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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
SYRIA-SECURITY-UN/
U.S. envoy says U.N. vote on Russia bid to cut Syria aid access is 'good versus evil'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft urged her Security Council counterparts on Wednesday to oppose a Russian bid to cut border access for aid deliveries to millions of Syrian civilians, describing the choice as "good versus evil."
USA-MEXICO/
Mexican president meets Trump for first time with business on the menu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday, in a potentially tricky encounter that may broach tensions over Mexico's treatment of U.S. energy sector investors.
U.S.
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-EDUCATION
New U.S. CDC school reopening guidelines promised after Trump complains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue new guidelines for reopening schools, Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump criticized the agency's recommendations as too expensive and impractical.
GLOBAL-RACE-USA-NEW-YORK/
New York attorney general recommends reducing mayor's power over police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Letitia James recommended that New York City's mayor give up sole control over the city police commissioner's hiring, in a preliminary report released on Wednesday on her probe into the policing of recent protests.
BUSINESS
JOHNSON-JOHNSON-BABYPOWDER/
Nonprofits urge Johnson & Johnson to halt sales of Baby Powder globally
More than 170 nonprofit groups on Wednesday called for Johnson & Johnson to stop selling its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder world-wide, citing concerns that it contains cancer-causing asbestos, according to a statement from advocacy group Black Women for Wellness.
FACEBOOK-DISINFORMATION/USA
Facebook takes down accounts and pages of Trump ally Roger Stone
Facebook Inc on Wednesday removed 50 personal and professional pages connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone, who is due to report to prison next week.
ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN-PEOPLE-DEPP/
Actor Depp attacked wife on plane in drunken rage, UK court hears
LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp kicked and slapped his ex-wife Amber Heard on a private flight in a drunken rage brought on because he believed she was having an affair with her co-star James Franco, London's High Court heard on Wednesday.
RUSSIA-ECONOMY-CULTURE/
Cinemas miss out on upgrades as Russia diverts funds in COVID-19 battle
MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 140 cinemas in Russia will miss out on scheduled modernisations after the government moved nearly 1.2 billion roubles ($16.5 million) earmarked for culture spending this year to its reserve fund as it tackles COVID-19.
SPORTS
MOTOR-F1-STYRIA/MERCEDES
Mercedes say their F1 gearbox sensor issues are 'complex'
LONDON (Reuters) - Mercedes knew they had gearbox sensor issues before last Sunday's season-opening Austrian Grand Prix and are working around the clock to fix the "complex problem" before this weekend's next race, strategy director James Vowles said.
FOOTBALL-NFL/WASHINGTON-AMAZON
Amazon removes Washington Redskins merchandise from website
Amazon.com Inc is pulling Washington Redskins merchandise from its website, with sellers given 48 hours to review and remove any products flagged by the e-commerce giant, according to a note sent to sellers by the company.
UPCOMING
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
SYRIA-SECURITY/UN (TV)
U.N. Security Council to meet to announce results of voting on Syria cross-border aid resolution
U.N. Security Council to meet to announce results of voting on Russian draft resolution on Syria cross-border aid access.
8 Jul 18:30 ET / 22:30 GMT
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/ZOO-ATTENBOROUGH (PIX) (TV)
David Attenborough appeals on behalf of 'endangered' ZSL London Zoo
8 Jul 19:01 ET / 23:01 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AUSTRALIA (PIX) (TV)
Australian state isolated as authorities try to contain surge in coronavirus cases
Residents in Melbourne, capital of Victoria, are in a six-week lock down as authorities try to contain a coronavirus outbreak, closing down the border between Victoria and New South Wales.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CIRQUE DU SOLEIL (PIX) (TV)
Show still goes on in China for Cirque du Soleil amid COVID-19
The show still goes on in China for Cirque du Soleil, as the famed circus operator fights to survive after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to cancel shows and lay off artists.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/EGYPT-REFUGEES (PIX) (TV)
Having lost jobs, Sudanese and Africans are stuck in Egypt
Many Sudanese migrant workers have lost their jobs and face eviction from their homes in Egypt since COVID-19 hit the country as they work in the informal economy.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CAMEROON-PRISONS (INSIGHT) (PIX) (TV)
INSIGHT-Coronavirus haunts Cameroon's crowded prison cells
On the morning of April 24, Fritz Takang became so breathless he could barely walk across the cramped cell he shares with 60 inmates at the main prison in the Cameroon city of Yaounde. That night, he said, he was evacuated with five other prisoners to a newly built apartment complex being used to quarantine COVID-19 patients. With no doctors present, he watched as one of them gave up his fight for breath and died.
