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GLOBAL INDIA-KASHMIR/

Pakistan expels Indian ambassador as Kashmir dispute escalates Pakistan said on Wednesday it would expel India's ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.

HONGKONG-PROTESTS/ Hong Kong facing worst crisis since handover: senior China official

Hong Kong is facing its worst crisis since it returned to China from British rule in 1997, the head of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office said on Wednesday amid more anti-government protests in the Asian financial hub. U.S.

USA-SHOOTING/ Trump visits shooting victims in Dayton as protesters shout, 'Do something!'

U.S. President Donald Trump met victims and first responders from last weekend's deadly shootings in Texas and Ohio on Wednesday, and chanting protesters accused him of inflaming tensions with anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric. USA-PUERTORICO/

Vazquez sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor after court ousts Pierluisi Puerto Rico got its third governor in less than a week on Wednesday just hours after the bankrupt U.S. territory's supreme court ruled that Pedro Pierluisi's assumption of the office was unconstitutional and ordered him to leave.

BUSINESS USA-TRADE/HUAWEI TECH

U.S. government contractors get first look at Huawei ban The U.S. agency responsible for government contracts on Wednesday released an interim rule for a ban on federal purchases of telecommunications equipment from five Chinese companies, including Huawei.

SYMANTEC-M&A/BROADCOM Broadcom in advanced talks to buy Symantec's enterprise business: sources

Chipmaker Broadcom Inc is in advanced talks to buy Symantec Corp's enterprise business, according to people familiar with the matter. ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION-EMMYS/ TV's Emmy Awards, like Oscars, will do without a host

Producers of the Emmy Awards telecast next month have decided to do without a host so the show can devote more time to celebrating popular series that have recently ended, an executive with Fox, the network that will broadcast the show, said on Wednesday. AWARDS-GOLDENHORSE/CHINA

China blocks movies, stars from Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards China's film regulator on Wednesday said it was blocking the mainland movie industry from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards without a giving a reason, in the latest sign of rising tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.

SPORTS SPORTS-FORBES/WOMEN

Serena, Osaka top Forbes list of best-paid female athletes Naomi Osaka's Grand Slam title wins at the U.S. and Australian Opens have helped catapult the Japanese tennis player up to second, behind Serena Williams, in Forbes' list of the highest-paid female athletes over the last year.

TENNIS-TORONTO/ Halep survives Brady test to reach last 16 in Toronto

Wimbledon champion Simona Halep survived a stern test from American qualifier Jennifer Brady with a 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) victory to reach the last 16 on Wednesday and keep alive her hopes of a second consecutive Rogers Cup title. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ARGENTINA-ELECTION/

PREVIEW: Argentines head to polls for closely-watched primary election Argentines will head to the polls on Sunday for closely-watched primary elections that will serve as an indicator for the country's presidential election in October.

8 Aug NORTHKOREA-COSMETICS/ (PIX) (TV)

"Raccoon eye maker" no more: North Korea refines its domestic makeup industry As sanctions hit the state's economy, North Korea is trying to woo middle class residents with domestic cosmetics and boost local market at the same time.

8 Aug GREECE-PARLIAMENT/UNIVERSITY-ASYLUM

Greek parliament votes on abolishing university asylum Greek parliament will vote on a government bill which abolishes asylum rules that ban police from entering Greek universities without a rector's permission.

8 Aug CLIMATE-CHANGE/IPCC-LAND/ (PIX) (TV)

IPCC holds closing conference after 50th session, latest report on Land The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) holds a closing news briefing after its 50th session ends in Geneva. Experts will brief on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, about climate change, desertification, land degradation, food security, etc being issued on Aug 8 at a time to be announced.

8 Aug 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT GUATEMALA-ELECTION/ (PIX)

Guatemala candidates face tight run-off to win presidency Conservative Alejandro Giammattei is hoping to make it fourth time lucky as he prepares for Sunday's presidential election against his center-left rival Sandra Torres, a former first lady whose negative ratings may be enough to unite the right-wing vote.

8 Aug GUATEMALA-ELECTION/CANDIDATES (PIX)

Guatemala's two presidential candidates face migrant crisis A center-left former first lady and a veteran conservative are bidding to be elected Guatemala's next president in a run-off vote on Sunday after both fell well short of an outright majority in a first round of voting in June.

