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    TOP STORIES
         
    GLOBAL
    
  
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/
        Ceasefire plans stall as Israel intensifies strikes on
Gaza
  
    Hopes for a brief ceasefire in southern Gaza to allow
foreign passport holders to leave the besieged Palestinian
enclave and aid to be brought in were dashed on Monday, with
Israeli bombardments intensifying ahead of an expected ground
invasion.

    POLAND-ELECTION/
        Polish opposition poised to oust ruling nationalists in
major political shift
  
    WARSAW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling nationalists
appeared on Monday to have lost their parliamentary majority in
the nation's most pivotal election in decades, potentially
opening the way for opposition parties to seize power in what
would be a huge political shift.
    
    U.S.
    
  
    USA-ELECTION/CAMPAIGN-FINANCE 
        Trump's legal troubles keep fueling surges in
fundraising
  
    WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Small donors have responded
to Donald Trump's legal problems by showering money on his
presidential campaign, helping him roughly match the fundraising
pace of Democratic President Joe Biden who is seeking
re-election, according to disclosures released on Sunday.
    
  
    USA-COLORADO/BIDEN
        Biden takes jobs message to Republican hardliner Lauren
Boebert's district
  
    WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will
highlight clean-energy jobs created by his climate legislation
on Monday while visiting a Colorado Congressional district
represented by Lauren Boebert, a right-wing Republican lawmaker
and avid supporter of former President Donald Trump.

    BUSINESS
    
    RITE AID-BANKRUPTCY/
        Drug retailer Rite Aid files for bankruptcy, gets $3.45
bln commitment
  
    Oct 16 (Reuters) - Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
on Sunday, a move that would halt lawsuits the drugstore chain
is facing over its alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis and
named a new CEO.
    
  
    LIONTOWN-ALBEMARLE/
        Lithium developer Liontown to raise funds after
Albemarle dumps $4.2 bln bid
  
    MELBOURNE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Australian lithium developer
Liontown Resources on Monday entered a trading halt to raise
funding for its flagship Kathleen Valley lithium project after
U.S.-based miner Albemarle abandoned a A$6.6 billion ($4.16
billion) buyout bid.

    LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
    
    FILM-BOX OFFICE/TAYLOR SWIFT
        Box office hero: Taylor Swift concert film dominates at
theaters
  
    LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Pop singer Taylor Swift
ruled movie box offices over the weekend as her concert film
transformed darkened theaters into dance floors and hauled in an
estimated $126 million-plus around the world.
    
  
    PEOPLE-SUZANNE SOMERS/ 
        Actor Suzanne Somers dies at 76
  
    Oct 15 (Reuters) - Actor Suzanne Somers, best known for her
role on the television show "Three's Company" and for fitness
and health business ventures, died Sunday at age 76, according
to a statement from her spokesperson.
    
    SPORTS
    
    OLYMPICS-IOC/ 
        Cricket, flag football among five sports approved for
2028 Games
  
    MUMBAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Cricket and flag football were
among five sports added to the programme for the 2028 Los
Angeles Games on Monday after being approved by the
International Olympic Committee as it looks to tap into new
global audiences.
    
  
    SOCCER-EURO-NOR-ESP/REPORT
        Gavi strike sends Spain to Euro 2024, Turkey and
Scotland also qualify
  
    Oct 15 (Reuters) - Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after
Gavi's second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on
Sunday and they will be joined by Group A rivals Scotland and
Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying.
    
    UPCOMING
    
    CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
    
    USA-TRUMP/SUBVERSION 
    Judge to hold hearing on partial Trump gag order in election
case
    A U.S. judge will hold a hearing in Washington federal court
on Special Counsel Jack Smith's request for a court order
limiting Trump's public statements about people involved in the
federal election case against him.
    16 Oct 14:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
    
    BRITAIN-TRUMP/COURT 
    Donald Trump data protection lawsuit reaches London court
    Former U.S. president Donald Trump's data protection lawsuit
against London-based private investigations firm Orbis Business
Intelligence will be heard at the High Court. Orbis is applying
to throw Trump's case - over a document known as the "Steele
dossier", written by former British intelligence officer
Christopher Steele - out of court.
    16 Oct 14:30 ET / 10:30 GMT
    
    USA-COURT/ 
    U.S. Supreme Court issues orders
    U.S. Supreme Court issues orders in pending appeals.
    16 Oct 17:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
    
    BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
    
    USA-FED/POWELL (PIX) 
    Fed's Powell faces 'what, me worry?' moment of spiking bond
yields, war, political stalemate
    Federal Reserve officials may not raise interest rates when
they meet in two weeks but neither will they say their 19-month
drive to hike borrowing costs is over, a difficult messaging
challenge U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell will take on
this week.
    16 Oct 14:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
    
