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PAKISTAN-BLAST/ Blast near shrine in Pakistan, nine dead: police
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb targeting Pakistani police outside a Sufi shrine in the city of Lahore on Wednesday killed nine people, officials said. U.S.
COLORADO-SHOOTING/ Denver suburb seeks answers after school shooting
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (Reuters) - A Denver suburb sought answers on Wednesday as to why two students walked into their school and opened fire with handguns, injuring eight people and killing one just a few miles from where a school massacre took place 20 years ago. USA-TRUMP-CONGRESS-MCGAHN/
White House defies Congress on McGahn subpoena as Trump battles Democrats WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s struggle with Democratic lawmakers intensified on Tuesday, with the White House directing former counsel Don McGahn not to comply with a congressional subpoena and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee threatening to hold him in contempt.
BUSINESS USA-TRADE-CHINA-BACKTRACKING-EXCLUSIV/
Exclusive: China backtracked on nearly all aspects of U.S. trade deal - sources WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement that would blow up months of negotiations between the world’s two largest economies, according to three U.S. government sources and three private sector sources briefed on the talks.
UBER-IPO-STRIKE/ Eyeing IPO riches, Uber drivers go on strike in UK ahead of U.S. action
LONDON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber drivers in Britain started a day of transatlantic strikes on Wednesday to protest at the disparity between gig-economy conditions and the sums investors are likely to make in Friday’s blockbuster stock market debut. ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION-GAMEOFTHRONES-FRANCE-WINE/ Winter may be coming, but Dornish wine won't be for much longer
VIGNONET, France (Reuters) - Winemaker Thibault Bardet is such a fan of “Game of Thrones” that he decided to make a wine as close as possible to Dornish, the wine favored by the dwindling number of Lannisters, Starks, Baratheons and Targaryens the HBO series hasn’t killed off yet. USA-EDUCATION-CHEATING/
Story of U.S. college admissions scandal coming to television LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The story of the largest college admissions scam in the United States is making its way to Hollywood.
SPORTS BASKETBALL-NBA-POR-DEN-RECAP/
Jokic, Nuggets move within a win of West finals Nikola Jokic had 25 points, 19 rebounds and six assists, Paul Millsap scored 24 points, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 124-98 in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.
SPORT-DOPING-RUSSIA-SAVINA/ Russian athlete Savina gets 12-year ban
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian middle distance runner Kseniya Savina has been suspended for 12 years after she was found to have taken a banned substance and then provided false medical documents to avoid sanctions, the Athletics Integrity nit said on Wednesday. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS USA-SAUDI/CONGRESS
U.S. House Committee holds hearing on U.S. relations with Gulf States Timothy Lenderking, the U.S. State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs, testifies to the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.
8 May 17:30 ET, 21:30 GMT USA-CHINA/HUAWEI TECH (PIX) (TV)
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou makes next court appearance about extradition case Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will make her next appearance in a Canadian court regarding a U.S. extradition request. This is not the date of the start of the extradition hearing, which has not yet been scheduled.
8 May 17:00 ET, 21:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/BARR (PIX) (TV)
U.S. House panel votes on whether to cite attorney general for contempt Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee votes on whether to cite Attorney General William Barr for contempt of Congress over his failure to give them unredacted version of Mueller report.
8 May 14:00 ET, 18:00 GMT USA-IRAN/HOOK
U.S. State Department adviser speaks about Iran Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran and senior policy adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at Washington think tank.
8 May 17:30 ET, 21:30 GMT USA-ABORTION/ALABAMA
Bill banning abortion due for vote in Alabama Senate A bill that would ban all abortion except to save the life of the mother is due to come up for a vote in the Alabama state senate on Thursday after having passed the House last week.
9 May AUSTRALIA-ELECTION/CHRISTIAN (PIX) (TV)
Pews and politics – Australian leaders chase elusive Christian vote as election looms Father Dave Smith is as much at home in a boxing ring as he is delivering a Sunday morning sermon. Smith is Australia’s oldest professional boxer and an Anglican priest who is dedicated to getting troubled youth off the streets and into his gym in suburban Sydney, where he teaches discipline and respect - and a mean upper-cut. Weeks out from the election, political leaders are trying to tap into Australia's elusive Christian vote.
9 May MALAYSIA-POLITICS/ (TV)
Malaysia's Prime Minister holds a pool interview with foreign media Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will have a sit-down pool interview with selected members of the foreign press, on the first-year anniversary of his coalition's shock victory at a general election that ushered in a change of government for the first time in 61 years.
