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• Putin and Erdogan move toward repairing ties amid tension with West
• Exclusive: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea - sources
• China's unease over THAAD thwarts U.N. censure of North Korea missile
• Grief, anger after 74 Pakistanis killed in hospital bomb
• Photos suggest China built reinforced hangars on disputed islands: CSIS
• U.S. Vice President Biden to visit Serbia, Kosovo next week
• Lithuanian Olympic basketball team rip Nigeria to stay unbeaten
• USA women's Olympic winning streak halted by Colombia
• Trump ignites new firestorm: Gun backers might stop Clinton
• One of rugby's 2009 Olympic bid team amazed to play in Rio
• Ex-Guantanamo prisoner held by Venezuela's intelligence agency: lawyer
• Top Asian News 12:02 a.m. GMT
• Australian online census shut down by cyberattacks
• Out of sorts, Serena Williams upset at Olympics by Svitolina
• Sonny Bill Williams injured, ruled out of Olympic tournament
• Dodgers "disappointed" by video of Puig partying in minors
• Park rally lands fencing gold for Korea
• Chile ex-president denies Argentina bribes claim
• Deng lifts gold with record against field depleted by doping
• More than half of British women sexually harassed at work: survey
• Japan upset New Zealand, Williams out in rocky rugby return
• Argentine judge seeks to revive probe against Fernandez
• UN appeals for urgent aid access to Syria's Aleppo
• Venezuela officials dash hopes of 2016 presidential recall
• US approves $1.15 bn tank, weapons sale to Saudi
• Brazil coach defends Neymar ahead of decisive Denmark game
• Turkey warns US not to 'sacrifice' ties over Gulen
• Aussie-born, American-raised, Irving faces homeland in Rio
• Cayman Islands reports second locally transmitted Zika infection
• Japan shock Kiwis as injured Williams exits Games
• Greek shooter regards gold medal as payback for 'open war'
• 20-year-old South Korean wins gold in men's epee
• Los Angeles says it offers 'risk-free' bid for 2024 Olympics
• Some Delta systems haven't recovered fully from outage
• India on 234-5 at stumps on Day 1 of 3rd test in West Indies
• Brazil Senate meets to indict suspended President Rousseff
• 4 years after Olympic KO, US boxers make strong start in Rio
• Robbers wound US man playing Pokeman Go in Ecuador
• Chevron Mining to pay $143 million to clean up New Mexico Superfund site
• US archer Brady Ellison beats best friend to advance in Rio

Putin and Erdogan move toward repairing ties amid tension with West Posted: 09 Aug 2016 12:22 PM PDT By Olesya Astakhova and Nick Tattersall ST PETERSBURG/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey took a big step toward normalizing relations on Tuesday, with their leaders announcing an acceleration in trade and energy ties at a time when both countries have troubled economies and strains with the West. President Vladimir Putin received his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a Tsarist-era palace outside his home city of St Petersburg. It was Erdogan's first foreign trip since last month's failed military coup, which left Turkey's relationship with the United States and Europe badly damaged.

Exclusive: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea - sources Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:05 PM PDT By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China's runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Western officials. Diplomats and military officers told Reuters that intelligence shows Hanoi has shipped the launchers from the Vietnamese mainland into position on five bases in the Spratly islands in recent months, a move likely to raise tensions with Beijing. Vietnam's Foreign Ministry said the information was "inaccurate", without elaborating.

China's unease over THAAD thwarts U.N. censure of North Korea missile Posted: 09 Aug 2016 01:54 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has been unable to condemn the launch of a missile by North Korea that landed near Japan because China wanted the statement to oppose the planned deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system in South Korea. North Korea launched a ballistic missile last Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The 15-member council held a closed-door meeting on the same day, but has been unable to agree on a U.S.-drafted statement to condemn the launch, which was almost identical to two previous statements issued by the council on North Korea (DPRK).

