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U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply escalating an economic and diplomatic pressure campaign aimed at removing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.

NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ North Korea threatens to take 'new road', launches more missiles

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang protested that joint U.S.-South Korea military drills violated diplomatic agreements. U.S.

USA-SHOOTING-TRUMP/ After shootings, Trump reins in his attacks - for now

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After back-to-back mass shootings in two states over the weekend spurred widespread condemnation of his rhetoric and style, President Donald Trump chose to suppress his instinct to attack his rivals - at least for now. TEXAS-SHOOTING-MEMORIAL/

Teen victim of Texas mass shooting straddled bi-national culture HORIZON, Texas (Reuters) - Several hundred students, teachers and relatives filled a high school athletic stadium in Texas on Monday to honor a teenager of U.S.-Mexican citizenship who was the youngest of 22 killed in a shooting rampage police suspect was driven by racism.

BUSINESS USA-TRADE-CHINA/

China media says U.S. 'destroying international order', after currency-manipulator branding SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's official Communist Party newspaper said on Tuesday that the United States was "deliberately destroying international order", a day after Washington branded Beijing a currency manipulator in a rapidly escalating trade dispute.

AMAZON-BEZOS-STAKE/ Jeff Bezos sells Amazon stock worth $2.8 billion last week

Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos offloaded $990 million worth of shares in the company last Thursday and Friday, taking the total value of shares sold last week to $2.8 billion. ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE-RKELLY/ Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor

Singer R. Kelly, jailed in New York last month after he was charged in Brooklyn and Chicago with numerous sexual misconduct felonies, was charged on Monday in Minnesota with soliciting sex from a minor at a Minneapolis hotel room 18 years ago. CHINA-GAMING/

'Homeland Dream': Chinese gaming giants unveil titles that play up patriotic values SHANGHAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Chinese gaming companies, including giants Tencent and NetEase, unveiled new titles at an industry meet that show off socialist values and patriotic themes amid stricter state censorship and a push to back Communist Party propaganda.

SPORTS GAMES-PANAM/

Lewis offers support for Pan Am Games, attacks Trump LIMA (Reuters) - American sprint great Carl Lewis offered enthusiastic support for the Pan Am Games on Monday, but the nine-time Olympic champion had none for Donald Trump, branding the U.S. president a "racist" and a "misogynist".

TENNIS-TORONTO/ Konta, Sharapova fall at Rogers Cup in Toronto

Upsets bookended the Rogers Cup on Monday with Ukrainian teen Dayana Yastremska beating British 13th seed Johanna Konta 6-3 6-2 early on in Toronto before Maria Sharapova fell 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Anett Kontaveit under the lights in the evening session. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS USA-ELECTION/POLL

Poll: support for 2020 presidential candidates after second Democratic debate The Reuters/Ipsos poll will measure support for candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

6 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT HONGKONG-PROTESTS/CHINA (PIX) (TV)

China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office presser on current situation in Hong Kong China's State Council Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office holds press conference on the current situation in Hong Kong.

6 Aug 02:30 ET / 06:30 GMT AFRICA-TRADE/NIGERIA (PIX) (TV)

On cusp of pan-African deal, giant Nigeria clings to protection Nigeria was one of the last of 54 nations to back plans to form the world's largest free trade zone. Now that it is in, some trade experts worry its long history of economic protectionism and tepid support for the African Continental Free Trade Area risk undermining the bloc.

6 Aug 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT ZIMBABWE-UN/

U.N. agency to seek international aid for Zimbabwe after drought, cyclone United Nations World Food Programme executive director David Beasley is expected to ask international donors to help Zimbabwe avert a humanitarian crisis after the country was hit by a severe drought that left millions hungry and a cyclone in the eastern parts of the country earlier this year.

6 Aug 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

SYRIA-SECURITY/TURKEY Turkey's Erdogan to make speech to ambassadors and may comment on Syria plans President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech to Turkish ambassadors and may elaborate on his weekend pledge that Turkey will carry out a military operation in a Kurdish-controlled area east of the Euphrates in northern Syria. He may also comment on the Syrian army declaration that it will resume operations in northwest Syria.

6 Aug 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

JC PENNEY-DEBT/FACTBOX-CEO FACTBOX-J.C. Penney's revolving door of CEOs

J.C. Penney Co Inc late last year tapped Jill Soltau as chief executive to stem sales declines, the fifth leadership change at the department store operator in 15 years. The following are J.C. Penney CEOs since 2004. 6 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-OPIOIDS/LITIGATION Cities to urge U.S. judge to approve framework for nationwide opioid settlement talks

Lawyers for counties and municipalities suing drug manufacturers and distributors over their alleged roles in the U.S. opioid epidemic on Tuesday will urge a federal judge to approve a novel proposal that would bring all 33,300 communities nationally into their negotiations for billions of dollars in settlements. The proposal is opposed by a majority of state attorneys general who have been seeking to negotiate their own settlements with the drug companies as well as major distributors like McKesson Corp and Cardinal Health. 6 Aug 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

RUSSIA-OFZ/AUCTION Russia's FinMin announces OFZ bond auctions

Russia's Finance Ministry announces OFZ bond auctions for Wednesday 6 Aug 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

MEXICO-AUTOS/ Mexican statistics agency publishes auto production data

Mexican statistics agency publishes auto production and export data for July. 6 Aug 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

JC PENNEY-DEBT/ (PIX) For J.C. Penney CEO, debt haunts turnaround bid

J.C. Penney Co Inc's stock has plunged more than 60% over the past year and now trades under $1. Its first-quarter financial loss nearly doubled to $154 million. But in newly-minted Chief Executive Officer Jill Soltau's turnaround bid, another figure looms larger: $4 billion. That is the rough total of a potentially crushing debt load on Penney's balance sheet, a ticking time bomb that could derail Soltau's attempt to revitalize the 117-year-old department store chain. 6 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

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