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BRITAIN-EU-MAY/ May to EU - Agree to backstop changes or risk disorderly Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May put the onus on the European Union to make concessions over the thorny issue of the Irish backstop in Brexit talks, or risk Britain leaving the EU without a deal, which she said would be against EU interests. U.S.
USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA-MANAFORT/ U.S. judge gives Trump ex-aide Manafort leniency: under four years in prison
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison - far shy of federal sentencing guidelines - for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. USA-TRUMP-DANIELS/
U.S. judge dismisses Stormy Daniels' hush-money agreement case vs Trump A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to end a hush-money agreement she had with U.S. President Donald Trump, court papers showed.
BUSINESS CHINA-PARLIAMENT-HUAWEI-TECH/
No 'silent lambs': China supports Huawei's bid for U.S. legal redress BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councilor Wang Yi, said on Friday that China supports Huawei Technologies’ bid for legal redress in the United States, adding that Chinese companies should use “legal weapons” and not be “silent lambs”.
G20-JAPAN-MOF/ Japan sees global growth risks persisting on trade war, China slowdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Downside risks in the global economy are likely to persist over the medium to long term, pressured by the Sino-U.S. trade war and a slowdown in China, Japan’s top financial diplomat said. ENTERTAINMENT
WOMENS-DAY/ Women bang pots and pans in Madrid to kick off International Women's Day
MADRID (Reuters) - Loudly banging pots and pans, a few hundred women protesters gathered in Madrid in the early hours of Friday to mark the start of International Women’s Day. MUSIC-KANYE-WEST/
EMI countersues Kanye West to enforce 2003 publishing agreement NEW YORK (Reuters) - EMI on Thursday countersued Kanye West to enforce a 2003 publishing agreement that the rapper and entrepreneur considers unfair and wants declared void.
SPORTS TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/
Tennis-Venus overcomes illness to advance at Indian Wells INDIAN WELLS, Calif., (Reuters) - Venus Williams played through illness to win a seesaw opening round match against German Andrea Petkovic 6-4 0-6 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.
SOCCER-EUROPA-REN-ARS/REPORT Chelsea too strong for Kiev, Arsenal slump at Rennes
Chelsea outclassed Dynamo Kiev 3-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday but Arsenal face an uphill task to make the quarter-finals after slumping to a 3-1 defeat at French club Rennes. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS USA-TRUMP/ALABAMA (PIX) (TV)
Trump to visit tornado-hit Alabama U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Alabama, after weekend tornadoes in the southern state left 23 people dead.
8 Mar 11:30 ET / 16:30 GMT WOMENS-DAY/SPAIN
"Don't speak in my name": Women's Day exposes Spain's social divisions Global campaigners are showcasing events to mark Women's Day on Friday with the slogan 'a balanced world is a better world' - but in Spain the gender equality debate is sowing divisions that appear deeper than ever.
8 Mar 02:30 ET / 07:30 GMT VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
Guaido to speak at event commemorating Venezuelan women Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized by most Western nations as the OPEC nation's legitimate head of state, will speak at a political rally commemorating Venezuelan women.
8 Mar 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT WOMENS-DAY/ROMA (TV)
Star of Roma film, takes part in Women's Day event in Geneva Yalitza Aparicio, Oscar-nominated indigenous actress from the film Roma, is the keynote speaker at an event celebrating International Women's Day at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva with Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General etc. Theme is: "A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality: For a Better Future of Work for All".
8 Mar 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT USA-IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM (PIX) (TV)
Border wall no deterrent to record El Paso asylum seeker arrivals Thousands of Central American migrants have begun to arrive weekly in downtown El Paso, Texas. At other parts of the border, asylum seekers queue at ports of entry or scale the border fence. In El Paso, U.S. territory stretches 100 yards south of the U.S.-Mexico border wall so asylum seekers have discovered that they can surrender to U.S. Border Patrol Agents in this 100 yards south of the wall.
8 Mar 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-POLL (PIX) (GRAPHIC)
POLL-Ahead of Mueller report, Americans sharply split over what to think of Trump, Russia Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's much-anticipated report on the 2016 U.S. general election could greatly influence how people view President Trump and his connections to Russia. Ahead of the report's release, the Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll will break down how many people already think the president colluded with the Russians and obstructed justice.
8 Mar 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT USA-TAX/TRUMP
Democrats weigh risks in pushing tax probe into Trump's businesses Congressional Democrats are debating whether to expand the scope of their inquiry into President Donald Trump's taxes to include his business tax returns along with his personal returns, a risky step seen by some as crucial to effective oversight.
8 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
SWEDEN-SECURITY/ (PIX) Swedish court announces verdict in terror case
Verdict in case of three Central Asian men charged with plotting to commit a terrorist crime and financing the Islamic State militant group. Three others were also charged with financing terrorism. 8 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
MIDEAST-CRISIS/BOSNIA-SYRIA (PIX) (TV) Bosnian women struggle to return female relatives, children from Syria
A quarter of a century after their own country was devastated by war, three Bosnian women are struggling to bring home loved ones caught up in Syria's ruinous conflict amid the violent collapse of Islamic State rule. 8 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS NISSAN-GHOSN/PROSECUTORS
Tokyo prosecutor holds regular news conference Deputy prosecutor at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office holds a regular news conference. The occasion comes two days after ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, arrested last November by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicion of financial misconduct, was released from a Tokyo detention centre on bail.
8 Mar 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
JAPAN-NUCLEAR/WATER (PIX) (TV) Eight years on, water woes threaten Fukushima cleanup
Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, a fresh obstacle threatens to undermine the massive clean-up: A million tons of contaminated water must be stored, possibly for years, at the power plant. 8 Mar 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT
SPACE-SPACEX/ (TV) SpaceX unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth
An unmanned SpaceX spacecraft tailored to fly astronauts returns to Earth after departing the International Space Station, a key milestone in a multibillion-dollar NASA program to restart orbital missions from U.S. soil since America's Space Shuttle program went dark in 2011. 8 Mar 02:30 ET / 07:30 GMT
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