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Trump looks for reset with speech to Congress
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump gets a chance to put the rocky start to his presidency behind him on Tuesday night with a speech to the U. S. Congress where he will lay out his plans for the year, including a healthcare overhaul and military buildup.
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Trump looks for reset with speech to Congress
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump gets a chance to put the rocky start to his presidency behind him on Tuesday night with a speech to the U.S. Congress where he will lay out his plans for the year, including a healthcare overhaul and military buildup. (USA-TRUMP/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 750 words)
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces aim for key IS-held Mosul government buildings
MOSUL/BAGHDAD - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces battle their way to within firing range of Mosul's main government buildings, a key target in the offensive to dislodge Islamic State from their remaining stronghold in the western side of the city. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (WRAPUP 1, TV, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Isabel Coles and Maher Chmaytelli, 790 words)
+ See also:
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-CIVILIANS (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Isabel Coles, 745 words
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/MOSUL-REFUGEES (PICTURE), moving shortly, by Stephen Kalin, 850 words
Malaysia to charge women with airport murder of North Korean
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will charge two women, an Indonesian and a Vietnamese, with murder over the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a Malaysian official says. (NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/KIM-COURT (UPDATE 3, PICTURE), moved, by Joseph Sipalan, 665 words)
+ See also:
- NORTHKOREA-CHINA/ENVOY (UPDATE 1), moved, 400 words
- NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA/ARMS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Rozanna Latiff, 610 words
Samsung Group dismantles nerve centre as chief faces bribery charge
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors say they will charge Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developments in a scandal that has rocked the country for months. (SOUTHKOREA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moved, by Se Young Lee and Ju-min Park, 735 words)
EUROPE
Russia looks for positive signals in Trump's speech to Congress
MOSCOW - Russia's deputy foreign minister says that relations with the United States are at their lowest ebb since the Cold War, but hopes they can improve under U.S. President Donald Trump. (RUSSIA-US/RELATIONS (UPDATE 1), moved, 255 words)
The globetrotter confined: the hardening of Geert Wilders
AMSTERDAM - Since the evening in 2004 when policemen arrived unannounced to escort him and his wife to safety, Geert Wilders has lived in safe houses under 24-hour guard to protect him from Islamist militants who threatened to kill him. (NETHERLANDS-ELECTION/WILDERS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Thomas Escritt, 1,130 words)
Sturgeon says UK PM May nudging Scotland towards second referendum
LONDON - The "sheer intransigence" of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says, warning time is running out to change course. (BRITAIN-EU/SCOTLAND (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Kate Holton, 560 words)
France: Reasons to be bullish despite election stress
PARIS - If financial markets are a guide, France is facing a perilous period of turbulence and uncertainty as the presidential election nears. But the underlying economy is telling a different story. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ECONOMY (ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC), moved, by Leigh Thomas, 855 words)
+ See also:
- FRANCE-ELECTION/ECONOMY (FACTBOX), moved, 490 words
AFRICA
After Jammeh, Gambians seek justice for the disappeared
BANJUL/DAKAR - When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea. (GAMBIA-JUSTICE/ (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Lamin Jahateh, Emma Farge and Edward McAllister, 945 words)
ASIA
South Korea suggests suspending North Korea's U.N. seat
GENEVA - South Korea calls for "collective measures" against North Korea, including possible suspension of its U.N. membership, saying the use of chemical weapons to assassinate the half-brother of North Korea's leader is a "wake-up call". (SOUTHKOREA-NORTH/MINISTER (UPDATE 1, PICTURE), moving shortly, by Stephanie Nebehay, 300 words)
China reacts with anger, threats after S.Korean missile defence decision
BEIJING - Chinese state media react with anger and boycott threats after the board of an affiliate of South Korea's Lotte Group approves a land swap with the government allowing authorities to deploy a U.S. missile defence system. (SOUTHKOREA-USA/THAAD-CHINA (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 560 words)
Philippine president says some police to rejoin drugs war
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will recall some police to fight his controversial war on drugs, nearly a month after suspending the entire force from all operations in the bloody campaign. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Martin Petty and Manuel Mogato, 550 words)
Philippine Congress postpones embattled minister's confirmation hearing
MANILA - The Philippines postpones a legislative hearing set to confirm the appointment of a controversial environment minister who ordered more than half the country's mines shut down, following a shakeup in the Senate leadership. (PHILIPPINES-MINING/ (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Manolo Serapio Jr and Enrico Dela Cruz, 425 words)
Cambodia's Hun Sen says he and Trump object to 'anarchic' media
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen expresses sympathy for U.S. President Donald Trump's antipathy to the media, saying both he and Trump view it as stirring anarchy. (USA-TRUMP/CAMBODIA, moved, 370 words)
UNITED STATES
Trump to sign measure to bolster U.S.'s historically black colleges
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a measure on Tuesday aimed at boosting government support for the nation's historically black colleges, a senior White House official says. (USA-HBCUS/TRUMP, moved, by Ayesha Rascoe, 230 words)
+ See also:
- USA-WATER/, moved, 325 words
Door knocks in the dark: The Canadian town on front line of Trump migrant crackdown
EMERSON, Manitoba - Jaime French was jarred out of bed in Emerson, Manitoba early one morning this month by pounding at her front door, just yards from the U.S. border. A face peered in through the window, flanked in the darkness by others. (USA-IMMIGRATION/CANADA-EMERSON (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Rod Nickel, 1,110 words)
SPACE
SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon next year
CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, the launch company announce. (SPACE-SPACEX/TOURISTS (UPDATE 3, PICTURE), moved, by Irene Klotz, 515 words)
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