    BRAZIL-ECONOMY/SURVEY 
    Brazil’s central bank releases weekly survey of market
expectations
    The central bank releases results of a weekly economic
survey with more than 100 financial institutions. This will
include forecasts for GDP, interest rates and inflation rates.
    16 Oct 15:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    BRAZIL-GRAINS/ 
    AgRural releases data on the progress of Brazil's soybean,
corn crops
    AgRural updates the progress of Brazil's soybean planting
for the 2023/24 season, which had reached 10.1% by the previous
week. The agribusiness consultancy also releases data on the
sowing of the country's first corn crop, seen at 37% by October
5.
    16 Oct 16:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
    
    AUTOS-RESULTS/PREVIEW (PIX) 
    UAW strike could upend GM, Ford financial strategies
    General Motors and Ford have laid out ambitious plans to
spend billions developing new electric vehicles while returning
capital to investors, all funded by robust profits from
combustion trucks and SUVs. The cost of settling the United Auto
Workers strike could force changes to those plans.
    16 Oct 18:00 ET / 14:00 GMT
    
    USA-FED/HARKER 
    Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Harker speaks on
economy to bankers group
    Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick
Harker speaks on the economic outlook before the Mortgage
Bankers Association Annual Convention & Expo, in Philadelphia,
Pa.
    16 Oct 18:30 ET / 14:30 GMT
    
    CANADA-SUNCOR/CEO 
    Suncor CEO Rich Kruger testifies before Canadian
parliamentary committee
    Suncor Energy CEO Rich Kruger will testify before Canada's
Natural Resources Committee about his company's climate change
ambitions. Kruger was summoned after telling an earnings call in
August Suncor had put too much emphasis on the energy
transition.
    16 Oct 19:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
    
    USA-OIL/DEALS (PIX) 
    US oil patch M&A in Q3
    A look at mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. oil patch in
the third quarter based on a tally compiled by data analytics
firm Enverus. Largest deal was Energy Transfer LP's $8.93
billion acquisition of pipeline rival Crewstwood Equity Partners
followed by Permian Resources $4.5 billion deal for Earthstone
Energy.
    17 Oct 
    
    HYLORIS PHARMACE-POSTOPERATIVE PAIN/ 
    FDA's decision on Hyloris Pharmaceuticals' post-operative
pain injection
    The US Food and Drug Administration is set to decide on
Hyloris Pharmaceuticals' injection as an alternative, non-opioid
treatment option for post-operative pain
    17 Oct 
    
    JOHNSON&JOHNSON-RESULTS/ 
    Johnson & Johnson reports Q3 results
    Johnson and Johnson will report third-quarter results before
markets open on Tuesday, the pharmaceutical giant's first
earnings after spinning off its consumer health business.
Investors will lookout for any updates to the company's 2023
forecast, performance of its key cancer treatments such as
Darzalex, Carvykti and Erleada, and comments on post-COVID
demand for non-urgent surgeries.
    17 Oct 
    
    LOCKHEED-RESULTS/ 
    Lockheed Martin third quarter results Oct. 17
    US defense contractor Lockheed Martin is expected to post
its third quarter results before the market opens on Tuesday,
Oct. 17.
    17 Oct 
    
    TSMC-RESULTS/ 
    TSMC third quarter earnings preview
    Third quarter earnings preview for Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC
ahead of release on Oct 19.
    17 Oct 
    
    USA-USDA/CROPPROGRESS 
    USDA issues weekly Crop Progress
    USDA issues weekly Crop Progress.
    16 Oct 00:00 ET / 20:00 GMT
    
    USA-FED/HARKER 
    Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Harker speaks on
economy to corporate directors group
    Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick
Harker speaks virtually on the economic outlook before the
National Association of Corporate Directors Webinar.
    16 Oct 00:30 ET / 20:30 GMT
    
    POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
    
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-POLL 
    Reuters/Ipsos polling on Americans' views of the
Israel-Palestinians conflict
    Reuters/Ipsos polling provides a look at Americans' views of
the Israel-Palestinian conflict, including who respondents
believe is responsible for the violence, how Democrats' views of
the Palestinian people have changed, concerns about widespread
civilian deaths and who they trust more to broker Middle East
peace -- Democratic President Joe Biden or his likely 2024 rival
former President Donald Trump. Data will provide detail on
difference of views by partisanship and age.
    16 Oct 14:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
    
