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Clinton returns to campaign trail after pneumonia bout
WHITE PLAINS - Hillary Clinton is set to resume campaigning on Thursday after a bout with pneumonia compelled the U.S. Democratic presidential nominee to take an unforeseen break as she and Republican rival Donald Trump entered the critical two-month final stretch before the election. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 8:27 a.m., by Amanda Becker, 438 words)
Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid stalls
BEIRUT/GENEVA - Syrian government forces and rebels had yet to withdraw from a road needed to deliver aid to the city of Aleppo on Thursday, threatening the most serious international peacemaking effort in months as the sides accused each other of violating a truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8:50 a.m., by Tom Perry and Tom Miles, 1043 words)
US named top country for entrepreneurs using business to do good but public puzzled - poll
NEW YORK/LONDON - The United States is the best country for business leaders seeking to tackle social problems, according to the first experts' poll on the top nations for social entrepreneurs, but their work is still a mystery to most people, hampering growth. (ENTREPRENEURS-RANKING/US (EXCLUSIVE), moved at 2 a.m., by Pietro Lombardi and Ellen Wulfhorst, 1093 words
Weak U.S. retail sales dim Fed September rate hike prospects
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1), moving shortly, by Lucia Mutikani, 593 words)
Apple says initial quantities of iPhone 7 Plus sold out
SAN FRANCISCO - Initial quantities of the iPhone 7 Plus have sold out globally as Apple Inc prepares to roll out its new gadget in stores, the company said Wednesday. (APPLE-IPHONE/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Julia Love, 307 words)
U.S. jobless claims rise less than expected as labor market firms
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose less than expected last week, pointing to a further tightening n labor market conditions. (USA-ECONOMY/UNEMPLOYMENT (URGENT), moved, 212 word)
CAMPAIGN
Donald Trump is a problem for the whole world, EU's Schulz says
BERLIN - If U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the election in November, it would be problematic for the entire world and encourage copycats in Europe, European Parliament President Martin Schulz told a German magazine. (USA-ELECTION/EU-SCHULZ, moved at 7:09 a.m., 151 words)
WASHINGTON
Americans blame Washington gridlock for slow economic growth -study
BOSTON - Americans blame political gridlock in Washington for the country's declining economic competitiveness and hold both Democrats and Republicans responsible, a Harvard Business School study released on Wednesday found. (USA-POLITICS/ECONOMY-SURVEY, moved at 6 a.m., by Scott Malone, 422 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Storm Julia weakens into a depression, meandering off of U.S. coast
Tropical Storm Julia weakened into a depression and is expected to meander off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina for the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday. (STORM-JULIA/NHC (UPDATE 1), moved at 6:53 a.m., 243 words)
Transgender patients face fear and stigma in the doctor's office
NEW YORK - Tanya Walker had lung cancer and was coughing up blood, but she says her emergency room doctor kept asking about her genitals. (USA-LGBT/MEDICINE (FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved at 7 a.m., by Daniel Trotta, 1064 words)
Ohio police fatally shoot 13-year-old suspect armed with BB gun
A teenage boy was fatally wounded by police in Columbus, Ohio, when he pulled out a weapon that authorities later learned was a BB gun as officers tried to apprehend him, police told local media on Thursday. (OHIO-CRIME/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 202 words)
United Airlines flight diverted after unspecified security concern
A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to San Diego was diverted to Denver on Wednesday because of an unspecified security concern, the airline said. (USA-FLIGHT/, moved at 1:49 a.m., 100 words)
Arrest made in arson at Florida mosque where gunman prayed
A Florida man who investigators say posted anti-Islamic material on social media was arrested on Wednesday on charges of setting fire to a mosque attended by the gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, police said. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/MOSQUE (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Steve Gorman, 542 words)
Missouri lawmakers override gun, voter ID vetoes
