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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
UKRAINE-CRISIS
Ukraine calls on world to 'show strength' after shelling near nuclear plant
KYIV, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Ukraine called for new sanctions on Russia and warned about the consequences of catastrophe at Europe's biggest nuclear plant, where fresh shelling nearby has renewed a blame game between both sides.
KENYA-ELECTION
Kenya's Ruto declared president-elect in chaotic scenes
NAIROBI/KISUMU, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.
U.S.
USA-TRUMP/GEORGIA
Giuliani a target of Georgia's criminal probe into 2020 U.S. election
Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, said on Monday that he is a target in a criminal probe in Georgia examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election.
USA-BIDEN
White House plans campaign to highlight policy wins ahead of midterm elections
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The White House is seeking to improve President Joe Biden's low approval ratings by launching a campaign to highlight some of the recent key policy wins by the administration ahead of the November midterm elections.
BUSINESS
USA-CHINA/AUDIT-DELISTING
NYSE delistings signal Beijing may be willing to compromise on U.S. audit dispute -analysts
HONG KONG, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The move to delist five Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) signals Beijing may be willing to compromise in order to strike an audit deal with the United States and end a more than decade-old dispute, analysts and advisers said on Monday.
WALMART-STREAMING
Walmart enters streaming deal with Paramount+ in race with Amazon
U.S. retailer Walmart Inc on Monday struck a deal with Paramount Global to offer Paramount+ streaming service to the subscribers of its membership program in a push to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.
ENTERTAINMENT
UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-SPACE
Russia, planning to go it alone, unveils model of new space station
Russia's space agency on Monday unveiled for the first time a physical model of what a planned new Russian-built space station will look like, suggesting Moscow is serious about abandoning the International Space Station (ISS) and going it alone.
PEOPLE-RKELLY
R&B singer R. Kelly's obstruction trial begins in Chicago
CHICAGO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - R&B singer R. Kelly's latest federal trial began on Monday with the selection of a jury to hear charges that he lured underage women into having sex with him and obstructed a 2008 state case that ended with his acquittal.
SPORTS
SOCCER-ENGLAND-LIV-CRY/REPORT
Soccer-Nunez sees red as Liverpool held to home draw by Palace
LIVERPOOL, England, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Liverpool forward Luis Diaz scored a splendid solo goal to cancel out Wilfried Zaha's opener for Crystal Palace as the teams drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Anfield on Monday, with Reds striker Darwin Nunez sent off on his home debut.
GOLF-SMITH
British Open champion Smith to miss BMW Championship with hip injury
British Open champion Cameron Smith has withdrawn from this week's BMW Championship due to a hip injury, the PGA Tour announced on Monday.
UPCOMING
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
INVESTMENT-FUNDS/BERKSHIRE
Buffett's Berkshire boosts Ally and Activision holdings, sheds Verizon
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, run by billionaire Warren Buffett, has tripled its stake in online banking company Ally Financial Inc and increased its bet that "Call of Duty" video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc will be acquired by Microsoft Corp.
15 Aug 21:30 ET / 21:30 GMT
SOUTHKOREA-ECONOMY/JOBS (PIX)
S.Korean retirees back at factories while Korea Inc. wait for foreign workforce to return
The pandemic has been worsening shortage of workers across South Korea’s shipyards, seaweed farms and construction sectors and the elderly people are helping the country to log near record-low jobless rate. Even so, the staff shortage across the country’s key industrial engines and farming has been worsening, and it sets up a new inflation risk at a time when inflation is running at a 24-year high.
16 Aug 23:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
INDONESIA-PRESIDENT/ (PIX) (TV)
Indonesia president delivers state of the union, budget speeches
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo delivers his annual state of the union address at parliament, followed by a speech on his 2023 budget proposal.
16 Aug
COLOMBIA-GDP/
Colombia to release second quarter GDP growth figures
Colombia's government will release gross domestic product growth figures for the second quarter.
16 Aug
ARGENTINA-ECONOMY/GRAINS
As economy wilts, Argentina's Massa looks to woo farm bosses
The "superminister" tasked with rescuing Argentina's crisis-racked economy needs cash now, and so just days into the job he has launched a charm offensive to win over farm industry titans to access crucial debt forgiveness ahead of a looming deadline.
16 Aug
SRI LANKA-CRISIS/FARMERS (PIX)
Food shortages loom as Sri Lanka's farmers face another poor harvest
The standing paddy crop across most of Sri Lanka's major rice growing belt is stunted, for the second successive season, because of a lack of fertiliser, farmers, a union leader and local government officials said. A severe shortage of fuel in the island nation of 22 million people, which is battling its worst economic crisis in seven decades, is adding to the already deep agrarian distress.
16 Aug
GRUPO ARGOS-RESULTS/CALL
Grupo Argos holds quarterly earnings call
Colombia's Grupo Argos is scheduled to discuss its second-quarter earnings in a call with analysts.
