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BRITAIN-EU/ EU to agree Brexit delay but France pushes for conditions
PARIS/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit but they could demand she accepts a much longer extension as France pushed for conditions to limit Britain’s ability to undermine the bloc. U.S.
USA-MEASLES/ New York declares measles emergency, blasts misinformation fueling outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, primarily among Orthodox Jewish children, prompted New York City on Tuesday to declare a public health emergency, requiring unvaccinated people in the affected areas to get the vaccine or face fines USA-EDUCATION-CHEATING/
U.S. slaps more charges on parents in college admissions cheating scandal BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors filed fresh conspiracy and money laundering charges on Tuesday against 16 parents charged with paying bribes to secure their children seats in elite universities in the largest college admissions scam uncovered in U.S. history.
BUSINESS USA-TRADE-EU/
In new attack, Trump threatens more tariffs against European Union BRUSSELS/PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose U.S. tariffs on $11 billion worth of European Union products, heightening tensions over a long-running transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute and opening a new front in his global trade war.
LEVI-STRAUSS-RESULTS/ Levi Strauss revenue rises 7 percent in first post-IPO quarterly report
Levi Strauss & Co posted a 7 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday in its first report after returning to public markets, as the jeans maker’s strategy of expanding its retail stores and investing in its online business paid off. ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION-GAME-OF-THRONES/ 'We want people to love it': 'Game of Thrones' creators on finale
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The creators of global smash television series “Game of Thrones” say they knew how they would end the show five years ago, and are anxious that fans will like it. THEATRE-ESTEFAN/
'On Your Feet!' - Gloria and Emilio Estefan bring their story to London LONDON (Reuters) - A musical depicting the love story between singer Gloria Estefan, the Cuban-American pop star, and her music producer husband Emilio, opens in London in June.
SPORTS FIGHTING-MMA-UFC-DILLASHAW-SUSPENSION/
Dillashaw suspended two years for positive test The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has suspended former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw for two years for a positive drug test, the agency announced Tuesday.
FOOTBALL-NFL-PRESEASON/ NFL releases 2019 preseason schedule
The NFL released the 65-game 2019 preseason schedule Tuesday, kicking off with the Hall of Fame game between the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 1 in Canton, Ohio. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BRITAIN-EU/SUMMIT (PIX) (TV)
EU leaders meet for extraordinary summit to discuss Brexit European Union leaders meet for an extraordinary summit following the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons on March 29
10 Apr 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT INDIA-ELECTION/ISSUES
FACTBOX-Key issues at India's massive general election India will hold general elections in seven phases starting from Thursday, with about 900 million voters eligible to participate in the world's biggest democratic exercise. The main issues are jobs, national security, and religion and caste.
10 Apr VENEZUELA-POLITICS/PENCE-UN (TV)
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to address U.N. Security Council on Venezuela U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will address the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, as the 15-member body remains deadlocked over how to deal with the country's political and humanitarian crisis.
10 Apr 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-BARR (PIX) (TV)
U.S. Attorney General Barr testifies at Senate panel hearing Attorney General William Barr testifies on Justice Department budget to Senate subcommittee, where Mueller report questions will likely come up
10 Apr 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT POPE-SOUTHSUDAN/
Pope hosts South Sudan's divided leaders in peace retreat Pope Francis hosts the divided leaders of South Sudan at the Vatican to help them solidify a faltering peace agreement ending the civil war in the world's youngest country.
10 Apr BRITAIN-ROYALS/BABY-SOCIAL CAUSES (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)
Will Harry and Meghan raise a socially conscious child? The baby Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting this spring will be born with a silver spoon in his or her mouth, and likely a fist thrust in the air, wailing for social justice.
10 Apr 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT AUSTRIA-POLITICS/ (PIX)
Weekly Austrian cabinet meeting Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache attend news conference after cabinet meeting
10 Apr 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT USA-SENATE/POMPEO (PIX) (TV)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing with US Secretary of State Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as it reviews the State Departments FY 2020 budget request.
