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Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people, most of them on the mainland.

THAILAND-SHOOTING/ Mourners leave flowers at Thai shopping mall after mass shooting

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) - Mourners left flowers and written messages in front of the Terminal 21 shopping center in northeastern Thailand on Monday after a soldier’s shooting rampage in which at least 29 people were killed. U.S.

USA-TRUMP-BUDGET/ Trump's $4.8 trillion budget likely to get thumbs-down from Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 is likely to get a chilly reception from lawmakers on Monday over its proposals to slash spending on foreign aid and social safety net programs. USA-PENTAGON-REFORM/

Pentagon recoups $6.5 billion via streamlining, sale of old equipment: official WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon belt-tightening efforts identified and redirected $6.5 billion worth of bloated payments, inefficiencies and overlaps last year, a senior Defense Department official said.

BUSINESS SOFTBANK-GROUP-RESULTS-PREVIEW/

SoftBank set for sharp quarterly profit drop amid pressure from Elliott TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s SoftBank Group is expected to post a slide in profits for the past quarter, deepening concern about its ability to secure funding for a second Vision Fund and giving activist fund Elliott Management more fodder for a shake-up.

CHILE-LITHIUM-ALBEMARLE-EXCLUSIVE/ Exclusive: Top lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in parched Chile salt flat

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - With residents and courts ringing the alarm about depleted water supplies in Chile’s Atacama salt flat, the world’s top lithium miner Albemarle quietly filed a proposal in December for a network to monitor flows beneath the parched desert floor. ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-OSCARS/ South Korea's 'Parasite' beats Hollywood greats to make Oscar history

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “Parasite,” a dark social satire from South Korea, won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film in a language other than English to claim the movie industry’s highest honor. PEOPLE-HARVEY-WEINSTEIN/

Weinstein to call more defense witnesses as his rape trial nears end NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to call several more defense witnesses on Monday in his New York rape trial, now nearing its conclusion well ahead of schedule.

SPORTS GOLF-PROAM/

Canadian Taylor outplays Mickelson to win at Pebble Beach Former world number one amateur Nick Taylor bent but did not break, surviving an error-strewn stretch and whipping winds to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes in California on Sunday.

CRICKET-TEST-PAK-BGD/ Pakistan inflict innings defeat on Bangladesh in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan needed less than 90 minutes on Monday to claim the last four Bangladesh wickets and steamroll the tourists by an innings and 44 runs inside four days in the opening test in Rawalpindi. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS UN-NUCLEAR/

U.N. nuclear chief Grossi holds news conference U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi holds a news conference on the first day of a week-long conference on nuclear security.

10 Feb 06:15 ET / 11:15 GMT USA-POLITICS/GUNS

Texas Democrats weighing ballots, bullets in 2020 campaigns Texans overwhelmingly support stronger gun laws - but will they vote on the issue? Democrats who watched as Virginia's statehouse turned blue after candidates strongly campaigned on "gun sense" laws take aim at the issue in key Texas races up and down the ticket, hoping to flip traditional GOP areas on the back of millions in funds from national gun control groups and the army of activists they will deploy.

10 Feb 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT GERMANY-HUNGARY/ (PIX) (TV)

Germany’s Merkel meets Hungarian Prime Minister German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold statements before meeting at the chancellery in Berlin to discuss bilateral relations as well as European and international issues. The countries traditionally are close allies but have been at odds over migration policies.

10 Feb 10:00 ET / 15:00 GMT USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (PIX) (TV)

Trump holds campaign rally in New Hampshire U.S. President Donald Trump holds a reelection campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. The rally is scheduled one day before New Hampshire voters head to the polls for the primary.

10 Feb 19:00 ET / 00:00 GMT USA-ELECTION/ (TV)

New Hampshire votes in 2020 primary New Hampshire voters cast their ballots in primary election

Feb 11 USA-ELECTION/NEW HAMPSHIRE-ANALYSIS

Spot analysis on New Hampshire primary results What the results in New Hampshire mean for the Democratic presidential primary

Feb 11 KENYA-MOI/ (PIX) (TV)

Kenya to hold public service for late President Daniel Arap Moi Kenya is scheduled to hold a public service on Tuesday for former President Daniel Arap Moi, who died last week at 95.

