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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
VENEZUELA-POLITICS/
Venezuela's Maduro proposes early elections for opposition-run congress
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday proposed early elections for the National Assembly, which is headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido and is the sole body recognized as democratically legitimate by most Western nations.
USA-IMMIGRATION-DEATH/
Guatemalan teenage boy dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died on Monday in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas, U.S. officials said, making him the fifth Guatemalan minor to die after being apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border since December.
U.S.
USA-ABORTION/
Missouri governor expected to sign eight-week abortion ban into law
Missouri’s Republican governor could sign a law as early as this week banning most abortions in the Midwestern state after the eighth week of pregnancy, part of a wave of restrictions aimed at driving a challenge of abortion to the U.S. Supreme Court.
USA-MEASLES/
Measles outbreak spreads to Oklahoma as U.S. reports 41 new cases
The worst measles outbreak in the United States in 25 years has spread to Oklahoma, federal health officials said on Monday as they reported 41 new cases nationwide, raising the total number sickened this year to 880 people.
BUSINESS
USA-TRADE-CHINA/
Worries of longer, costlier U.S.-China trade war hits markets
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - Worries that the United States and China were digging in for a longer, costlier trade war weighed on financial markets on Monday as Beijing accused Washington of harboring “extravagant expectations” for a deal to end their dispute.
HUAWEI-TECH-USA-LICENSE/
U.S. Commerce Department scales back restrictions on Huawei
The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday created a temporary general license restoring Huawei’s ability to maintain existing networks and provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets.
ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION-GAME-OF-THRONES/
'Game of Thrones' scores record TV audience, leaves fans sad, mad
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the final episode of “Game of Thrones.” More than 19 million U.S. viewers watched the series finale of television’s “Game of Thrones” - a record audience for HBO, the cable channel said on Monday.
FILMFESTIVAL-CANNES-PORT-AUTHORITY/
Transgender love story shines in Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Starring in her first ever feature film, transgender model Leyna Bloom said “Port Authority”, about a man grappling with his feelings for a transgender woman, chimed with her personal experience, helping her dive into the role.
SPORTS
BASKETBALL-NBA-TOR-MIL-PREVIEW/
Raptors aim to tie Eastern Conference finals
TORONTO - The game of adjustments will continue Tuesday night when the host Toronto Raptors try to even the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks.
BASKETBALL-NBA-LAL-MAGIC-PELINKA/
Magic Johnson: Lakers GM Pelinka was backstabber
On the day the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to introduce their new head coach, a member of the old guard added a fresh dash of drama.
UPCOMING
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
USA-IRAN/ (PIX)
U.S. suspects Shi'ite militias of rocket attack, unclear on Iran's role
United States strongly suspects Shi'ite militias with ties to, and possibly encouragement from, Iran fired rocket into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, two U.S. government sources say.
20 May 18:00 ET / 22:00 GMT
USA-TRUMP/ (PIX) (TV)
U.S. President Trump holds rally in Montoursville, PA U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.
20 May 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
EU-ELECTION/POLAND (PIX) (TV)
Rural Poland becomes a battlefront for gay rights ahead of EU elections
At least half a dozen areas, mostly in rural Poland - the stronghold of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party - have declared themselves "free of LGBT ideology" in what has become a major campaign issue ahead of the European Parliament elections in Poland. Analysts say that PiS hopes to re-energize rural voters by promising to defend "traditional" Polish values against EU-inspired liberalism.
May 21
MALAWI-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)
Malawians vote in national elections
Malawi holds elections for president, members of parliament and local government councilors.
May 21
EU-ELECTION/CAMPAIGN (PIX)
Filing entreprise piece: Green wave? climate party hopes to make a splash in new EU parliament
Once the crucible of the industrial revolution, across northern Europe thousands of youth have taken to the streets demanding a U-turn from ever-greater dependence on coal, oil and gas born in grimy pit towns of Britain, France and Germany 250 years ago.
