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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

One dead, 34 injured at Virginia white nationalist rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - At least one person is killed and 34 others 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 6, PIX, TV), by Brandon Shulleeta, 494 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)

Latin America slams Trump's military threat against Venezuela

CARACAS/LIMA - After months of attacking Venezuela's unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, Latin America comes out strongly against U.S. threats of military action against the struggling OPEC nation. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Brian Ellsworth and Mitra Taj, 680 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), moving shortly, 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), 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

Eleven 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)

As Trumpcare bill languishes, former opioid users cling to lifeline

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - Reuters examination shows steep spending hikes by states targeting opioid addiction, but now that effort faces gutting under possible unraveling of Obamacare. (USA-HEALTHCARE/OPIOIDS (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved, by Yasmeen Abutaleb, 2,215 words)

ASIA

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), by Gul Yousafzai, 406 words)

Storms disrupt Beijing flights as capital raises weather alert

BEIJING - Thunderstorms lash Beijing, disrupting hundreds of flights at the world's second-largest airport, while authorities warn that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck this week. (CHINA-STORM/BEIJING (UPDATE 3), moved, by Josephine Mason and Shu Zhang, 500 words)

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- NEPAL-FLOODS/, moved, 250 words

- EUROPE-WEATHER/POLAND (PIX), moved, 300 words

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq's Kurds keep date for independence vote despite U.S. request

ERBIL, Iraq - Iraq's Kurds will maintain their plan to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, despite a U.S. request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-KURDS (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words)

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