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15/12/2023 22:01

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    TOP STORIES
    
    GLOBAL
    
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/
    US envoy hints at disagreement with Israel over timing to
scale down war
    CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States hinted on
Friday at disagreement with Israel over how quickly to scale
down the war in Gaza, with President Joe Biden's national
security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of
"intensive discussion" between the allies.
    
    EU-SUMMIT/UKRAINE-ORBAN
    EU vows Ukraine to get aid despite veto by Hungary's Orban
    BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - European Union leaders
expressed confidence on Friday that they would clear a large
package of aid for Ukraine early in 2024, despite a veto by
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
    
    U.S.
    
    USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK
    Trump appeals gag order in NY civil fraud case to state's
highest court
    NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Friday appealed
a gag order restricting the former U.S. president from publicly
talking about court staff in his New York civil fraud trial to
the state's highest court.
    
    USA-TRUMP/GIULIANI
    Verdict reached on damages in Giuliani's trial for defaming
Georgia election workers
    WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A jury has reached a verdict
in Rudy Giuliani's civil trial for defaming two former Georgia
election workers he falsely accused of helping rig the 2020 U.S.
presidential election against Donald Trump, a court official
said on Friday.

    BUSINESS
    
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/MAERSK-RED SEA
    Maersk to pause all container ship traffic through the Red
Sea
    HELSINKI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Danish shipping company A.P.
Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red
Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company told
Reuters on Friday.
    
    MODERNA-MANUFACTURING/FDA
    US FDA finds control lapses at Moderna manufacturing plant
    Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators in September found
quality control lapses at Moderna’s main factory including with
equipment used to manufacture drug substance for its COVID-19
vaccine, according to the report obtained by Reuters via a
Freedom of Information Act request.

    ENTERTAINMENT
    
    USA-CAMBODIA/ARTIFACTS
    New York's Met museum returns Southeast Asian artifacts tied
to looting
    Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City said on Friday that it would return 14 sculptures to
Cambodia and two to Thailand that were associated with an art
dealer who was charged with trafficking looted antiquities in
2019.
    
    FRANCE-DEPARDIEU/
    France to review actor Depardieu's Legion d'Honneur medal
following allegations
    PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu's
Legion d'Honneur medal is under review following a string of
allegations about sexual aggression and a TV documentary in
which he was heard making lewd comments about women.
    
    SPORTS
    
    SOCCER-CLUB-ALY-ITT/REPORT
    Soccer-Al Ahly thrash Al-Ittihad in Club World Cup to book
Fluminense semi-final
    JEDDAH, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's Al Ahly cruised to a 3-1
win over Al-Ittihad on Friday to book a place in the Club World
Cup semi-finals after Karim Benzema missed a penalty before
scoring for the Saudi side.
    
    SOCCER-NATIONS/
    Squad size at next Africa Cup of Nations finals will be 27
per team
    CAIRO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Teams at next month's Africa Cup
of Nations finals will be able to select 27 players for the
tournament in the Ivory Coast, the Confederation of African
Football said on Friday.
    
    UPCOMING
    
    BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
    
    DARDEN-RESULTS/ 
    Darden Restaurants Inc Q2 2024 Earnings
    Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants is expected to post a
rise in second-quarter sales helped by resilient demand at its
casual dining restaurants. Investors will look out for comments
on consumer demand, changes in pricing expectations, impact of
commodity and labor costs.
    15 Dec 07:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
    
    ADANI-INDIA/DHARAVI SLUM
    India's opposition parties protest Adani's slum
redevelopment plan
    Uddhav Thackeray, former chief minister of Maharashtra will
lead protest march against Adani Group along with other
opposition parties, claiming that the ruling state government is
favouring the conglomerate for one of Asia's largest slum
redevelopment.
    16 Dec 04:30 ET / 09:30 GMT
    
    NOVO NORDISK-INDIA/WEGOVY (EXCLUSIVE) 
    EXCLUSIVE - IndiaMART works with Novo Nordisk to bust
illegal Wegovy sales: source
    Indian online marketplace IndiaMART  INMR.NS  has been
removing unauthorized listings of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster
weight-loss drug Wegovy after having talks with the Danish
drugmaker in early October, a source familiar with the matter
told Reuters. The drugmaker's India legal team held discussions
with IndiaMART's top executives to develop a "framework" by
which it could regularly alert the online marketplace about
listings by counterfeiters and thereby tackle illegal sales, the
source said on condition of anonymity. Novo is the sole patent
holder for the active ingredient called semaglutide in Wegovy
and diabetes drug Ozempic, which are not yet approved for sale
in India. (By Rishika Sadam)
    18 Dec 20:00 ET / 01:00 GMT
    
    USA-OIL/EIA 
    POLL- U.S. crude, products inventories, weekly data released
by the EIA and API
    A preliminary poll on analyst expectations for weekly crude
and oil product inventory data released by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration and the American Petroleum Institute.
The releases are among the biggest fixtures in the weekly
calendar for the energy industry and both have the potential to
move global crude markets. The EIA data is released on
Wednesday, and the API on Tuesday. If there is a holiday in the
week prior to the release, the data is delayed by a day. The EIA
is part of the U.S. Department of Energy. The API is a trade
group.
    18 Dec 
    
    POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
    
    BANGLADESH-ELECTION/OPPOSITION 
    Bangladesh opposition leaders hold Victory Day rally in
Dhaka
    Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold
a rally on Saturday to mark Bangladesh's Victory Day. Many
leaders and activists of BNP who are in hiding since Oct. 28,
the day a police officer was killed and hundreds were injured
during an anti-government protest, are expected to join the
Victory Day rally.
    16 Dec
    
    MADAGASCAR-POLITICS/ (PIX) 
    Madagascar's Rajeolina sworn in for a third term
    Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina will be sworn in for
a third term after winning the Nov. 16 election.
    16 Dec