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• Exclusive: Central America to seek Mexico's support after Trump win
• Macron launches French presidential bid as polls show tight race
• Obama lands in Berlin for farewell visit to closest ally Merkel
• New Zealand quake evacuees get food, shelter, wifi in Christchurch
• Modi's cash crackdown hits Indian rivals' election campaign coffers
• Iraqi militia threatens Islamic State's supply route to Syria
• Top Asian News 1:34 a.m. GMT
• Mexico urges migrants in US to 'stay calm'
• Australian prime minister got Trump's number from golf great
• Kiwi Ko goes for three-peat at Tour Championship
• NATO general says Trump not serious about abandoning treaty
• Protesters storm Brazil Congress demanding military coup
• Nimrud's broken glory lies in dust after Islamic State rampage
• Toxic pollutants choke Iraqi children caught in Islamic State retreat
• Farm impasse at climate talks threatens goal to end hunger - FAO chief
• Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university
• US-Canada free trade will continue: ambassador
• Trump denies disarray, Bannon criticism intensifies
• Russian rejection of ICC mirrors US stance
• Puerto Rico warns of cash crunch when debt moratorium ends
• Argentina's Macri begins vegetable garden on Pink House roof
• 'Post-truth' chosen as Oxford Dictionaries word of year
• Trump's election 'won't change' Canada-Cuba ties: Trudeau
• Cup champ Spithill takes offshore foiling to next level
• UN chief to receive Legion of Honor from French president
• Murray fights back to subdue Nishikori in Tour Finals epic
• Hong Kong democracy activist appears at US Capitol
• Mexican experts say original pyramid found at Chichen Itza
• IIHF encouraged by 2018 Olympic talks with NHL and NHLPA
• ATP Finals: Murray edges Nishikori, Wawrinka KOs Cilic
• Canada troops engaging in dozens of firefights with IS: general
• ICC vows new focus on crimes against children
• Five die in Lima fire near hotel for APEC attendees
• Southgate plans review after 'drunk' Rooney reports
• Two FARC rebels killed in 'combat' days after peace deal
• Melvin Laird, Vietnam War defense secretary, dies at 94
• Texans urged to stay in room, not eat room service in Mexico
• Tesla's SolarCity vote comes as rooftop solar growth hits the brakes

Exclusive: Central America to seek Mexico's support after Trump win Posted: 16 Nov 2016 11:58 AM PST By Sofia Menchu and Nelson Renteria GUATEMALA CITY/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have agreed to join forces and seek support from Mexico to forge a joint strategy in response to Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency, El Salvador's foreign minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Trump's election upset has sent shockwaves through Mexico and Central America, which rely heavily on U.S. remittances and bilateral trade.

Macron launches French presidential bid as polls show tight race Posted: 16 Nov 2016 12:24 PM PST By Andrew Callus and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS (Reuters) - Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the French presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that promises a strong turnout for far-right leader Marine Le Pen. The 38-year-old quit the cabinet of Socialist President Francois Hollande in August to prepare a campaign and will stand as an independent in next year's election. Opinion polls show Hollande himself and the left in general face a rout because of a perceived poor record on unemployment, national security and immigration - issues that lifted Le Pen.

Obama lands in Berlin for farewell visit to closest ally Merkel Posted: 16 Nov 2016 09:36 AM PST U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has forged a close transatlantic alliance during eight years in office that President-elect Donald Trump may now call into question. Obama, who described Merkel ahead of the visit as his "closest international partner", will dine with the chancellor at Berlin's famous Adlon hotel directly next to the landmark Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday evening. The two leaders, who together tackled the global financial crisis, promoted free trade and forged an international accord to fight climate change, stressed their shared values in a joint guest piece for German magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

New Zealand quake evacuees get food, shelter, wifi in Christchurch Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:27 PM PST By Lincoln Feast CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Reuters) - Hundreds of survivors stranded by a huge earthquake that struck central New Zealand three days ago reached Christchurch by a naval ship early on Thursday, as engineers in the capital, Wellington, assessed the state of dozens of damaged buildings. Around 450 tourists and residents from the small seaside town of Kaikoura were taken by the New Zealand navy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury 150 km (90 miles) south to Christchurch, the South Island's largest city, overnight. Most tourists had continued their journeys, but around 130 people were being housed temporarily in Canterbury University's student halls.