9 Jul 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AFRICA (PIX)
WHO, Africa CDC to provide updates on COVID-19 pandemic
Experts from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention will hold online media briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
9 Jul 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN-PEOPLE/DEPP (PIX) (TV)
Johnny Depp's libel case against The Sun newspaper continues
Actor Johnny Depp's libel case against The Sun newspaper continues in the UK high court. This is the third of three days Depp is likely to be giving evidence.
9 Jul
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
GLOBAL-RACE/KENYA-MUSEUM (PIX) (TV)
Kenya's Museum of Colonialism spotlights British abuses
Chao Tayiana is a digital historian leading a team of Kenyan and British volunteers who are creating the Museum of British Colonialism - a project excavating former prison sites around Kenya and building 3D models online to shed light on British repression during the Mau Mau rebellion.
9 Jul
MEXICO-ECONOMY/MINUTES
Mexico central bank issues mintues of monetary policy meeting
The central bank will publish minutes from its last monetary policy decision. We will be on the lookout for comments on the future trajectory of interest rates and risks to inflation and economic growth.
9 Jul
TURKEY-CENBANK/QE (PIX)
Record QE tightens Turkey's squeeze on markets as foreigners flee
Turkey's response to the pandemic, including record QE stimulus by the central bank, has accelerated a shift in the major emerging market in which state institutions have taken a controlling stake in the bond market while foreign investors own just 4%.
9 Jul
USA-JUDGES/DEALS-METHODOLOGYQANDA
How Reuters examined misconduct by state and local judges across America
The methodology and Q and A behind Reuters Special Report: The Teflon Robe
9 Jul
USA-JUDGES/DEALS-SNAPSHOT
The Teflon Robe: Six key takeaways
Key takeaways for Part 2 of the Teflon Robe: Examining Misconduct by Judges Across America.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SOLAR (PIX)
INSIGHT-Rooftop revolution: Coronavirus chill upends solar power industry
The booming rooftop solar panel industry nosedived overnight when the coronavirus forced homeowners to rein in spending and keep their distance from would-be installers. Now, in their struggle to survive, companies on both sides of the Atlantic are adopting new strategies to survive the pandemic.
9 Jul 01:30 ET / 05:30 GMT
AUSTRALIA-MINING/INDIGENOUS (GRAPHIC)
Sacred caves blast exposes Australia's cultural heritage laws skewed to miners
Rio Tinto, which is under fire for destroying two ancient, sacred Aboriginal caves in Western Australia, sought and obtained approval to demolish four other sites in the same gorge to expand an iron ore mine, according to mapping and permit data the global miner filed with state authorities.
9 Jul 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
EUROZONE-ECONOMY/EUROGROUP (TV)
Euro zone finance ministers meet to select next head of the Eurogroup
Euro zone finance ministers meet to select next head of their grouping known as the Eurogroup
9 Jul 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
RUSSIA-COURIERS/PROTESTS (TV)
Delivery couriers call for rally over unpaid salaries
Couriers working for a major food delivery company call for a rally at its head office.
9 Jul
IVORYCOAST-POLITICS/
Ivory Coast mourns death of prime minister as presidential succession battle looms
Ivory Coast mourns the death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, whose passing on Wednesday has shaken up the October presidential election.
