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TOP STORIES
GLOBAL
UKRAINE-CRISIS/
Russia pounds dozens of Ukraine towns, warns of escalation
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels unveiled plans to beef up Europe's air defences after committing more military aid to Kyiv.
NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/
North Korea says it practiced firing nuclear-capable cruise missiles
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of two long-range strategic cruise missiles, state media reported on Thursday, calling it a test to confirm the reliability and operation of nuclear-capable weapons deployed to military units.
U.S.
UKRAINE-CRISIS/NATO-NUCLEAR
U.S. says to defend "every inch" of NATO as nuclear planning group meets
The United States reaffirmed its commitment to defend "every inch" of NATO territory ahead of talks among defense ministers from the alliance on Thursday that will include closed-door discussions by its nuclear planning group.
CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES/CITY COUNCIL
Los Angeles city official resigns amid furor over racist comments
A Los Angeles city councilwoman at the center of a scandal over racist comments exposed in a recorded phone call resigned on Wednesday in the face of a fierce citywide outcry.
BUSINESS
TSMC-RESULTS/
TSMC cuts capex on tool delays, demand woes; cautious on outlook
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC cut its annual investment budget by at least 10% for 2022 and struck a more cautious note than usual on upcoming demand, flagging challenges from rising inflationary costs and predicting a chip downturn next year.
CHINA-CONGRESS/HONGKONG
Glum Hong Kong dealmakers pin hopes on China Congress to revive economy, IPOs
Hong Kong dealmakers expect China's 20th Party Congress next week to herald a shift in focus in Beijing back towards business and economic issues that could help revive the city's IPO issuance from nine-year lows.
ENTERTAINMENT
SOCCER-AUCTION/MARADONA
Ball from Maradona's 'Hand of God' match expected to fetch at least $2.8 mln at auction
The football that was at the feet - and hand - of Diego Maradona as he shocked the world with acts of both brazen gamesmanship and breathtaking skill in Mexico 36 years ago has been put up for auction and is expected to sell for at least 2.5 million pounds ($2.8 million).
SOCCER-ASIANCUP/SOUTHKOREA
K-pop pioneers BTS back South Korea's 2023 Asian Cup bid
K-pop group BTS have added a bit of 'Dynamite' to South Korea's bid to host the 2023 Asian Cup with a new video backing the country's campaign to stage a first major soccer tournament since they shared the 2002 World Cup with Japan.
SPORTS
CRICKET-ENGLAND/MALAN
ECB contract system favours test players: Malan
England batsman Dawid Malan said the board's (ECB) system for awarding central contracts favours test players and that he has already spoken to managing director Rob Key about getting improved recognition for limited-overs cricket.
SOCCER-INDONESIA/
FIFA, Indonesian football body form taskforce after fatal stampede
The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) and world soccer governing body FIFA will form a joint taskforce in a bid to improve crowd control and safety measures after a deadly soccer stampede earlier this month, officials said on Thursday.
UPCOMING
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS
USA-FED/MARKETS
ANALYSIS-As markets fret, Fed officials reject idea of rising financial stability risks
Federal Reserve officials are pushing back on investors' mounting concerns that the U.S. central bank's aggressive campaign to counter high inflation is setting the stage for a market crack-up.
13 Oct 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
AUTOS-GERMANY/SUPPLIERS
'We’ll cancel the contract ourselves’ - Carmakers and suppliers wrangle over energy costs
As automotive suppliers and carmakers renegotiate their contracts for next year, one sticking point is holding up negotiations: who will pay for skyrocketing energy costs.
13 Oct 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
TECH-AI/MONITORING
When the AI goes haywire, bring on the humans
If credit score giant Fair Isaac Corp had not been monitoring its AI systems early on in the pandemic, millions of online purchases would have been wrongly blocked as fraud, straining consumers worldwide during a stressful period.
13 Oct 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
DOMINOS PIZZA-RESULTS/
Domino's Pizza Inc Q3 2022 Earnings
Domino's Pizza Inc is expected to post a rise in third-quarter revenue helped by steady demand for its pizza, chicken wings and value offerings despite price hikes. Investors will lookout for updates from the company on its inflation relief deals, driver staffing issue, impact from stronger dollar, supply chain issues and restricted consumer spending amid inflation.
