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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

RUSSIA-POLITICS-NAVALNY/

Russia detains Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, faces clash with Western nations

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival in Moscow on Sunday after he flew home to Russia from Germany for the first time since he was poisoned last summer, triggering a political clash with the West.

USA-IMMIGRATION-CARAVAN/

Guatemalan forces clash with migrant caravan, Biden team seeks to halt exodus

VADO HONDO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces on Sunday used sticks and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the advent of a new U.S. administration, which urged travelers to abandon the journey.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP-PROTESTS/

'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

HARRISBURG, Pa./LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) - Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president's false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations.

USA-TRUMP-INTELLIGENCE/

Biden will wait for recommendation on sharing secrets with Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will wait for a recommendation from his intelligence advisers on whether to share classified information with President Donald Trump after the Republican leaves office, Biden's top aide said on Sunday.

BUSINESS

USA-HUAWEI-TECH-EXCLUSIVE/

Exclusive: Trump admin slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others – sources

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecommunications firm, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

CHINA-ECONOMY-GDP/

China's economy picks up speed in fourth quarter, ends 2020 in solid shape after COVID-19 shock

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, with growth beating expectations as it ended a rough coronavirus-striken 2020 in remarkably good shape and remained poised to expand further this year even as the global pandemic raged unabated.

ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE-PHIL SPECTOR/

Music producer Phil Spector, convicted of murder, dead at 81

LOS ANGELES, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Rock producer Phil Spector, who changed the sound of pop music in the 1960s with his "Wall of Sound" recordings and was convicted of murder for the 2003 murder of a Hollywood actress, has died at age 81 of COVID-19, according to authorities and media reports.

Amazon faces backlash from Indian ruling party lawmakers over web series 'Tandav'

MUMBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A local official from India's ruling Hindu nationalist party on Sunday registered a police complaint against an Amazon Prime web series alleging it insults Hindu gods and goddesses, and threatened to launch a protest at the company's office in Mumbai.

SPORTS

SOCCER-ENGLAND-ARS/OZIL

Soccer-Ozil to end Arsenal contract, move to Fenerbahce - The Athletic

Arsenal and midfielder Mesut Ozil have reached an agreement in principle to terminate the German's contract six months before it expires so he can seal a move to Turkish club Fenerbahce, The Athletic on Saturday.

FOOTBALL-NCAA/FULLER

American football-Vanderbilt's Fuller invited to attend Biden inauguration

Vanderbilt Commodores' Sarah Fuller, who in November became the first woman to play in a Power 5 conference American football game, said she has been invited to attend U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-BIDEN/CABINET-HEARINGS

FACTBOX-Biden's Cabinet appointees get their day in Congress

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Wednesday with only a few of his top chosen deputies in place.

18 Jan 06:00 ET, 11:00 GMT

SOMALIA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)

Young, female and fighting corruption, a Somali lawmaker defends her seat

Amina Mohamed Abdi was just 24 when she first stood for Somalia's parliament in 2012, defeating two other candidates to win a seat reserved for women and defying elders from her Hawiye clan, some of whom denounced her as immodest.

18 Jan 10:00 ET, 15:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NORWAY

Norway PM to brief parliament on pandemic

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg to brief parliament on COVID-19 pandemic at 1100 GMT followed by a news conference expected to start at around 1300 GMT.

18 Jan 11:00 ET, 16:00 GMT

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/WHO (TV)

WHO Executive Board to open wk-long meeting, review pandemic response

World Health Organization's Executive Board due to meet; independent panels expected to report to the 34-member state forum.

18 Jan 09:00 ET, 14:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/GERMANY-CREMATORIUM (PIX) (TV)

Germany's eastern COVID hot spots struggle for answers

For some in Meissen the caskets piling up in the eastern German city's sole crematorium are a tragic reminder of what happens when the coronavirus is not taken seriously. For others it is nature's way and no more or less somber than in other places, near and far, hit hard by the pandemic.

18 Jan 10:00 ET, 15:00 GMT

SPORTS

SUMO-JAPAN/KID (PIX) (TV)

WIDER IMAGE - Meet the 10-year-old sumo world champion dreaming of stardom

In Japan, which hosts the Olympic Games in 2021, it is commonplace that child athletes and their family members devote themselves to training for sports entirely because it may bring benefits like university scholarships and careers to the kids in the future. 10-year-old sumo world champion Kyuta Kumagai is a perfect example of Japan's elite junior athlete and his father is the perfect example of the pushy parent.

18 Jan 23:00 ET