10 Apr 09:15 ET / 13:15 GMT SPAIN-POLITICS/ELECTION-FRANCO (PIX) (TV)
Franco's exhumation looms over divisive Spanish election The Valley of the Fallen seems peaceful as the wind blows gently through the pine trees in the foothills outside Madrid on a spring day. Yet this burial place for dictator Francisco Franco has become a battleground looming over elections this month.
10 Apr EGYPT-REFUGEES/ (PIX)
Refugees stranded in Egypt struggle to live as economic hardships deepen Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Khatib and his 16-year-old son both work as tuk-tuk drivers in Cairo, but it is not enough to pay the bills.
10 Apr 03:30 ET / 07:30 GMT USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-OBSTRUCTION (PIX)
EXPLAINER: What does the obstruction case against Trump look like? A key element of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election was whether President Donald Trump unlawfully acted to impede the investigation, a crime known as obstruction of justice.
10 Apr 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT ISRAEL-ELECTION/EXPLAINER (PIX)
Israeli election, what happens next? Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz claimed victory in Israel's election on Tuesday. Israeli TV exit polls, however, indicated that Netanyahu has an advantage on Gantz in forming a coalition government and emerging as the winner of the election.
10 Apr INDIA-ELECTION/NUMBERS (PIX)
Boats, votes and booze: India's massive general election India will hold a general election starting April 11 in the world's largest democratic exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second straight term. The election will be conducted in seven phases until May 19 and votes will be counted on May 23.
10 Apr GERMANY-POLITICS/MERKEL (PIX) (TV)
Merkel answers lawmakers' questions in Germany's Bundestag German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to answer questions by members of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, shortly before heading to Brussels for a meeting with other EU leaders on Brexit.
10 Apr 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT BRAZIL-VIOLENCE/ (PIX)
INSIGHT-Bolsonaro targets deadly gangs run from Brazil's prisons As Brazil's incarcerated population has surged eight-fold in three decades to around 750,000 inmates, the world's third-highest tally, its prison gangs have come to wield vast power that reaches far beyond the jailhouse walls.
10 Apr ALGERIA-PROTESTS/ (PIX)
Algeria’s interim president pledges free elections Algeria's interim president, in a televised speech to the nation, pledged on Tuesday to organise free elections after weeks of protests that led to the resignation of leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
10 Apr CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
SYRIA-ISLAMIC STATE/ Survivors describe the bloody final days in Islamic State's last Syrian enclave
Survivors of the final days of Islamic State's self-declared caliphate have described what they call a "massacre" of people who stayed or were trapped in trenches, tunnels and tents in Baghouz - the last scrap of territory the militants held. U.S.-backed forces captured the area last month. 10 Apr
DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS AFRICA-CYCLONE/FLOOD (PIX)
WIDER IMAGE - Lives washed away: A mother's loss in Mozambique Maria Jofresse cannot find her two young daughters' graves, though she helped dig them herself. A single teardrop swells beneath each of her dark eyes as she recalls the moment the girls were snatched away by the fast-flowing floodwaters.
10 Apr 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
USA-ILLINOIS/MISSING CHILD Ohio man ordered detained after claim to be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen
A 23-year-old former convict charged in Ohio with making false statements after he claimed to be missing Illinois teen Timmothy Pitzen was ordered on Tuesday to be held in detention. 9 Apr 18:30 ET / 22:30 GMT
CRIME-ART/FBI (PIX) Among FBI's storied crime fighters, art cops are the new 'cool'
More than 70 years after a stolen 17th century Dutch master that once adorned Adolph Hitler's Fuhrerbrau offices in Munich vanished along with so many other priceless art works looted by the Nazis, it turned up for sale in New York. That was when the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Art Crime Team moved in. 10 Apr
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS USA-HEALTHCARE/INSULIN
Pharmacy and insulin maker heads testify on drug pricing to House committee Executives from the three largest pharmacy benefit managers in the United States, including Express Scripts and CVS, and the three largest insulin makers testify before the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on insulin pricing
10 Apr 10:30 ET / 14:30 GMT TURKEY-ECONOMY/REFORMS (PIX)
Turkey unveils economic reforms that could reignite lira volatility Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak is expected to announce to jittery foreign investors a set of structural reforms he hopes will revive an economy plagued by recession, high inflation and a fragile currency.
