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GLOBAL NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/
North Korea's Kim says missile launches are warning to U.S., South Korea over drill: KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the launch of tactical guided missiles on Tuesday were a warning to the U.S. and South Korea’s joint military drills, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.
USA-IRAN/UN Iran asks U.N. chief to push back against U.S. sanctions on foreign minister
Iran asked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after it imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, describing the move as a “a dangerous precedent.” U.S.
TEXAS-SHOOTING/ After Texas massacre, Trump's planned visit to border city stirs emotion
President Donald Trump’s expected visit to the Texas border city of El Paso days after a gun massacre that left 22 dead drew mixed reactions on Tuesday from residents of this heavily Hispanic liberal enclave. USA-SHOOTING/OHIO
FBI finds gunman in Dayton, Ohio, rampage was obsessed with violence The gunman who killed his sister and eight other people in Dayton, Ohio, before he was slain by police had a history of violent obsessions and had previously mused about committing mass murder, an FBI official said on Tuesday. BUSINESS
USA-TRADE/CHINA Trump dismisses trade war fears; China warns of market chaos
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns over a protracted trade war with China despite a warning from Beijing that Washington’s decision to label it a currency manipulator would lead to chaos in financial markets. APPLE-GOLDMAN SACHS/CARD
Apple, Goldman Sachs start issuing Apple Cards to consumers Apple Inc and Goldman Sachs Group Inc rolled out a virtual credit card on Tuesday, which will help the iPhone maker diversify from device sales and also build out the Wall Street bank’s new consumer business.
ENTERTAINMENT DENMARK-CRASH/PINK
U.S. singer Pink's tour crew crash land at Danish airport A private aircraft carrying members of U.S. singer Pink’s tour crew crash landed at a Danish airport early on Tuesday and burst into flames but all occupants escaped unharmed, concert promoter Live Nation Norway said.
LEBANON-MONASTERY/ In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war
The last time Samuel Botros stepped into the Lebanese monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya was in 1978. He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip of an all-out war. Like many of his generation, he left. It took him 41 years to return. SPORTS
OLYMPICS-2020-TEMPERATURE/ Heat headache for 2020 planners as Tokyo swelters a year before Games
Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health threat to athletes and fans that Olympics organizers must tackle before next year’s Tokyo games. SOCCER-ENGLAND-ROONEY/
Rooney says he always had an eye on management Wayne Rooney, fresh from signing a deal on Tuesday to become a player-coach at Derby County from next January, told reporters that he had always hoped to become a manager once his playing days were over.
UPCOMING POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
CHINA-SILKROAD/MYANMAR (PIX) (GRAPHIC) INSIGHT-Silk Road sweeteners: China woos Myanmar's NLD with junkets
The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar's military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has found an unlikely ally – the Chinese Communist Party. 7 Aug 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
PACIFIC-SAMOA/CHINA (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC) Sink or swim: Chinese-funded ports put Pacific back in play
China's new focus on ports and waterways has put the Pacific back in play and is the source of a new wave of anxiety hitting the United States and its regional allies. 7 Aug 20:30 ET / 00:30 GMT
ARGENTINA-ELECTION/EXPLAINER EXPLAINER-Argentina heads to the polls. What's up for grabs?
Argentina's election fever is starting to mount. The country will go to the polls for primary elections on Aug. 11 ahead of the national ballot in October, seen as a referendum on the austerity politics of center-right incumbent Mauricio Macri amid a tight economic malaise. 7 Aug
MALAYSIA-IRELAND/GIRL (PIX) Malaysian police widen search for missing Irish girl
Police in Malaysia widened their search on Tuesday for an Irish teenager who went missing from a holiday resort over the weekend, adding that they had found no evidence she was abducted. 7 Aug
ARGENTINA-ELECTION/NUMBERS FACTBOX-Election by numbers: deciphering Argentina's presidential vote
Argentines will vote on Sunday in the country's presidential primaries, ahead of the general election in October that is seen as a choice the bitter pill of austerity and the potential comforts of a return to populism. Here are some key numbers to help decipher what's going on. 7 Aug
USA-EDUCATION/CHEATING (PIX) As U.S. college admission process opens, scandal weighs on low-income students
Dozens of wealthy parents have been charged with paying a California consultant millions of dollars to help their children get into Yale, the University of Southern California and other prominent U.S. universities through fraudulent means. The accused includes Hollywood actresses, university coaches and prominent figures from the financial industry. Interviews with more than a dozen low-income students and college advisers suggest that the news raised questions about the fairness of the admissions process and shook the confidence of some who hope to beat the long odds of getting into a top school. 7 Aug
COLOMBIA-POLITICS/ Colombia's tepid recovery to cool unless Duque tames Congress, approves reforms
Colombian President Ivan Duque will need to push key economic legislation through a hostile and deeply polarized congress during the second year of his term if the country's slow and still uncertain economic recovery is to continue, analysts say. 7 Aug
INDIA-PEOPLE/SUSHMA SWARAJ (PIX) Veteran Indian politician Sushma Swaraj passes away
Veteran Indian politician Sushma Swaraj, who most recently served as minister of external affairs, passed away on Tuesday, following a cardiac arrest. 7 Aug
CHINA-CANADA/ China dispute casts shadow on Canadian election, and on Trudeau
Canada is locked in a diplomatic dispute with China, an economic powerhouse that has a population 37 times its own, and there appears to be no way out for Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a tough battle for re-election in October. 7 Aug
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE IRAQ-SOCIETY/ (PIX) (TV)
In Iraqi holy city, a football match ignites debate over religion Complaints by religious authorities and conservative politicians over an uncovered woman playing Iraq's national anthem on the violin at a football match in the holy city of Kerbala have laid bare the rift between Iraq's youth and its political class.
7 Aug AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN/ (PIX)
No going back to Taliban repression, Afghan businesswomen say Members of the Afghanistan's women's business community say they are determined there will be no going back to the days of repression under the Taliban, and the progress women have made over the past 18 years is irreversible.
7 Aug CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
INDIA-KASHMIR/ (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC) China, Pakistan slam India's move to change Kashmir's special status
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to change the status of the disputed region of Kashmir ran into fierce opposition from China and its ally, Pakistan on Tuesday as the territory lay under a telecoms blackout to forestall protests for a second day. 7 Aug
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS USA-FED/EVANS
Fed's Evans gives views on policy, economy Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans voted to lower interest-rates by a quarter of a percentage point last month, but faced with an escalation of trade hostilities between the U.S. and China that could drag down on U.S. growth further will he advocate for more policy easing soon? Evans hosts a media breakfast with on-the-record conversation on the economy, in Chicago, Ill.
7 Aug 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT BRITAIN-ENERGY/PRICES
UK energy regulator set to review price cap, likely lowering it 7 Aug
(PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC) FRANCE - BTF non-competitive bids
7 Aug 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
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