Grief, anger after 74 Pakistanis killed in hospital bomb Posted: 09 Aug 2016 01:00 PM PDT By Asad Hashim QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani mourners flocked to funerals on Tuesday for 74 victims, most of them lawyers, of the bombing of a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, and legal organizations staged a nationwide strike in protest. Monday's suicide bombing, which struck grief-stricken colleagues crowding around the body of the slain head of the provincial bar association, was the deadliest jihadist attack in Pakistan this year. Shreds of black cloth from slain lawyers' trademark dark suits still littered the ground on Tuesday at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, where glass from shattered windows remained and blood stained the walls.

Photos suggest China built reinforced hangars on disputed islands: CSIS Posted: 09 Aug 2016 11:06 AM PDT Satellite photographs taken in late July show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in disputed South China Sea islands, a Washington-based research group said. The hangars on Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief Reefs in the Spratly islands have room for any fighter jet in the Chinese air force, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report on the photographs. The images have emerged about a month after an international court in The Hague ruled against China's claims in the resource-rich area, a decision rejected by Beijing.

U.S. Vice President Biden to visit Serbia, Kosovo next week Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:14 PM PDT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Serbia and Kosovo next week, the White House said on Tuesday. A White House statement announcing the Aug. 15-17 Balkan tour said Biden would hold meetings with each country's president and prime minister, but did not say what subjects would be discussed. The United States last month transferred two inmates from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Serbia.

Lithuanian Olympic basketball team rip Nigeria to stay unbeaten Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:36 PM PDT Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Mantas Kalnietis and Jonas Maciulis each scored 21 points and Lithuania held off a late fightback to defeat Nigeria 89-80 and stay unbeaten in Rio Olympics men's basketball.

USA women's Olympic winning streak halted by Colombia Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:31 PM PDT The USA women's football team's Olympic winning streak was ended by Catalina Usme's stoppage time equaliser and an uncharacteristic howler from controversial goalkeeper Hope Solo in a 2-2 draw with Colombia. Meanwhile, two-time world champions Germany, Australia and France all booked their place in Friday's quarter-finals. Solo has been taunted by chants of "Zika" in Brazil for extravagant social media posts showing her draping a mosquito net over her head to avoid the virus at the Games.

Trump ignites new firestorm: Gun backers might stop Clinton Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:31 PM PDT WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump ignited a fresh political firestorm Tuesday by declaring gun rights supporters might still find a way to stop Hillary Clinton, even if she should defeat him and then name anti-gun Supreme Court justices. Democrats pounced, accusing him of openly encouraging violence against his opponent.

One of rugby's 2009 Olympic bid team amazed to play in Rio Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:27 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When the IOC voted overwhelmingly in 2009 to readmit rugby into the Olympics, Humphrey Kayange was right there.

Ex-Guantanamo prisoner held by Venezuela's intelligence agency: lawyer Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:21 PM PDT By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - A former Guantanamo prisoner who was relocated to Uruguay nearly two years ago is being held by Venezuela's intelligence agency after traveling to Caracas in an apparent attempt to reunite with family, a lawyer familiar with his case said on Tuesday. Jihad Diyab was held for 12 years in Guantanamo without being charged and was released to Uruguay in 2014 as part of an arrangement to reduce the number of detainees at the U.S. military prison, according to California-based lawyer Jon Eisenberg. The Syrian national was not seen in Montevideo after mid-June and arrived in Caracas on July 26, Eisenberg said in a telephone interview.

Top Asian News 12:02 a.m. GMT Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:03 PM PDT QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Many Pakistanis were in deep mourning on Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing that targeted lawyers killed 70 people in the city of Quetta, touching a chord in the country's long-simmering culture war. By targeting lawyers, Islamic radicals appeared to take aim at a pillar of the country's budding civil society — and a symbol of the supremacy of secular law in a modern state. Across the country, many courts were closed and lawyers staged rallies in support of their colleagues. But in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan, the streets were deserted.

