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Global cyber attack slows but experts see risk of new strikes
SINGAPORE/FRANKFURT - A global cyber attack has forced a European carmaker to halt some production lines, hit Russian computers with more than half of suspected infections and struck schools in China and hospitals in Indonesia - but it appears to be dying down (CYBER-ATTACK/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeremy Wagstaff and Eric Auchard, 1,200 words)
See also:
- CYBER-ATTACK/BRITAIN (UPDATE 1), moved, 266 words
- CYBER-ATTACK/ (FACTBOX), moved, 91 words
Trump pledges to move quickly to nominate new FBI chief
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he will move quickly to nominate a new FBI director less than a week after sparking a political firestorm by firing the man leading an investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign.
Editor: Gareth Jones +44 207 542 7923
Picture Desk: Singapore + 65 6870 3775
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(All times GMT/ET)
TOP STORIES
Global cyber attack slows but experts see risk of new strikes
SINGAPORE/FRANKFURT - A global cyber attack has forced a European carmaker to halt some production lines, hit Russian computers with more than half of suspected infections and struck schools in China and hospitals in Indonesia - but it appears to be dying down (CYBER-ATTACK/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Jeremy Wagstaff and Eric Auchard, 1,200 words)
+ See also:
- CYBER-ATTACK/BRITAIN (UPDATE 1), moved, 266 words
- CYBER-ATTACK/ (FACTBOX), moved, 91 words
Trump pledges to move quickly to nominate new FBI chief
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he will move quickly to nominate a new FBI director less than a week after sparking a political firestorm by firing the man leading an investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign. (USA-TRUMP/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 500 words)
+ See also:
- USA-TRUMP/FBI-CANDIDATES (FACTBOX), moved, 455 words
N.Korea says will have dialogue with U.S. under right conditions - Yonhap
SEOUL - A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States says Pyongyang would have dialogue with the U.S. administration if conditions were right, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports (NORTHKOREA-USA/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 404 words)
Mutinous soldiers cut off Ivory Coast's second city
ABIDJAN - Disgruntled soldiers cut off access to Ivory Coast's second largest city, Bouake, and gunfire rattles in other towns as protests over a pay dispute extends into a second day despite government warnings of harsh punishment. (IVORYCOAST-MILITARY/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), by Ange Aboa and Loucoumane Coulibaly, 555 words)
EUROPE
Pope canonises Fatima visionaries, giving Church new children saints
FATIMA, Portugal - Pope Francis gives the Catholic Church two of its youngest saints, canonising shepherd siblings believed to have seen the Madonna 100 years ago in a town that is now a major pilgrimage site. (POPE-PORTUGAL/FATIMA (PIX, TV), expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Philip Pullella and Sergio Goncalves), 500 words)
Italy, Portugal lead the pack as Kiev hosts Eurovision final
KIEV - Italy and Portugal are frontrunners going into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev on Saturday night, an annual song and dance fest whose global audience topped 200 million people last year. (MUSIC-EUROVISION/ (PIX, TV), by Matthias Williams and Margaryta Chornokondratenko, 452 words)
AFRICA
South Sudan's ousted army chief returns to capital
JUBA - South Sudan's ousted army chief Paul Malong returns to the capital Juba, saying he has no intention of staging revolt against President Salva Kiir's government (SOUTHSUDAN-MILITARY/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 330 words)
- See also SOUTHSUDAN-VIOLENCE/, moved, 400 words)
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Syrian army regains control of airport in northern Syria from Islamic State
AMMAN - The Syrian army has taken full control of small airbase in eastern Aleppo countryside from Islamic State, helped by heavy aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian airforces, pro-state media report (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-AIRPORT, moved, 400 words)
Thousands of Tunisians march against corruption amnesty law
TUNIS - Several thousand Tunisians join protest march against bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption when autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali was in power.
(TUNISIA-PROTEST/ (TV, PIX), moved, by Tarek Amara, 450 words)
ASIA
Pakistan signs nearly $500 mln in China deals at Silk Road summit
Pakistan signed new deals with China on Saturday worth nearly $500 million ahead of Beijing's international forum on its "Silk Road" trade and infrastructure initiative for Asia, Africa and Europe, the Pakistani government says (CHINA-SILKROAD/PAKISTAN (PIX, TV), moved, by Kay Johnson, 426 words)
- See also CHINA-SILKROAD/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, 600 words)
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