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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
health-coronavirus-who-airborne/
WHO acknowledges 'evidence emerging' of airborne spread of COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged "evidence emerging" of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people.
health-coronavirus-brazil/
Brazil's Bolsonaro catches coronavirus, shrugs off health risks
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus after months minimizing the severity of the pandemic and defying medical experts, even as the virus has killed more than 66,000 people in his country.
U.S.
health-coronavirus-usa/
U.S. tops 3 million known infections as coronavirus surges
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. coronavirus outbreak crossed a grim milestone of over 3 million confirmed cases on Tuesday as more states reported record numbers of new infections, and Florida faced an impending shortage of intensive care unit hospital beds.
usa-immigration-students/
U.S. colleges scramble after new Trump order on foreign students
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many U.S. colleges were scrambling on Tuesday to modify plans for the fall semester in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic a day after the Trump administration issued an order that could force tens of thousands of foreign students to leave the country if their schools hold all classes online.
BUSINESS
credit-suisse-gp-asia/
Credit Suisse aims for 100% of securities venture in China growth plan
ZURICH/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Credit Suisse wants to raise its China securities joint venture stake to 100% and increase its market share after getting the regulatory green light to take a majority holding, the head of its Asia business said.
china-economy-industrial-production/
Chinese factories to face headwinds in next phase of post-lockdown recovery
BEIJING (Reuters) - Orders for infrastructure materials and equipment have helped industrial output recover faster in China than most places emerging from COVID-19 lockdowns, but further expansion will be hard to attain without stronger broad-based demand and exports.
ENTERTAINMENT
film-the-old-guard/
Immortal mercenaries confront reality of forever in Netflix's 'The Old Guard'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Audiences are used to seeing comic book superheroes come to life on screen but in "The Old Guard" the heroes only have one power - immortality.
britain-people-depp-court/
Johnny Depp launches London tabloid court battle
LONDON (Reuters) - Johnny Depp launched his legal action against Britain's The Sun newspaper on Tuesday in a case that is likely to delve into the private lives of the Hollywood star and his ex-wife actress Amber Heard.
SPORTS
olympics-australia-pullin/
Australian snowboarder Pullin drowns while spear fishing
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's double world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin drowned while spear fishing off a Gold Coast beach on Wednesday, plunging the country's winter sports community into mourning.
basketball-wnba-bubble/
WNBA players reveal ugly living conditions in 'bubble'
Worms. Mouse traps. Bed bugs. This was not what WNBA players had in mind when they reported to their hotel at the "bubble" in Bradenton, Fla., to prepare for games that are scheduled to take place at the IMG Academy.
UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
BRITAIN-POLITICS/POLICE
London police chief is quizzed by lawmakers on relations with BAME communities
London police chief Cressida Dick is quizzed by lawmakers on improving relations between the police and BAME communities.
8 Jul 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT
USA-IMMIGRATION/STUDENTS-UNCERTAINTY
Foreign students in U.S. left in limbo after Trump administration announces new restrictions
A story about individual students who are affected by the Trump administration's announcement that foreign students who receive all of their classes online must leave the country. Many are now in a state of limbo, desperately looking for answers to determine whether they can stay or must return home.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
USA-ELECTION/POLL
Reuters/Ipsos poll on Trump, the 2020 election, Russia
The Reuters/Ipsos poll will release its latest measurement of American public opinion. The survey contains questions about approval of President Donald Trump, support for Democrat Joe Biden and Trump for the 2020 election, and also what the public thinks of the latest allegations that Russia paid the Taliban to attack the American military.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
USA-ELECTION/ARIZONA
Trump's troubles in Arizona mount with coronavirus surge
Arizona has served as a southwestern bulwark for Republicans for decades, voting for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948. But a surge of coronavirus cases in the state and President Donald Trump's uneven response to the pandemic have worsened a political perfect storm already facing his re-election bid.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
BRITAIN-POLITICS/JOHNSON (PIX) (TV)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions in parliament
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions in parliament.
8 Jul 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
EU-GERMANY/ (PIX) (TV)
Germany's Merkel in Brussels to adress EU lawmakers, push Brussels chiefs on budget
German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels abroad for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic to visit Brussels. She will debate the German EU presidency with lawmakers and hold meetings with EU chiefs in Brussels as negotiations over the bloc's 2021-27 budget heat up.
8 Jul 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
BRITAIN-POLITICS/SEDWILL
Britain's top civil servant answers questions after announcing his departure
Britain's most senior civil servant, Mark Sedwill, will answer questions put by a parliamentary committee, just days after he announced he was stepping down following reports of a rift with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top political adviser.