13 Oct 11:30 ET / 11:30 GMT
PORTUGAL-INFLATION/HOMELESSNESS (PIX) (TV)
Inflation-hit NGOs struggle to help as cost of living crisis drives up homelessness
Soaring inflation has left more people without a roof over their heads but, as homelessness rises, charities in Portugal and elsewhere are themselves struggling to cope with high energy and food prices and fear they might not be able to help everyone in need.
13 Oct 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
DELTA AIR-RESULTS/
Q3 2022 Delta Air Lines Inc Earnings Release
Delta Air Lines is expected to post its highest quarterly profit since the start of the pandemic. The focus, however, will be on the carrier's ability to mitigate persistent inflationary pressure and protect profit after the end of summer travel season.
13 Oct 12:30 ET / 12:30 GMT
CANADA-POLITICS/BUDGET
Canada should take heed of UK turmoil in upcoming fiscal update, analysts say
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government should avoid new stimulus when it updates its fiscal plans this fall and focus instead on paying down debt as governments globally face greater scrutiny managing their finances, analysts said.
13 Oct 13:30 ET / 13:30 GMT
USA-TREASURY/ANNOUNCEMENT
US Treasury announces sales: 3- & 6-month bills; 20-year bonds; 5-year TIPS
US Treasury announces sales: 3- & 6-month bills; 20-year bonds; 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.
13 Oct 15:00 ET / 15:00 GMT
USA-FED/BOSTIC
Atlanta Fed's Bostic gives welcoming remarks at employment conference
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic gives welcoming remarks at Atlanta Fed’s Center for Human Capital Studies 12th annual employment conference.
13 Oct 17:00 ET / 17:00 GMT
USA-TREASURY/AUCTION
Treasury Dept. sells 30-year bonds
13 Oct 17:00 ET / 17:00 GMT
IMF-WORLDBANK/LATAM-OUTLOOK
IMF outlook on Latin America and the Caribbean
Days after publishing its most recent estimates for the region, the International Monetary Fund will go into detail on its economic projections for Latin America and the Caribbbean in this press conference with the head of the fund's Western Hemisphere Department.
13 Oct 19:00 ET / 19:00 GMT
INVESTMENT-MUTUALFUNDS/LIPPER
Lipper reports weekly U.S. fund flows
Thomson Reuters Lipper reports weekly sales of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, showing what changing money flows say about asset allocations, hot and cold sectors, and the varying appeals of regions and industries.
13 Oct 20:30 ET / 20:30 GMT
CHINA-CONGRESS/ECONOMY (PIX)
As China's high-investment model cracks, Xi faces painful economic rebalancing
With the property bubble bursting, and China's spending on infrastructure boosting debt faster than growth, the world's second-largest economy needs to find other sources of demand than construction and investment.
14 Oct 23:00 ET / 23:00 GMT
CHINA-CONGRESS/ECONOMY-JOBS (PIX) (TV)
China's economic woes told through the experiences of former bar owner and job seeker
China’s economy is taking a battering as President Xi’s signature zero-COVID policy drags on. There is no end in sight as many expect the policy to continue even after the 20th Party Congress. We show how financial struggles are becoming rife in the world’s second-largest economy through the experiences of two individuals: a former bar owner who had to shut down his all bars but one, and now he is offering bar services to cater to offline events to make ends meet, and a young woman struggling to find work in the current economy.
14 Oct
USA-SEC/
Georgetown Financial Markets Quality Conference
Policymakers speak at the Financial Markets Quality Conference at Georgetown University. Speakers include SEC Chair Gary Gensler, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam, Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand, FINRA CEO Robert Cook, SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda and CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero.
14 Oct
TURKEY-ECONOMY/POLL
Reuters Poll: Turkey's long-term economic outlookReuters will publish a long term economic outlook poll for Turkey for indicators such as GDP, current account balance, inflation.
14 Oct
MEXICO-FINANCIAL/
ANALYSIS-Can Mexican non-bank lenders survive string of collapses?
An analysis of the difficulties facing Mexico's non-bank lenders, and the steps they could take to mitigate them, including attempting to become licensed banks.
14 Oct
POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
ITALY-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV)
Italian parliament convenes for first time after elections
Italy's parliament convenes for the first time since Sept. 25 general election.
13 Oct 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
USA-ELECTION/OBSERVERS
'Stop the steal' supporters train thousands of U.S. poll observers
Inside the El Paso County clerk’s office in Colorado, where officials had gathered to recount votes in a close Republican primary in June, dozens of angry poll watchers pounded on the windows, at times yelling at workers and recording them with cell phones. As the United States enters the final stretch to November’s midterm elections, Reuters documented multiple incidents of intimidation involving an expanding army of election observers, many of them recruited by prominent Republican Party figures and activists echoing former President Donald Trump’s false theories about election fraud.
