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The United States said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said it had no information about losing a drone.
JAPAN-FIRE/ Suspected arsonist believed his novel was stolen by Japanese studio: media
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - A man suspected of torching an animation studio in Japan, killing 33 people in the country's worst mass killing in two decades, planned the attack because he believed his novel had been plagiarized, media said on Friday. The U.S.
USA-TRUMP-COHEN/ Fbi documents point to trump role in hush money for porn star daniels
NEW YORK (Reuters) - FBI documents unsealed on Thursday suggest that Donald Trump was actively involved in engineering a hush-money payment shortly before the 2016 election to a porn actress who said she had a sexual encounter with him, as his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, the campaign team and others scrambled to head off a scandal. ILLINOIS-CRIME/
Illinois man jailed for life over murder of Chinese graduate student PEORIA, Ill. (Reuters) - An Illinois man described by prosecutors as obsessed with serial killers was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the kidnapping and decapitation of a Chinese graduate student two years ago.
BUSINESS JC-PENNEY-RESTRUCTURING-EXCLUSIVE/
Exclusive: J.C. Penney taps debt restructuring advisers - sources J.C. Penney Co Inc has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time for the money-losing U.S. retailer to forge a turnaround, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
NETFLIX-STOCKS/ Netflix sinks on subscriber losses, analysts still see growth
Wall Street brokerages stuck to a positive outlook on Netflix Inc on Thursday, betting that a strong content slate for the rest of 2019 would reverse shock second-quarter losses in U.S. subscribers that sank its stock price. ENTERTAINMENT
SWEDEN-USA-RAPPER/ Swedish prosecutor asks to keep U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky in custody
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors on Friday asked to keep U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky in custody for six more days while they investigate him for aggravated assault over a street fight in Stockholm. FILM-TOP-GUN/
Tom Cruise delights fans with first look at 'Top Gun: Maverick' LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Top Gun" roared back on Thursday when Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con to show the first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to his military action movie.
SPORTS RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-ARG-NZL/LAUMAPE
Eyes on Laumape in Argentina with an audition for World Cup spot July 19 (Reuters) - A lingering hamstring injury to Sonny Bill Williams has given Ngani Laumape what could be his only chance to show All Blacks coach Steve Hansen he should be in the Rugby World Cup squad in Japan.
SOCCER-ICC-MUN-INT/PREVIEW Man Utd's Lukaku still not fit to face suitors Inter Milan
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku is not fit enough to face Inter Milan in Singapore on Saturday, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said, with rumors swirling the striker may soon join the Italian side. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ANTITERRORISM-SUMMIT/ARGENTINA (PIX) (TV)
US Secretary Pompeo attends the hemispheric anti-terrorism summit, holds news conference U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends the hemispheric anti-terrorism summit and holds a news conference in Buenos Aires.
19 Jul 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT USA-ELECTION/STEYER
Big donor Steyer's presidential run could deny millions to other Democratic races Billionaire Tom Steyer, a longtime friend and key donor to liberal candidates and causes, says he decided to run for the Democratic presidential nomination next year because no other candidate was offering a "mandate for change".
19 Jul 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/MUELLER
House Democrats will try to focus Mueller's testimony on conduct by Trump When former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller appears in Congress on Wednesday, House Democrats will try to focus his testimony on clear examples of conduct by President Donald Trump that would lead to criminal charges against any other American.
19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT USA-JUSTICE/.PRISONS
AG Barr expected to unveil risk assessment tool for helping prisoners U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and other top officials are expected to make an announcement about the new risk assessment tool, required by the First Step Act, designed to help federal prisons decide which inmates should be eligible for recidivism reduction programs
19 Jul 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT MALAYSIA-POLITICS/
Malaysia's Mahathir to speak at the convention of ruling coalition's largest party Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is scheduled to speak at the opening of a retreat for leaders of the People's Justice Party, the largest party in his ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition.
19 Jul 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT CLIMATE-CHANGE/ARCTIC-ICEBREAKER
Climate scientists cross Northwest Passage in Arctic icebreaker From July 18 to August 4, US and Canadian scientists, supported by 25 post-secondary students, will share with the public in real-time observations and findings of conditions in the Arctic Ocean in unprecedented interactive broadcasts from the Northwest Passage, conducted from the Swedish Icebreaker Oden.
Jul 20 USA-ELECTION/NAACP-CONVENTION
NAACP Annual National Convention National Association for the Advancement of Colored People holds an annual convention.
Jul 20 CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
S.AFRICA-VIOLENCE/ (PIX) (TV) Cape Town residents react to army deployment to quell gang violence
Residents of Cape Town react to the deployment of South African soldiers to help quell gang violence. 19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
BOSNIA-MASSACRE/BURIAL (PIX) (TV) Mass burial of Muslim and Croat victims of a Bosnian wartime massacre
The remains of more than 80 Bosnian Muslim and Croat victims will be collectively buried in the northwestern town of Prijedor 27 years after the Bosnian Serb forces killed them and dumped in a ravine in central Bosnia. Jul 20
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS USA-FED/BULLARD
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Bullard participates in a panel at CEBRA conference Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard participates in "Technology and the Future of the Monetary and Financial System" panel and presentation before the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) 2019 Annual Meeting, in New York.
19 Jul 11:05 ET / 15:05 GMT JAPAN-ECONOMY/BOJ
Bank of Japan's Kuroda participates in a panel at CEBRA conference Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda participates in "Central Bank Independence" panel before the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) 2019 Annual Meeting, in New York.
19 Jul 16:30 ET / 20:30 GMT BLACKROCK-RESULTS/
Q2 2019 BlackRock Inc Earnings Release Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO).
19 Jul 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT USA-FED/ROSENGREN
Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Rosengren participates in a panel at CEBRA conference Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren participates in "Central Bank Independence" panel before the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) 2019 Annual Meeting, in New York.
19 Jul 16:30 ET / 20:30 GMT USA-ECONOMY/NASHVILLE (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)
As 'superstar' cities keep winning, worrisome U.S. divide widens In the depths of the financial crisis, when the world was shunning debt and battening down for the worst, city officials here zagged in what seemed a preposterous direction and spent $600 million on a new convention center.
19 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
SPACE-EXPLORATION/MOON (PIX) (TV) U.S. marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
The United States marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. American astronauts first walked on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. Jul 20
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT USA-COMIC-CON/MARVEL (TV)
Comic-Con International festival Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige to appear at the Comic-Con International festival in San Diego. He's expected to reveal what's coming up in the MCU.
Jul 20
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