KANSAS CITY - Missouri lawmakers pushed through bills on Wednesday eliminating the need for permits to carry concealed weapons and requiring voters to show a photo identification before casting a ballot, overriding Democratic Governor Jay Nixon's vetoes of the bills. (MISSOURI-VOTERID/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 407 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Tankers seized in Yemen port, risking deeper import crisis
LONDON - Authorities in a port controlled by Yemen's Houthi movement have seized two oil tankers from international traders in a payment dispute, according to the ships' owners, an incident which could make it more difficult for the country to import vital supplies. (YEMEN-OIL/ (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE), moved at 6:22 a.m., by Ahmad Ghaddar, Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov, 741 words)
Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry
DUBAI - A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urges Iran to end what he calls wrong attitudes towards Arabs and warns it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. (SAUDI-HAJ/IRAN-PRINCE, moved, 370 words)
WORLD
Ex-Afghan leader attacks new US combat rules, urges Taliban to talk peace
KABUL - Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sharply criticized new authorities giving the U.S. military greater freedom to fight Taliban insurgents, saying they were a further erosion of the country's sovereignty. (AFGHANISTAN-KARZAI/ (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved at 4:19 a.m., by James Mackenzie and Rupam Jain, 813 words)
WADA says hackers released another batch of athlete data
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says that another batch of athlete data has been leaked by the same Russian cyber espionage group that published confidential medical data earlier this week. (DOPING-WADA/CYBER (UPDATE 2), moved, by Frank Pingue, 440 words). See also: DOPING-WADA-CYBER/FROOME (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:03 a.m., by Martyn Herman, 509 words
Malaysia confirms debris found in Tanzania is from MH370
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said on Thursday that a large piece of aircraft debris discovered on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, in June, was from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370. (MALAYSIA-AIRLINES/TANZANIA (URGENT), moved at 6 a.m., 152 words)
Merkel braced for more misery in Berlin vote in anti-immigrant backlash
BERLIN - Still reeling from a state election rout which unleashed a party row about her open-door migrant policy, Angela Merkel's conservatives are bracing for further losses in the Berlin city vote on Sunday. (GERMANY-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved at 7:11 a.m., by Madeline Chambers, 593 words) See also: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMANY-COMPANIES (UPDATE 3), moved at 7:08 a.m., 773 words)
Polish, Hungarian "horse thief" alliance alarms Brussels
KRYNICA-ZDROJ, Poland - Viktor Orban, Hungary's fiery nationalist prime minister, is known for the contempt he showers on most European leaders. But when he appeared alongside Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski last week, he paid his fellow Eastern European right-wing ruling party leader the ultimate complement: together they would make perfect partners in crime. (EU-SUMMIT/POLAND-HUNGARY (PICTURE), moved, by Justyna Pawlak and Wojciech Strupczewski, 970 words)
Hollande, Merkel urge clear vision for addressing Europe's weaknesses
PARIS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that it was crucial an upcoming European Union summit, the first since Britain voted to leave the bloc, addressed the EU's weaknesses with a plan for reforms. (FRANCE-GERMANY/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 9 a.m., 379 words) See also: BRITAIN-EU/MAY (PIX), moved, 858 words
Philippine 'hit-man' says overheard Duterte order killings
MANILA - A former militiaman testified to a Philippine senate hearing on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte had personally given assassination orders while mayor of a southern city in which activists say hundreds of summary executions took place. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/DUTERTE (PIX), moved at 6:40 a.m., 556 words)
Russia's sole liberal opposition MP fights for political survival
MOSCOW - Days before an election expected to extend Kremlin dominance over Russia's parliament, the sole liberal opposition member, Dmitry Gudkov, is waging what he fears is a losing battle for political survival. (RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (REPEAT, PIX), moved at 1 a.m., by Andrew Osborn, 1257 words)
Typhoon cuts power, lashes China with wind and rain before weakening
BEIJING - Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there were no reports of more casualties in what has been described as the strongest storm of the year globally. (ASIA-STORM/CHINA (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 12:34 a.m., 333 words)