9 May 02:30 ET, 06:30 GMT GREENLAND-USA/ (TV)
U.S.'s Pompeo visits Greenland US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen and Danish foreign minister Anders Samuelsen in Nuuk.
9 May EGYPT-LIFE/ (PIX)
Egypt teaches students about love and marriage in attempt to curb divorce Egypt has launched a new project called "Mawadda" that teaches university students how to choose the right partner and handle conflicts in marriage. The aim is to curb the divorce rate, which has been rising.
9 May ROMANIA-EU/ (PIX) (TV)
Romania hosts EU heads of state or government summit Romania's city of Sibiu hosts informal European Council summit of EU heads of state or government.
9 May CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
SOCCER-RUSSIA/COURT (PIX) (TV) Court rules in case against two Russian top soccer players
A Moscow court delivers a verdict in the case against Russian soccer internationals Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev, who have been detained since last year after violent assaults. Kokorin is still employed by Zenit, Saint-Petersburg soccer club which secured Russian championship victory last week. 8 May 11:00 ET, 15:00 GMT
USA-CRIME/CULT Accused sex cult guru Keith Raniere faces trial in New York
Accused sex cult guru Keith Raniere faces trial in New York on charges including engaging in sex trafficking and child exploitation as the leader of a secretive organization called Nxivm. 8 May 13:30 ET, 17:30 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS STANCHART-AGM/
Standard Chartered defends performance at AGM Asia, Africa and Middle-East focused bank Standard Chartered will have to explain to long-suffering shareholders its continuing struggle to regrow revenues when it hosts its annual general meeting on Wednesday in London.
8 May 10:00 ET, 14:00 GMT WALT DISNEY-RESULTS/
Disney posts second quarter earnings Walt Disney Co is expected to post a drop in its second quarter profit, as it incurred costs to build its streaming service Disney+. Investors will be looking out for more details on Disney divesting 21 regional sports networks it got as part of its deal to buy Twenty-First Century Fox Inc's film and television assets.
8 May 20:00 ET THOMSONREUTERS-RESULTS/ (PIX)
Thomson Reuters reports first-quarter results The parent company of Reuters News and provider of information and tools for tax and legal professionals, reports first-quarter results. Shares of Thomson Reuters, which last year sold a 55-percent stake in its Financial & Risk unit to private equity firm Blackstone, hit lifetime highs in the days leading up to the release.
8 May 12:30 ET, 16:30 GMT NEW YORK TIMES-RESULTS/
Q1 2019 New York Times Co Earnings Release The New York Times Co is expected to report a rise in first-quarter revenue as the newspaper publisher signed up more digital subscribers, compared to a year earlier.
8 May 12:30 ET, 16:30 GMT UBER-IPO/LYFT (PIX)
Lyft results underscore importance to Uber of life beyond ride-hailing Investor disappointment at Lyft Inc's growth outlook underscores the pressure for rival Uber Technologies to show potential backers of its initial public offering that it can expand services such as food delivery even as its core ride-hailing slows down.
8 May 11:00 ET, 15:00 GMT UBER-IPO/ (PIX)
Uber set to price shares in what is expected to be biggest IPO of 2019 Uber Technologies Inc is scheduled to price shares in its eagerly anticipated initial public offering. The ride-hailing company is looking to sell up to $9 billion to value it at as much as $91.5 billion, numbers which would make it the biggest market debut since Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding in 2014.
9 May CRUDE-TECHNOLOGY/OTC
Equipment suppliers, oil producers look for technology to revive offshore projects Companies that provide equipment and services to drill and manage wells miles beneath the ocean surface bring their wares to the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston on May 6-9.
9 May ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN-ROYALS/BABY-AMERICAN (PIX) (TV) Is this America's prince in name only?
Prince Harry’s wife Meghan is the first American to join the British royal family since 1937 when King Edward VIII married divorcee Wallis Simpson. Their first baby will be the newest American addition. A look at the implications of dual citizenship. 8 May 15:00 ET, 19:00 GMT
BRITAIN-ROYALS/HARRY-NETHERLANDS (PIX) (TV) Prince Harry due to visit Netherlands
Britain's Prince Harry is expected to visit the Netherlands, just days after becoming a father. 9 May
FILM-ALADDIN/ (PIX) (TV) Stars walk the magic carpet for London premiere of 'Aladdin'
Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott walk the magic carpet for the London premiere of Disney’s live-action 'Aladdin'. 9 May
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