Modi's cash crackdown hits Indian rivals' election campaign coffers Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:20 PM PST By Rupam Jain and Tommy Wilkes NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock ban on high-value banknotes will hit the war chests of his rivals before a key state election next year, sparking accusations that his strike against "black cash" will unfairly boost his party's chances. Opposition politicians are scrambling to redraft campaign plans ahead of the ballot expected early next year in Uttar Pradesh, a state of more than 200 million people which will be crucial to Modi's long-term plan for re-election in 2019. The prime minister last week outlawed 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in a drive to rein in corruption and a shadow economy that accounts for a fifth of India's $2.1 trillion gross domestic product.

Iraqi militia threatens Islamic State's supply route to Syria Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:11 PM PST By Ahmed Rasheed, John Davison and Dominic Evans BAGHDAD/BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite militias said on Wednesday they had driven Islamic State fighters from an air base west of Mosul, a victory which would threaten the Sunni group's supply route from Syria to its last major stronghold in Iraq. "The airport of Tal Afar has been liberated," Yusif al-Kallabi, a spokesman for Popular Mobilisation, a coalition of mainly Iranian-backed militias, told Iraqi state TV. The capture of the base, if confirmed, could be a significant development in the campaign to recapture Mosul, Islamic State's de facto capital since its forces swept through Iraq in 2014 and set up a self-declared caliphate in a swathe of Syria and northern Iraq.

Top Asian News 1:34 a.m. GMT Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:34 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent young Hong Kong democracy activist urged president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to support human rights in the semiautonomous city that he says are under threat from Beijing. Twenty-year old student Joshua Wong spearheaded huge 2014 street protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's plan to restrict elections. He spoke at an event on Capitol Hill organized by a U.S. congressional panel that monitors rights issues in China. Wong said the international community has a moral responsibility to "keep their eyes on Hong Kong" as the communist government on the mainland was eroding freedoms enshrined in the agreement that underpinned the handover of the former British colony to China in 1997.

Mexico urges migrants in US to 'stay calm' Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:33 PM PST Don't fall into provocations and don't let yourself be fooled," Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu said in a video message posted on Twitter. While Ruiz Massieu did not mention US President-elect Trump, the Republican billionaire will take office on January 20 following his surprise victory in the November 8 election.

Australian prime minister got Trump's number from golf great Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:33 PM PST CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister beat other world leaders to an early call with President-elect Donald Trump by getting his cellphone number from Greg Norman, the golfing great said on Thursday.

Kiwi Ko goes for three-peat at Tour Championship Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:31 PM PST World number one Lydia Ko will be gunning for her third consecutive CME Globe title this week as the LPGA Tour season draws to a close with the 2016 Tour Championship. New Zealand's Ko won the coveted $1 million Globe bonus in both 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the then 17-year-old Ko claimed her first Globe when she beat Carlota Ciganda and Julieta Granada in a playoff.

NATO general says Trump not serious about abandoning treaty Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:31 PM PST TORONTO (AP) — A top NATO general said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that the United States might abandon its NATO treaty commitments is not serious because the treaty is so binding and important to America and its allies that no president "would dare" change it.

Protesters storm Brazil Congress demanding military coup Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:16 PM PST Brasília (AFP) - Dozens of rightwing protesters burst into Brazil's legislative chamber to demand a military coup. Brazil was ruled by a military government from 1964 to 1985 and a small minority of Brazilians support the idea of a new takeover in response to widespread corruption and a floundering economy.

Nimrud's broken glory lies in dust after Islamic State rampage Posted: 16 Nov 2016 05:11 PM PST By Stephen Kalin NIMRUD, Iraq (Reuters) - In a field outside an ancient palace in the Assyrian city of Nimrud, shattered remains of intricate carvings lie broken in the dust. Until two years ago, when Islamic State militants swept through northern Iraq, ransacking ancient cities, religious sites and palaces which the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim zealots deem idolatrous. The ziggurat has been reduced to a pile of dirt, with tire tracks all over it, apparently flattened by bulldozers in the last two months before Islamic State fighters were driven out of the site by Iraqi forces on Sunday.

Toxic pollutants choke Iraqi children caught in Islamic State retreat Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:30 PM PST By Cathy Otten QAYYARA, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Under a cloud of black smoke, a group of around a dozen children wearing flimsy sandals have gathered to play. Oil wells around the Iraqi town of Qayyara are still burning, weeks after they were torched by Islamic State militants in an attempt to slow the Iraqi army's advance. Under the shadow of an oil fire, the children are coated in black soot.

