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Chaotic scenes of protesters rampaging through Hong Kong’s legislature, trashing furniture and daubing graffiti over walls have sent jitters through the business community, which worries about the impact on the city’s status as a financial hub.

EU-SUMMIT/ EU leaders choose France's Lagarde for ECB after marathon summit

BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Tuesday to name France’s Christine Lagarde as the new head of the European Central Bank and sealed a deal on filling the EU’s other top four jobs after marathon talks that have exposed deep divisions in the bloc. U.S.

USA-IMMIGRATION/ 'Help, 40 days here': Photos show migrants crammed into U.S. border facilities

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest U.S. border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where some children have no access to showers or hot meals. USA-CENSUS/

Trump administration retreats on census citizenship question NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, his administration ended its effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census, saying that it will begin printing forms that do not include the contentious query.

BUSINESS CHINA-USA-HUAWEI/

U.S. government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department’s enforcement staff this week that China’s Huawei should still be treated as blacklisted, days after U.S. President Donald Trump sowed confusion with a vow to ease a ban on sales to the firm.

BRITAIN-ECONOMY-PMI/ Brexit crisis wallops UK builders, survey shows

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Brexit crisis tipped the country’s construction industry into its sharpest fall in a decade in June, a survey showed on Tuesday, in a stark sign of how quickly the world’s fifth-biggest economy is slowing. ENTERTAINMENT

SWEDEN-USA-RAPPER/ U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky arrested in Sweden after brawl: prosecutor

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested early on Wednesday on suspicion of serious assault after a brawl in Sweden’s capital, prosecutors said. BAIDU-AI/WATER

"Difficulties on the road to AI”: man pours water on Baidu chief at conference SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - A man poured a bottle of water over Baidu Inc Chief Executive Robin Li on Wednesday at the opening of an annual conference for the Chinese search giant.

SPORTS GOLF-SHANGHAI/

Majors reshuffle puts WGC-HSBC Champions in spotlight: Koepka World number one Brooks Koepka says a reshuffle of the global golf calendar will see more of the top players targeting the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai in October.

SOCCER-COPA-BRA-ARG/REPORT Brazil beat Argentina 2-0 to reach Copa America final

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil July 2 (Reuters) - Brazil advanced to the Copa America final with a 2-0 win over old rivals Argentina on Tuesday in a pulsating and, at times, bad-tempered match decided by a goal in each half from Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS GERMANY-IRELAND/ (PIX) (TV)

Germany´s Merkel receives Irish President Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Ireland´s President Michael D. Higgins at the Chancellery in Berlin.

3 Jul 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT USA-ELECTION/POLL

Poll on 2020 presidential candidates The Reuters/Ipsos poll will measure changes in support for 2020 presidential candidates following the first Democratic debates. The poll will be released at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3.

3 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT G7-SUMMIT/DEVELOPMENT

G7 education, development ministers meet in France G7 development and education ministers meet in France ahead of August summit

Jul 4 USA-ELECTION/

White House candidates mark holiday with parades, barbecues Democrats seeking the party's 2020 U.S. presidential nomination will spend Independence Day at parades and barbecues in early voting states. Former Vice President Joe Biden will attend the holiday parade in Independence, Iowa.

Jul 4 JAPAN-ELECTION/ (PIX)

Campaign begins for Japanese upper house election Japanese political parties begin campaign for a July 21 upper house election, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc likely to keep its majority but perhaps with a smaller presence in the chamber.

Jul 4 CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

USA-IMMIGRATION/MEXICO-SECURITY (PIX) Mexico’s national guard stopping migrants at border, some ask shouldn’t they be fighting crime

Cornered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of punitive tariffs on Mexican exports to the United States, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent the newly created National Guard to stop undocumented migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border. Jul 4

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE HEDGEFUNDS-TRIAL/

Awaiting verdict in trial of Platinum Partners founder, former executives Jurors are deliberating in the criminal fraud trial of Mark Nordlicht, founder of Platinum Partners, and two other former executives of the defunct hedge fund firm. The case is before U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn federal court.

3 Jul 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

EUROZONE-ITALY/DEBT (PIX) (TV) EU Commission holds its weekly meeting amid a row over Italy's debt

The European Commission holds its weekly meeting amid a row over Italy's debt. 3 Jul 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT

AUCTION-EGYPT/TUTANKHAMEN (PIX) Egyptian brown quartzite head of Tutankhamen headed for auction

An Egyptian brown quartzite head of Tutankhamen as the God Amen is to be sold at auction in London with an estimated price tag of 4 million pounds. Jul 4

AUSTRALIA-ECONOMY/RETAIL (PIX) Australia-Retail Sales for May

ABS data on retail sales for May could show a bounce after a surprise fall in April, though the sector remains hamstrung by intense competition and a reluctant consumer. 4 Jul 21:30 ET / 01:30 GMT

CHINA-SWINEFEVER/ (TV) China holds news conference on swine fever outbreak

China's Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Yu Kangzhen holds a news conference in Beijing on the latest efforts to control the spread of African swine fever, a deadly disease which has ravaged China's hog farming sector in recent months. 4 Jul 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT FASHION-PARIS/HAUTECOUTURE-VALENTINO (PIX) (TV)

Valentino show in Paris haute couture fashion week Valentino show in Paris haute couture fashion week

3 Jul 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT SPORTS

SOCCER-WORLDCUP-NLD-SWE/ (PIX) Soccer - FIFA Women's World Cup - Semi-Finals - Netherlands v Sweden

Netherlands plays Sweden in the FIFA Women's World Cup semi-finals in Lyon. 3 Jul 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT

SOCCER-WORLDCUP-NED-SWE/REPORT Soccer - FIFA Women's World Cup - Semi-Finals - Netherlands v Sweden

Sweden and the Netherlands meet in the FIFA Women's World Cup semi-finals in Lyon. 3 Jul 14:00 ET / 18:00 GMT