Australian online census shut down by cyberattacks Posted: 09 Aug 2016 05:02 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's first attempt to conduct a census online was in disarray after several cyberattacks on the website, an official said Wednesday.

Out of sorts, Serena Williams upset at Olympics by Svitolina Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:59 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Out of sorts and out of answers, defending champion Serena Williams is out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Sonny Bill Williams injured, ruled out of Olympic tournament Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:58 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sonny Bill Williams dedicated a season to prepare for Rio. When the Olympic rugby sevens competition finally kicked off, he spent about eight minutes on the field.

Dodgers "disappointed" by video of Puig partying in minors Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:37 PM PDT Yasiel Puig has found the party in the Pacific Coast League.

Park rally lands fencing gold for Korea Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:29 PM PDT Park Sang-Young staged an incredible late rally to strike Olympic gold for South Korea on Tuesday with victory in the men's epee gold medal. Park's hopes of becoming only the third Korean to win an individual fencing gold looked to be dead and buried as he trailed Hungary's Geza Imre 14-10 in the final. "The Olympics are one of the biggest sporting events in the whole world and I tried to take over his weaknesses," Park said.

Chile ex-president denies Argentina bribes claim Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:25 PM PDT Chile's ex-president Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday denied accusations that he paid bribes to Argentine officials to help his former airline business. Argentine prosecutors are investigating claims that a company run by Pinera paid a million dollars to the country's former transportation minister in 2006, according to court documents. "This accusation is either very irresponsible or very malicious," Pinera told a news conference on Tuesday.

Deng lifts gold with record against field depleted by doping Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:22 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With her main rivals serving doping suspensions, Deng Wei won Olympic gold and set a world record in women's weightlifting.

More than half of British women sexually harassed at work: survey Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:17 PM PDT By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than half of British women have been sexually harassed at work, according to a survey published on Wednesday, but almost 80 percent said they did not report the incident to their employer. Young women between 18 and 24 fared worse than other age groups, with two-thirds experiencing workplace sexual harassment, according to the report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and women's rights group Everyday Sexism. "The numbers are shocking and it should be a wake up-call," Alice Hood, head of equality at TUC told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Japan upset New Zealand, Williams out in rocky rugby return Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:15 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Japan's shocking win over New Zealand and a tournament-ending injury to Sonny Bill Williams proved on the first day of Olympic men's rugby in 92 years what coaches have long been saying about the sevens format.

Argentine judge seeks to revive probe against Fernandez Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:11 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A judge is seeking to revive an investigation into former President Cristina Fernandez over an alleged cover-up on behalf of Iranians suspected in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina's capital.

UN appeals for urgent aid access to Syria's Aleppo Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:07 PM PDT The United Nations has called for urgent aid access to Aleppo, warning that civilians are at grave risk from severe water shortages and disease after fighting intensified for Syria's second city. Fears are growing for trapped civilians ahead of what is expected to be an all-out battle for control of Aleppo, a focal point of Syria's five-year civil war. Rebels and regime fighters have sent hundreds of reinforcements to Aleppo in anticipation of the fighting, after opposition forces broke a government siege at the weekend and vowed to capture the entire city.

Venezuela officials dash hopes of 2016 presidential recall Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:05 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Electoral officials on Tuesday set a timetable for a recall drive against President Nicolas Maduro that makes it unlikely Venezuela will have an early presidential election that could put the opposition in power.

US approves $1.15 bn tank, weapons sale to Saudi Posted: 09 Aug 2016 04:04 PM PDT The United States has approved the possible sale to Saudi Arabia of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15 billion, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The announcement coincided with news that Saudi-led coalition warplanes had resumed air strikes on Yemen's capital for the first time in three months, killing 14 people and shutting the airport after UN-brokered talks were suspended. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said she was "very concerned" by Tuesday's casualty reports, but did not directly comment when asked if the State Department worried US weapons being sent to Saudi Arabia could be used against civilians.

Brazil coach defends Neymar ahead of decisive Denmark game Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:47 PM PDT SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Leave him alone.