May 21
VENEZUELA-POLITICS/PEMON (PIX)
Soldiers held hostage, army killings: the untold story of Venezuelan aid violence
Reuters reconstructs the events of Feb 22 and Feb 23 in southern Venezuela, when army troops opened fire on an indigenous community after they took a group of military officers hostage amid an opposition effort to bring aid into the country. The incident left seven people dead, one of the bloodiest clashes ever between indigenous peoples and the country's socialist government.
May 21
FRANCE-LIFE/LAMBERT (PIX)
Court suspends decision to end life support for French patient in landmark right-to-die case
Situation in Reims after court suspends decision to end life support for French patient in landmark right-to-die case
May 21
INDONESIA-ELECTION/DISPUTE
EXPLAINER-How a dispute over Indonesia's election is likely to unfold
Indonesia's election commission is due to announce official results of last month's presidential poll, a move that could trigger a legal challenge and potential street protests after the opposition candidate claimed widespread cheating.
May 21
USA-TRUMP/MCGAHN (TV)
Ex-White House counsel McGahn is likely a no-show for U.S. House hearing
Another close adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, former White House Counsel Don McGahn, Is expected to not show up for questioning at House of Representatives hearing, escalating power struggle between White House and Congress.
May 21
EU-ELECTION/FRANCE-MACRON (PIX) (TV)
In hometown, Macron battles disillusion and apathy ahead of EU election
In Emmanuel Macron's hometown of Amiens, it's hard to find enthusiasm for either the French president or the European Union, less than a week before European parliament elections.
21 May 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT
SPAIN-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
5 jailed Catalan MPs sworn in as Spain's new parliament convenes
Upper House and Lower House of Spanish Parliament to be formed. The ceremony will have an unprecedented situation with four jailed Catalan separatists sworn in to parliament and one to the senate. They are currently on trial for their role in Catalonia 2017 independence drive.
21 May 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT
BELGIUM-BEER/MONKS (PIX) (TV)
Belgian monks return to brewing after a 220-year break Monks from the Belgian abbey of Grimbergen to return to brewing after a 220-year break.
21 May 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT
DDAY-ANNIVERSARY/FRANCE-COMMANDO (PIX) (TV)
As D-Day landings fade from living memory, a veteran grapples with violence of war
Leon Gautier landed on sword beach in a hail of enemy fire on June 6, 1944, one of the first wave of French commandos to storm the Normandy beach defended by Hitler's troops. Seventy-five years on, he still grapples with the brutality of war.
21 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
USA-FED/POWELL
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks in Florida
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks before the 24th Annual Financial Markets Conference, "Mapping the Financial Frontier: What Does the Next Decade Hold?" conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, in Amelia Island, Fla.
20 May 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
CHINA-ECONOMY/HENAN-PROPERTY (PIX) (TV)
INSIGHT-In inland Chinese province, property bubble haunts dreams of prosperity
After two years of breakneck growth, property markets in provincial cities like Zhenghou finally reached a turning point in late 2018, illustrating how policymakers have struggled to grapple with a property market, the world's largest, that is prone to bubbles springing up in unlikely places - including the cities of Henan province.
21 May 20:30 ET / 00:30 GMT
AUSTRALIA-RBA/MINUTES
Minutes of the RBA's May policy meeting
Minutes of the RBA's May meeting where the bank held rates steady but signaled it might consider a cut if the jobs market were to weaken. Market keen for more detail on whether an immediate easing was discussed at the meeting and what conditions would need to be met for a cut.
21 May 21:30 ET / 01:30 GMT
AUSTRALIA-ECONOMY/RBA
RBA Governor Lowe speaks in Brisbane
Speech by Philip Lowe, RBA Governor Economic Society of Australia (QLD) Business Lunch, Brisbane on The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy. Markets keenly waiting to hear whether the bank is considering cutting rates as inflation and unemployment disappoint. The surprise re-election of the Coalition government is also likely to come up in the q&a.
