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Reuters | Updated: 16-06-2019 03:30 IST | Created: 16-06-2019 03:30 IST
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With an escalating U.S. trade war, a faltering economy and tensions in the South China Sea vexing her bosses in Beijing, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appeared in no mood to compromise on a planned extradition law at recent meetings, according to foreign envoys and business people who met with her.

MIDEAST-ATTACKS/ Saudi seeks oil supply protection as U.S and Iran face off

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies, after the United States blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a vital oil shipping route that have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region. U.S.

USA-ELECTION-DEMOCRATS/ Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for their party's 2020 U.S. presidential nomination appeared at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting state. USA-TRUMP-CONGRESS-TAXES/

U.S. House Democrat says current Congress may not see Trump taxes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democrat on a congressional panel seeking President Donald Trump's tax returns warned on Saturday that the current Congress may not see the long-sought tax documents without launching an impeachment inquiry.

BUSINESS TARGET-OUTAGES/

Target hit by nationwide payment outage (Reuters) - Target Corp on Saturday said it was working on a problem that prevented customers in the United States from paying for their purchases.

USA-TRADE-INDIA/ Headline India to impose retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. goods from Sunday

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. products including almonds, apples and walnuts from Sunday, following Washington's withdrawal of key trade privileges for New Delhi. ENTERTAINMENT

ITALY-ZEFFIRELLI/ Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director, dies at 96

ROME (Reuters) - Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the world's greatest opera singers and brought Shakespeare to the cinema-going masses, has died. He was 96. FILM-THEDEADDONTDIE-ENVIRONMENT/

'The Dead Don't Die' stars on the environment (Reuters) - Flesh-eating zombies terrorize a small town in Jim Jarmusch's "The Dead Don't Die", a comedy horror in which polar fracking sets off strange reactions and raises the dead.

SPORTS GOLF-USOPEN/

Woodland ready to fight off challenge at U.S. Open PEBBLE BEACH, CA. (Reuters) - Some of golf's biggest names will try to chase down Gary Woodland after the American journeyman fired a record-equalling six-under 65 to take a two-shot lead into the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.

ATHLETICS-SEMENYA/ Rabat organizers made it impossible for Semenya to race, says legal team

(Reuters) - The Moroccan Athletics Federation made it "impossible" for Caster Semenya to compete at the Rabat Diamond League meeting on Sunday because of the lateness of a re-invitation, the South African athlete's legal team said on Saturday. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MOLDOVA-POLITICS/PROTESTS (PIX) (TV)

Moldovans rally in Chisinau as political crisis deepens Supporters of Moldova's new Prime Minister Maia Sandu hold a rally in front of the country's parliament as opposition Democratic Party does not recognize the new government and insists Pavel Filip, the prime minister who led the government until February's vote, is still in charge.

16 Jun 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

HONGKONG-EXTRADITION/ (PIX) (TV) Protesters plan a mass rally in Hong Kong

Anti-extradition law protesters in Hong Kong hold a mass rally, planning to march from Victoria Park to the Legislative Council (LegCo) to pressure officials to scrap the legislation. In the past week, Hong Kong has seen violent skirmishes between protesters and police at various demonstrations over the proposed bill. 16 Jun 20:50 ET / 00:50 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS USA-WEATHER/PLANTING (PIX) (TV)

Illinois farmers give up on planting after floods, throw party instead Rather than sitting around wishing his fields would dry up so he could plant corn, Illinois farmer James McCune decided to throw a party. His seeds were still in the shed and he was not sure he would get any compensation for the loss of his crop from his insurance. It was not clear if disaster relief funds or a $16 billion federal trade aid package meant to compensate farmers for lost markets would reach him. So trying to forget the floods and the US-China trade war, he put out some fried chicken and beer and set out to enjoy the company of his fellow farmers, forgetting for a moment what has been one of the worst years on the U.S. farm belt in memory.

16 Jun 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT G20-JAPAN/ENERGY (PIX) (TV)

Japan hosts a G20 energy ministers' meeting Second day of energy and environment ministers in G20 countries gathering to talk about energy transitions and global environment toward sustainable growth in Nagano, central Japan.

16 Jun CANADA-ENERGY/PIPELINE

Canada looks set to approve hotly-debated pipeline expansion, but PM Trudeau unlikely to benefit Canada looks set to approve a hotly-debated plan to expand a key oil pipeline this week but the move is unlikely to help Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuild flagging support ahead of an October election.

16 Jun SPORTS

GOLF-USOPEN/ (PIX) (TV) Golf - U.S. Open final round

Coverage of the final round as a major champion is crowned at Pebble Beach. 16 Jun

SOCCER-GOLDCUP-CAN-MTQ/REPORT Soccer-Canada face Martinique in Group A action

Canada face Martinique in Group A Gold Cup action at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 15 Jun 23:00 ET / 03:00 GMT

SOCCER-GOLDCUP-MEX-CUB/REPORT Soccer-Mexico face Cuba in Group A action

Mexico faces Cuba in a Group A Gold Cup action at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 15 Jun 23:00 ET / 03:00 GMT

RELIGION POPE-QUAKE/ (PIX) (TV)

Pope Francis visits the quake hit town of Camerino Pope Francis visits the quake hit town of Camerino, one of the central Italian towns hit by earthquakes in 2016 16 Jun 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

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