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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-AID

Israeli strike kills six Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) – Israeli bombardment killed six Palestinians and wounded dozens as crowds awaited aid trucks in Gaza City, Gaza health ministry officials said on Thursday.

TRUMP-CIA/CHINA

Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China

WASHINGTON, March 14 – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/DOCUMENTS

Judge declines Trump motion to dismiss classified-documents case

FORT PIERCE, Florida, March 14 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied Donald Trump’s request to dismiss a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding onto classified documents.

USA-ELECTION/HARRIS

US’ Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic in historic first

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 14 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday toured a health clinic that offers abortion services while she was in Minnesota, spotlighting growing restrictions on women’s rights that Democrats believe will animate voters in November.

BUSINESS

CITIGROUP-RUFF/

Citigroup probes senior IPO banker over bullying claims

NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) – Citigroup is investigating workplace harassment allegations made by at least one employee against a senior U.S. banker who works on initial public offerings, four people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

EU-MICROSOFT/AI

Microsoft singles out Google’s competitive edge in generative AI

BRUSSELS, March 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google enjoys a competitive edge in generative artificial intelligence due to its trove of data and AI-optimised chips, Microsoft has told EU antitrust regulators, underscoring the rivalry between the two tech giants.

ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-GLASTONBURY/

Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline UK’s Glastonbury Festival

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – Female acts will fill two of the three headline slots at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival for the first time in June when Dua Lipa and SZA top the bill alongside rock-band Coldplay, organisers said on Thursday.

AUCTION-PATTIE BOYD/

Pattie Boyd selling letters, lyrics by exes George Harrison, Eric Clapton

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – Model and photographer Pattie Boyd is selling handwritten lyrics and personal letters that reveal her relationships with late Beatle George Harrison and guitarist and singer Eric Clapton.

SPORTS

SOCCER-EUROPA-SLP-MIL/REPORT

Milan ease past 10-man Slavia Prague, West Ham secure record win

PRAGUE, March 14 (Reuters) – AC Milan eased into the Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-1 victory at 10-man Slavia Prague on Thursday to secure a 7-3 aggregate win as West Ham United crushed German side Freiburg in a record triumph.

TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/

In-form Sinner reaches Indian Wells semis, Alcaraz rematch looms

Jannik Sinner continued his perfect start to the season by cruising into the Indian Wells semi-finals on Thursday, dispatching Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-3 to improve his win-loss record this year to 16-0.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

VENEZUELA-ELECTION/ (TV)

Venezuela ruling party may announce Maduro as 2024 candidate

Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) will meet, and may officially announce that President Nicolas Maduro is running for another term in a July election.

15 Mar

EUROPE-FARMERS/ (TV)

EU Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski holds briefing on bloc’s proposals for farmers

EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski holds a briefing in Warsaw on the bloc’s proposals to address the concerns of farmers who have been protesting across Europe.

15 Mar

USA-MARIJUANA/HARRIS

US VP Harris discusses marijuana policy reforms

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris discusses marijuana policy reforms.

15 Mar

USA-IRELAND/ (PIX) (TV)

Biden hosts Irish leader

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at White House as part of annual Saint Patrick’s day events.

15 Mar

RUSSIA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)

First round of three-day Russian presidential election begins

Polling stations open in Moscow as voting starts in Russia’s presidential election in a ballot that is held across three days.

15 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

UKRAINE-CRISIS/UN (TV)

U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine holds press conference

The U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine holds a press conference on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

15 Mar 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

SENEGAL-ELECTION/COURT

Senegal’s Supreme Court hears challenge against March 24 presidential election

Senegal’s Supreme Court is expected to hear an urgent motion filed by the Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) seeking to halt the March 24 presidential election process. The party cited irregularities and alleged corruption that led to the elimination of their candidate Karim Wade.

15 Mar 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

HUNGARY-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)

Hungarian PM Orban to speak, opposition to protest on anniversary of 1848 revolution

Hungarian PM Orban to speak on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1848-1849 Hungarian revolution against Austrian rule. Opposition to protest against the government in the afternoon.

15 Mar 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

BELGIUM-PACKAGES/ (TV)

Lottery for shoppers in Brussels buying lost still-sealed parcels by the kilo

A new shop in Brussels sells still-sealed packages which got lost during delivery or remained uncollected at the post office. In the store, customers buy the parcels paying by kilo, without knowing what they contain.

15 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/EXTREMISM

Reuters/Ipsos poll looks at US voters fears of extremism

Worries about political or threats to democracy have emerged as a top concern of U.S. voters bracing for an election rematch between Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, who continues to falsely claim that his 2020 defeat was the result of fraud. A Reuters/Ipsos poll dives deeper into the specifics of what Americans are worried about.

15 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

GERMANY-FRANCE/ (PIX)

Polish PM Tusk and France’s Macron to meet with German Chancellor Scholz in Berlin

French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin. The meeting will be the first at head level with Tusk as part of the “Weimar Triangle” platform of political cooperation between Germany, France and Poland created in 1991.

15 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

UN-RIGHTS/NORTHKOREA

North Korean defectors seek more U.N. monitoring of abuses

North Koreans defectors spoke at a U.N. event in Geneva on Friday to testify of human rights abuses and to advocate for a strengthened U.N. mandate to investigate and document them.

