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    TOP STORIES
    
    GLOBAL

    VENEZUELA-POLITICS-MADURO/
    Venezuela's Maduro accuses Trump of ordering his murder: RIA
    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused Donald Trump of
ordering neighboring Colombia’s government to kill him, but said
he was open to the possibility of talks with the U.S. leader and
his own domestic foes.

    USA-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/
    U.S. security aid to Palestinians to end Thursday, envoys
seek workaround
    U.S. security aid for the Palestinian Authority was set to
dry up on Thursday after it declined the money over concerns it
could increase its exposure to U.S. anti-terrorism lawsuits.
    
    U.S.
    
    USA-WEATHER/
    Polar vortex freezes U.S. Midwest with snow, dangerously
cold air
    A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex brought
dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United
States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine,
with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia.

    USA-GUNS-SALES/
    U.S. gun sales down 6.1 percent in 2018, extending 'Trump
slump'
    U.S. firearms sales fell 6.1 percent in 2018, according to
industry data reported on Tuesday, marking the second straight
year of declines and extending the “Trump slump” following the
November 2016 election of pro-gun rights President Donald Trump.

    BUSINESS
    
    USA-TRADE-CHINA/
    U.S., China face deep trade, IP differences in high-level
talks
    The United States and China launch a critical round of trade
talks on Wednesday amid deep differences over Washington’s
demands for structural economic reforms from Beijing that will
make it difficult to reach a deal before a March 2 U.S. tariff
hike.

    USA-CHINA-TALKS-EU-ANALYSIS/
    Trade wars: We're next, European investors fear
    While global markets would hail a U.S.-China trade deal,
fears are growing that the European Union could be the fall guy
in any breakthrough, which would allow Donald Trump to turn his
attention to German cars or French luxury wines.

    ENTERTAINMENT
    
    PEOPLE-JUSSIE-SMOLLETT/
    Assault on 'Empire' actor Smollett investigated as hate
crime
    Chicago police said on Tuesday they were investigating an
assault on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as a possible hate
crime after two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and
wrapped a rope around his neck.

    THEATRE-MALKOVICH/
    John Malkovich to play disgraced movie mogul in new Mamet
play
     Actor John Malkovich will take the starring role in a new
play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet about a disgraced
Hollywood studio head, a story he said was written partly in
reaction to the scandal engulfing film producer Harvey
Weinstein.
    
    SPORTS    

    FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL-BITTERSWEET/
    Atlanta endures bittersweet week of Super Bowl hosting
duties
     For any U.S. city, hosting the Super Bowl is the dream: A
chance to attract thousands of tourists and capture the national
spotlight.
    
    ICEHOCKY-NHL-ROUNDUP/
    NHL roundup: Stolarz Flyers' latest hero in net
    Anthony Stolarz made his homecoming to the New York area a
winning one Tuesday night, becoming the latest Philadelphia
goalie to author a surprisingly stout performance as the Flyers
beat the Rangers 1-0.

    UPCOMING
    
    POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
    
    BRITAIN-EU/BAKER
    Prominent pro-Brexit Conservative Steve Baker questioned by
parliament's European Scrutiny committee
Steve Baker, a former minister and a prominent pro-Brexit
Conservative lawmaker, is quizzed by lawmakers on parliament's
European Scrutiny committee.
    30 Jan 09:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-EU/PARLIAMENT (PIX) (TV)
    EU lawmakers debate Brexit a day after House of Commons
votes
    The European Parliament debates Brexit a day after the House
of Commons holds a series of votes on Prime Minister Theresa
May's "Plan B" and alternative amendments.
    30 Jan 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
    
    RUSSIA-IRAQ/ (TV)
    Russia's Lavrov holds talks with Iraqi counterpart al-Hakim
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his Iraqi
counterpart Mohammed al-Hakim.
    30 Jan 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
    
    VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
    Venezuelans hold street rallies urging military to confront
Maduro
    Venezuelan opposition sympathizers take to the streets to
promote an amnesty plan for military officers who confront
President Nicolas Maduro and demand that the armed forces
intervene in support of self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido.
    30 Jan 11:00 ET / 16:00 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-EU/IRELAND
    Irish foreign minister speaks at EU think tank
    Simon Coveney delivers the annual State of The Union speech
at Ireland's Institute of International and European Affairs, a
day after British lawmakers instructed Prime Minister Theresa
May to demand that Brussels replace the Irish border arrangement
known as the "backstop".
    30 Jan 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT
    