10 Apr JAPAN-ECONOMY/RETIREMENT (PIX)
Facing creaking pensions Japanese delay retirement, with firms' consent Japan's labour crunch is pushing companies to keep workers by delaying retirement as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is considering raising the retirement age to 70 or even 75, to ease pension burdens in the fast-ageing society.
10 Apr IMF-WORLDBANK/GFSR
International Monetary Fund to release Global Financial Stability Report The IMF will release its annual Global Financial Stability Report on Weds. 10 April at 8.30am.
10 Apr 22:30 ET / 02:30 GMT ALPHABET-GOOGLE/CLOUD
Google Cloud Next conference Google Cloud hosts its biggest annual product showcase at the Moscone Center.
10 Apr LEBANON-ECONOMY/COMPANIES (PIX) (TV)
Lebanese businesses, factories collapse under the weight of economic woes Economic troubles in Lebanon have had a dire impact on businesses, with hundreds forced to shut down. This is the story of one of them.
10 Apr AUSTRALIA-ECONOMY/RBA
RBA Deputy Governor Debelle speaks in Adelaide RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham) with Adelaide Business School event, Adelaide. The speech has gained importance since the RBA subtly changed the wording on the last sentence in its April policy statement, sparking speculation it was slowly moving toward adopting an explicit easing bias.
10 Apr 22:30 ET / 02:30 GMT FRANCE-GRAINS/FRANCEAGRIMER
French grain supply/demand forecasts Farming agency FranceAgriMer issues monthly supply and demand estimates for cereals. Focus on revisions to wheat exports and stocks as the end of the 2018/19 season in June approaches.
10 Apr PHILIPPINES-ECONOMY/POVERTY
Philippines to release H1 2018 poverty statistics The Philippine Statistics Authority will release first semester 2018 poverty statistics
10 Apr 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT USA-HOUSE/BANKS (PIX) (TV)
U.S. bank CEOs face off with Congress for the first time since financial crisis Chief executives of some of the largest U.S. banks will testify before Congress on Wednesday, giving lawmakers their first chance to grill the lenders since the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
10 Apr 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
SPACE-EXPLORATION/BLACKHOLE (PIX) (TV) Scientists expected to release landmark image of black hole
An international scientific team is expected to disclose a landmark achievement in astrophysics - the first photo of a black hole - in a feat that could put to the test a pillar of science: Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. In addition to a news conference in Washington, briefings will be held simultaneously in Brussels, Santiago, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo. 10 Apr 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT PORTUGAL-HEALTH/ARTS (PIX)
In Lisbon, a trendy new space is tackling mental health stigma through art Fighting the stigma surrounding mental illness is a tough battle to win but a trendy new space in Portugal's capital Lisbon is using arts and creativity to help those affected.
10 Apr 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT FILM-THEATERS/ (PIX) (TV)
Cinemas vs. streaming: the battle over when and where you see movies As superheroes, monsters and aliens battle on the big screen, a real-life battle is raging behind the scenes that will determine what moviegoers see at their local cinemas. The off-screen skirmish centers around the theatrical "window," the time a movie plays exclusively in theaters.
10 Apr 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT TELEVISION-GAME OF THRONES/LANGUAGE (TV)
Learning Game of Thrones phrases in ‘High Valyrian’ The creator of the language 'High Valyrian' from Game of Thrones teachers some phrases from the show.
10 Apr 11:30 ET / 15:30 GMT SPORTS
GOLF-MASTERS/ (PIX) (TV) Golf - The Masters
Golfers practice on the Augusta National greens and speak to the media ahead of the Masters. 10 Apr
(PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC) FRANCE - BTF non-competitive bids
10 Apr 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
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