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AFGHANISTAN-USA-SHANAHAN/ Acting Pentagon chief lands in Afghanistan, supports Kabul role in peace talks
KABUL (Reuters) - Acting U.S. defense secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on Monday and said it was important the Afghan government is involved in talks, from which it has so far been excluded, to end the 17-year-old war. U.S.
USA-SHUTDOWN/ Talks collapse on border deal as U.S. gov't shutdown looms
WASHINGTON,(Reuters) - Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant detention policy as they worked to avert another U.S. government shutdown, a Republican senator said on Sunday. USA-ELECTION/
U.S. Senator Klobuchar joins Democratic presidential field U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar entered the 2020 presidential race on Sunday, becoming the first moderate in an increasingly crowded field of Democrats vying to challenge Republican President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS COXTV-M&A/APOLLO GLO MGMT
Apollo nears $3 billion deal to buy Cox TV stations -sources Apollo Global Management is nearing a roughly $3 billion agreement to acquire Cox Enterprises Inc's 14 regional TV stations, the biggest in a series of deals the private equity firm is lining up to become a force in U.S. broadcasting, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
PEOPLE-BEZOS-SAUDI/ Saudi Arabia says has 'nothing to do' with Bezos-AMI dispute
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia had “absolutely nothing to do” with the National Enquirer’s reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs said. ENTERTAINMENT
AWARDS-GRAMMYS/ 'This is America' wins big at Grammys, Musgraves takes best album
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country artist Kacey Musgraves won album of the year for “Golden Hour”, while “This is America” by Childish Gambino won both record and song of the year at the 61st Grammy Awards on Sunday in a breakthrough for rap at the most prestigious honors in the music business. AWARDS-GRAMMYS-MICHELLE-OBAMA/
Michelle Obama makes surprise appearance at Grammy Awards Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance during the opening address at the 61st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday and was met with a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd.
SPORTS SOCCER-AUSTRALIA/STAJCIC
Sacked Australia coach Stajcic says reputation has been ruined Former Australia women's coach Alen Stajcic says his shock sacking last month had ruined his reputation and called for an independent inquiry into his termination by Football Federation Australia.
RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-ENG-FRA/ Hat-trick for May as six-try England crush sorry France
Winger Jonny May scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes as a scintillating England ripped through a sorry France for a 44-8 victory at Twickenham on Sunday to put them top of the Six Nations table after two rounds. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BRITAIN-EU/SWISS (PIX)
Swiss, British officials sign trade pact Officials sign trade pact to maintain commercial ties after Brext 11 Feb 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
TURKEY-POLITICS/ERDOGAN Turkish President Erdogan speaks at election rallies in Ankara
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will speak at rallies in two Ankara districts as his campaigning for March 31 local elections gets into full swing. 11 Feb 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA-PREPS (TV) Preparations ahead of trial of jailed Catalan leaders
Spain's Supreme Court prepares for the trial of jailed Catalan leaders which is set to kick-off on Tuesday in Madrid. The Catalan politicians and civic leaders face charges of rebellion for declaring their region's independence in 2017. 11 Feb 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
SPAIN-POLITICS/CATALONIA-TIMELINE (TV) Timeline of events leading up to trial of jailed Catalan leaders
Timeline of events leading up to the trial of jailed Catalan leaders which is set to kick-off on Tuesday in Madrid. The Catalan politicians and civic leaders face charges of rebellion for declaring their region's independence in 2017. 11 Feb 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE BRITAIN-EU/DEFENCE (TV)
UK Defence Secretary gives speech on tackling global threats LONDON - British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson will give a speech at the Royal United Services Institute on the subject 'Transforming UK Defence to Meet the Global Threats of Tomorrow'.
11 Feb 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ANNIVERSARY-STUDENTS (PIX) For Stoneman survivors, a year of political gains and unresolved pain
A year after the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, students from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School look back with pride on the network they have built to stem the country's epidemic of gun violence through the ballot box. 11 Feb 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
USA-MEXICO/EL CHAPO (PIX) (TV) Brooklyn jury deliberates on El Chapo's fate
Jurors in the U.S. trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman continue deliberations in his case for trafficking tons of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the United States over more than two decades. 11 Feb 09:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS IKEA-SERVICES/TASKRABBIT (PIX) (TV)
FOCUS-IKEA accelerates services drive as competition stiffens Jessica Reznik likes IKEA's prices but not do-it-yourself. So when IKEA said a handyman on odd-jobs site TaskRabbit could assemble her dresser and nightstand, she jumped at the offer. The push by the world's biggest furniture retailer into services is a strategic shift it has been forced to adopt to stay in the game. And it seems to be working.
11 Feb 01:30 ET / 06:30 GMT EUROZONE-EUROGROUP/ECB (PIX)
Euro zone finance ministers to choose successor to ECB's chief economist Peter Praet Euro zone finance ministers are to choose Ireland's Philip Lane as the successor to ECB's chief economist Peter Praet whose term ends at the end of May. The ministers will also discuss the economic performance of Ireland and Portugal and the Commission'[s economic forecasts.
11 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT PALMOIL-TECHNOLOGY/ (PIX) (GRAPHIC)
Brands turn to satellites in fight against palm oil deforestation From satellites to drones, companies are using "eyes in the sky" to clean up their palm oil supply chains, but some acknowledge the crackdown may fall short in truly curbing deforestation.
11 Feb 01:00 ET / 06:00 GMT MAURITIUS-INFLATION/
Mauritius releases inflation statistics 11 Feb 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT FILMFESTIVAL-BERLIN/MR JONES (TV)
Thriller based on real-life expose of 1930s Soviet Union famine screens in Berlin "Mr. Jones", a thriller based on the true story of a Welsh journalist who broke the news of a famine in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and inspired George Orwell's "Animal Farm", premieres at the Berlin Film Festival.
11 Feb 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
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