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Editor: Robert Birsel 65 6870 3815 Picture Desk: Singapore 65 6870 3775 Graphics queries: 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT) TOP STORIES Carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint BEIJING/SEOUL - Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for all sides to exercise restraint in a call with U. S. President Donald Trump, as a nervous South Korea and Japan seek to join drills with a U. S. aircraft carrier strike group heading for Korean waters.

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TOP STORIES

Carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint

BEIJING/SEOUL - Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for all sides to exercise restraint in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, as a nervous South Korea and Japan seek to join drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group heading for Korean waters. (NORTHKOREA-USA/ (WRAPUP 2, TV), expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by Ben Blanchard and Ju-min Park, 643 words

- NORTHKOREA-USA/DETAINEE (UPDATE 4), moved, by James Pearson, 493 words

- SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/ (INTERVIEW, PIX), moved, by Christine Kim, 510 words

France's Macron appears set for Elysee in runoff with Le Pen

PARIS/HENIN-BEAUMONT - Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 13, GRAPHIC, PIX, TV), moved, by Sybille de La Hamaide and Matthias Blamont, 1132 words)

- FRANCE-ELECTION/MACRON (ANALYSIS), moved, by Michel Rose, 800 words

- FRANCE-ELECTION/EUROPE (PIX), moved, by Noah Barkin, 800 words

- FRANCE-ELECTION/MARKETS, moved, by Jemima Kelly, 702 words

- FRANCE-ELECTION/GERMANY (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Andrea Shalal, 422 words

- FRANCE-ELECTION/TIMELINE (TIMELINE), moved, 480 words

Syrian army, allies gain ground against rebels north of Hama

BEIRUT - The Syrian army and allied forces advance against rebels in western Syria near Hama city, building on recent strategic gains in the area, a military source and a monitoring group say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HAMA (UPDATE 1), moved, 343 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/QAEDA-SYRIA, moved, 268 words

Afghan Taliban's brazen attack eclipses Trump's "mother of all bombs"

KABUL - Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of soldiers. (AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN/ (ANALYSIS), by Josh Smith and Hamid Shalizi, 915 words)

- AFGHANISTAN-TORTURE/, expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, 400 words

ASIA

Local, global security firms in race along China's "Silk Road"

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - Global security companies and their smaller Chinese rivals are jostling for business along Beijing's modern-day "Silk Road", the grandiose plan for land and sea routes connecting the world's second largest economy with the rest of Asia and beyond. (CHINA-SILKROAD/SECURITY (ANALYSIS, PIX, TV), moved, by Brenda Goh, Michael Martina and Christian Shepherd, 928 words)

Is China too tough a steel beast for Trump to tame?

MANILA/BEIJING - U.S. President Donald Trump's first shot across China's bow over its steel exports, escalating a years-long brawl over trade between the world's top two economies, may not pull up Beijing. (USA-TRUMP/STEEL-CHINA (REPEAT, ANALYSIS, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Manolo Serapio Jr and Muyu Xu, 805 words)

EUROPE

Germany's AfD picks leaders for election drive, seen shifting right

COLOGNE, Germany - The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party chooses a tough-talking former member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and an economist to lead its campaign for a September election in a line-up likely to drag the group further right. (GERMANY-ELECTION/AFD (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Michelle Martin, 690 words)

UNITED STATES

Trump pressures Democrats on Obamacare to get border wall deal

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump puts pressure on Democrats as U.S. lawmakers work to avoid a government shutdown, saying Obamacare will die without a cash infusion the White House has offered in exchange for their agreement to fund his border wall. (USA-BUDGET/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by David Morgan and Doina Chiacu, 737 words)

Trump to set executive orders on environment, energy this week

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign several executive orders on energy and the environment this week, which would make it easier for the United States to develop energy on and offshore, a White House official says. (USA-TRUMP/ENERGY (UPDATE 3), moved, by Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson, 399 words)

AFRICA

U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine

DJIBOUTI - The United States is closely watching a recent increase in piracy off the coast of Somalia, a senior U.S. military official says as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visits an important military base in Djibouti. (USA-MATTIS/AFRICA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Idrees Ali, 601 words)

 

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