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GLOBAL VENEZUELA-POLITICS/
As West turns on him, Venezuela's Maduro flexes military muscle Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro oversaw a display of the army’s Russian hardware on Sunday, with anti-aircraft flak and tank rounds pounding a hillside to show military force and loyalty in the face of an international ultimatum for new elections.
VALE-SA-DISASTER/ Despair turns to anger as Brazilians reckon with latest dam disaster
Grief over the hundreds of Brazilians feared lost in a mining disaster on Friday has quickly hardened into anger as victims’ families and politicians say iron ore miner Vale SA and regulators have learned nothing from the recent past. U.S.
USA-SHUTDOWN/ Trump doubts lawmakers can reach acceptable border security deal
President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers seeking to avoid another government shutdown could reach a deal on border security that he would accept, as he renewed his vow to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. LOUISIANA-HOMICIDE/
Louisiana man suspected of killing spree is arrested in Virginia Sheriff’s deputies in Virginia on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old man wanted on suspicion of shooting five people to death in Louisiana including his parents, his girlfriend and members of her family.
BUSINESS USA-ECONOMY-INVESTMENT/
$1.5 trillion U.S. tax cut has no major impact on business capex plans: survey The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion cut tax package appeared to have no major impact on businesses’ capital investment or hiring plans, according to a survey released a year after the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years.
NISSAN-SEC-PROBE/ Nissan says it's target of SEC inquiry after report of probe on exec pay
Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it was the target of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry, widening a scandal involving the Japanese firm and its ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn over his alleged financial misconduct. ENTERTAINMENT
AWARDS-SAG/ 'Black Panther' takes top SAG awards prize, elevating Oscar chances
Superhero film “Black Panther,” heralded for its mainly black cast and vibrant celebration of African culture, won the top Screen Actors Guild award on Sunday, boosting its stature ahead of next month’s Oscars ceremony. AWARDS-SAG-ALAN-ALDA/
Alan Alda, star of TV's anti-war comedy 'M*A*S*H,' hailed for 60-year career Alan Alda, best known for playing a wise-cracking Army doctor on the long-running anti-war television comedy “M*A*S*H,” received a lifetime achievement award from his fellow actors on Sunday, celebrating a 60-year career on stage and screen.
SPORTS FOOTBALL-NFL-PHI-LONG/
Eagles DE Long ponders retirement Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long will be 34 when next season begins.
NBA-LAL-PHX-RECAP/ Zubac, Stephenson carry Lakers past Suns
Ivica Zubac had 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a season-long four-game losing streak with a 116-102 win against the visiting Phoenix Suns on Sunday evening. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BOLIVIA-LITHIUM/GERMANY (PIX) (TV)
In the new lithium "Great Game", Germany edges out China in Bolivia When Germany signed a deal last month to help Bolivia exploit its huge lithium reserves, it hailed the venture as a deepening of economic ties with the South American country. But it also gives Germany entry into the new "Great Game", in which big powers like China are jostling across the globe for access to the prized electric battery metal.
28 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT EU-ELECTION/FRANCE-FARRIGHT (TV)
Interview with the rising star of Marine Le Pen's French far-right party Interview with Jordan Bardella, the 23-year-old heading Marine Le Pen's European election campaign, on the party's ambitions for Europe, its financing, the risk posed by an emerging "yellow vest" political movement and prospects for a tie-up with populist parties from Austria to Italy to Poland.
28 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT AUSTRIA-LIBYA/
Austrian Chancellor Kurz and Libyan PM Sarraj deliver statements Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his Libyan counterpart Fayez al-Sarraj deliver statements to the media after a bilateral meeting.
28 Jan 07:45 ET / 12:45 GMT AUSTRIA-LIBYA/
Austrian President Van der Bellen and Libyan PM Sarraj hold news conference Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj hold a news conference after a bilateral meeting.
28 Jan 09:15 ET / 14:15 GMT EU-UN/BELGIUM (TV)
EU's top diplomat, German, Polish, French, Belgian, British officials hold news conference in Brussels European Members of the United Nations Security Council hold meeting in Brussels followed by news conference by Heiko Maas, Federica Mogherini, Jacek Czaputowicz, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon and Didier Reynders
28 Jan 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT BRITAIN-EU/BLACKPOOL (TV)
Wetherspoon’s boss on Brexit campaign Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin says he’s already Brexited in his own business, for example by swapping French Champagne and Cognac for English sparkling wine and Australian brandy, and there’s little stopping other companies doing the same.
