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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL HONGKONG-PROTESTS-PAP/

In 'clear warning', Chinese paramilitary forces exercise near Hong Kong SHENZHEN, China/HONG KONG - Hundreds of members of China's People's Armed Police could be seen conducting exercises on Thursday at a sports stadium in Shenzhen, as the U.S. State Department expressed concern that they could be deployed across the border in Hong Kong to break up protests wracking the city.

BRITAIN-EU-LABOUR/ UK's Labour vows to bring down PM Johnson and delay Brexit

LONDON - Britain's opposition Labour Party began its campaign to bring down Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging lawmakers to back a no-confidence vote and unite behind a caretaker government led by Jeremy Corbyn to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The U.S.

PHILADELPHIA-SHOOTING-SUSPECT/ Suspect in Philadelphia shooting standoff is taken into custody

A suspect was taken into custody early on Thursday after a seven-hour armed standoff at a Philadelphia home in which six police officers were wounded in a barrage of bullets. EPSTEIN-AUTOPSY/

Jeffrey Epstein autopsy report shows broken neck: Washington Post The autopsy into financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, found his neck had been broken in several places, the Washington Post reported late on Wednesday.

BUSINESS USA-TRADE-CHINA/

China says has to take counter-measures to latest U.S. tariffs BEIJING - China has to take necessary counter-measures to the latest U.S. tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods, the finance ministry said on Thursday.

BRITAIN ECONOMY/RETAIL Online spending splurge helps UK retail sales grow unexpectedly in July

LONDON, Aug 15 - British retail sales edged up un

ENTERTAINMENT

USA-SWEDEN/RAPPER U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky spared jail after being found guilty of Stockholm brawl

STOCKHOLM - U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky was convicted in Sweden on Wednesday of assault over a Stockholm street brawl, but spared time in jail after a high-profile trial that had led President Donald Trump to accuse Sweden of treating him unfairly.

ROMANIA-MUSIC/DONATION

The heavy metal band Metallica donates 250,000 euros for Romanian pediatric hospital BUCHAREST - American heavy metal band Metallica has donated 250,000 euros to a Romanian association building the country's first pediatric oncology hospital, they said on Wednesday.

SPORTS TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN

Barty beats Sharapova, Halep survives scare in Cincinnati Top-seeded Ash Barty overcame a slow start to defeat Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1, while Simona Halep battled past Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.

SOCCER-SUPER-LIV-CHE/REPORT Liverpool win Super Cup after a penalty shootout

ISTANBUL - Champions League winners Liverpool won the Super Cup 5-4 on penalties against Chelsea on Wednesday after the game ended 2-2 following extra-time

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HONGKONG-PROTESTS/ENVOY (PIX) (TV)

Chinese ambassador in London speaks Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming gives a press conference. He has been outspoken on the Huawei issue in the past. Hong Kong was likely to be top of the agenda.

15 Aug 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT PACIFIC-FORUM/

Pacific Island leaders meet with regional powers in Tuvalu Pacific Island leaders meet with delegations from China, EU, Japan, and the U.S., among other countries, on the final day of a four-day meeting in the tiny island state of Tuvalu.

16 Aug 17:00 ET / 21:00 GMT CLIMATE-CHANGE/PSYCHEDELICS

Psychedelic scientists gather to confront climate change Leading-edge researchers from the global psychedelic science community gather in London for the bi-annual Breaking Convention conference to explore how their fast-evolving discipline can contribute to the fight against climate change. With psychedelic therapy winning growing acceptance in the psychiatric establishment, can indigenous wisdom keepers, ethnobotanists and visionary psychedelic thinkers chart a path our of the ecological crisis?

16 Aug INDONESIA-PRESIDENT/ (PIX)

Indonesia President gives a state of the union speech Indonesia President Joko Widodo gives a state of the union speech to parliament, a day before the country celebrates its 74th independence and ahead of the start of Widodo's second term in office.

16 Aug 21:30 ET / 01:30 GMT LEBANON-HEZBOLLAH/ (PIX)

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader to give speech Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement is set to deliver a speech at a rally commemorating the end of the July 2006 war with Israel.

16 Aug ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)

Zimbabwe opposition to protest against government's handling of economy Zimbabwe's main opposition party will hold street protests against the government's handling of the economy, which is mired in its worst crisis in a decade and has plunged most citizens into poverty.

16 Aug CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

YEMEN-SECURITY/ (PIX) (TV) Yemen's UAE-backed southern separatists hold rally after Aden takeover

Supporters of Yemen's UAE-backed southern separatists' rally after their forces effectively took control last week of the southern port city of Aden, the temporary home of the internationally-recognized government. 15 Aug 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS ASIA-WASTE/INDONESIA-FARMERS (PIX) (TV)

WIDER IMAGE - Garbage is the new cash crops for farmers A village that used to be a farming community now is covered with plastic rubbish and farmers now are turning away from their paddy fields to become rubbish sorters.

15 Aug 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT RUSSIA-BUSINESS/CALVEY (PIX) (TV)

Russian court hears the appeal by U.S. investor Calvey A Moscow court hears an appeal by the lawyers of U.S. investor and founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group Michael Calvey who is under house arrest on suspicion of fraud.

15 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT WALMART-RESULTS/

Q2 2020 Walmart Earnings Walmart Inc will report its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. The retailer is expected to post robust sales growth despite increasing pressure from tariffs imposed on imports from China. Investors will watch for an update on consumer demand in the wake of tariffs, contingency plans to mitigate the impact and an update on the e-commerce business following Walmart's decision to deprioritize Jet.com.

15 Aug 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT GLOBAL-ECONOMY/WEEKAHEAD

Global Economy Weekahead A weekly look at key economic events for the global economy in the coming seven days.

16 Aug ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/RETROSPECTIVE (TV) 'Recreating Woodstock': how the festival came together, and almost fell apart

Mick Richards was among the 450,000 people at Woodstock in 1969, but he didn't think much about his "uneventful" 24 hours there until years later when his teenage son started asking about the festival. That set Richards, a former rock drummer, on a 27-year journey of research, leading to the documentary "Creating Woodstock." 15 Aug 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

MUSIC-WOODSTOCK/ (PIX) 50th Woodstock anniversary music and culture festival

Three- day festival of music and culture celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival takes place on the original site, now owned by the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. 16 Aug

RELIGION HUNGARY-SYNAGOGUE/ (PIX) (TV)

Prominent Budapest synagogue opens after decades of neglect, amid Jewish cultural revival One of Budapest's most prominent synagogues opens soon, beautifully renovated, after decades of neglect amid the Jewish cultural revival in the Hungarian capital. The Rumbach Street synagogue stands in the middle of the former ghetto, now Budapest's sprawling party zone.