8 Aug BRITAIN-EU/CUMMINGS (PIX)

An archetypal rebel: how Johnson's chief adviser is driving Brexit Boris Johnson has lost no time in making his mark as British prime minister. In two weeks, he has toured the country telling Britons a spending squeeze will end and they will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 no matter what. His moves bear the hallmark of one man who has hardly been seen in public since Johnson became prime minister on July 24 but has a vital role -- senior adviser and de facto chief of staff Dominic Cummings.

8 Aug 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT USA-IMMIGRATION/GUATEMALA

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Guatemala, in wake of controversial migration deal Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to meet with representatives from civil society, business sector, officials in visit provisionally scheduled for August 8

8 Aug INDONESIA-ASEAN/ (PIX) (TV)

Indonesian president, Thai foreign minister to open new ASEAN HQ in Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi officiate the opening of a new headquarters for ASEAN in Jakarta.

8 Aug CHINA-CANADA/

China dispute casts shadow on Canadian election, and on Trudeau Canada's dispute with China, an economic powerhouse with a population 37 times its own, has been a nagging headache for Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and it is showing no signs of going away before his October bid for re-election.

8 Aug 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

INDIA-KASHMIR/ (PIX) (TV) Monitoring development in Kashmir as tension mounts after India's move to change its special status

Thousands of Indian security forces kept a lid on protests in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday, helped by the continued suspension of telephone and internet services after the Himalayan region's special status was scrapped this week. 8 Aug

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS ASIA-STORM/TAIWAN (TV)

Taiwan braces for Typhoon Lekima Taiwan braces for the impact of Typhoon Lekima as it approaches the island's northeastern coast and gathers strength. Lekima will be closest to Taiwan between late Thursday and early Friday.

8 Aug CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

CANADA-MURDER/ Man charged with four counts of first-degree murder to appear in Ontario court

A 23-year-old man charged with four counts of first-degree murder will appear in an Ontario courtroom. He was arrested at the scene of the crime on July 28 and was charged the next day. 8 Aug

BRITAIN-CRIME/TATE Teenager accused of throwing french boy from Tate Modern gallery appears at Old Bailey

8 Aug BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

SERBIA-RATES/ Serbia's central bank announces benchmark rate

Serbia's central bank to announce benchmark rate 8 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

VIACOM-RESULTS/ Viacom Inc reports third quarter results

The media company is expected to post a rise in quarterly revenue, helped by higher fees from U.S. cable and satellite operators. Investors will be looking for any comments regarding its merger talks with sister company CBS. 8 Aug 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

ETHIOPIA-INVESTMENT/ (PIX) EMBARGOED: Ethiopia grants financial services license to foreign-owned firm for first time

Ethiopia's central bank granted a financial services license to a foreign-owned company for the first time on Thursday, as the government begins to liberalize the economy of Africa's second most populous nation in order to create jobs for millions of youth. 8 Aug

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT SUDAN-HORSES/ (PIX)

WIDER IMAGE - Khartoum's Equestrian Club struggles to stay open amid Sudan transition The Equestrian Club has long given Sudan's small, posh elite the opportunity to learn horse riding and watch horse races on its lush, spacious grounds amid vast, dusty poverty.

8 Aug MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/BUSINESS (PIX) (TV)

Peace and love? Think air con, brands and selfies 50 years on from Woodstock Woodstock 1969 was billed as three days of peace and music but music festivals these days are now big business, with corporate sponsors, VIP packages and social media influencers that bring in multi-million-dollar profits, while rock music has been superseded by rap and hip-hop as the dominant music genre

8 Aug 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT SPORTS

PACIFIC-SAMOA/JUDO (PIX) (TV) Japan uses judo to get to grips with China's expansion in Pacific

In a large church hall near the Samoan parliament, 175-kg (386-lb) judo practitioner Derek Sua is being thrown to the mat by his Japanese coach, a black-belt who is just a third his size. Sua welcomes the training, usually difficult for athletes in Pacific Ocean islands to secure, but now on free offer from Japan's development assistance agency, to help him qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 8 Aug 20:30 ET / 00:30 GMT

RELIGION RELIGION-EID/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS (PIX) (TV)

Weaker income influence Eid festive in Gaza, West Bank Animal farms witnessed the weakest purchase in years in Gaza and the West Bank as a financial crisis has been hitting hard President Mahmoud Abbas's authority and his rival Islamist group Hamas.

8 Aug

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