Farm impasse at climate talks threatens goal to end hunger - FAO chief Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:27 PM PST By Megan Rowling MARRAKESH, Morocco (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lack of progress on agricultural issues at the U.N. climate talks in Morocco puts at risk efforts to help farmers adapt to climate change and meet a global goal to end hunger by 2030, the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday. Ahead of the negotiations, which are due to end on Friday, development agencies had hoped for the establishment of a work plan on agriculture that would pave the way for more concrete discussions on assistance for struggling small-scale farmers. "We had been working since Paris... to push agriculture to be at the center of this meeting (in Marrakesh)," said José Graziano da Silva, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:20 PM PST By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When a colleague asked Margee Ensign to help her sister who had been snatched by Boko Haram from her school dormitory in Chibok and escaped, the president of the American University of Nigeria could not refuse. Ensign decided to offer scholarships to girls who managed to flee the Islamist militant group after it abducted more than 270 of their classmates in April 2014, its most high-profile assault in a seven-year insurgency to create an Islamic caliphate. "People (in Chibok) told us that we are stupid for sending our children to school again after what happened," said the father of one girl who took up a scholarship at the university in a video recording of her first day there.

US-Canada free trade will continue: ambassador Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:14 PM PST Canada expects to keep its 1989 bilateral free trade agreement with the United States if US President-elect Donald Trump withdraws from NAFTA, the Canadian ambassador to the US said Wednesday. The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement was superseded in 1994 by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which added Mexico to the pact. "Presumably... if NAFTA went away, the free trade agreement would come back and into effect," Canadian Ambassador David MacNaughton told journalists in Montreal.

Trump denies disarray, Bannon criticism intensifies Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:02 PM PST Donald Trump insisted Wednesday his White House transition to power is going smoothly despite reports of chaos and disarray, as concern mounted over a newly appointed advisor seen by many as a far-right extremist. Trump's son Eric had said it was "likely" that his father would reveal new cabinet picks Wednesday, but as of 5:30 pm (2230 GMT) there was little sign at Trump's headquarters that decisions would be made public. Instead Trump's team sought to tamp down the rumors of turmoil in Trumpworld, amid reports of a backstabbing purge of mainstream Republican aspirants.

Russian rejection of ICC mirrors US stance Posted: 16 Nov 2016 04:02 PM PST The United States expressed regret Wednesday that Russia had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court -- 14 years after Washington made exactly the same decision. While Washington accuses Russian forces of brutal crimes in Syria and Ukraine, it does not accept the jurisdiction of the court over its own personnel. Like Russia, the United States signed the Rome Statute of July 17, 1998, but neither country ever ratified it and now both have definitively rejected its authority.

Puerto Rico warns of cash crunch when debt moratorium ends Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:45 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's government warned in a liquidity report made public on Wednesday that it will run out of money in less than three months as the U.S. territory pushes to restructure nearly $70 billion in public debt.

Argentina's Macri begins vegetable garden on Pink House roof Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:41 PM PST BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Mauricio Macri says he will start a vegetable garden on the roof of Argentina's presidential palace.

'Post-truth' chosen as Oxford Dictionaries word of year Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:35 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Oxford dictionary editors have chosen their word of the year: "post-truth," a term sometimes used to describe the current political climate.

Trump's election 'won't change' Canada-Cuba ties: Trudeau Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:30 PM PST Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday reassured his hosts in Havana that the election of Donald Trump as US president "won't change" his country's close ties to the Caribbean island. "Canada has always been a friend to Cuba, and we've never found any contradiction... between being strong friends to Cuba and good friends and partners with the US," Trudeau said. A historic thaw in Cuba-US relations was begun by US President Barack Obama, with Canada hosting secret talks between the two sides to get the ball rolling in 2014.

Cup champ Spithill takes offshore foiling to next level Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:28 PM PST SAN DIEGO (AP) — Always eager for a challenge, two-time America's Cup champion skipper Jimmy Spithill and his crew of five on a high-performance, 46-foot catamaran hooked into a strong breeze off New York and headed toward Bermuda, hoping to ride above the waves on hydrofoils for all 662 nautical miles.

UN chief to receive Legion of Honor from French president Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:19 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will receive the Legion of Honor from French President Francois Hollande during his farewell visit to France this week.

