

USA-FED/POWELL (PIX) (TV)

Powell sets Fed course amid U.S. selloff, global slowdown

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whose confident tone last month is blamed by some for helping set off a weeks-long market selloff, gets another chance to clarify the U.S. central bank's rate-hike plans and what it would take to halt the policy tightening.

28 Nov 12:05 ET / 17:05 GMT

TURKEY-ECONOMY/ERDOGAN

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at OIC economic comission meeting

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a meeting of an economic and trade cooperation commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul (0700 GMT).

28 Nov 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

CLIMATE-CHANGE/POLAND-GREENPEACE LIGHT (PIX) (TV)

Activists project anti-coal message over Poland's biggest power station

Greenpeace activists project anti-coal message over a 180-metre high chimney at lignite-fuelled power station in Belchatow, central Poland, to protest against Warsaw pro-coal policies ahead of the global climate talks to be held in Poland next month

28 Nov 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-TRADE/CHINA-AID (PIX)

Penny for your corn? Farmers fume, laugh over U.S. trade war aid

When corn farmer Bob Hemesath gets his federal aid to compensate for trade war losses, he jokes that he'll splurge at an upscale coffee shop rather than his normal gas-station brew. While soybean farmers will get $1.65 per bushel of lost sales, the USDA says the nation's corn losses are worth a penny – an amount farmers call absurd.

28 Nov 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

MEXICO-ECONOMY/

Mexico's central bank to update inflation forecast after peso slump

Mexico's central bank is expected to forecast higher inflation in its quarterly report after a slump in the peso. The bank's chief will likely address concerns about policies under the incoming leftist government of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that could drive up public spending.

28 Nov 13:30 ET / 18:30 GMT

SWISS-RUSSIA/ (PIX) (TV)

Russia's Lavrov meets Swiss Foreign Minister Cassis

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov travels to Switzerland for a working meeting with Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. Lavrov and Cassis are expected to hold press conference after meetings.

28 Nov 06:30 ET / 11:30 GMT

ITALY-BUDGET/TRIA

Italian economy minister addresses parliament over 2019 budget

Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria is due to address the upper house Senate about the government's 2019 expansionary budget, which the European Commission says rides rough shod over EU fiscal rules.

28 Nov 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

BRAZIL-TANKERS/REGULATION (PIX)

Tanker collision off Brazil uncovers regulatory gaps

Brazil's deep water oil production has spurred a sharp rise in seaborne crude transfers under oversight programs too lax for the risky maneuvers, said lawmakers and environmentalists, allowing a 2017 collision between two tankers to go unreported.

28 Nov 01:30 ET / 06:30 GMT

SPORTS

PORTUGAL-SURF/PLASTIC

Surfing record-holder gives back to ocean, tackles plastic pollution

American surfer Garrett McNamara holds a record for riding the largest wave in the world and now he has decided to give back to the ocean by launching an initiative to tackle plastic pollution.

28 Nov 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

(PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

FRANCE - BTF non-competitive bids

28 Nov 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

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