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After meeting, Mexico president blasts Trump's policies as "huge threat"

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president rebuked Donald Trump as a threat to his country just hours after painting a positive picture of talks the two held on Wednesday to try to defuse tensions over the U.S. presidential hopeful's anti-Mexican campaign rhetoric. (USA-ELECTION/MEXICO (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Dave Graham, 630 words)

Gabon opposition leader says two killed, riots engulf capital

LIBREVILLE - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping said that two people were killed and others were wounded as a second day of violent protests against the re-election of President Ali Bongo engulfed the capital, Libreville. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3), expect by 1430 GMT/10.30 AM ET, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 650 words)

Swiss launch criminal probe of Beckenbauer over German World Cup bid

ZURICH - Authorities in Zurich have open criminal proceedings against German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer and two former presidents of the country's football federation (DFB) in connection with its successful bid for the 2006 World Cup. (SOCCER-FIFA/GERMANY-SWISS (UPDATE 2), moved, 530 words)

Explosion at SpaceX launch site at Cape Canaveral -media reports

An explosion rocks the launch site for Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral in Florida and black smoke could be seen rising into the air from the facility, multiple U.S. media reports say. (SPACE X-BLAST/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 185 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

In a Lebanese village, civil war scars fade slowly

BRIH, Lebanon - It took more than three decades and an unexpected death to bring the village of Brih back together. Nestled among fruit trees and olive groves in a rugged valley, Brih was populated for generations by both Christians and Druze - adherents to a small but influential offshoot of Islam that emerged in the 11th century. (LEBANON-BRIH/ (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURE, GRAPHIC, TV), moved, by Tom Perry, 2,115 words)

EUROPE

EU ruling on Apple's Irish tax is 'total political crap' - CEO

DUBLIN/BRUSSELS - Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook describes an EU ruling that it must pay a huge tax bill to Ireland as "total political crap," but France joins Germany in backing Brussels as transatlantic tensions grow. (EU-APPLE/COOK (UPDATE 4), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Conor Humphries and Alastair Macdonald, 905 words)

+ See also:

- EU-APPLE/TAXAVOIDANCE-APPLE, moved, 295 words

- EU-APPLE/AUSTRIA, moved, 190 words

Down but not out, Germany's Merkel weighs another run

GREIFSWALD, Germany - The one year anniversary of Angela Merkel's fateful decision to open Germany's borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees has brought scrutiny, criticism and a flurry of new questions about her leadership. (GERMANY-MERKEL/ (PICTURE), moved, by Noah Barkin, 990 words)

After lifetime with the poor, Mother Teresa speeds to sainthood

VATICAN CITY - Affectionately called the "saint of the gutters" during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, just 19 years after her death. (POPE-MOTHERTERESA/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Crispian Balmer, 655 words)

+ See also:

- POPE-MOTHERTERESA/ (FACTBOX), moved, 460 words

Scots to gauge support for independence after Brexit "gamechanger"

EDINBURGH - Tens of thousands of Scottish nationalists are to fan out across Scotland, knocking on doors to find out if there is support for a new vote on independence that could make or break First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/POLITICS (PICTURE), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 725 words)

+ See also:

- BRITAIN-EU/REFERENDUM, moved, by Laura Gardner Cuesta, 400 words

MIDDLE EAST

Jets bomb Syrian rebels as they wage big attack in Hama province

BEIRUT - Areas of Syria's Hama province captured by Syrian insurgents come under heavy air attack as government forces seek to counter a major rebel assault in an area of strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HAMA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Tom Perry, 330 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1, TV), moving shortly, by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay, 345 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-GERMANY, moved, 400 words

U.S., others agreed "secret" exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal-report

WASHINGTON - The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions, according to a report reviewed by Reuters. (IRAN-NUCLEAR/EXEMPTIONS (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Jonathan Landay, 825 words)

AMERICAS

Venezuela opposition floods Caracas in anti-Maduro protest

CARACAS - Chanting "this government will fall!" and many dressed in white, Venezuelan opposition supporters descend on Caracas to press for recall referendum this year against unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Kai, 500 words)

UNITED STATES

Hurricane warning issued for parts of Florida; Madeline spares Hawaii

TAMPA BAY, Fla. - Forecasters and public officials urge Floridians to prepare for potentially catastrophic flooding and damaging winds as Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to become a hurricane by the time it reaches Florida's northern Gulf Coast late on Thursday. (STORM-ATLANTIC/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Letitia Stein, 510 words)

Obama visits Midway Atoll, a symbol for his climate, Asia legacy

HONOLULU - President Barack Obama is set to visit Midway Atoll, the remote coral reef that serves as a reminder of both modern global climate challenges and the dominance the United States has held in the Pacific since its World War Two victory there. (USA-OBAMA/MIDWAY (PICTURE), moved, by Roberta Rampton, 600 words)

GLOBAL ECONOMY

Manufacturing falters as global demand weakens

LONDON/SINGAPORE - Manufacturers across Asia and Europe showed few signs of returning to health in August, as demand remained fitful at best, although British factories bucked the global trend, surveys show. (GLOBAL-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved, by Jonathan Cable and Shri Navaratnam, 695 words)

ASIA

Canada PM presses China on rights, signs C$1.2 bln in deals

SHANGHAI - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had difficult conversations with Chinese leaders on human rights, as his government announced the signing of 56 deals with China worth more than C$1.2 billion ($915 million). (CANADA-CHINA/TRADE (UPDATE 2), moved, by Brenda Goh, 440 words)

China steps up arrivals checks from Singapore amid Zika outbreak

SINGAPORE/BEIJING - China intensifies its checks on people and goods arriving from Singapore, as an outbreak of the Zika virus in the small city-state is confirmed to have spread to at least one person in neighboring Malaysia. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SOUTHEASTASIA (WRAPUP 2, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Aradhana Aravindan and Ben Blanchard, 690 words)

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