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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/

Israel faces growing isolation, Biden criticism, as Gaza deaths mount

CAIRO/GAZA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war in Gaza on as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and U.S. President Joe Biden said "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians was costing international support.

CLIMATE-UN/

Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels

DUBAI, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, a first of its kind deal signaling the eventual end of the oil age.

U.S.

UKRAINE-CRISIS/USA-ZELENSKIY

Zelenskiy meets Republican doubts in push for US aid to fight Russia

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden warned Republicans on Tuesday that they would give Russia a "Christmas gift" if they failed to provide additional military aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose meeting with a top U.S. lawmaker concluded without a commitment for more support.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-EDUCATION

Harvard board backs university president after congressional remarks

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Harvard University's governing board declared its support for the Ivy League school's president on Tuesday, a day after meeting to weigh the public backlash following remarks she made at last week's congressional hearing on antisemitism.

BUSINESS

EU-TECH/

Google, Meta, Qualcomm team up to push for open digital ecosystems

Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms, Qualcomm and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed up to push for open digital ecosystems in response to new EU tech rules in a move that may also take the edge of possible future legislation.

INDITEX-RESULTS/

Zara owner Inditex reports strong holiday sales and lifts margin outlook

MADRID, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Zara owner Inditex reported strong holiday season trading with sales up 14% in the six weeks to Dec. 11 and raised its margin outlook for the year, helping push its shares to an all-time high on Wednesday.

ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE

PEOPLE-ANDRE BRAUGHER/

Actor Andre Braugher, star of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', dead at 61

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Two-time Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, star of the television comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and the 1990s police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," died on Monday after a brief illness, his publicist said on Tuesday. He was 61.

POPE-BURIAL/

Pope wants to simplify papal funeral rites, be buried outside Vatican

VATICAN CITY, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican's pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a pontiff and be the first one to be buried outside the Vatican in more than a century.

SPORTS

GOLF-PGA TOUR/

PGA members demand information about Tour's future

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Golfers playing for the PGA Tour have demanded more information about the potential impact of capital tie-ups being discussed, saying they had been "kept entirely in the dark" about the organization's future.

CRICKET-TEST-AUS-PAK/

'Not political', Khawaja to fight Gaza message ban

PERTH, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Australia batsman Usman Khawaja believes the statements he wrote on his shoes in support of the people of Gaza were not political and said he would fight the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s ruling that he cannot display them while playing.

UPCOMING

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

GERMANY-BUDGET/ (PIX) (TV)

German Chancellor Scholz, Economy Minister Habeck, Finance Minister Lindner to present 2024 budget

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner give statement on long awaited budget

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-CHINA/CHIPS-MILITARY

INSIGHT-China chip firm powered by US tech and money avoids Biden's crackdown

A Chinese chip designer, part-owned by the country's top sanctioned chipmaker, is purchasing U.S. software and has American financial backing, relationships that underscore the difficulty Washington faces enforcing new rules meant to block American support for Beijing's semiconductor industry.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-FED/ (PIX)

Fed likely to hold rates steady, signal couple of cuts in 2024

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged for a third straight time, but also signal that a pivot to monetary policy easing will neither come soon nor be sharp, given inflation's bumpy progress downward.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-AUTOS/AUTONOMOUS

ANALYSIS-Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite robotaxi scrutiny

A quest for lower costs and efficiently moving goods and groups of people is pushing demand for driverless technology in trucks and shuttles, even as robotaxis battle renewed doubts after an accident involving a General Motors Cruise car.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

PANAMA-CANAL/TANKERS (PIX)

Fuel tankers face a long slog as Panama Canal drought reroutes flows

Petroleum tanker Cururo is taking the long way from Houston to Chile: sailing the length of South America's east coast, across the Strait of Magellan and heading up the west coast before discharging.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

BRAZIL-ECONOMY/SERVICES

Brazil-Service Sector Growth

Brazilian statistics agency IBGE releases service activity figures relative to October. Economists polled by Reuters forecast them to show a 0.4% growth from the previous year.

13 Dec 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

DOLLARAMA-RESULTS/

Dollarama Inc Q3 2024 Earnings

Canadian discount retailer Dollarama Inc is expected to post a slightly higher than expected rise in third-quarter sales, due to robust demand for essential items like groceries in a challenging economy. Investors will be looking at the impact of labor and supply chain costs, along with insights into discretionary spending trends ahead of the holiday season.

13 Dec 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

USA-SEC/TREASURIES

US SEC votes on Treasury market clearing agency standards

The Securities and Exchange Commission votes on a proposal to cut risk in the market for U.S. Treasuries that would require central clearinghouses to process all their members’ collateralized repo and reverse repo transactions, following years illiquidity and funding crises.

13 Dec 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

AUTOS-GM/CEO (PIX)

GM CEO Mary Barra speaks in DC

Barra speaks in DC, likely about Cruise, costs, labor.

13 Dec 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

USA-TREASURY/AUCTION

Treasury Dept. sells 17-week bills

Treasury Dept. sells 17-week bills

13 Dec 12:30 ET / 16:30 GMT

USA-AAR/LOADINGS

AAR issues weekly traffic of major railroads

Association of American Railroads issues its weekly traffic of major railroads data.

13 Dec 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-ECONOMY/FED (PIX) (TV)

United States-Fed policy decision

Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds news conference after release of U.S. Fed policy decision.

13 Dec 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHINA

Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China

With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping away to study long COVID from possibly hundreds of millions of infections in that country.

