UPDATE 1-Publicis CEO under pressure following second sales target cut . Publicis' chief executive Arthur Sadoun appeared under pressure on Thursday following a second cut in a row to the full-year sales target of the world's third-biggest advertising group.

UPDATE 6-Oil prices rise as OPEC pledges decision on supply . U.S. weekly crude stocks rise by 2.9 mln bbls -EIA (Updates prices)

Google secures two Android phone makers' backing in fight against EU antitrust order . Alphabet unit Google's fight against a record EU antitrust fine related to its Android mobile software received a boost after Europe's second-highest court allowed Android phone maker Gigaset and HMD Global Oy to intervene in the lawsuit.

RPT-NBA, 'South Park' episodes spotlight Hollywood's China dilemma . China's removal of animated comedy "South Park" from online sites just as it dropped U.S. basketball broadcasts highlighted a tension familiar to Hollywood studios - the need to please Chinese authorities in order to reach the country's vast audience.

UPDATE 6-Apple pulls app used to track Hong Kong police, protesters . App removed a day later; Apple says was used to ambush police

Google pulls Hong Kong protester role-playing app . Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended a role-playing app associated with the Hong Kong protests due to a policy that prohibits developers capitalizing on ongoing conflicts, the company said on Thursday.

RPT-BORSA USA -In rialzo su speranze accordo commerciale Usa-Cina . L'azionario Usa guadagna terreno sulle speranze che i colloqui commerciali di alto livello tra Stati Uniti e Cina in corso a Washington porteranno almeno ad un accordo parziale, con il settore tech sostenuto dai guadagni di Apple.

UPDATE 1-Turkish police investigate Kurdish leaders, fire water cannon at protesters . Turkish police launched criminal investigations of Kurdish lawmakers and detained dozens of people for using social media to question the military's cross border incursion into Syria, in a crackdown against those who criticised the assault.

BORSA USA -In rialzo su speranze accordo commerciale Usa-Cina . L'azionario Usa guadagna terreno sulle speranze che i colloqui commerciali di alto livello tra Stati Uniti e Cina in corso a Washington porteranno almeno ad un accordo parziale, con il settore tech sostenuto dai guadagni di Apple. ** I principali indici di Wall Street si muovono in territorio positivo dopo che il capo della Casa Bianca Donald Trump ha confermato in un tweet che incontrerà il vice premier cinese Liu He domani per ulteriori colloqui commerciali. ** "Il twee

Sienna Miller faces every mother's worst nightmare in "gruelling" new role . Portraying a single mother whose teenage daughter suddenly disappears in "American Woman" was a "gruelling" role for Sienna Miller that forced the British-American actress to imagine her worst nightmare.