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In call with Trump, China's Xi urges restraint over North Korea
BEDMINSTER, N. J. - China's President Xi Jinping says there needs to be a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue, and in a telephone call with U. S. President Donald Trump he urges all sides to avoid words or action that raise tensions.
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In call with Trump, China's Xi urges restraint over North Korea
BEDMINSTER, N.J. - China's President Xi Jinping says there needs to be a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue, and in a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump he urges all sides to avoid words or action that raise tensions. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by James Oliphant and Ben Blanchard, 1,077 words)
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- NORTHKOREA MISSILES/SOUTHKOREA-REACTION (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, 600 words
- NORTHKOREA-CANADA/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Jim Finkle, 365 words
At least one dead as U.S. white nationalists ignite clashes
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - At least one person is killed and 34 injured in Charlottesville, Virginia, when white nationalists protesting plans to remove the statue of a Confederate general clash with counter-demonstrators and a car plows into a crowd, officials say. (VIRGINIA-PROTESTS/ (UPDATE 12, PIX, TV), moved, by Brandon Shulleeta, 886 words)
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- VIRGINIA-PROTESTS/PRESIDENT (PIX, TV), moved, by James Oliphant, 757 words
Minutes from missiles, Guam islanders get to grips with uncertain fate
GUAM - Fourteen minutes is not long to prepare for a potential catastrophe. That is the estimated time taken from a launch of a mid-range ballistic missile in North Korea until impact on Guam, where residents seem resigned to the belief that their fate is out of their control. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/GUAM (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Martin Petty, 655 words)
Trump's threat of Venezuela military action could bolster Maduro
CARACAS - U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of possible military action in Venezuela could be a political lifeline for the country's unpopular leader, who has long used the threat of U.S. aggression to justify policies that have shredded the economy. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (TV, PIX), by Hugh Bronstein, 563 words)
ASIA
Bags of cash: how money launderers used Commonwealth Bank of Australia
SYDNEY - In a run-down mall in one of Sydney's biggest Chinese neighbourhoods in 2015, 29-year-old Jizhang Lu showed up at the top-floor offices of a meat export company carrying a carrier bag stuffed with hundreds of thousands of dollars. (AUSTRALIA-CBA/SYNDICATE (PIX, GRAPHIC), by Byron Kaye, 772 words)
Bomb kills at least 15 in Pakistani city of Quetta
QUETTA, Pakistan - A bomb explodes near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 15 people, officials say, the latest attack to hit the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan. (PAKISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Gul Yousafzai, 406 words)
N.Korea factories humming with 'Made in China' clothes, traders say
DANDONG - Chinese textile firms are increasingly using North Korean factories to take advantage of cheaper labour across the border, traders and businesses in the border city of Dandong tell Reuters. (NORTHKOREA-LABOUR/CHINA (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by Sue-Lin Wong and Philip Wen, 1197 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump to ramp up trade pressure on China with call for probe on Monday
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday will order his top trade adviser to determine whether to investigate Chinese trade practices that force U.S. firms operating in China to turn over intellectual property, senior administration officials said on Saturday. (USA-TRUMP/TRADE-CHINA (UPDATE 1), moved, by Lesley Wroughton, 573 words)
EUROPE
Top UK ministers: Brexit transition cannot be back door to staying in EU
LONDON - Britain needs a transition period to soften its exit from the European Union, but it cannot be used to stop Brexit, two senior ministers say, signalling a truce between rival factions in Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet. (BRITAIN-EU/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by William James, 366 words)
Merkel rounds on German auto execs in opening election rally
DORTMUND - Chancellor Angela Merkel kicks off her re-election campaign with a stinging attack on German auto executives, pressing them to innovate to secure jobs and win back trust lost by a diesel emissions scandal. (GERMANY-ELECTION/MERKEL (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Petra Wischgoll, 600 words)
MSF suspends Mediterranean rescues as migrant dispute mounts
ROME - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it is suspending its migrant rescues in the Mediterranean because it feels threatened by the Libyan coastguard and the Italian government's policies have made its job harder. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/MSF (UPDATE 1), moved, by Gavin Jones, 510 words)
AFRICA
Elevn dead as post-election unrest erupts in Kenya
NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya - Kenyan police kill at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital, officials and witnesses say. (KENYA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Katharine Houreld and Maggie Fick, 900 words)
Nigeria's Buhari "ready to go home", awaiting doctor's OK
ABUJA - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari says he feels ready to return home from medical leave in Britain, and is awaiting his doctor's permission, a presidency statement says (NIGERIA-PRESIDENT/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 391 words)
SPECIAL REPORTS
Vladimir's Venezuela: Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets
CARACAS/HOUSTON - Venezuela's unraveling socialist government is increasingly turning to ally Russia for cash and credit it needs to survive – and offering prized state-owned oil assets in return, sources familiar with negotiations tell Reuters. (VENEZUELA-RUSSIA/OIL (SPECIAL REPORT, GRAPHIC, PIX), moved, by Marianna Parraga and Alexandra Ulmer 2,410 words)
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