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USA-AFGHANISTAN/ In U.S. pursuit of peace talks, perilous rift opens with Afghan leader
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - Washington’s relationship with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears increasingly at risk of permanent damage, the consequence of a U.S. policy shift that has so far excluded his government from talks with the Taliban and of his own determination to retain power and manage peace efforts himself. U.S.
USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA-POLL/ Despite report findings, almost half of Americans think Trump colluded with Russia: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans still believe President Donald Trump worked with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared Trump of that allegation. USA-TRUMP-CONGRESS-EMERGENCY/
U.S. House fails to override Trump veto, upholding border wall emergency WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the “national emergency” he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded.
BUSINESS GRINDR-M-A-EXCLUSIVE/
Exclusive: U.S. pushes Chinese owner of Grindr to divest the dating app - sources Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016, after a U.S. government national security panel raised concerns about its ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.
APPLE-QUALCOMM-ITC/ Apple, Qualcomm gird for next phase of patent battle after mixed U.S. rulings
Split decisions on Tuesday by a U.S. government panel in acrimonious patent disputes between iPhone-maker Apple and chip supplier Qualcomm left their battle lines largely unchanged ahead of a U.S Federal Trade Commission ruling and a major trial next month. ENTERTAINMENT
CHINA-CENSORSHIP-BOHEMIANRHAPSODY/ China's censors drop gay scenes from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' film
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has scrubbed at least 10 scenes with gay references from the Oscar-winning biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” about British rock musician Freddie Mercury, incensing some domestic viewers who said authorities were overreacting. PEOPLE-JUSSIE-SMOLLETT/
Jussie Smollett hoax charge dropped by Chicago prosecutors, prompting mayor's rebuke CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges accusing “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of staging a phony hate crime, a stunning move that drew the fury of the city’s police superintendent and mayor, who called the decision a “whitewash of justice.”
SPORTS ATHLETICS-SEMENYA/
Athletics: Semenya says 'no threat' to women's sport CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Double Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya says she is “no threat” to women’s sport and that recent comments from International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe have reopened old wounds.
TENNIS-MIAMI-KONTAVEIT/ Kontaveit ends giant killer Hsieh's Miami run
Anett Kontaveit brought Taiwan giant killer Hsieh Su-wei’s Miami Open run to a dramatic end with a 3-6 6-2 7-5 comeback win on Tuesday to become the first player through to the semi-finals. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS UKRAINE-ELECTION/WEST (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)
REPEAT - In heartland of Ukrainian revolution, Poroshenko's pro-West campaign cuts through At a cemetery in western Ukraine, a tall, grey-haired man lights candles and kisses the gravestone of his 35-year-old brother, whose death, he said, changed his mind about who should win this month's presidential election.
27 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT BRITAIN-EU/LAW (TV)
UK parliament to debate legislation to change Brexit date in law Parliament is due to debate secondary legislation to change the date of Brexit in law from March 29, after the EU agreed to delay it to either April 12 if parliament does not approve Prime Minister Theresa May's deal this week, or May 22 if it does.
27 Mar 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT BRITAIN-EU/ALTERNATIVES (PIX) (TV)
UK parliament to vote on alternative Brexit options On Monday lawmakers voted to take control of the business in parliament to debate and vote on alternative ways forward on Brexit to try and find a majority for a course of action to break the stalemate in parliament, which has twice rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's deal.
27 Mar 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT UKRAINE-ELECTION/WAR (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)
REPEAT - WIDER IMAGE - Living in shadow of war, Ukrainians seek to vote for peace There are not many people left in Zaitseve, a village on the front line that divides Ukraine, but voters want just one thing from this month's presidential election.
27 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT BRITAIN-EU/
UK's May to meet lawmakers on Brexit as resignation talk swirls Prime Minister Theresa May meets her Conservative Party lawmakers at 1700 GMT amid speculation that she will offer to resign in a last-ditch bid to get her Brexit deal through parliament. Shortly afterwards, lawmakers will vote on alternatives to her plan which Brexiteers fear might mean no Brexit at all.
27 Mar 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT BRITAIN-EU/GOVE
UK environment minister Michael Gove questioned by lawmakers British environment minister Michael Gove, a prominent Brexit supporter, will be quizzed by a committee of lawmakers over his department's readiness for Brexit.
