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EU orders Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros tax to Ireland

BRUSSELS - EU antitrust regulators order Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. (EU-APPLE/TAXAVOIDANCE (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by Foo Yun Chee, 635 words)

France, joining German economy minister, urges halt to trade talks with U.S.

PARIS - Current transatlantic trade talks should be halted and a new set started, France's trade minister says, adding his voice to some calls from Germany for an end to the negotiations. (EU-USA/TTIP (UPDATE 2), moved, 475 words)

Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean

ROME - Some 6,500 migrants are saved off the Libyan coast in 40 separate rescue missions on Monday, the Italian coast guard said on Twitter, in one of the largest influxes of refugees in a single day so far this year. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/ITALY (TV), moved, 190 words)

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- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GREECE, moved, 250 words

- EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALAIS, moved, 327 words

Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan hit by suspected suicide car bomb

BISHKEK - A suspected suicide car bomber rams the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, killing the attacker and wounding at least three other people, officials said. (KYRGYZSTAN-BLAST/CHINA (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Olga Dzyubenko, 380 words)

AFRICA

Car bomb explodes outside Somali president's residence in capital - police

MOGADISHU - A car bomb goes off in Somalia's capital outside the president's residence and partly destroy hotels nearby, police say. (SOMALIA-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2,PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, 290 words)

ASIA

U.S., India sign military logistics agreement

WASHINGTON - The United States and India sign an agreement governing the use of each other's land, air and naval bases for repair and resupply, a step toward building defense ties as they seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China. (INDIA-USA/MILITARY (UPDATE 3, TV), moved, by Yeganeh Torbati and Idrees Ali, 665 words)

Australia, Taiwan, South Korea issue travel warnings for Singapore

SINGAPORE - Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advise pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (PICTURE, GRAPHICS), moved, by Marius Zaharia, 545 words)

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- HEALTH-ZIKA/WHO, moved, 125 words

Putin's Japan visit could be firmed up at Abe meeting

TOKYO - The schedule for a visit to Japan by Russian President Vladimir Putin could be decided when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Putin later this week, Japan's top government spokesman tells Reuters. (JAPAN-SUGA/RUSSIA (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW), moved, by Minami Funakoshi, 370 words)

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- JAPAN-SUGA/ECONOMY (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Leika Kihara, 545 words

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hold major peace summit with ethnic rebels

NAYPYITAW/YANGON - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's is launching a major push to end decades of fighting between rebels and the military, with many of the country's myriad armed groups gathering for a peace conference in the capital Naypyitaw. (MYANMAR-POLITICS/PEACE (TV), expect by 1030 GMT/6.30 AM ET, by Shwe Yee Saw Myint and Aung Hla Tun, 675 words)

UNITED STATES

Trump hovers over McCain, Rubio U.S. Senate re-election contests

WASHINGTON - Republican voters in Arizona and Florida are expected to pick Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio as their respective U.S. Senate nominees when they go to the polls on Tuesday, but one name not on either ballot, Donald Trump, looms large. (USA-ELECTION/REPUBLICANS (PICTURE), moved, by Richard Cowan, 640 words)

Six U.S. senators urge Obama to prioritize cyber crime at G20 summit

NEW YORK - Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at this weekend's Group of 20 summit in China, in the wake of the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. (CYBER-HEIST/G20 (UPDATE 5, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Jonathan Spicer, 730 words)

AMERICAS

Defiant Rousseff says Brazil's democracy on trial with her

BRASILIA - A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warns that her conservative opponents are trampling on Brazil's democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of 13 years of leftist rule. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 4, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle, 935 words)

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