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USA-IMMIGRATION-MEXICO U.S. set to send first group of asylum seekers back to Mexico
TIJUANA/MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - The United States was expected to send a first group of 20 Central American asylum seekers back to Mexico through the border city of Tijuana on Friday as part of President Donald Trump’s hardening of longstanding U.S. immigration policy. U.S.
USA-SHUTDOWN Backing down, Trump agrees to end shutdown without border wall money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats. USA-SHUTDOWN-NEGOTIATORS-EXPLAINER
Explainer: How Congress will negotiate border security deal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 35-day struggle between President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress to cut a deal to end the partial government shutdown finally ended on Friday. Now the hard part begins.
BUSINESS USA-STOCKS-WEEKAHEAD
Consumer confidence in focus as shutdown fears fade NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fund managers are continuing their retreat from consumer-related stocks and increasing their defensive bets out of concerns that the U.S. economy is slowing even though government leaders had reached agreement to end the longest shutdown ever.
CHINA-ECONOMY China confident of keeping 2019 growth within 'appropriate range'
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is fully confident that it is capable of keeping its economic growth rate within an appropriate range in 2019 in spite of challenges, state news agency Xinhua reported Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as saying on Friday. ENTERTAINMENT
FILM-DETAINMENT Oscar body distances itself from UK controversy on child murder film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The body that hands out the Oscars on Friday sought to distance itself from a furor over the Academy Award nomination of a film about two boys who murdered a British toddler in 1993. PEOPLE-HARVEY-WEINSTEIN
Judge OKs new Harvey Weinstein lawyers who once represented accuser NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Friday approved Harvey Weinstein’s overhaul of his legal team to defend him against criminal sexual assault charges, though two of his new lawyers represented one of the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s most vocal accusers, actress Rose McGowan.
SPORTS FOOTBALL-NFL-NOTEBOOK
NFL notebook: T.O. says Brown wants out of Pittsburgh Calling himself a mentor of Antonio Brown, Hall of Famer Terrell Owens said Friday that the wideout “wants to move on” from the Pittsburgh Steelers, in part because of a fractured relationship with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
BASKETBALL-NBA-NOTEBOOK NBA notebook: Nuggets' Jokic suspended for Suns game
The Denver Nuggets did not have star center Nikola Jokic for Friday night’s home game against the Phoenix Suns. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS VENEZUELA-POLITICS/UN (PIX) (TV)
U.N. Security Council to meet on Venezuela at U.S. request The United States has requested a public U.N. Security Council meeting on Venezuela on Saturday and U.N. diplomats said they expected U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to brief. The request faces opposition from Russia. Any Security Council member could call for a procedural vote to block the meeting. A minimum of nine votes are needed to win such a vote and China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France cannot wield their vetoes. However, U.N. diplomats said any attempt to stop the Venezuela meeting would be defeated.
26 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT RELIGION
POPE-YOUTH/VIGIL (PIX) (TV) Pope Francis shares a vigil with youngsters
Pope Francis shares a vigil with youngsters in the Saint John Paul II filed of Metro Park 26 Jan 18:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
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