27 Mar 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT VENEZUELA-POLITICS/PENCE (PIX)
Wife of Venezuela's Guaido to visit White House, Pence Fabiana Rosales, Venezuelan activist who is wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, is to visit White House where she will meet with Vice President Mike Pence. 27 Mar 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
BRAZIL-POLITICS/PENSIONS (PIX) Brazil Economy Minister Guedes defends pension plan in Congressional committee
Economy Minister Paulo Guedes appears before the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Brazil's lower house to defend his proposal to overhaul the country's pension system as the Bolsonaro administration struggles to secure votes needed for Congressional approval of the fiscally crucial legislation 27 Mar 14:00 ET / 18:00 GMT
ETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE/CONGRESS (PIX) (TV) U.S. Senate panel holds hearing on aviation safety after fatal crashes
U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee on aviation and space conducts hearing on aviation safety after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes since October. 27 Mar 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/JERUSALEM (PIX) Palestinians quietly police Jerusalem's east in defiance of Israel
Israeli police may be the law in East Jerusalem, but when Palestinians there need a crime solved they often turn to their own, undeclared security men, whose mission is quietly defying Israel's 51-year rule by asserting control while keeping order. 28 Mar
BRITAIN-EU/VISAS EU hopes to agree on visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit after Gibraltar controversy
EU nations and the European Parliament hope to endorse visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit, a proposal that has been held up for weeks by controversy over the way it describes Gibraltar as a UK "colony". 28 Mar
CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE GUATEMALA-RIGHTS/
Guatemala bill would free war criminals convicted of sexual slavery Starting in 1982, during one of the darkest moments of Guatemala's civil war, 15 Mayan Qeqchi indigenous women were kidnapped, enslaved and raped over a period of six years at a jungle army camp.
27 Mar 14:30 ET / 18:30 GMT TEXAS-EXECUTION/
Texas to execute Patrick Murphy, among group who killed cop Texas is set to execute Patrick Murphy, who was among a group who killed a cop.
28 Mar BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
USA-ECONOMY/FED Federal Reserve issues annual benchmark revisions to U.S. industrial output, capacity use rates
Federal Reserve issues annual benchmark revisions to U.S. industrial production and capacity use rates from 1972 onward. 27 Mar 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT
NISSAN-GHOSN/GOVERNANCE (PIX) (TV) Nissan external committee to announce corporate governance recommendations
An external committee commissioned by Nissan will announce the results of its audit on the automaker's corporate governance in the wake of ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn's arrest over financial misconduct. The committee will hold a briefing at 2015 JST. 27 Mar 07:15 ET / 11:15 GMT
MONEY-LIFELESSONS/ALEXMORGAN (PIX) Take Your Shot: Life Lessons with soccer star Alex Morgan
Everyone has a dream of making it to the top. But what happens when you actually get there? 27 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
ETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE/BOEING (PIX) Boeing briefs pilots, airline officials on 737 MAX software fix
Boeing officials are scheduled to brief representatives from major airlines, pilots and others to outline its plan to revise the operation of an anti-stall system under suspicion after two deadly 737 MAX crashes. Boeing is also expected to describe new training on the revised system, which will give back more control over the plane to human pilots, sources have said. 27 Mar 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT
USA-FED/GEORGE Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President George speaks on economic and monetary policy outlook
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George speaks on the economic and monetary policy outlook before the Money Marketeers of New York University Inc., in New York. 27 Mar 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
PG&E US-BANKRUPTCY/ Judge set to rule on $5.5 billion bankruptcy loan for California power producer PG&E
Judge Dennis Montali of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco will hold a hearing at which he is expected to either approve or deny PG&E 's debtor-in-possession financing, a $5.5 billion loan the California power producer has said it needs to help maintain electricity and natural gas delivery and to invest in equipment and efforts to reduce the risk of wildfires as it reorganizes. 27 Mar 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT
BP-SNOW/ (PIX) Winter comes for BP in Wyoming
Land sales get stalled for various reasons. Snow is usually not one of them. Oil acreage has been tough enough to sell this year due to volatile markets and caution from lenders, but BP put a planned sale of land in Wyoming on ice after the area was blanketed with snow – meaning prospective buyers couldn’t see what it was they were buying. 27 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
GREECE-BANKS/DEPOSITS Greek bank deposits February 2019
The next Press Release on “Bank credit and deposits” for February 2019 will be published on 28 March 2019. 28 Mar
MEXICO-OIL/DEEPWATER Shallow and deep water Mexico Exposition
Mexico will host its first shallow and deep water exposition, an area where over $100 billion in investment is expected following the country's energy reform. The event will be supported by the country's Energy Secretary and the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce. 28 Mar
BRITAIN-ECONOMY/AUTOS UK car production figures published
Britain's car industry released car production data. Output has been hit by consumers shunning diesel, Brexit and emission rule changes, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said. 28 Mar 20:00 ET / 00:00 GMT
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY CHILE-ENVIRONMENT/EASTER ISLAND (PIX) (TV)
FEATURE-Chill waters, arid land: climate change arrives in Easter Island The famed Easter Island is starting to feel the impact of climate change, from the cooler waters caused by fluctuating global temperatures to a record drought which has drained the island's wetlands and put its freshwater reserves at risk.
27 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN-AUCTION/BOOKS (PIX) First edition books from JK Rowling and Stephen Hawking
First edition books of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' by J.K. Rowling and 'The Universe in a Nutshell' by Stephen Hawkins on display at Bonhams 27 Mar 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT
BRITAIN-ROYALS/BABY-WELLNESS (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC) What is cool for the modern day baby?
A look at holistic parenting, including hypno-birthing. 28 Mar
SPORTS OLYMPICS-IOC/ (TV)
IOC President holds briefing following EB IOC President Thomas Bach holds news briefing as Executive Board second day ends.
27 Mar 13:30 ET / 17:30 GMT
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