    USA-ELECTION/BROWN (PIX)
    Rumpled Ohio liberal Sherrod Brown ponders place in 2020
Democratic race
    Ohio's Sherrod Brown faces a vexing question: In a 2020
Democratic presidential race already crowded with some of the
party's biggest progressive stars, is there room for his
perpetually rumpled brand of blue-collar populism?
    30 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-EU/JUNCKER (PIX)
    EU's Juncker speaks to the European Parliament on Brexit
    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaks to
the European Parliament on Brexit after House of Commons votes.
    30 Jan 09:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
    
    ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/ (PIX)
    Zimbabwe unions, government in last ditch wage talks to
avert strike
    Zimbabwe's government will hold last-ditch negotiations with
public sector unions on Wednesday to try to avert a national
strike that could trigger more unrest after this month's violent
protests.
    30 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    CHINA-QATAR/ (PIX) (TV)
    Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visits China
    Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attends a
welcome ceremony, followed by talks with Chinese President Xi
Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing.
    31 Jan
    
    USA-NUCLEAR/ (PIX)
    UN Security Council permanent members meet in China on
nuclear non-proliferation
    The U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security Affairs, Andrea Thompson, attends two-day
P5 conference on “Strengthening P5 Coordination, Safeguarding
NPT Regime”, along with Russia, Britain, France and China.
    31 Jan
    
    MALAYSIA-KING/CEREMONY (PIX) (TV)
    Malaysia's new king formally takes the throne in a ceremony
    Malaysia Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah attend a ceremony
at the royal palace to mark his ascension to the throne as the
country's new king.
    31 Jan
    
    USA-TRADE/CHINA (TV)
    Chinese Vice Premier Liu visits the U.S. for trade talks
    Chinese Vice Premier Liu visits the U.S. for the next round
of trade negotiations with Washington.
    31 Jan
    
    SAUDI-KHASHOGGI/TURKEY-INVESTIGATION (PIX) (TV)
    U.N. Special rapporteur holds talks in Turkey over Khashoggi
investigation
    U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or
arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard holds week-long talks in
Turkey as part of an inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist
Jamal Khashoggi.
    31 Jan
    
    MALAYSIA-KING/ (PIX) (TV)
    Malaysia's new king to formally takes the throne
    Malaysia Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah inspects guard of
honour at the royal palace before being formally sworn in as the
country's new king.
    31 Jan
    
    TURKEY-ELECTION/ (PIX)
    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party launches its
local election campaign
    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party launches its
campaign for the March 31 local elections.
    31 Jan
    
    DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS
    
    VALE SA-DISASTER/SURVIVOR (PIX)
    'Run to the pickup!': One worker's unlikely escape from
death as dam bursts
    One of just a handful of surviving Vale workers who was at a
packed company cafeteria demolished by a collapsed tailings dam
in Brazil tells Reuters about his harrowing escape as a
two-story wall of mud bore down.
    30 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    CANADA-CRASH/
    Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu sentenced for Canada bus
crash that killed 16
    The sentencing hearing begins for a truck driver, Jaskirat
Singh Sidhu, convicted in the deaths of 16 people, after his rig
collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team last summer.
    31 Jan
    
    CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
    
    USA-MEXICO/EL CHAPO (PIX) (TV)
    Closing arguments start in U.S. trial for "El Chapo"
    Closing arguments begin at Brooklyn, New York federal court
for alleged Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. He is
accused him of trafficking massive quantities of cocaine, heroin
and other drugs into the United States as leader of the Sinaloa
Cartel, named for his home state in northern Mexico.
    30 Jan 09:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
    
    BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
    
    TESLA-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Tesla reports fourth-quarter results
    Tesla is expected to post a smaller consecutive profit as it
struggles to rein in costs while ramping Model 3 production.
    30 Jan 16:00 ET / 21:00 GMT
    
    USA-SHUTDOWN/NEGOTIATORS (TV)
    Republican and Democratic negotiators confer to avert a
second shutdown
    Republican and Democratic members of the House and Senate
open negotiations to appropriate funds for security on the
southern border, including money for the construction of a wall
advocated by President Donald Trump.
    30 Jan 13:30 ET / 18:30 GMT
    
    MCDONALDS-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    McDonald's Corp reports Q4 results
    McDonald's Corp is expected to post a rise in fourth-quarter
comparable store sales boosted by new delivery initiatives and
low-price "value" meals. However, investors will keep a close
eye on sales in the United States, which missed estimates last
quarter amid fierce competition with other fast food chains.
    30 Jan 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
    
    AT&T-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    AT&T reports fourth quarter results
    AT&T Inc is expected to post a rise in quarterly revenue as
the second largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers
continues to bundle media content from Time Warner into new
wireless plans.
    30 Jan 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
    
    QUALCOMM-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Qualcomm first-quarter results
    Qualcomm Inc is expected to report a fall in first-quarter
revenue, hurt by a loss of chip sales to major customer Apple
Inc and a general slowdown in the smartphone industry.
    30 Jan 16:00 ET / 21:00 GMT
    