15 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-BLINKEN/AUSTRIA

US’s Blinken holds news conference with Austrian counterpart, chancellor

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer

15 Mar 10:15 ET / 14:15 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

UKRAINE-CRISIS/CRIMEAN-TATARS (TV)

PERSONAL: Twice displaced, Crimean Tatar woman longs for home 10 years after annexation

After fleeing the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2016, 43-year-old Lierane made a new home near Kyiv only to find herself again on the run in 2022 during Russia’s full-scale invasion. Ten years since Moscow’s troops seized Crimea in 2014, she is raising her son in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv and still hopes they will return to her ancestral homeland one day. Like many Crimean Tatars, a Turkic ethnic minority indigenous to the peninsula, Lierane’s family history is a tragic tale of displacement, separation and upheaval that goes back to the Soviet era.

15 Mar

SOMALIA-SECURITY/

Seeking casualty details after al Shabaab attack hotel in Somali capital

Seeking details on casuatles from an al Shabaab attack on a hotel in the Somali capital near the president’s office on Thursday.

15 Mar

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/HEZBOLLAH-IRAN

INSIGHT-Hezbollah tells Iran it would fight alone in any war with Israel

The head of Iran’s elite Quds Force visited Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah last month to discuss how to respond in case of an Israeli offensive in Lebanon that could risk an existential war for Tehran’s clerical state, seven sources said.

15 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

NIGER-SECURITY/HUNTERS (PIX) (TV)

Hunters in Niger lament loss of range to jihadist threat

On foot or motorbike, the hunters spread out across dry scrubland near Niger’s capital and raced after their dogs in the hope they would chase down a hare or two to fill their empty sacks. Such hunting for small wild game is a traditional pursuit across the vast sandy steppes of West Africa’s Sahel region. But rising violence linked to a decade-old fight with Islamist insurgents is now limiting hunters’ range.

15 Mar 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

BERKSHIRE-BUFFETT/PAY

Berkshire Hathaway proxy statement to discuss shareholder proposals, pay for Buffett and others

Berkshire Hathaway is expected to file its annual proxy statement, the first for Warren Buffett’s company since the death of Vice Chairman Charlie Munger. The filing may include proposals from shareholders, who have in past years unsuccessfully demanded changes to Berkshire’s governance and improvements to Berkshire’s disclosures. The filing will discuss compensation for Buffett, his designated CEO successor Greg Abel and other executives.

15 Mar

COLOMBIA-RATES/

Reuters poll-Analyst outlook on Colombia interest rate decision

Analysts will offer their outlook on the Colombian central bank’s interest rate decision in March.

15 Mar

PETRONAS-RESULTS/

Malaysia state energy firm Petronas announces Q4 and FY2023 financial results

Malaysia state energy firm Petronas announces Q4 and FY2023 financial results

15 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

HEALTH-USA/CANCER

US FDA to release briefing documents for J&J and Bristol Myers’ CAR-T therapies

The U.S. FDA staff is expected to release briefing documents on Johnson & Johnson’s Carvykti and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abecma ahead of a meeting of a panel of independent experts who will discuss the safety and efficacy of both the CAR-T therapies and make recommendations on their use in patients with a type of blood cancer.

15 Mar 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT

AUTOS-HYBRIDS/ (PIX)

US automakers race to build more hybrids as EV sales slow

As U.S. sales of gas-electric hybrid vehicles surge and electric vehicle sales cool, automakers and suppliers are betting consumer demand for a compromise between all-combustion and all-electric is a durable trend. Suppliers are building new plants to increase production of hybrid hardware, while Toyota and other automakers are expanding hybrid lineups. Analysts see hybrids as a hedge should a new administration dial back EV subsidies.

15 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

MARKETS-FLOWS/BAML

Bank of America weekly “Flow Show”

A weekly look at global investor flows from Bank of America Global Research.

15 Mar 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT

PERU-ECONOMY/GROWTH (TV) (GRAPHIC)

Peru monthly GDP

State statistics agency Inei releases monthly economic growth data.

15 Mar 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-BEYONCE/ (TV)

Beyonce makes her mark on country music

Superstar Beyonce’s foray into country music is a reclamation and homage to the legacy of Black Americans within country music and culture – a history that has largely gone unrecognized in some mainstream music circles, according to experts, musicians and fans interviews by Reuters. Beyonce, who was born and raised in Houston, Texas, is now walking in the footsteps of many acclaimed Black country music legends who came before her. From historical figures like Lesley “Esley” Riddle, and Charley Pride, who broke down historical barriers, to current artists like Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen and Rhiannon Giddens, who played the banjo heard throughout ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ there’s a rich history of Black artists in the country and folk music space.

15 Mar

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

AUTONOMY-HP/LYNCH

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s US fraud trial over HP buyout begins

Opening arguments are expected in the criminal trial of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch on fraud charges over the $11 billion sale of software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011.

15 Mar

USA-BANKMANFRIED/

Prosecutors to recommend sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction

U.S. prosecutors face a March 15 deadline to tell U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan what they think Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence should be for his Nov. 2, 2023 conviction on fraud charges. Kaplan will decide Bankman-Fried’s sentence at a March 28 hearing based on a range of factors.

15 Mar

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

GILEAD-CANCER/ (PIX)

Gilead looking to boost cell therapies after setbacks in other drug programs

Gilead is hoping its cancer cell therapy business will return to growth this year after multiple investments in its manufacturing business and in clinics around the country as it hopes to better reach patients.

15 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

SPORTS

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/DRAW (PIX) (TV)

Soccer – UEFA Champions League quarter-final, semi-final and final draw

UEFA holds the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final at its headquarters in Nyon.

15 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

SOCCER-EUROPA/DRAW (PIX) (TV)

Soccer – UEFA Europa League quarter-final, semi-final and final draw

UEFA holds the draw for the Europa League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final at its headquarters in Nyon.

15 Mar 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

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