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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused Barack Obama of sowing chaos by abandoning the Middle East to Islamist militants and Iranian influence in a blistering critique of the former president's policies even as Pompeo's boss, President Donald Trump, moves to pull American troops out of Syria.

BRITAIN-EU-JAPAN/

After meeting UK's May, Japan's Abe says world does not want no-deal Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that the world did not want to see a disorderly Brexit and that he fully supported British Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal deal from the European Union now facing defeat in parliament.

U.S.

USA-SHUTDOWN/

Trump eyes emergency powers to pay for border wall, end shutdown

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress and get billions of dollars to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border as a partial U.S. government shutdown over the issue stretched into its 20th day.

CALIFORNIA-FIRES-PELOSI-TRUMP/

Trump has no right to withhold emergency funds from California: Pelosi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday rebuked President Donald Trump for threatening to block disaster aid for California, a state recently ravaged by deadly, destructive wildfires whose mostly Democratic political leaders often spar with the Republican president.

BUSINESS

SEARS-BANKRUPTCY-LAMPERT/

Sears chairman confirms new $5 billion bid to save bankrupt retailer

(Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp (SHLDQ.PK) Chairman Eddie Lampert confirmed on Thursday he has made a new takeover bid of more than $5 billion for the company, an offer that may significantly increase the likelihood the U.S. department store will be able to stay in business.

USA-AMAZON-INVESTORS/

Investors ask how the Bezos divorce will affect Amazon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares seesawed on Thursday as investors questioned how the impending divorce of company founder Jeff Bezos would affect his control of the most valuable company on Wall Street and its ambitious expansion plans.

ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE-MICHAEL-JACKSON/

Jackson estate slams as 'pathetic' abuse claims in new documentary

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's estate on Thursday condemned on Thursday an upcoming documentary about alleged child sexual abuse by the late singer as another "outrageous and pathetic attempt" to cash in on his fame.

BELGIUM-TINTIN-ANNIVERSARY/

Tintin marks 90th birthday with colonial controversy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tintin will mark his 90th birthday this year with a return to controversy as his Belgian creator's heirs release a new edition of "Tintin in the Congo", a work from 1930 that draws accusations of racism.

SPORTS

FOOTBALL-NFL-NYJ-WILLIAMS/

Reports: Williams among Jets DC candidates

The New York Jets are aiming high to fill their defensive coordinator position under reported new coach Adam Gase, considering a trio of former head coaches for the role, including Gregg Williams, multiple outlets reported Thursday.

SOCCER-WOMEN-NWSL/

Soccer: U.S. women's league increases roster size, player pay

(Reuters) - The top U.S. women's professional soccer league will let teams add more players to their rosters and raise their minimum and maximum pay for the 2019 season as part of rule changes it announced on Thursday.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

MYANMAR-JOURNALISTS/ (PIX) (TV)

Myanmar court expected to rule on Reuters reporters' appeal

The High Court in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, is expected to rule on an appeal submitted by lawyers for Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28.

11 Jan, 01:30 ET / 06:30 GMT

INDIA-UAE/GANDHI (PIX) (TV)

Rahul Gandhi to address Indian community in the UAE

Dubai gears up to host a cultural fest filled with a variety of Indo-Arab cultural programs on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of India.

11 Jan

GREECE-GERMANY/MERKEL (PIX) (TV)

Germany's Merkel meets Greek PM President Pavlopoulos in Athens

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the conservative opposition leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

11 Jan, 02:45 ET / 07:45 GMT

MACEDONIA-NAME/PARLIAMENT (PIX) (TV)

Macedonian parliament votes to change country's name

Macedonia's parliament is expected to pass an amendment to the constitution changing the country's name to Republic of North Macedonia as agreed with Greece last year to end a decades-long name dispute.

11 Jan, 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

GERMANY-POLITICS/

German conservative Merz and EU leaders speak at policy summit

German conservative Friedrich Merz, who narrowly lost the race to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democrats will participate in a panel discussion in Bavaria.

11 Jan, 03:30 ET / 08:30 GMT

GREECE-GERMANY/MERKEL SCHOOL (PIX) (TV)

Germany's Merkel visits German school in Athens

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with students at the German School of Athens as part of a two day visit to the Greek capital.