29 Jan USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA
Longtime Trump ally Stone arraigned in Washington President Donald Trump's longtime political ally Roger Stone is arraigned in U.S. District Court in Washington on charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to notice posted by court.
29 Jan SAUDI-KHASHOGGI/TURKEY-INVESTIGATION (PIX) (TV)
U.N. Special rapporteur holds talks in Turkey over Khashoggi investigation U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard holds week-long talks in Turkey as part of an inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
29 Jan AFGHANISTAN-YOUTH/ (TV)
Afghan youth face a changing world if peace talks bring Taliban back A new generation of Afghan youth has grown up since the Taliban regime was ousted by a U.S.-led campaign in 2001, knowing only a world of mobile phones, girls’ education and consumer goods. How do they see the prospect of a return of the Taliban and the end to the American presence after 17 years of war?
29 Jan PAKISTAN-BLASPHEMY/ (TV)
Pakistan's apex court to hear review petition against Asia Bibi acquittal Pakistan's Supreme Court will hear a review petition against its verdict acquitting Asia Bibi in a blasphemy case. In October last year, the court had acquitted Bibi from blasphemy allegations, triggering countrywide protests by an extremist religious party filing a review petition against the judgment.
29 Jan CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
INSYS-OPIOIDS/ (PIX) Insys founder John Kapoor, former execs face opioid kickback scheme trial
The one-time billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four other former executives and managers of the opioid drugmaker will face trial over charges they conspired to pay doctors bribes to prescribe patients an addictive fentanyl spray to boost sales. Lawyers are set to deliver opening statements Monday in federal court in Boston in the case of former Insys chairman John Kapoor, the highest-level executive of a painkiller manufacturer to be tried amid a deadly U.S. opioid abuse epidemic. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. 28 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS CATERPILLAR-RESULTS/ (PIX)
Q4 2018 Caterpillar Inc Earnings Release Caterpillar will release its fourth-quarter earnings in pre-market hours. The company is expected to report higher quarterly profits, but investors will focus on its commentary and guidance for 2019. The outlook for the global economy, particularly for China has worsened since CAT's last earnings report. The world's second largest economy accounts for 5-10 percent of its total sales.
28 Jan 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT USA-FED/FOMC (PIX) (GRAPHIC)
Federal Open Market Committee meets to discuss interest rate policy. Federal Open Market Committee begins a two-day meeting on interest rate policy.
29 Jan FRANCE-ETHANOL/
French ethanol lobby holds press conference Annual press conference to give overview of French market for ethanol, the crop-based fuel blended in gasoline. Checking to see if consumer discontent over fuel taxes and a decline in diesel use are benefitting demand for ethanol.
29 Jan LOCKHEED-RESULTS/ (PIX)
Lockheed Martin, Q4 Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's No. 1 weapons supplier, is expected to report a rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday.
29 Jan SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
NORTHKOREA-POLLUTION/ (PIX) (TV) N.Korea's push to use more coal clouds environmental future
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sees coal as a key way to boost the economy, but burning more coal may worsen pollution in a country already choking on some of the world's most toxic air. 29 Jan 19:30 ET / 00:30 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT BRITAIN-EU/TRAVEL
European Parliament committee votes on visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit Visa exemption for UK citizens. The Civil Liberties Committee will vote on Tuesday on a new law that adds the UK to the list of countries whose nationals do not need a visa to enter the EU. It will be applicable once the UK becomes a non-EU country and if EU citizens travelling to the UK are also exempt from visa requirements.
29 Jan SPORTS
FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL/PROTEST NFL - Will player protests return at Super Bowl?
Player protests of taking a knee have quietly disappeared and are no longer a major NFL talking point. Donald Trump has been silent on the issue and the NFL, NFLPA and everyone else seem happy to let sleeping dogs lie. But could this controversy rear up again in Atlanta? 29 Jan
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