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South Korea raised its disease alert to the highest level on Sunday after a surge in coronavirus infections and two more deaths, while China state media warned the outbreak there had yet to reach a turning point despite some signs of easing.

US-IRAN-ELECTION-KHAMENEI Iran's leader says enemies tried to use coronavirus to impact vote

DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday Iran’s enemies tried to put people off voting in Friday’s parliamentary election by exaggerating the threat of the new coronavirus but that participation had been good. U.S.

US-USA-ELECTION Broad-based support powers Sanders to big win in Nevada Democratic vote

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Broad-based support across age, racial and ideological groups propelled Bernie Sanders to a dominant victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, tightening his grip on the front-runner spot in the race to find a challenger to President Donald Trump. US-USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA-ADVISER

U.S. national security adviser denies Russia boosting Trump reelection WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser denied that U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Russia has been interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign to boost Trump’s re-election chances.

BUSINESS US-CREDIT-KARMA-M-A-INTUIT

TurboTax maker Intuit nears agreement to buy Credit Karma for $7 billion: WSJ (Reuters) - Intuit Inc is nearing an agreement to buy financial technology portal Credit Karma Inc for about $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.

US-BERKSHIRE-BUFFETT Buffett defends Berkshire stock push, reassures on future as profit smashes record

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Saturday forcefully defended Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s (BRKa.N) decision to invest heavily in stocks of companies such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) as he labors through a four-year drought since his last major acquisition of a company. ENTERTAINMENT

US-BRITAIN-ASSANGE-PROTEST Roger Waters of Pink Floyd joins Assange supporters in London protest march

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of people including Roger Waters, co-founder of the Pink Floyd rock group, and designer Vivienne Westwood, marched through central London on Saturday demanding that jailed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange be released. SPORTS

US-BOXING-HEAVYWEIGHT-WILDER-FURY Fury annihilates Wilder in heavyweight title rematch

Reuters) - Britain’s Tyson Fury delivered a dominant performance in his heavyweight championship bout with Deontay Wilder on Saturday, overwhelming his opponent to earn a seventh round TKO victory in Las Vegas. US-TENNIS-RIO-THIEM

Thiem falls to Italian qualifier Mager in Rio quarter-finals (Reuters) - Top seed Dominic Thiem missed a chance to pass Roger Federer and become the world’s third-ranked player when he was knocked out of the Rio Open by Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager in a rain delayed quarter-final match on Saturday.

UPCOMING CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

FRANCE-TRIAL/FILLON-FILE (PIX) (TV) Profile of former French presidential candidate Fillon ahead of his trial over wife's fake jobs

Profile of former French prime minister and presidential candidate Francois Fillon ahead of his trial, on Monday. The former conservative presidential candidate's run for the Elysee was undone by allegations he paid his wife for fake jobs with public money, opening the door wide open to now-President Emmanuel Macron 23 Feb 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

USA-GUNS/VIRGINIA Virginia Senate to examine package of gun-regulation laws

The Virginia state Senate's Judiciary Committee is expected to take up the governor's package of bills that would significantly strengthen gun laws, the key campaign promise made by Democrats who last November retook control of the legislature for the first time in a generation. 24 Feb

FRANCE-TRIAL/FILLON (PIX) (TV) Former French presidential candidate Fillon goes on trial over wife's fake jobs

Day 1 of the trial of Francois Fillon, the former conservative presidential candidate whose run for the Elysee was undone by allegations he paid his wife for fake jobs with public money, opening the door wide open to now-President Emmanuel Macron 24 Feb

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT FILMFESTIVAL-BERLIN/UNDINE (PIX) (TV)

Berlin's own Undine competes in Berlinale Christian Petzold's film Undine, set in Berlin and starring Paula Beer, is presented in the 70th edition of the Berlinale film festival.

23 Feb 07:50 ET / 12:50 GMT FILMFESTIVAL-BERLIN/UNDINE (PIX) (TV)

Screening of Berlin's own Undine competes in Berlinale Christian Petzold's film Undine, set in Berlin and starring Paula Beer, is presented in the 70th edition of the Berlinale film festival.

23 Feb 13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT CUBA-CIGARS/ (PIX) (TV)

Cuba's annual cigar festival lights up Havana Cuba's annual cigar festival lights up Havana.

24 Feb FASHION-MILAN/ (PIX) (TV)

Milan Fashion Week (Fall/Winter) People witness the launch of the latest seasonal garments designed by popular fashion brands and designers.

24 Feb BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

CANADA-CRUDE/OILSANDS As Trudeau mulls Teck oil sands mine, 20 projects sit on shelf

As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau considers whether to approve Teck's Frontier oil sands project, roughly 20 others are sitting on the shelf, awaiting new pipelines and higher prices. The backlog illustrates oil's oversupplied conditions, and also that Frontier is far from the only oil sands expansion path. Ottawa must decide on Frontier this month. 23 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY CHINA-HEALTH/PARLIAMENT (PIX) (TV)

Standing Committee of the NPC postpones its third annual session The standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) holds a session to discuss postponing its meetings of China's parliament and its top political consultative body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which were scheduled for early next month, due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

24 Feb EUROPE-WEATHER/DENNIS-BRITAIN

Flood warnings after Storm Dennis Flood warnings after Storm Dennis hits the UK

24 Feb POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

INDIA-USA/TRUMP (PIX) (TV) U.S. President Donald Trump visits India

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit India from Feb. 24-25, his first official trip to the country. He is expected to attend an event dubbed "Namaste' Trump" ("How are you, Trump") at a stadium in Ahmedabad along the lines of the "Howdy Modi" extravaganza he hosted for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston last September among other official engagements. 24 Feb

ROMANIA-POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban faces parliamentary vote of confidence

Romania's Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban and his centrist minority cabinet faces parliamentary vote of confidence which it plans to lose. Orban and his main ally, President Klaus Iohannis are seeking to trigger an early general election, six months ahead of time, to take advantage of the centrists' rising approval ratings. 24 Feb