Indonesia ferry blast kills two, injures several
DENPASAR - An explosion on a ferry carrying 35 tourists between the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok killed two people on Thursday and injured several more, police said. (INDONESIA-BOAT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 7:28 a.m., 147 words)
Kosovo war crimes prosecutor vows independence
THE HAGUE - The prosecutor of alleged war crimes in the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict vowed on Thursday to work "fairly, vigorously and without fear" in an investigation which could implicate some of the country's top politicians. (WARCRIMES-KOSOVO/, moved at 8:31 a.m., by Stephanie van den Berg, 377 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Sell last gasoline car by 2035 to meet climate goals, study says
OSLO - The last gasoline-powered car will have to be sold by about 2035 to put the world on track to limit global warming to the most stringent goal set by world leaders last year, a study said on Thursday. (CLIMATECHANGE-CARS/, moved at 7 a.m., by Alister Doyle, 434 words)
Scientists decipher color of 'super cute' bristly dinosaur
WASHINGTON - Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin have deciphered the color and camouflage pattern of a little dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago. (SCIENCE-DINOSAUR/ (PIX), moved at 9:04 a.m., by Will Dunham, 396 words)
U.S. among nations set to unveil sanctuaries to protect oceans
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday will join more than 20 countries to announce the creation of 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect the world's oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/, moved at midnight, by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 410 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
'Mr.Robot,' 'The Americans' challenge 'Game of Thrones' for Emmy crown
A pair of Cold War Soviet spies and an awkward cyber hacker challenge the warring nobles of the Iron Throne at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, where more than 20 awards celebrating the best of television will be handed out. (AWARDS-EMMYS/ (PIX, TV), moved at 8 a.m., by Jill Serjeant, 409 words)
Flirty designs at Kors, nature an inspiration for Marchesa at NY shows
NEW YORK - Designer Michael Kors opted for flirty skirts and defined waistlines at his romantic New York Fashion Week show while label Marchesa paid tribute to nature and the colors of the day for its spring/summer 2017 collection. (FASHION-NEWYORK/ (TV, PIX), moved at 8:47 a.m., 176 words)
Virtual reality in spotlight at Tokyo Game Show
TOKYO - The Tokyo Game Show kicked off on Thursday, with immersive virtual reality technology taking the spotlight in the industry exhibition event. (JAPAN-GAMING/ (TV, PIX), moved at 8:35 a.m., 110 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St to open higher; futures trim gains on economic data
NEW YORK - U.S. stock index futures trimmed gains, but kept Wall Street on track to open higher on Thursday, as investors assessed a mixed bag of economic data. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 341 words)
UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls
LONDON - Britain gave the go-ahead on Thursday for a $24 billion nuclear power plant, ending weeks of uncertainty that strained ties with China and France but also signaling a more cautious approach to foreign investment in critical infrastructure projects. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 4), moving shortly, by William James, 759 words)
Pandora launches new radio service 'Pandora Plus'
Online radio service Pandora Media Inc launched "Pandora Plus," its new subscription service, on Thursday as it looks to gain market share amid stiff competition from Apple Inc, Spotify and Amazon.com Inc. (PANDORA MEDIA-PANDORAPLUS/, moved at 8:05 a.m., 189 words)
Peugeot inks 3D printing deal aimed at cutting car costs
PARIS - French carmaker PSA said on Thursday a partnership with a U.S. 3D printing startup would lead to cheaper production of whole vehicle structures as well as parts for its models. (PSA-MANUFACTURING/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:29 a.m., by Laurence Frost, 243 words)
Hedge funds across globe cut fees in battle for investors
LONDON/NEW YORK - Hedge funds across the globe are cutting their management fees as they struggle to attract investors in the face of weak returns, industry data shows. (HEDGEFUNDS-FEES/ (GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Simon Jessop and Lawrence Delevingne, 730 words) *****************
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