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NORTHKOREA-USA-TRUMP/ Movement at North Korea ICBM plant viewed as missile-related: South Korea
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - New activities have been detected at a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles plant, South Korean media said on Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be very disappointed if Pyongyang rebuilt a rocket site. U.S.
USA-CONGRESS-MCSALLY/ Senator McSally, an Air Force veteran, says she was raped by a superior officer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the system. USA-MILITARY-BILLRIGHTS/
Responding to unsafe military housing, U.S. armed forces unveil tenant bill of rights WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines unveiled a proposed tenant bill of rights on Wednesday that would hand more power to military families facing housing hazards and place enhanced scrutiny on private landlords drawing billions in fees from their military partnerships.
BUSINESS USA-CHINA-HUAWEI-TECH-FILING/
Huawei sues U.S. government, saying ban on its equipment is unconstitutional HONG KONG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies sued the U.S. government on Thursday saying a law limiting its U.S. business was unconstitutional, racheting up its fight back against a government bent on closing it out of global markets.
HYUNDAI MOTOR-CHINA/ Hyundai may suspend production at oldest China plant as slowdown bites
SEOUL, (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co is considering plans to suspend production at its oldest plant in China as it reels from tumbling sales and massive overcapacity in its biggest market. ENTERTAINMENT
PEOPLE-RKELLY/ R.Kelly arrested for unpaid child support after interview denying sex charges
R&B singer R. Kelly was arrested for a second time in recent weeks on Wednesday - this time for failure to pay child support - hours after lashing out in a television interview against charges that he had sexually assaulted teenage girls. BRITAIN-ROYALS/BABY-ROCKING HORSES
Fit for a prince or princess: making rocking horses for royals BETHERSDEN, (Reuters) - In a workshop in southeast England a restorer carefully removes the saddle of an old rocking horse, preparing it for repair. Upstairs, hammer in hand, a finisher drives nails into a saddle blanket on a newly carved, stained and polished wooden model.
SPORTS SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-PSG-MUN/
Man United complete stunning comeback to shatter PSG PARIS, (Reuters) - Manchester United pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history as Marcus Rashford's last-gasp VAR penalty sealed a 3-1 win at Paris St Germain on Wednesday and sent the English side into the quarter-finals on away goals.
TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/FEDERER Family will remain priority post retirement, says Federer
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (Reuters) - Roger Federer is looking forward to having more freedom and more time with his family when he eventually leaves behind the sport he has dominated, the Swiss master said on Wednesday. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BRITAIN-EU/GERMANY-SCHOLZ
German FinMin speaks about Brexit preparation German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz talks about preparations for Brexit at a DHL hub in Leipzig.
7 Mar 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT USA-IMMIGRATION/SHELTER (PIX)
WIDER IMAGE - Arizona monastery, motel turned into migrant shelters A 1970s motel and a monastery are among a number of pop up shelters that charities are operating to house hundreds of Central American families who have been allowed into the country while their asylum cases are pending.
7 Mar 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT TURKEY-ELECTION/
President Erdogan holds election rallies in southeast Turkey Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds election rallies in the southeastern provinces of Mardin (0900 GMT) and Siirt (1200 GMT) and may comment on plans for a safe zone in Syria or relations with the United States.
7 Mar 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT POLAND-NATO/ (PIX)
NATO Secretary General meets Polish President NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.
7 Mar 12:00 ET / 17:00 GMT VENEZUELA-POLITICS/USA (TV)
Trump administration officials testify about Venezuela in U.S. Senate Mark Green, the administration of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Elliott Abrams, President Donald Trump's special representative for Venezuela, testify in a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on "U.S.-Venezuela Relations and the Path to a Democratic Transition"
7 Mar 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT UKRAINE-ELECTION/RUSSIA (PIX) (GRAPHIC)
For Kremlin, Ukrainian election a choice between lesser of three evils Before Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatists in east Ukraine, Moscow had a Ukrainian president who did much of what it wanted. Now, as Ukraine readies to elect a new leader, none of the leading candidates look that enticing to Russia.
7 Mar 01:00 ET / 06:00 GMT THAILAND-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)
Thai court to rule on ban on party that nominated princess Thailand's constitutional court is to rule on a proposed ban on the Thai Raksa Chart (TRC) Party, accused of violating election laws by nominating Princess Ubolratana, a royal family member as a prime minister candidate.