16 Aug
AUSTRALIA-PENSIONS/ (PIX) (TV)
Reuters Newsmaker with AustralianSuper CEO Paul Schroder
LIVE Reuters Newsmaker featuring AustralianSuper Chief Executive Officer Paul Schroder, a key part of the executive team that doubled the fund’s membership, grew retirement assets to more than $250 billion and established a global investment profile – more than half AustralianSuper's assets are offshore, with fast growing offices in London and New York.
16 Aug 06:00 ET / 06:00 GMT
HOME DEPOT-RESULTS/
Home Depot Q2 Earnings Release
Home Depot is expected to show a rise in second-quarter revenue as steady demand for tools, paint and building materials from professionals help the home improvement chain offset a slowdown in its do-it-yourself (DIY) customer base. Investors will keep an eye out for the company's comments on demand trends and the impact of inflation on business.
16 Aug 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
WALMART-RESULTS/
Walmart reports Q2 results
The world's largest retailer is expected to report a drop in quarterly profits as it struggles to clear out a surge in merchandise inventories and sees a jump in purchases of lower-margin food items amid decades high-inflation. Investors will be keen to hear if consumer spending patterns have changed over the past few weeks after an easing in prices of gas and commodities and their progress on right-sizing inventory.
16 Aug 11:00 ET / 11:00 GMT
GI SURAMERICANA-RESULTS/CALL
Colombia's Grupo SURA holds quarterly results call
Colombia's Grupo SURA will discuss second-quarter earnings in a call with analysts.
16 Aug 13:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
USA-TREASURY/ANNOUNCEMENT
Treasury Dept. announces sales of 4- and 8-week bills
16 Aug 15:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
INDIA-SRI LANKA/CHINA (TV)
Chinese survey vessel to dock in Sri Lanka after delay, India's worries
Chinese research and survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 is expected to reach the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota, built with money from Beijing, worrying India which is trying to expand its influence in its southern neighbour hit by an economic crisis. The ship was initially supposed to dock on Aug. 11 but got delayed following opposition from India.
16 Aug
CLIMATE-CHANGE/CARIBBEAN-COP27 (PIX)
Caribbean nations meet to prepare for COP27 climate conference
Leaders of Caribbean nations meet for a two-day conference in The Bahamas to discuss the region's approach to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt in November.
16 Aug
USA-CONGRESS/INFLATION-CLIMATECHANGE
Climate bill exposes rift in US environmental movement
Support for the sweeping climate and tax package has exposed a rift in the environmental movement that had been unified under the Trump administration.
16 Aug
USA-ELECTION/
Trump-backed challengers take on Republican incumbents in Wyoming, Alaska
Donald Trump’s campaign to oust congressional Republicans who supported his impeachment will be tested on Tuesday when his endorsed challengers take on U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski in Alaska and U.S. Representative Liz Cheney in Wyoming. Alaska voters will also determine whether to nominate Republican former governor and one-time vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for the U.S. House of Representatives.
16 Aug
USA-ELECTION/WYOMING (PIX) (TV)
Wyoming holds primary elections for U.S. House Wyoming Democrats and Republicans choose their nominees to contest November's congressional elections, which will determine which party controls U.S. House of Representatives for next two years.
16 Aug
USA-ELECTION/ALASKA
Alaska holds primary elections for U.S. House, Senate
Alaska Democrats and Republicans choose their nominees to contest November's congressional elections, which will determine which party controls U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for next two years.
16 Aug
UKRAINE-CRISIS/SWEDEN-GERMANY (TV)
German chancellor Scholz, Sweden's PM Andersson talk to journalists
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Sweden, meets Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
16 Aug 07:30 ET / 07:30 GMT
PHILIPPINES-DIPLOMACY/
Philippines foreign minister holds 'meet and greet' for journalists
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo speaks to journalists for the first time in a "meet and greet" event after his appointment.
16 Aug 07:30 ET / 07:30 GMT
USA-ELECTION/RACES
Three key races in Wyoming, Alaska midterm primaries
Voters in Wyoming and Alaska will pick candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries and a special election on Tuesday, in another test of former President Donald Trump's influence in the Republican Party ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms.
16 Aug 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ENDORSEMENTS
Power of Trump's endorsements tested in 12 U.S. midterm primaries
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to demonstrate his power over the Republican Party with more than 200 endorsements of candidates ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for 2023 and 2024.
16 Aug 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
GERMANY-PALESTINIANS/ (PIX) (TV)
German Chancellor Scholz meets Palestinian President Abbas
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold news conference after meeting in Berlin
16 Aug 14:15 ET / 14:15 GMT
CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE
GERMANY-CRIME/TRIER-VERDICT (TV)
Verdict due in trial of German man accused of 2020 car rampage
A German court is due to rule in a case against a man accused of murdering five people, including a baby, by ploughing a speeding car into a pedestrian zone in Trier in 2020.
16 Aug
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
USA-DROUGHT/
Western states deadlocked on plan to reduce water consumption from Colorado River
U.S. officials on Tuesday are due to release new projections for reservoir levels along the drying Colorado River. They are also expected to address the status of talks among seven Western states that were asked to negotiate drastic cutbacks for themselves and so far have failed to reach agreement. The century-old Colorado River compact is under more stress than ever during the region's worst drought in 1,200 years.
16 Aug 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