Feb 11 USA-ELECTION/NEW HAMPSHIRE-DIXVILLE NOTCH

Tiny New Hampshire town casts first ballots in U.S. presidential primary As they have for more than a half-century, a handful of voters in tiny Dixville Notch in northern New Hampshire will gather in a rambling old hotel to cast the first votes in the state’s Democratic nominating primary right after midnight on primary day. The number of votes at stake is small, but a victory gives at least a few hours of bragging rights – and the town’s track record is good, having predicted the winner of 18 out of 27 contested major-party primaries since 1964.

11 Feb 00:00 ET / 05:00 GMT ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

USA-DOGSHOW/ (PIX) (TV) 144th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Pictures feature and highlight coverage of the 144th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. 10 Feb 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

USA-DOGSHOW/ (PIX) (TV) 144th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show People attend the 144th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Feb 11 CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

MEXICO-VIOLENCE/GUERRERO (PIX) WIDER IMAGE - Inside the Mexican village under siege from the cartels

Encircled by drug cartels and alarmed by a spate of grisly murders of its people, a remote Mexican community last month began to arm children in a move that has shocked the nation and made global headlines. 10 Feb 08:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS CUBA-DEBT/

Cuba fails to make payment in key debt accord Cash-strapped Cuba failed to meet payments last year on restructured debt to wealthy nations, putting the deal with the Paris Club in jeopardy, diplomats with direct knowledge of the issue said.

10 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT USA-TRUMP/BUDGET-DEFENSE

Pentagon budget bolsters nuclear weapons, weapons research U.S. President Donald Trump's $740.5-billion defense budget is expected to include more money to for nuclear weapons, fulfilling a top priority for Pentagon commanders, as well as money for ships, jets and research and development for next generation weapons.

10 Feb 13:30 ET / 18:30 GMT USA-FED/HARKER

Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Harker speaks on economic outlook Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker speaks on the economic outlook before the 2020 Lyons CEEE Economic Forecast, in Newark, Del.

10 Feb 15:15 ET / 20:15 GMT USA-ECONOMY/CPIBENCHMARKS

Labor Dept. issues annual revisions to its U.S. Consumer Price Index Labor Dept. issues annual revisions to its U.S. Consumer Price Index.

Feb 11 FRANCE-GRAINS/MINISTRY

France updates winter crop area estimates Agriculture ministry to release updated estimate of the area sown with winter cereals and rapeseed. In its initial estimates in December, the ministry projected a sharp fall in sowings.

Feb 11 CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

PEOPLE-HARVEY WEINSTEIN/ (PIX) (TV) Weinstein rape trial continues

Harvey Weinstein rape trial continues in Manhattan. 10 Feb 09:30 ET / 14:30 GMT

ODDLY ENOUGH ASIA-WASTE/INDONESIA-SPIDERMAN (PIX) (TV)

Spiderman helps Indonesia eliminate trash Picking up plastic waste, cleaning graffiti on the wall and the sewage, while donning the Spiderman costume, an Indonesian young man takes on the challenge to save the environment.

11 Feb 19:30 ET / 00:30 GMT SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

CHINA-HEALTH/INDONESIA Indonesia's health ministry hosts tour of its laboratory for coronavirus testing

Indonesia's health ministry will provide a tour of the laboratory that processes samples from suspected coronavirus infections from across the archipelago. 11 Feb 22:00 ET / 03:00 GMT

CHINA-HEALTH/HONGKONG-CARRIE LAM (TV) Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam speaks in a weekly news briefing

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media in a weekly news breaking as concerns mount over a coronavirus infection originating from the mainland city of Wuhan. Feb 11

CHINA-HEALTH/HONGKONG-BUSINESS (TV) Small businesses struggle in Hong Kong amid coronavirus outbreak

Owners of small, independently run businesses in Hong Kong share with Reuters the struggles of keeping their operations open amid a declining consumer sentiment due to fear of the coronavirus outbreak. Feb 11

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