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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-MILITARY (PIX, TV)

Israel reduces troops in south Gaza, Egypt to host new talks

JERUSALEM/CAIRO April 7 (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade, as it and Hamas sent teams to Egypt for fresh talks on a potential ceasefire in the six-month conflict.

ECUADOR-MEXICO/DIPLOMATS (PIX)

Mexico welcomes home Ecuador embassy staff after armed raid

MEXICO CITY, April 7 (Reuters) – Mexico welcomed the return of its Ecuador embassy personnel on Sunday, two days after police raided the facility in an act that triggered an abrupt diplomatic break while provoking global shock and condemnation of the South American nation.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-TRIAL (PIX)

Trump: it would be ‘great honor’ to go to jail for violating gag order

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be “my great honor” to go to jail for violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.

USA-INTERNET/PRIVACY (URGENT, PIX)

US lawmakers reach deal on data privacy legislation, aides say

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – Two key lawmakers have reached a deal on bipartisan data privacy legislation that would restrict consumer data that technology companies can collect and give Americans the power to prevent selling of personal information or compel its deletion, aides said on Sunday.

BUSINESS

SOUTHWEST-FLIGHT/FAA (PIX)

US FAA to investigate loss of engine cowling on Southwest Boeing 737-800

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday said it would investigate after an engine cowling on a Southwest Airlines LUV.N Boeing 737-800 fell off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap.

TWITTER-BRAZIL/ (PIX)

Musk challenges Brazil’s order to block certain X accounts

BRASILIA, April 7 (Reuters) – Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to block certain accounts, and he called on Sunday for the judge’s resignation.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

USA-LOTTERY/ (UPDATE 1)

Powerball player wins $1.3 billion jackpot

April 7 (Reuters) – A ticket sold in Oregon has won Powerball jackpot of more than $1.3 billion, the eighth largest in U.S. history.

SPORTS

SOCCER-ENGLAND-SHU-CHE/REPORT (UPDATE 2, PIX)

Soccer-Sheffield United’s McBurnie grabs late equaliser in 2-2 Chelsea draw

SHEFFIELD, England, April 7 (Reuters) – Sheffield United striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppage-team equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at home to Chelsea in his side’s battle for Premier League survival on Sunday.

TENNIS-CHARLESTON/

Tennis-Collins keeps up winning run in farewell season by claiming Charleston title

April 7 (Reuters) – Danielle Collins captured the Charleston Open title on Sunday with a dominant 6-2 6-1 victory over fourth seed Daria Kasatkina, extending her sensational winning run to 13 matches in her final season on the WTA Tour.

UPCOMING EVENTS

USA-JAPAN/

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos this week, deepening defense and economic ties to combat worries about China’s might and fallout from the Ukraine and Middle East wars.

Reporter: David Brunnstrom, Trevor Hunnicutt

Editor: Don Durfee

SOLAR-ECLIPSE/USA

The moon will blot out the sun for more than four minutes across a highly populated swath of the U.S. and Canada during a total solar eclipse on Monday, and tens of millions of star gazers will turn their eyes toward the heavens for an astral experience describe as rapture-like for those who have witnesses before. Key viewing areas – from little Fredericksburg in the Texas hill country, to both sides of the border around the Niagara Falls, have seen a massive influx of enthusiastic visitors ready for a transcendental time.

Reporter: Brad Brooks

Editor: Donna Bryson, Paul Thomasch

USA-ELECTION/BIDEN

U.S. President Biden travels to Madison, Wisconsin to discuss lowering costs for Americans, then to Chicago for campaign reception.

Editor: Heather Timmons

UBS-REGULATION/

Since UBS rescued its stricken rival Credit Suisse a year ago, it has been waiting to hear how authorities will protect Switzerland from the risk of the country’s only remaining big bank also imploding. It is about to find out.

Reporter: Oliver Christian Hirt

Editor: Dave Graham, Kirsten Donovan

CLIMATE-CHANGE/EUROPE-LITIGATION

What are the three cases before the European Court of Human Rights this week, and how could they set the precedent for future climate cases?

Reporter: Gloria Dickie

Editor: Katy Daigle

HSBC-EUROPE/GROWTH HSBC’s European chief is betting on a bounce in Asian corporate expansion and rising wealth across the region to boost his unit’s contribution to group revenues in 2024, after a multi-year reboot of the business from laggard to profit engine.