9 Jul
PHILIPPINES-MEDIA/ (PIX) (TV)
Philippines lower house committee wraps up hearing on franchise approval for top broadcaster ABS-CBN
A lower house legislative franchises committee wraps up its hearing on whether to approve the broadcast license of major network ABS-CBN, amid efforts by the telecoms regulator to keep it off the air. Critics say the limbo for ABS is politically motivated and linked to the president's open dislike for the broadcaster, which his office denies.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/JAPAN-OLYMPICS (PIX)
With a year to go, experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic
With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public, predicting that few people will have coronavirus antibodies and that vaccines will not be widely available.
9 Jul
USA-SOUTHKOREA/NORTHKOREA (PIX) (TV)
U.S., S.Korean officials meet in Seoul to discuss N.Korea strategy
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will meet with South Korean officials in Seoul on Thursday for talks on North Korea and other issues.
9 Jul
CLIMATE-CHANGE/TEMPERATURES (TV)
The WMO offers projections for global temperatures over the next five years
EMBARGOED UNTIL 2P BST THURSDAY JULY 9 _ The World Meteorological Institute is offering projections for global temperatures over the next five years.
9 Jul 03:30 ET / 07:30 GMT
UN-DRONES/ (TV)
U.N. investigator on extrajudicial executions to address Human Rights Council
Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on arbitrary, extrajudicial and summary executions, to present report to U.N. Human Rights Council on drones including the U.S. drone used to assassinate Iran's general Soleimani in Iraq. (expect from 0900g or so).
9 Jul 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT
NILE-CONVERGENCE/ (PIX) (TV)
WIDER IMAGE - Fears at Nile's convergence in Sudan that new dam will sap river's strength
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam upstream could weaken the Blue Nile's force, putting at risk an industry that locals say provided bricks for some of Khartoum's first modern public buildings around a century ago.
9 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
CLIMATE-CHANGE/IEA
International Energy Agency holds clean energy transition summit
Ministers from countries representing the majority of global GDP, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions will take part in the summit, gathering around a virtual table to discuss measures to boost economies, create jobs, reduce global emissions and make energy systems more resilient.
9 Jul 07:30 ET / 11:30 GMT
UN-DRONES/CALLAMARD (TV)
U.N. investigator on extrajudicial executions to brief media
Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on arbitrary, extrajudicial and summary executions, briefs media after presenting her report to U.N. Human Rights Council on drones including the U.S. drone used to assassinate Iran's general Soleimani in Iraq.
9 Jul 07:30 ET / 11:30 GMT
USA-ELECTION/ECONOMY
Democrat Joe Biden hones economic recovery message in white working class Pennsylvania
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will sharpen his core economic argument for election in white working class Pennsylvania, offering a plan to recover from millions of job losses during the coronavirus pandemic near his birthplace in the critical swing state.
9 Jul 10:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
USA-JUDGES/DEALS (PIX)
SPECIAL REPORT: 'Judges judging judges': Why rogues on the bench have little to fear
The case of a former Oklahoma judge illustrates how America's system of policing judicial misconduct is broken. In 2018, he became one of at least 341 judges across the United States to escape punishment or further investigation in the past dozen years by resigning or retiring amid misconduct allegations, Reuters found.
9 Jul
USA-COURT/TRUMP-SUBPOENAS (PIX)
EXPLAINER-What you need to know about the Supreme Court fight over Trump's financial records
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democratic-led House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trump's financial records. Here is an explanation of the facts in the cases.
9 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
USA-COURT/TRUMP (TV)
U.S. Supreme Court rulings due on Trump financial records cases
U.S. Supreme Court rules on President Donald Trump's bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democratic-led House of Representatives committees and New York prosecutor.
9 Jul 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
USA-COURT/TRUMP-FINANCES (TV)
A look at the details of Trump's finances if the Supreme Court orders them released
If the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democratic-led House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor, story will look at whatever details of Trump's finances become public on Thursday
9 Jul 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
