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Britain should be “scared” about Tehran’s possible retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar, the Fars semi-official news agency on Saturday reported an Iranian cleric as saying.
MYANMAR-POLITICS-PROTEST Thousands protest amid outcry over Myanmar child-rape case
YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched to a police office in the north of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, on Saturday, demanding speedy and transparent justice in a child-rape case that has sparked national outrage. U.S.
CALIFORNIA-QUAKE Powerful Southern California quake, second in two days, causes damage, injuries
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, triggering fires, buckling part of a highway, damaging buildings but causing few reported injuries despite striking with eight times more force than the initial quake in the same area a day earlier. USA-IMMIGRATION-CONGRESS
House panel chair asks watchdog for probe of Homeland Security leaders WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of a U.S. House panel asked an internal watchdog on Friday to investigate whether top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. border service knew about a Facebook group where agents posted racist and misogynistic comments.
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Turkey fires central bank chief as policy differences deepen amid economic malaise ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Saturday fired its central bank governor as policy differences between the government and the bank deepened in the face of an economic slump, volatility in the lira currency and high inflation.
USA-FED Fed faces tougher task in deciding whether to cut U.S. rates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. employers are hiring workers, but that is only making the Federal Reserve’s job harder. On Friday, the Labor Department said nonfarm employers added 224,000 jobs last month - the most in five months, and not the kind of labor market that would normally cause the U.S. central bank to cut interest rates. ENTERTAINMENT
PEOPLE-KEVINSPACEY Actor Kevin Spacey's alleged sex assault victim drops lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) - The man that former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey is accused by prosecutors of sexually assaulting in Massachusetts three years ago has dropped a civil lawsuit he filed against the Oscar-winning actor only last week. SWEDEN-USA-RAPPER
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky detained for up to two more weeks in Sweden STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish court on Friday ordered that U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky be held in custody for up to two more weeks while prosecutors investigate his part in a brawl in Stockholm.
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Clippers make their move, land Leonard, George The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off two major acquisitions late Friday night, as ESPN and The Athletic reported that free agent forward Kawhi Leonard will sign with the team, which also acquired forward Paul George in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-GAUFF Teenager Gauff digs deep to continue dream run at Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) - Fifteen-year-old Cori Gauff clawed her way back from a set and 5-2 down and saved two match points to beat Slovenia’s Polona Hercog 3-6 7-6(7) 7-5 on Friday and reach the Wimbledon fourth round. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BRITAIN-EU/LEADER-DEBATE (PIX) (TV)
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt take part in Conservative Party leadership hustings Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt take part in Conservative Party leadership hustings in race to become Prime Minister. This debate will take place in Cardiff.
6 Jul 18:00 ET / 18:00 GMT BRITAIN-EU/LEADER-DEBATE (PIX) (TV)
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt take part in Conservative Party leadership hustings Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt take part in Conservative Party leadership hustings in race to become Prime Minister. This debate will take place in Nottingham.
6 Jul 11:00 ET / 11:00 GMT LEBANON-REFUGEES/ (PIX) (TV)
Syrians, facing orders to demolish their homes, fear fate in Lebanon Dima al-Kanj's house is now a pile of rubble and twisted metal. The mother of four is among thousands of Syrian refugees who will be left stranded by a Lebanese government decision to dismantle their concrete huts.
7 Jul GREECE-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)
Greece holds snap election Greece will hold snap elections on July 7.
7 Jul BRITAIN-EU/LEADER-BALLOTS (PIX)
UK leadership ballots sent out to Conservative Party members Conservative Party members receive ballot papers
7 Jul CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
HONGKONG-EXTRADITION/ (PIX) (TV) Protesters to march to high-speed rail hub connecting to mainland China
Hong Kong protesters are expected to march to the West Kowloon Rail Station, which connects to the mainland Chinese high-speed rail network. Parts of the station are under mainland legal jurisdiction under a controversial “co-location” arrangement that has been heavily opposed by the city’s pan-democrats. 7 Jul
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