Murray fights back to subdue Nishikori in Tour Finals epic Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:18 PM PST Andy Murray moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals as the world number one wore down Kei Nishikori in a gruelling 6-7 (9/11), 6-4, 6-4 victory that took over three hours on Wednesday. Murray was pushed to his limits by Nishikori in the longest Tour Finals match played in the event's seven years at London's O2 Arena. Given the complex nature of the Tour Finals rule book, Murray now takes on US Open champion Wawrinka on Friday with his fate still to be decided, while Nishikori also has a chance of reaching the semi-finals when he faces Cilic.

Hong Kong democracy activist appears at US Capitol Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:16 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent young Hong Kong democracy activist urged president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to support human rights in the semiautonomous city that he says are under threat from Beijing.

Mexican experts say original pyramid found at Chichen Itza Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:10 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have discovered what may be the original structure built at the pyramid of Kukulkan at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, experts said Wednesday.

IIHF encouraged by 2018 Olympic talks with NHL and NHLPA Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:07 PM PST International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel said he had a "good discussion" Wednesday with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players Association Executive Director Don Fehr about the world's top hockey players participating in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.

ATP Finals: Murray edges Nishikori, Wawrinka KOs Cilic Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:07 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori tend to linger when they get together. Their latest matchup set a record.

Canada troops engaging in dozens of firefights with IS: general Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:00 PM PST Canadian special forces training Kurdish militia have directly engaged Islamic State fighters "a few dozen" times in the last month, sometimes shooting first, a general said Wednesday. The situation on the ground in Iraq has become politically awkward for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has shown a preference for supporting the Iraqis in their fight, over direct military intervention. Major-General Michael Rouleau told a press conference that Canadian special forces used sniper, small arms, mortar and anti-tank rockets against IS over the past month in response to threats to either themselves, Kurdish allies or civilians.

ICC vows new focus on crimes against children Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:57 PM PST Children don't start wars, and yet millions around the world are caught up in conflicts -- conscripted into militias, turned into sex slaves, felled by deadly bombing raids, robbed of their homes and families. Now the International Criminal Court has pledged to place a special focus on prosecuting crimes against children, unveiling a new policy on Wednesday. The aim is "to more robustly address the scourge of crimes against children," said ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

Five die in Lima fire near hotel for APEC attendees Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:47 PM PST At least five people died Wednesday in a fire at a shopping mall steps away from a Lima luxury hotel where some APEC Asia-Pacific trade summit delegations were expected to stay, officials said. Five bodies -- four men and one woman -- were found near the mall's movie theater, and a search for additional victims is under way, police said. "All had been asphyxiated and the woman had second-degree burns," Anselmo Talledo, commander of the fire brigade, said at a news conference.

Southgate plans review after 'drunk' Rooney reports Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:46 PM PST Gareth Southgate intends to review how England's players spend their free time if he secures the manager's job permanently after newspaper photographs showed captain Wayne Rooney allegedly drunk. British tabloid The Sun published pictures of Manchester United skipper Rooney, 31, supposedly looking the worse for wear after "gatecrashing" a wedding last weekend. Southgate believes the claims merit investigation, but he is still waiting to hear from the Football Association about whether he has landed the role full-time following a four-game caretaker stint.

Two FARC rebels killed in 'combat' days after peace deal Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:45 PM PST Two suspected FARC fighters were killed in combat in northern Colombia on Wednesday, four days after the government announced a revised peace accord with the rebel group. "Fighting took place in the south of the Bolivar department, and guerrillas who claimed to belong to the FARC were killed," the government's chief peace negotiator Humberto de la Calle told Caracol television. "The Defense Ministry holds that there was an illegal operation there," he added.

Melvin Laird, Vietnam War defense secretary, dies at 94 Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:44 PM PST MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, died on Wednesday, his family said. He was 94.

Texans urged to stay in room, not eat room service in Mexico Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:26 PM PST HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans players are being advised by the team not to leave the hotel and not to order room service during their trip to Mexico City for Monday night's game against the Oakland Raiders.

Tesla's SolarCity vote comes as rooftop solar growth hits the brakes Posted: 16 Nov 2016 02:25 PM PST The rooftop solar industry has slowed sharply this year as the sector moved from one of scrappy upstarts to a mature business. Recent quarterly earnings reports from sector leaders SolarCity Corp , Vivint Solar Inc and SunPower Corp underscored the dramatic slowdown in growth, with SolarCity and Vivint reporting virtually flat installations for this year compared with 2015. Overall, the sector is expected to grow 16.5 percent in 2016, down from a prior forecast that called for 23 percent expansion, according to research firm GTM Research.

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