13 Oct 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT
PORTUGAL-MERKEL/ (PIX) (TV)
Merkel holds news conference ahead of Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference ahead of the Gulbenkian Foundation award ceremony.
13 Oct 10:15 ET / 10:15 GMT
IMF-WORLDBANK/GERMANY
German Finance Minister Lindner, Bundesbank chief Nagel speak to reporters
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel discuss global economic and monetary policy developments at news conference in Washington.
13 Oct 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
USA-BIDEN/ (PIX) (TV)
Biden speaks in Orange County, Calif., on lowering costs
U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Orange County, Calif., and delivers remarks on lowering costs for American families. Biden then travels to Portland, Ore., and participates in grassroots volunteer event with Oregon Democrats.
14 Oct
CHINA-CONGRESS/ (PIX)
China’s Communist Party set to extend Xi’s rule as COVID, economy weigh
Xi Jinping is poised to be reappointed to a third term as head of China’s Communist Party, making him China’s most powerful leader since Mao, amid deepening economic gloom, zero-COVID fatigue and cratering relations with the West. Explanatory preview to run ahead of Oct. 16 start of the Party Congress, including what can be expected from a third term.
14 Oct
TURKEY-QATAR/
Turkey hosts high level cooperation council meeting with Qatar
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosts a meeting of the Turkey-Qatar high level cooperation council in Ankara. The two countries have close ties and Turkey is sending 1,000s of security force members to to Qatar to help secure stadiums and hotels during the World Cup at the end of this year.
14 Oct
SWEDEN-ELECTION/
Deadline for Swedish Moderate leader to form new govt
The leader of Sweden's Moderate Party has until Friday to form a new government after the right bloc won an election in early Sept. Whether the Sweden Democrats get seats in cabinet has been a big sticking point and it remains unclear what their role will be.
14 Oct
BHUTAN-SNOWMANRACE/
Bhutan holds "toughest" race on climate frontline
Dozens of runners, including some international endurance atheletes, begin a rare altitude race in Bhutan - an event, organisers say, is aimed at highlighting the climate woes of the scenic Himalayan nation encased by China and India, among the world’s top polluters.
14 Oct
USA-BIDEN/OREGON
Biden to rally support for Democratic governor candidate in Oregon
President Joe Biden travels to Oregon to rally support for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is in a tight, three-race in a state that hasn't elected a Republican governor in 40 years.
14 Oct
IMF-WORLDBANK/IIF
Institute of International Finance holds annual meeting in Washington
The Institute of International Finance (IIF), a global association of banks with about 400 members from more than 60 countries, will hold its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Speakers include:
• Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
• Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
• Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England
• Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Brian Moynihan, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America
• Nellie Liang, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
• C.S. Venkatakrishnan, Group Chief Executive, Barclays
• John Waldron, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
• Alfred Kelly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Visa Inc
• Axel Lehmann, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Credit Suisse Group AG
• Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
• Ana Botín, Executive Chairman, Banco Santander, S.A.
• Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FTX
14 Oct
CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE
UKRAINE-CRISIS/WARCRIMES (TV)
Prosecutors provide update on joint investigation into Ukraine war crimes
Top prosecutors meeting in The Hague, including Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and the International Criminal Court's Karim Khan, provide an update on their joint effort to document and put on trial perpetrators of war crimes in the conflict.
13 Oct 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT
USA-CAPITOL/SECURITY (PIX) (TV)
U.S. House panel probing Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack holds hearing
U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Capitol holds its next hearing.
13 Oct 17:00 ET / 17:00 GMT
USA-CAPITOL/SECURITY-OATH KEEPERS
Oath Keepers militia members leader face trial for seditious conspiracy over 2021 U.S. Capitol attack
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and some of his group's associates go to trial, in historic effort by Justice Department to prosecute them for seditious conspiracy charges after they stormed U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
14 Oct
ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
AWARDS-AMERICAN MUSIC/NOMINATIONS (PIX) (TV)
American Music Award nominations announced
Nominations are revealed for the American Music Awards
13 Oct 13:00 ET / 13:00 GMT
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SCIENCE
COVID SCIENCE-Latest research on the novel coronavirus
Every Monday and Thursday, Reuters will produce a roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
13 Oct 16:00 ET / 16:00 GMT