    SAMSUNG ELEC-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Samsung Elec Q4 earnings
    South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posts
fourth-quarter earnings. The world's top maker of memory chips
and smartphones surprised the market earlier this month with an
estimate 29 percent drop in quarterly profit, blaming weak chip
demand.
    31 Jan 18:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
    
    FACEBOOK-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Facebook reports fourth-quarter results
    Facebook is expected to report to a rise in quarterly
revenue, thanks to the social media giant's mobile ad business.
Investors would focus on the fallout from its recent
controversies over data and privacy.
    30 Jan 16:00 ET / 21:00 GMT
    
    MICROSOFT-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Microsoft posts second quarter results
    Microsoft is expected to post a rise in its quarterly profit
on Wednesday, as the technology company signed up more
businesses to its Azure cloud computing services and Office 365
productivity suite.
    30 Jan 16:00 ET / 21:00 GMT
    
    GENERAL DYNAMICS-RESULTS/
    Q4 2018 General Dynamics Corp Earnings Release
    Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO).
    30 Jan 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
    
    ANTHEM-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    Anthem Inc to report fourth quarter results
    Health insurer Anthem Inc is expected to report a rise in
quarterly profit on Wednesday. Given recent deals in the health
insurance sector, investors will focus on commentary regarding
industry trends, the company's forecast for the year, and
pointers on what to expect during its investor day coming up in
March.
    30 Jan 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    USA-WEATHER/FARMS (PIX)
    U.S. farm belt braces for coldest day in decades
    Farmers from North Dakota to Iowa buckled down for some of
the coldest weather in a generation on Wednesday, throwing extra
rations to livestock and coating chickens with vaseline before
hunkering down for a day of sub-zero temperatures and
bone-chilling wind.
    30 Jan 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-ECONOMY/AUTOS
    UK car production figures for 2018 published
    Britain's car industry released car production data. Output
has been hit by consumers shunning diesel, Brexit and emission
rule changes, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has
said.
    31 Jan 19:00 ET / 00:00 GMT
    
    LIMAGRAIN-GRAINS/
    French grain cooperative Limagrain holds press conference
    Farmer-owned cooperative controls listed seed maker Vilmorin
and also has industrial bakery activities.
    31 Jan
    
    USA-TRADE/CHINA-TRUMP (TV)
    Trump meets with Chinese vice premier on trade
    U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese Vice Premier Liu
He during his visit to Washington for trade talks.
    31 Jan
    
    LG ELEC-RESULTS/ (PIX)
    LG Elec Q4 earnings
    S.Korean electronic giant LG Electronics releases its
Oct-Dec results. Its earlier estimate was far short of market
expectations, as analysts said likely causes included profit
margins for its high-end TVs being thinned by increasing
competition.
    31 Jan
    
    ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
    
    FASHION-NEW YORK/PREVIEW (TV)
    Preparations for New York Fashion Week:The shows start to
take shape
    Preparations for New York Fashion Week:The shows start to
take shape.
    30 Jan 11:30 ET / 16:30 GMT
    
    MUSIC-EUROVISION/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS (PIX) (TV)
    Pro-Palestinian activists call for boycott of Eurovision
song contest in Israel
    As Tel Aviv gears up to host the Eurovision Song Contest,
pro-Palestinian boycott activists are calling on performers and
government delegations not to attend the popular annual
competition, which Israel hosts because it won the event last
year.
    30 Jan 06:30 ET / 11:30 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-ROYALS/ (PIX) (TV)
    The Duchess of Sussex visits ACU
    The Duchess of Sussex visits Association of Commonwealth
Universities
    31 Jan
    
    SPORTS
    
    FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL/LOSANGELES
    Football - NFL - Los Angeles faces Rams enthusiasm gap
    The Rams are headed to the Super Bowl but you might not know
it from walking around Los Angeles, a city that is still getting
used to having a successful team after going two decades without
any team at all.
    30 Jan 17:00 ET / 22:00 GMT
    
    FOOTBALL-NFL-SUPERBOWL/OFFICIATING
    Football - NFL - Goodell to discuss officiating
controversies
    With a pivotal missed call during the NFC championship game
still fresh in the minds of football fans, questions are being
raised about the state of officiating in the NFL and what
changes commissioner Roger Goodell might pursue.
    30 Jan 18:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
    
    BASKETBALL-NBA/MAGIC
    Magic Johnson receives L.A. Chamber of Commerce's highest
honor
    NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who successfully parlayed
his on-court skills to the business world and serves as chairman
and CEO of the $1 billion Magic Johnson Enterprises, receives
the Civic Medal of Honor Award at the Jan. 31 dinner in downtown
Los Angeles.
    31 Jan