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GLOBAL HONGKONG-PROTESTS-POLICE
Hong Kongers rally against government under stormy skies HONG KONG - Thousands of school teachers joined an 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Saturday, as shops pulled down their shutters and braced for another restive summer night.
USA-CANADA-CHINA Trump discusses China's 'wrongful detention' of Canadian citizens in call with Trudeau
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday and discussed "the wrongful detention" of two Canadian citizens by China, a White House spokesman said. U.S.
PEOPLE-JEFFREY-EPSTEIN-AUTOPSY Official autopsy concludes Epstein's death was suicide by hanging
NEW YORK - New York City's chief medical examiner determined on Friday that suicide by hanging was the cause of death for financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was found six days ago in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. USA-TRUMP-LEWANDOWSK
Ex-Trump campaign chief Lewandowski says 'happy' to testify before Congress WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said on Friday that he was "happy" to testify before the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee as part of a congressional investigation of the Trump presidency.
BUSINESS HUAWEI-TECH-USA-LICENSE-EXCLUSIVE
Exclusive: U.S. set to give Huawei another 90 days to buy from American suppliers - sources SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers, two sources familiar with the situation said.
SOFTBANK-GROUP-VISION-FUND SoftBank plans to lend up to $20 billion to employees to invest in new fund: WSJ
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is planning to lend up to $20 billion to its employees, including Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, to buy stakes in its second Vision Fund, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/307Ljih on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. ENTERTAINMENT
MUSIC-WOODSTOCK-REUNION 'You can still sense the love': Baby boomers revel at Woodstock 50 years on
BETHEL, N.Y. - Baby boomers dressed in tie-dye, rolling wheelchairs and chasing a memory of peace and love flocked to Bethel, New York, for the weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the music festival that defined 1960s counterculture. PEOPLE-PETER-FONDA
'Easy Rider' actor Peter Fonda dead at age 79 LOS ANGELES - Oscar nominated actor Peter Fonda, who played a cool and introspective motorcyclist in the 1969 film "Easy Rider" that captured the spirit of the era's counterculture movement, died on Friday at age 79, his family said in a statement.
SPORTS BASKETBALL-NBA-FOX-TEAMUSA
Kings G Fox to withdraw from Team USA Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox is leaving Team USA to focus on the upcoming season, Yahoo Sports reported Saturday.
TENNIS-CINCINNATI-MEN Goffin tops Gasquet to make Cincinnati final
A rested David Goffin advanced to his first ATP Masters 1000 final with a straight set victory over Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the Cincinnati Masters on Saturday. UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HONGKONG-PROTESTS/ (PIX) (TV)
Tens of thousands expected to march in Hong Kong Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to march from Victoria Park to Chater Garden in Hong Kong to demand democracy and political reforms.
18 Aug 06:20 ET / 06:20 GMT FRANCE-RUSSIA/PREVIEW-FILE (PIX) (TV)
Macron to host Putin in southern France Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Bregancon fort, where the the French leader is spending his summer holidays. Macron will seek to persuade Putin to resume peace talks with Ukraine after its new president offered an olive branch, a French official said, and the two are also expected to discuss the Iran nuclear accord and the Syria conflict.
18 Aug 13:00 ET / 13:00 GMT ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
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 18 Aug
IRAQ-CULTURE/RIOT GEAR (PIX) (TV) Baghdad hosts car show, electronic music at former Saddam parade ground
Baghdad hosts a car show and electronic music concert at Baghdad's famous Victory Arch, where ex-dictator Saddam Hussein used to hold military parades. 18 Aug
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