21 May 23:10 ET / 03:10 GMT
LEBANON-ECONOMY/BUDGET (EXPLAINER)
EXPLAINER-What's at stake in Lebanon's state budget?
Lebanon, saddled with one of the world's heaviest public debt burdens, is putting the finishing touches to the 2019 state budget that aims to rein in spending and boost revenues. Why is the government taking these measures now after years of inaction? Will they be enough? What is at stake?
TURKEY-ECONOMY/
FACTBOX-Turkey battles on several fronts to defend its lira
Turkey has marshaled its state lenders and central bank to curb a selloff in its lira since late March that has threatened to set off a repetition of last year's full blown currency crisis, which tipped the Turkish economy into recession. Here are the main efforts.
May 21
TENCENT-STRATEGY/
Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit in Kunming
Tencent president Martin Lau and CSIG head Downson Tong to headline its summit on digital ecosystem in Kunming, Yunnan. https://des.qq.com
May 21
USA-TRADE/CHINA-GARLIC (PIX) (TV)
U.S. garlic growers cheer China trade war escalation; other farmers spooked
Many U.S. farmers are criticizing the escalation of President Donald Trump's trade war with China, which has curbed sales of agricultural products and cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars.
Garlic farmers, however, are cheering on the president's latest economic attack. After battling cheaper imports for decades,
21 May 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT
NATIONWIDE-RESULTS/
Nationwide FY results
Britain's largest building society Nationwide reports full-year results amid concerns about tough mortgage market conditions and after a boost from winning a 50 million pound grant to help fund expansion in business banking.
21 May 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT
ZIMBABWE-POWER/ (PIX) (TV)
Electricity blackouts choke Zimbabwe's small businesses
Nelson Masaka heaves a hindquarter of beef on his shoulder from a truck and trudges inside his butchery shop. It is a quiet day because he has not had electricity for the past seven hours and only a trickle of customers are coming in to check what is on sale.
21 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
METRO BANK-AGM/
Metro Bank AGM
British lender Metro Bank faces a potential investor backlash at its annual meeting in London, with some shareholders opposed to the re-election of key directors over a major accounting error that forced it into a 375 million pound discounted capital raise.
21 May 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
JPMORGAN-SHAREHOLDERS/
JPMorgan to hold annual shareholder meeting
JPMorgan Chase & Co investors vote Tuesday on executive compensation and whether to begin requiring a report on gender pay equity at the largest U.S. bank by assets at its annual shareholder meeting in Chicago.
21 May 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
NOKIA-SHAREHOLDERS/
Nokia's annual shareholder meeting
Finnish telecom equipment maker to hold its annual shareholders' meeting.
21 May 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
USA-FED/EVANS
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Evans participates in housing panel
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans participates in "Policy Session 3: How Has the Housing Finance System Evolved since the Crisis and Where Is It Headed?" panel before the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2019 Financial Markets Conference, in Amelia Island, Fla.
21 May 10:45 ET / 14:45 GMT
AIG-AGM/
AIG shareholders to vote on CEO Duperreault's $20.9 mln pay Shareholders of American International Group Inc are set to meet for an advisory vote a $20.9 million pay package for CEO Brian Duperreault.
21 May 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
PHILIPPINES-SECURITY/MARAWI (PIX)
WIDER IMAGE-Nearly two years after the battle for Marawi, the city is still in rubble and displaced families in limbo Billions were donated for Marawi City’s rehabilitation. But nearly two years after the battle, displaced Maranaoans feel they have not received the help they need. Thousands of families continue to live in temporary shelters in evacuation camps, waiting for the government to allow them back in their city.
20 May 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
LIBYA-SECURITY/UN
U.N. Security Council briefed on Libya
U.N. Libya envoy Ghassan Salame to brief the Security Council
21 May 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
FILMFESTIVAL-CANNES/YOUNG AHMED (PIX) (TV)
Dardanne brothers attend Cannes news conference
Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardanne attend a news conference for their Cannes competition entry "Young Ahmed" about a radicalized Belgian Muslim teenager.
May 21
