UPDATE 1-In wake of Turkish offensive, France calls for urgent meeting of anti-Islamic State coalition . French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called for an emergency meeting of the coalition created to fight Islamic State to discuss Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militias in northern Syria.

UPDATE 1-Apple CEO Cook defends removal of police-tracking app used in Hong Kong . Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Thursday defended the iPhone maker's decision to remove from its app store a police-tracking app used by protesters in Hong Kong, according to a copy of a letter to employees seen by Reuters and confirmed by Apple.

UPDATE 2-Turkish police investigate Kurdish leaders, fire water cannon at protesters . Turkish police have launched criminal investigations into Kurdish lawmakers and detained scores of people, accusing them of criticising the military's incursion into Syria on social media, state media reported.

UPDATE 2-Publicis CEO under pressure following second sales target cut . Publicis' chief executive Arthur Sadoun appeared under pressure on Thursday following a second cut to the full-year sales target of the world's third-biggest advertising group.

Apple's Cook defends decision to remove police-tracking app used in Hong Kong . Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Thursday defended the iPhone maker's decision to remove a police-tracking app used by protestors in Hong Kong from its App Store, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by Apple.

UPDATE 6-Austria's Handke and Poland's Tokarczuk win Nobel literature prizes . Graphic of Nobel laureates: https://tmsnrt.rs/2ns5o4C (Adds Kosovo and Albania comment)

LSE told Italy it won't shift location of MTS operations-BOI source . London Stock Exchange has given assurances to Italy that it plans to continue investing in its Italian trading platforms and does not intend to move them out of the country, a Bank of Italy source told Reuters on Thursday.

California proposes new rules to enforce state privacy law . California Attorney Xavier Becerra unveiled proposed regulations Thursday to enforce a new state privacy law due to take effect Jan. 1.

Google to triple cloud computing workforce in Latin America by end of 2020 . Alphabet Inc's Google expects to triple its customer workforce to support cloud computing services in Latin America by the end of next year, Google Cloud's director in Brazil, João Bolonha, said on Thursday.

U.S. presidential candidate Warren calls on AT&T to reject plan she says will cost jobs . U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called on AT&T Inc to reject an activist investor plan she said would lead to job cuts, staking out a different position than President Donald Trump who has cheered the investor's involvement.