Turkey warns US not to 'sacrifice' ties over Gulen Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:46 PM PDT Turkey warned the United States on Tuesday not to sacrifice bilateral ties over Pennsylvania-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for the failed coup and wants to see extradited. "If the US does not deliver (Gulen), they will sacrifice relations with Turkey for the sake of a terrorist," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told reporters during a televised briefing in the capital Ankara. Turkey has repeatedly pressed Washington to extradite the 75-year-old cleric to face trial over the July 15 attempted putsch, which saw a rogue military faction try to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Aussie-born, American-raised, Irving faces homeland in Rio Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:46 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like so many kids, Kyrie Irving dreamed about putting on the uniform of his home country and playing in the Olympics.

Cayman Islands reports second locally transmitted Zika infection Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:44 PM PDT Two people have contracted the Zika virus locally in the Cayman Islands, the health department said on Tuesday, bringing the total number infected by the virus in the Caribbean territory to eight. A woman living in Cayman's capital George Town first reported her symptoms in July, and a sample sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for testing came back positive, the department said in a statement. Late on Monday, the health department announced the first known case of Zika contracted on the islands, by a man who had also not traveled to affected countries.

Japan shock Kiwis as injured Williams exits Games Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:38 PM PDT Japan upset the odds with a thrilling upset over New Zealand in their opening match of the Olympic rugby sevens Tuesday as All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams sustained a tournament-ending Achilles tendon injury. The Brave Blossoms' shock 14-12 victory echoed Japan's famous victory over South Africa in the 15-a-side World Cup last year, the biggest shock the sport has ever seen. "It's unbelievable, you never see a minnow team come here and beat a team supposed to be a gold medal contender," said Japan's New Zealand-born playmaker Lomano Lemeki.

Greek shooter regards gold medal as payback for 'open war' Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:36 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anna Korakaki took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

20-year-old South Korean wins gold in men's epee Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:33 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The future of men's fencing might well be Sangyoung Park.

Los Angeles says it offers 'risk-free' bid for 2024 Olympics Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:33 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Los Angeles leaders pitched their bid Tuesday for the 2024 Olympics as a "risk-free" project that requires little construction and could produce a financial surplus.

Some Delta systems haven't recovered fully from outage Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:24 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that some computer systems are still working slowly more than a day after an outage crippled the airline and led to more than 1,500 canceled flights.

India on 234-5 at stumps on Day 1 of 3rd test in West Indies Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:23 PM PDT GROS INLET, St. Lucia (AP) — A battling performance in the final session helped India recover from a poor start against West Indies and reach 234-5 at close of play on the first day of the third test on Tuesday.

Brazil Senate meets to indict suspended President Rousseff Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:21 PM PDT By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her. With Brazil's attention focused on the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, senators in the capital Brasilia began to decide the country's political future in a raucous session presided over by Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski that could run into Wednesday. The impeachment of Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla and the first woman to lead Brazil, has paralyzed Brazilian politics since the start of the year, deepening a crisis set off by a massive kickbacks and bribery scandal at state-led oil company Petrobras.

4 years after Olympic KO, US boxers make strong start in Rio Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:20 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Coaches Billy Walsh and Kay Koroma realize the daunting nature of the task they face at USA Boxing. Once the gold standard of the Olympic sport, the American men fell to the nadir of a medal-free trip to London four years ago.

Robbers wound US man playing Pokeman Go in Ecuador Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:19 PM PDT QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorean police said Tuesday that robbers shot and seriously wounded a U.S. man as he was playing Pokeman Go in a park in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

Chevron Mining to pay $143 million to clean up New Mexico Superfund site Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chevron Mining Inc, in a settlement with state and federal authorities, has agreed to spend $143 million to clean up the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund site in New Mexico, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Eric Beech)

US archer Brady Ellison beats best friend to advance in Rio Posted: 09 Aug 2016 03:15 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The two best friends made a pact before their archery match at Olympics — no coaches would join them on the field. No hard feelings would linger, either.

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