    MAURITIUS-POLITICS/ 
    UK Privy Council to rule on challenge to 2019 election of
Mauritius PM
    The UK Privy Council, a board of advisers to the British
king, is due to issue a judgment on a challenge filed by
Mauritius’ main opposition party to the 2019 election of Prime
Minister Pravind Jugnauth. The opposition Labour Party alleges
that Jugnauth won his National Assembly seat through bribery.
    16 Oct 14:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
    
    SLOVAKIA-POLITICS/ (TV) 
    Slovak SMER, partners sign agreement to form a government
    The leftist SMER-SSD party will sign a coalition agreement
with cetnre-left HLAS and the nationalist SNS to form a
government. SMER has pledged to end military aid for
neighbouring Ukraine and fight migration whille taking a stance
against U.S. and EU policies.
    16 Oct 15:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
    
    ECUADOR-ELECTION/ (TV) 
    Businessman Noboa to face economic, security hurdles as
Ecuador president
    Business heir Daniel Noboa will have 17 months to revive
Ecuador's battered economy and tackle rising crime after winning
the country's presidential election on Sunday.
    16 Oct 19:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
    
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/PROTESTS-BRITAIN (PIX) (TV) 
    Pro-Israel rally held outside BBC building
    A pro-Israeli protest is held outside the BBC's building in
London.
    16 Oct 22:30 ET / 18:30 GMT
    
    RUSSIA-NUCLEAR/ (PIX) (TV) 
    Russian Duma votes on bill to scrap ratification of nuclear
test ban treaty
    Russia's lower house of parliament votes on a bill to revoke
Moscow's ratification of the global treaty that bans tests
involving nuclear explosions.
    17 Oct 
    
    MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/THAILAND (TV) 
    Regional ministerial level meeting on Rohingya refugee
    The commissioner from the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) and foreign ministers from Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh will meet in Bangkok on
Tuesday to discuss the Rohingya refugee issue and the way
forward. 
    17 Oct 
    
    CZECH-GOVERNMENT/ (TV) 
    Czech government faces possible no-confidence vote
The Czech centre-right government faces a likely no-confidence
vote brought by the opposition, although the ruling coalition
has a comfortable majority in parliament to defeat the motion.
    17 Oct 
    
    CHINA-SECURITY/TRAVEL 
    INSIGHT-China's bankers, state workers face tighter curbs on
foreign travel
    Chinese civil servants and employees of state-linked
enterprises are facing tighter constraints on private travel
abroad and scrutiny of their foreign connections, according to
official notices and more than a dozen people familiar with the
matter, as Beijing wages a campaign against foreign influence.
    17 Oct 
    
    CHINA-DIPLOMACY/ 
    ANALYSIS A softer tone from China but differences with the
West remain
    China showed a softer diplomatic side last week, a reminder
of Xi Jinping's need to lower tensions at a moment when China
faces economic pressure and feels increasingly isolated on the
global stage. It also offers temporary relief for Western
leaders, who are distracted by conflict in the Middle East and
the grinding war in Ukraine.
    17 Oct 
    
    RUSSIA-NUCLEAR/TREATY 
    What is the nuclear test ban treaty and what's Russia's
position on it?
    Russia's parliament will vote this week on withdrawing
Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty. Here is an explainer on the treaty and the implications
of the Russian move.
    17 Oct 
    
    USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK (PIX) 
    Michael Cohen to testify in Trump civil fraud trial
    Donald Trump's onetime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set
to testify at trial on Tuesday in a New York civil case that
threatens to dismantle key pillars of the former U.S.
president's business empire.
    17 Oct 
    
    USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK 
    Donald Trump to confront ex-lawyer Michael Cohen in civil
fraud trial
    Donald Trump is expected to return to New York state court
on Tuesday as the former U.S. president's onetime lawyer and
fixer testifies against him in a civil fraud case.
    17 Oct 
    
    DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS
    
    BRAZIL-DROUGHT/HUMANITARIAN AID (PIX) 
    Brazil's Amazon drought hit communities get emergency aid
NGO Fundacao Amazonia Sustentavel has started to deliver
donations to remote communities in the Amazon rainforest, where
a severe drought is isolating entire villages and limiting
access to food, drinking water and medicines.
    16 Oct 19:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
    
    SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
    
    HEALTH-USA/ARDELYX 
    US FDA to decide on Ardelyx's kidney disease drug
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday will decide
on Ardelyx Inc's oral drug to treat patients with chronic kidney
disease.
    17 Oct 
    
    SPORTS
    
    OLYMPICS-IOC/ (TV) 
    Olympics - 141st IOC Session
    The final day of the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai
    17 Oct 07:30 ET / 03:30 GMT