11 Jan, 04:15 ET / 09:15 GMT

SPAIN-POLITICS/BUDGET

Spain government to present 2019 draft budget proposal

Spain's Socialist government will present its 2019 draft budget proposal after the weekly cabinet meeting.

11 Jan 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

AUSTRIA-POLITICS/ (PIX)

News conference after two-day Austrian cabinet meeting

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache hold a news conference at the end of a two-day cabinet meeting on the outskirts of Vienna.

11 Jan, 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

CONGO-ELECTION/UN (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

U.N. Security Council briefed on Democratic Republic of Congo

The U.N. Security Council to be briefed on Democratic Republic of Congo.

11 Jan, 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

BRITAIN-EU/ (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

Parliament continues debate on PM May's Brexit deal

Parliament continues its debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.

11 Jan

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/PROTESTS (TV, PIX) (PIX) (TV)

Palestinians continue weekly protests along the border with Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza will hold weekly protest along the border with Israel to demand an end to Israeli blockade and the right of return to lands from which they fled or were forced to flee in 1948 during Israel's founding.

11 Jan

BRAZIL-ARMY/ (PIX)

Brazil's Bolsonaro swears in new Army commander

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro expected to speak at ceremony swearing in the new commander of the Brazilian Army.

11 Jan, 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

PORTUGAL-RIGHTS/RAPE

Parliament votes on toughening laws against rape

Parliament to vote on a bill that toughens laws against sexual violence by qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape punishable with prison.

11 Jan, 22:00 ET / 12 Jan, 03:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

USA-SHUTDOWN/DEPARTMENTS

FACTBOX-Partial shutdown of U.S. government reaches 20th day

Shutdown of about quarter of U.S. government reaches its 20th day, with lawmakers and President Donald Trump divided over his demand for money for border wall and many of about 800,000 federal workers affected missing their first paychecks Friday.

10 Jan, 18:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

USA-SHUTDOWN/COMPROMISES

SCENARIOS-How U.S. shutdown over border wall fight might play out

As partial U.S. government shutdown nears end of its 20th day, President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats are still divided over his demands for funding a U.S.-Mexico border wall, with prompt resolution looking unlikely.

10 Jan, 18:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

USA-FED/CLARIDA

Fed's No. 2 official Clarida on risks to the policy plan

Speaking hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Richard Clarida, the U.S. central bank's vice chairman, will likely reinforce the message that little is certain as the Fed monitors a slowdown in global growth and volatility in markets - even while it aims to keep tightening policy.

10 Jan, 19:00 ET / 11 Jan, 00:00 GMT

TECH-CES/SCREENS (PIX)

Vehicle screens go super-sized at CES as tech catches up

Take a glance at the vehicle displays shown at CES and you could be forgiven for thinking you are at the movies.

10 Jan, 19:25 ET / 11 Jan, 00:25 GMT

IKEA-EXPANSION/NEWZEALAND

Official launch of Ikea store in New Zealand

IKEA holds press conference to officially launch the arrival of the world's biggest furniture retailer to New Zealand.

11 Jan

USA-SHUTDOWN/AGRICULTURE

U.S. shutdown sends traders, farmers scrambling for agriculture data

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a slew of critical crop reports would not be released on Friday due to the partial government shutdown, the phones at Gro Intelligence, which provides crop and weather forecasts, blew up.

11 Jan, 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

GLOBAL-ECONOMY/WEEKAHEAD

Global Economy Weekahead

A weekly look at key economic events for the global economy in the coming seven days.

11 Jan

FRANCE-GRAINS/SENALIA

French grain silo operator Senalia holds annual assembly

Senalia is the largest silo operator at Rouen, France's main export terminal for grains.

11 Jan

SPORTS

SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA-ZUBKOV

Russian Olympic Committee appeals doping decision on ex-bosledder Zubkov

A Moscow court hears a Russian Olympic Committee appeal against a court decision that refused to recognize ex-bobsledder Alexander Zubkov's Olympic ban, saying it could cast doubt on Russia's desire to fight against doping.

11 Jan

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