8 Jul 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
NILE-CONVERGENCE/ (PIX) (TV)
WIDER IMAGE - At Nile's convergence, concern that dam will sap river's strength
For more than a century, workers at an open-air factory on Khartoum's Tuti Island have been moulding the rich brown mud deposited by the Blue Nile into bricks. On plots next door, farmers grow aubergines, mangos and a dozen other crops on land replenished by the Blue Nile's flooding. They benefit from the force of the river before it merges with the White Nile at Tuti Island's tip and flows north towards Egypt. But that could change when a massive hydropower dam being built just across the border from Sudan starts operating as early as this summer. The dam's supporters say it could bring benefits, not just for Ethiopia but also for Sudan, harnessing the power of a river that floods homes and streets every year, and holding back its silt. But those working at its convergence fear their livelihoods could be put at risk. We have spoken to brickmakers and the manager of a plant that provided bricks for some of modern Khartoum's first public buildings, a farmer who has been working Tuti's land for decades, and potters and fishermen who live off the White Nile in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman.
9 Jul
PHILIPPINES-MEDIA/ (PIX) (TV)
Philippines lower house committee may vote on franchise approval for top broadcaster ABS-CBN
A lower house legislative franchises committee may vote 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 offices 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
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRITAIN-WHO (TV)
WHO chief attends UK think tank COVID-19 briefing
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends weekly COVID-19 briefing of UK think tank Chatham House. Also in attendance will be the former Executive Director of the Communicable Diseases Cluster at WHO, Professor David Heymann.
8 Jul 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
SINGAPORE-TECHNOLOGY/SHADOWS (PIX) (TV)
Singapore scientists seek power from darkness through shadow energy
Scientists in Singapore are hoping to perfect a new method of power generation driven largely by shadows, with the hope that it could one day help highly urbanised cites to power themselves.
8 Jul 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-RURAL (PIX)
Coronavirus 'collateral damage' hits U.S. rural power providers
The 10 rural counties in Illinois that Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative provides power to have barely been touched by COVID-19, with just a handful of deaths among them. But the knock-on economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread in this Farm Belt region.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/KENYA-AMBULANCES (PIX) (TV)
Free ambulance service helps save mothers and babies in Kenya
A free ambulance service in Kenya is helping save lives by transporting mothers in labour to hospitals after a curfew introduced to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The service has been so successful that organisers now want to make it a permanent fixture to help reduce maternal mortality.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SAFRICA
South African health minister addresses parliament on COVID-19
South Africa's Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, delivers a statement to lawmakers on the impact of COVID-19 as infections surge in the economic heartland of the country, Gauteng province.
8 Jul 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AUSTRALIA (TV)
Australian state isolated as authorities try to contain surge in coronavirus cases
The sprawling border between Australia's two biggest states is closed and the southern city of Melbourne enters into a six-week lock down as authorities try to contain a coronavirus outbreak.
9 Jul
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CIRQUE DU SOLEIL (PIX) (TV)
Show still goes on in China for Cirque du Soleil, as COVID-19 leaves circus troupe fighting for survival
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
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
BRITAIN-EU/FARMING
UK environment minister quizzed by peers over Brexit impact on food, farming
UK environment minister George Eustice to be quizzed by peers on the Brexit impact on food and farming.
8 Jul 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
PORTUGAL-CENBANK/CENTENO
Mario Centeno faces parliamentary hearing on bid for Bank of Portugal governor post
Former finance minister Mario Centeno attends a parliamentary hearing with lawmakers from the Budget and Finance Commission to respond to questions on his bid for the role of governor of the Bank of Portugal.
8 Jul 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
MARIJUANA-INSURANCE/
ANALYSIS-Cannabis firms see spike in insurance costs to protect leaders as investors sue
Canadian and U.S. cannabis companies are facing a spike in already high costs of insurance to protect top executives from personal liability, following a slew of lawsuits by disgruntled investors alleging fraud and misinformation, with more such action expected.
8 Jul 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
TIKTOK-ADVERTISING/ (PIX)
TikTok's ad launch faces challenges from U.S. ban threat, hoaxes
TikTok's launch on Wednesday of a new platform to court small business advertisers is fraught with challenges, especially after the Trump administration's threat this week to impose a ban on China-based social media apps.
8 Jul 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
TRADE-WTO/
Closure of bids to become head of the WTO
The final field of candidates will be known for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organization. Deadline is 1600 GMT
8 Jul 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT
USA-FED/BOSTIC
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Bostic speaks on Fed response to COVID-19
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic speaks on "Federal Reserve's Response to COVID-19" before a Rotary Club of Columbus, Ga. webinar.
8 Jul 12:15 ET / 16:15 GMT
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
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CALIFORNIA-CAFE (PIX) (TV)
Los Angeles cafe turns parking lot into socially distant greenhouse dining pods
A Los Angeles café has transformed its parking lot into individual greenhouse dining pods, to ensure social distancing, filled with plants, flowers and a mini-market.
8 Jul 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
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
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
LIBYA-SECURITY/UN (TV)
U.N. Security Council to be briefed on the situation in Libya
U.N. Security Council to be briefed on the situation in Libya.
8 Jul 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
SYRIA-SECURITY/UN
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