7 Mar 01:30 ET / 06:30 GMT BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS/EXPEDITION (PIX)
Brazil sends expedition to protect isolated Amazon tribe Brazilian anthropologists have set off into the Amazon jungle to find a tribe that has had little or no contact with the outside world to steer them clear of a rival indigenous group and avoid a bloody clash of warriors armed with cudgels against arrows in the Austria-sized Javari Valley reservation, home to the highest concentration of uncontacted tribes in the world.
7 Mar 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-MANAFORT (PIX) (TV)
Trump's ex-campaign chairman Manafort sentenced in federal court in Virginia President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Virginia.
7 Mar 15:30 ET / 20:30 GMT USA-IMMIGRATION/ABUSE (PIX)
EXCLUSIVE - Trump administration guts program for abused migrant kids The Trump administration is curbing a program that allows immigrant children that have been abused or neglected by their parents to get green cards by snarling applications in red tape, data obtained by Reuters shows.
7 Mar 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
EUROPE-MONEYLAUNDERING/SWEDEN-FSA Head of Swedish financial watchdog to testify before a parliamentary committee
The head of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority will attend a hearing before the Parliament's Finance Committee following one of the country's bank having been in recent weeks linked to a money-laundering scandal emerging from the Baltics. 7 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS SAFRICA-ESKOM/
S.Africa's energy regulator announces decision on Eskom tariff application South Africa's National Energy Regulator (Nersa) decides on whether to grant ailing power utility Eskom the large tariff increases the firm says it needs to keep the lights on in Africa's most industrialised economy. Eskom asked the regulator for increases of 17.1 percent in 2019/20, 15.4 percent in 2020/21 and 15.5 percent in 2021/22, but Nersa tends to grant much smaller increases.
7 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT ZIMBABWE-FUELOIL/ (PIX)
Zimbabwe central bank chief set to answer questions in parliament on fuel shortages Zimbabwe's central bank governor and energy minister are expected to answer questions in parliament on intermittent fuel shortages in the last six months despite a 150 percent price hike that sparked violent protests in mid-January.
7 Mar 03:30 ET / 08:30 GMT GLOBAL-ECONOMY/FOOD
U.N. agency FAO releases its latest food price index and cereal supply outlook U.N. food agency FAO releases its latest monthly global food price index and its updated cereal supply outlook.
7 Mar 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT USA-ECONOMY/WEALTH
Federal Reserve issues Flow of Funds accounts for Q4 2018 Federal Reserve releases figures on the financial health of U.S. household in its Flow of Funds report for the fourth quarter of 2018, in Washington.
7 Mar 12:00 ET / 17:00 GMT USA-FED/BRAINARD
Fed Gov. Lael Brainard takes part in lecture series at Princeton Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard participates in a lecture series at Princeton University in New Jersey.
7 Mar 12:15 ET / 17:15 GMT SERBIA-RATES/
Serbia's central bank annouces benchmark rate 7 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
MEXICO-ECONOMY/INFLATION (PIX) Mexico-Inflation Final
7 Mar 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH-EBOLA/CONGO (TV) MSF chief gives news conference on Ebola
International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Joanne Liu, holds press conference on "Ebola outbreak in DRC: State of play" 7 Mar 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT USA-TRUMP/MANAFORT-LIFE
Manafort's luxuries nowhere in sight at sentencing The $15,000 ostrich skin jacket, expensive oriental rugs and other luxuries accumulated by Paul Manafort, Washington lobbyist and President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, are nowhere in sight when he is sentenced to prison.
7 Mar 17:30 ET / 22:30 GMT WOMENS-DAY/USA-FRIENDSHIP (PIX) (TV)
New apps enable women to 'swipe right' to find friends Women have long relied on dating apps to find romantic partners, but many now are going online to seek another special someone: a friend.
7 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT RELIGION
RELIGION-ITALY/MORMONS (PIX) (TV) Italy's first Mormon temple set to open in the center of Catholicism
It looks like it has been transplanted from Salt Lake City to the center of Catholicism. Italy's first Mormon temple, the biggest in Europe, is opening in the Eternal City just a few miles from the Vatican. 7 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
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