Reporter: Lawrence White, Sinead Cruise

USA-OIL/OUTPUT

U.S. crude oil prices have climbed to their highest this year, but a weak natural gas market, steeper costs and a focus on shareholder returns over new production are keeping shale drillers from big output increases in the world’s top oil and gas producer.

Reporter: Liz Hampton

HUBSPOT-M&A/ALPHABET-ANTITRUST

Google parent Alphabet’s possible acquisition of marketing software company HubSpot would likely spark opposition from regulators even as many experts agree it would not curb competition, and would require the technology giant to open a new front in its battle with antitrust watchdogs.

Reporter: Milana Vinn

Editor: Anirban Sen, Matthew E Lewis

NIGERIA-CENBANK/EMEFIELE

Nigeria’s former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele is expected to be arraigned in a Lagos court on after the country’s anti-corruption body last week filed 26 fresh charges against him alleging misuse of authority and corrupt practices.

Reporter: Isaac Anyaogu

Editor: MacDonald Dzirutwe

FINTECH-CRYPTO/BINANCE-NIGERIA

Binance head of compliance, Tigran Gambaryan will return to a High Court in Nigeria, where he could be asked to formally take a plea on money laundering charges. At his last appearance, his lawyers objected that he be asked to take his plea, saying prosecutors had to first serve Binance, the first defendant.

Reporter: Camillus Eboh

Editor: MacDonald Dzirutwe

PACKAGED-FOOD/LOW INCOME

Americans relying on government benefits to buy food and other essentials are slashing spending, prompting food makers like Kraft-Heinz and Conagra Brands to overhaul their products and strategies following years of price hikes. Many of the biggest makers of packaged foods and drinks are seeing their sales volumes fall, due partly to low-income consumers — typically making roughly less than $35,000 per year — cooking from scratch, using up leftovers or just buying less.

Reporter: Jessica DiNapoli

Editor: Vanessa O’Connell

CANADA-CENBANK/

The Bank of Canada is likely to keep its 22-year high borrowing cost on hold on Wednesday, amid bets that a a rate cut is likely in June or July.

Reporter: Promit Mukherjee

Editor: Denny Thomas

MIGRATION-USA/IMPEACHMENT-REPUBLICANS (EXPLAINER)

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week is due to deliver its impeachment case against President Joe Biden’s top border official, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to the Democratic-majority Senate. An EXPLAINER-format story looks at current conditions along the border and the politics surrounding them.

Reporter: Ted Hesson

Editor: Scott Malone MIGRATION-USA/IMPEACHMENT-MAYORKAS The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate is likely to bring a quick end this week to House Republicans’ months-long drive to impeach President Joe Biden’s top border official, who they accuse of failing to deter record-setting levels of illegal immigration.

Reporter: Richard Cowan

Editor: Scott Malone

COCOA-IVORYCOAST/EU

EU environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius shares his view on the outlook for the bloc’s anti-deforestation law in an interview on the sidelines of a visit to a cocoa-producing cooperative in Ivory Coast.

Reporter: Ange Aboa

Editor: Alessandra Prentice, Portia Crowe

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-PREVIEW

Donald Trump next week is set to become the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial – a case involving hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels that carries major political and legal ramifications as he runs to regain the White House.

Reporter: Luc Cohen, Timothy Reid

Editor: Scott Malone

POPE-SOCIETY/

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, holds news conference to present the eagerly awaited ‘Dignitas Infinita’ (Infinite Dignity) document on gender, surrogacy, and human dignity.

Reporter: Alvise Armellini

EXXON MOBIL-GUYANA/GAS

Guyana’s efforts to use natural gas discoveries to fuel an electric power plant and slash energy costs have snagged on construction delays with a weeks-long production pause likely to defer affect about $900 million in oil revenue.

Reporter: Sabrina Valle

Editor: Christian Plumb, Gary McWilliams, Julia Symmes Cobb

CRIME-MAJORS/NEW YORK

Actor Jonathan Majors is due to be sentenced in a New York City court on Monday, April 8.

Majors was found guilty in December of 2023, of assaulting his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

Reporter: Jonathan Stempel

Editor: Paul Thomasch

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