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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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