14 Dec 20:00 ET / 00:00 GMT

PHILIPPINES-ENERGY/ (TV)

Philippines' energy minister holds press conference

Philippines' Energy Secretary Raphael Perpetuo Lotilla holds press conference.

14 Dec 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT

COLOMBIA-RATES/

Reuters Poll-Analyst outlook on Colombia's interest rate decision

Analysts give their outlook on the Colombian central bank's interest rate decision.

14 Dec

GRAINS-ARGENTINA/EXCHANGE

Buenos Aires Grains Exchange publishes weekly crop forecast report

14 Dec

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-AMERICAN FICTION/ (TV)

"American Fiction" explores going beyond stereotype to true self

The cast of "American Fiction" discuss the family trauma and desire for acceptance that the characters experience throughout the film.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-ELECTION/POLL-ISSUES

Reuters/Ipsos poll looks at US voters appetite for Biden, Trump

Reuters/Ipsos polling looks at Americans' support for the policy agendas of Democratic President Joe Biden and the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge him in 2024, former President Donald Trump. Issues include the border, aid to Ukraine, school vouchers and abortion rights.

13 Dec 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

AUSTRIA-POLITICS/

Weekly Austrian cabinet meeting Ministers hold a news conference after Austria's weekly cabinet meeting.

13 Dec 07:15 ET / 11:15 GMT

GERMANY-POLITICS/SCHOLZ (PIX) (TV)

German Chancellor Scholz addresses parliament on upcoming EU summit

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a 20 minute-long speech to the Bundestag, or the lower house of parliament, on the two-day EU summit due to start on Thursday, with Ukraine, the Middle East and EU enlargement expected to be on the agenda.

13 Dec 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

UN-REFUGEES/PRESSER (PIX) (TV)

UN refugee chief brief media on first day of Global Refugee Forum

U.N. High commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi is expected to give a news conference to brief media on the start of the world's largest international gathering on refugee issues takes place in Geneva. The event takes place every four years and is expected to be attended by heads of state and ministers as well as refugees, humanitarian experts, academics and experts.

13 Dec 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-TRUMP/GIULIANI (PIX) (TV)

Rudy Giuliani in court for defamation lawsuit filed by two Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani is expected in court to face a defamation lawsuit brought against by two Georgia election workers who assert the former attorney of Donald Trump engineered a campaign of harassment and intimidation as part of the effort to overturn the 2020 election.

13 Dec 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-BIDEN/IMPEACHMENT

US House Republicans ready vote to formalize Biden impeachment inquiry

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives as soon as Wednesday is expected to vote to formalize its impeachment inquiry of Democratic President Joe Biden, whose son Hunter Biden has been called to testify.

13 Dec 10:30 ET / 14:30 GMT

USA-MUTUALFUNDS/ICI (PIX) (TV)

ICI reports weekly fund flows

The Investment Company Institute reports weekly flows into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

13 Dec 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

TAIWAN-ELECTION/VETERANS (PIX) (TV)

WIDER IMAGE-Taiwan's last generation to fight China

Aged over 90 years old, a group of veterans in Taiwan who are the last and only remaining generation that had fought in war against China in the 1940s and 50s warned against the danger of yet another war with its powerful neighbour, as an election of what politicians and analysts call the ‘choice between war and peace’ is set to take place in January 2024.

13 Dec 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/RAMASWAMY

Ramaswamy appears on CNN's Republican Presidential Town Hall

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy participates in town hall aired by CNN.

13 Dec 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT

VENEZUELA-GUYANA/ (PIX) (TV)

Venezuela, Guyana presidents to meet amid territorial dispute

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali will meet in St. Vincent and the Grenadines amid high tensions over a border dispute.

14 Dec

FINLAND-NATO/USA

Finland is expected to publish its defence cooperation agreement with the United States

Finland's government is expected to publish on Thursday the text of its defence cooperation agreement with the Unites States, which will serve as a rulebook for U.S. military presence and aid in Finland as the NATO military alliance's newest member. The agreement will be signed by both countries in Washington on Dec. 18.

14 Dec

YEAR-END/USA-ABORTION (PIX) (TV)

YEARENDER-Abortion and reproductive rights

What the legal and political developments around women's rights means for 2024

14 Dec

SENEGAL-POLITICS/

Senegal court to rule on appeal of opposition candidate Sonko banned from election

A court in Senegal's capital Dakar is expected to rule on an

appeal by opposition presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko who has been struck from the electoral register for charges including insurrection, a case that has triggered unrest in the West African nation.

14 Dec

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

NORDICS-SECURITY/ (TV)

Nordic leaders meet in Oslo to discuss security

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere will host a Nordic summit in Oslo to discuss regional cooperation on security and defence with President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

13 Dec 08:15 ET / 12:15 GMT

CHINA-MILITARY/INDIANOCEAN (PIX)

INSIGHT-China's Indian Ocean vulnerabilities cloud Taiwan scenarios

More than a decade since China's navy started its first historic forays into the Indian Ocean, the region looms as a potential military vulnerability for Beijing in any protracted conflict with the West over Taiwan.

14 Dec

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

SPACE-EXPLORATION/SPACEPLANE (PIX) (TV)

US military spaceplane poised awaits new date for 7th launch, first atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy

After canceling the Monday (December 11) night launch of the U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane, SpaceX did not immediately say when it would try again. The mission's next launch opportunity is Tuesday (December 12) night.

13 Dec 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

SPORTS

SPORT-YEARENDER/US SPORTS

International Expansion in US Sports: Doubling Down on Global Plans

Investigating the concerted efforts of U.S. sports to expand their international presence, this piece explores the strategies and initiatives driving this global push.

14 Dec