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GLOBAL NORTH KOREA-PROJECTILE
Nuclear talks in doubt as North Korea tests missiles, envoy cancels trip SEOUL - North Korea test-fired two new short-range missiles on Thursday, South Korean officials said, the first such launch since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to revive stalled denuclearization talks last month.
BRITAIN-EU British PM Johnson's top team meet to plot Brexit gambit
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet his Brexiteer-dominated team of senior ministers for the first time on Thursday to plot how to persuade the European Union to agree to a new Brexit deal ahead of the Oct. 31 exit deadline. The U.S.
USA-PUERTO RICO-RESIGNATION Euphoria in Puerto Rico as mass protests force the governor to resign
SAN JUAN - People danced on the streets of San Juan's old city on Wednesday after Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced he would quit over offensive chat messages that sparked massive protests on the Caribbean island.
PEOPLE-JEFFREY-EPSTEIN
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein found injured in a jail cell: media Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found unconscious in a Manhattan jail cell with injuries to his neck, media reported late on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources.
BUSINESS FACEBOOK-RESULTS
Facebook warns of costly privacy changes, discloses another U.S. probe SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that new rules and product changes aimed at protecting users' privacy would slow its revenue growth into next year and significantly raise expenses, taking the shine off quarterly revenue results that beat expectations.
TESLA-RESULTS Tesla needs more time to turn a profit; founding engineer steps down
Tesla Inc on Wednesday pushed back its profit timeline once again after missing financial targets in the second quarter while announcing that the pioneer of the company's electric batteries, J.B. Straubel, was stepping down from his role as chief technology officer.
ENTERTAINMENT
USA-SWEDEN-RAPPER
Sweden charges U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky with assault
STOCKHOLM - U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault in Sweden over his alleged involvement in a street brawl and is to remain in custody pending trial, the Swedish prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
PEOPLE-ELTON-JOHN
Elton John AIDS fundraiser brings in $6 million for Kenya HIV testing CAP D'ANTIBES, France - Elton John on Wednesday hosted a celebrity-packed gala that raised more than $6 million to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, thanks partly to auctions of a luxury car and an autographed piano used in the singer's "Rocketman" movie musical.
SPORTS SWIMMING-WORLD-SUN/COACH
Coach slams Sun critics as 'hypocrites' amid doping furor MELBOURNE, July 25 - Sun Yang's coach Denis Cotterell has defended the Chinese Olympic champion from doping accusations and labeled criticism from the Australian team's swimmers as "hypocritical".
RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-NZL-ZAF/
All Blacks, Springboks roll the dice for World Cup prequel
WELLINGTON, July 25 - Managing risk while experimenting with selections, tactics, and combinations has been the major theme in the build-up to Saturday's Rugby Championship blockbuster clash between South Africa and New Zealand.
UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AFRICA-SLAVERY/ARTEFACTS (PIX)
A look at items from Africa to North America slave trade 400 years on August marks 400 years since the first African slaves in England's North American colonies arrived in Virginia, marked the beginning of the African slave trade to North America. Reuters photographers across Africa and in Britain have visited museums displaying items associated with the slave trade, photographing chains, shackles, written documents, and posters.
25 Jul 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
Under siege, Venezuelan opposition lawmakers keep congress alive A look at how members of Venezuela's opposition-run congress are seeking to keep the institution alive in the face of a wave of arrests by the government of President Nicolas Maduro and violent attacks on lawmakers at the gates of the legislature.
25 Jul 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT USA-CLIMATE/POLL
POLL-Democrats and Republicans can't even agree on the weather Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to believe droughts, floods, wildfires, hurricanes and tropical storms have become more frequent or intense where they live in the last decade, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
25 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT USA-IMMIGRATION/MEXICO-IMAGE
Reuters photo captures the plight of Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her cross into United States Lety Perez fell to her haunches, a clenched hand covering her face as she wept, an arm clutching her small 6-year old son, who glared defiantly at the Mexican National Guard soldier blocking them from crossing into the United States.
25 Jul 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT USA-SAUDI/ARMS
Senate committee considers, Saudi, Russia bills and nominations U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote on several nominations, including Trump's choice to be ambassador to the United Nations, and bills including two bills seeking to punish Saudi Arabia for human rights violations and another that would to impose sanctions on individuals and companies developing Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
25 Jul 10:30 ET / 14:30 GMT SPAIN-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
Spain's Sanchez heads for confirmation vote without key support Spain's acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez looked all but certain to fail in a parliamentary confirmation vote later on Thursday after coalition talks with far-left Unidas Podemos collapsed, raising the risk of a repeat election.
25 Jul 07:30 ET / 11:30 GMT BRITAIN-EU/IRELAND
Irish cabinet holds final cabinet meeting before summer recess Irish cabinet gathers near the border with Northern Ireland for its final weekly meeting before the summer recess.
25 Jul 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT BRICS-BRAZIL/ (PIX) (TV)
BRICS foreign ministers meet in Rio to plan summit The foreign ministers of China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South African meet in Rio to prepare for the November presidential summit in Brasilia.
26 Jul NORTH KOREA-ECONOMY/GDP
Estimates of North Korea's 2018 economic growth by S.Korea c.bank South Korea's central bank releases its estimate of North Korea's economic growth for 2018. North Korea never discloses any statistics on its own economy and the annual estimates by the South's Bank of Korea are considered a semi-official indicator. International sanctions and poor economic system have been dragging the impoverished country for years.
26 Jul 23:00 ET / 03:00 GMT COLOMBIA-PEACE/ (PIX) (TV)
Thousands to march in Colombian cities to protest activist murders Thousands are expected to march in Bogota and other Colombian cities in protest against the murder of dozens of social leaders and activists since the signing of Colombia's peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels in late 2016.
26 Jul BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
ALPHABET-RESULTS/ (TV) Alphabet reports second-quarter results
Google parent Alphabet Inc is expected to post a rise in second-quarter revenue, as it benefits from higher ad sales as well as strong contributions from its other businesses like YouTube, Play, Cloud and its hardware initiatives. Investors will be keeping an eye on Google's expenses and any comments by the company on a possible probe by the U.S. Department of Justice. 25 Jul 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT
AMERICAN AIRLINE-RESULTS/ Q2 2019 American Airlines Group Inc Earnings Release
Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO). 25 Jul 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT
GLOBAL-ECONOMY/WEEK AHEAD Global Economy Week ahead
A weekly look at key economic events for the global economy in the coming seven days. 26 Jul
AZERBAIJAN-RATES/ Azerbaijan's central bank to announce its decision on a key refinancing rate
26 Jul COLOMBIA-RATES/
Colombia's central bank looks set to hold interest rate at 4.25% Colombia's seven-member central bank board is likely to hold the benchmark lending rate at its July meeting, as policymakers wait for more data on economic growth and inflation.
26 Jul ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
AWARDS-MERCURY PRIZE/NOMINATIONS (TV) Mercury Prize nominations announced in London
The shortlist is announced for the annual Mercury Prize which is designed to champion and honor music by British and Irish acts. 25 Jul 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT
SPORTS CYCLING-FRANCE/BAHAMONTES (PIX) (TV)
Cycling - Tour's best-ever climber, now 91, eyes Paris celebration of 1959 win Ninety-one-year-old Federico Bahamontes, the first Spaniard to win Tour de France in 1959 and still considered to be the best climber in the race, is looking forward to attending the last day of this year's Tour in Paris on Sunday to commemorate 60 years since his win.
25 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
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