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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-USA-ZELENSKIY

Russia says Patriot missiles for Kyiv won't help settle Ukraine conflict

Russia said on Thursday that U.S. supplies of Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, announced during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, would not contribute to settling the conflict or prevent Russia from achieving its goals.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHINA

Shanghai hospital warns of 'tragic battle' as COVID spreads

A Shanghai hospital has told its staff to prepare for a "tragic battle" with COVID-19 as it expects half of the city's 25 million people will get infected by the end of next week, while the virus sweeps through China largely unchecked.

U.S.

USA-FED/REFORM

Republican senators propose overhaul of Federal Reserve amid concerns about politics

Seven Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday announced a new bill aimed at reshaping the Federal Reserve's 12 regional banks, amid concerns that those institutions have become too political.

USA-CAPITOL/SECURITY

U.S. Capitol riot committee delays releasing final report on assault by Trump backers

The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it would delay by at least one day the release of its final report outlining the case that former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges of inciting the deadly riot.

BUSINESS

FINTECH-CRYPTO/FTX-EXTRADITION

Two Bankman-Fried associates plead guilty to fraud as FTX founder heads to U.S.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left the Bahamas on Wednesday on a U.S.-bound flight to face fraud charges as federal prosecutors announced that two of his former associates had pleaded guilty to similar charges and were now cooperating with the government.

TESLA-USA/EXECUTIVES

Tesla sends Shanghai boss and aides to jumpstart U.S. output

Tesla Inc's TSLA.O China chief Tom Zhu and a team of his reports has been brought in to troubleshoot production issues in the United States, fueling talk among colleagues he is being groomed for a bigger role at a time when Chief Executive Elon Musk has been distracted by Twitter.

ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-WOMEN TALKING/

In 'Women Talking,' Mennonite women find voice on sexual assault

The film “Women Talking” follows eight Mennonite women who struggle over how to respond to continual sexual assaults from the men in their insular religious community.

SPORTS

SOCCER-ENGLAND-MCI-LIV/

Guardiola says Man City reign incomplete without Champions League success

Manager Pep Guardiola said his spell at Manchester City "will not be complete" unless he wins the Champions League with the club.

RUGBY-ITALY/ RACISM

Italy's Traore calls out team mates over 'offensive' Christmas present

A Black Italian rugby player accused his team mates of racism on Wednesday after they gave him a "rotten banana" during a 'Secret Santa' anonymous gift exchange.

UPCOMING

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

ENERGY-CRISIS/ITALY-WILD (PIX) (TV)

WIDER IMAGE - No energy worries for Italy's 'harmonious walnut tribe'

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, does not crave the bright city lights. Indeed he has no use for electric light and for more than half a century has lived entirely off the grid. That makes him one of the few people in Europe unconcerned about rising energy costs this winter.

22 Dec 11:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

MEXICO-ECONOMY/INFLATION

Mexico-Inflation

22 Dec 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

YEAR-END/LATAM (PIX)

YEARENDER-Latin America's 'pink tide' may have hit its high-water mark

Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region's second "pink tide" in two decades. However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the wave may have crested. A look back at the region in 2022.

22 Dec 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

USA-ECONOMY/GDP

United States-GDP Final

The U.S. reports gross domestic product data.

22 Dec 13:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-TREASURY/ANNOUNCEMENT

US Treasury announces sales: 3- & 6-month, 52-week bills; 2-year FRNs; 2-, 5- & 7-year notes

US Treasury announces sales: 3- & 6-month, 52-week bills; 2-year FRNs; 2-, 5- & 7-year notes.

22 Dec 16:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

USA-MORTGAGES/FREDDIEMAC

Freddie Mac releases weekly report on U.S. mortgage rates

Freddie Mac releases a weekly survey report on U.S. mortgage interest rates.

22 Dec 17:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-TREASURY/AUCTION

Treasury Dept. sells 5-year TIPS

Treasury Dept. sells 5-year TIPS.

22 Dec 18:00 ET / 18:00 GMT

ARGENTINA-UNEMPLOYMENT/

Argentina due to release unemployment figures for the third quarter

22 Dec 18:30 ET / 18:30 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.

22 Dec 21:30 ET / 21:30 GMT

SRI LANKA-CRISIS/HEALTH (PIX) (TV)

WIDER IMAGE - Cancer patients struggle with rising cost of care in the devastating crisis in Sri Lanka

Cancer care foists a substantial financial burden on patients and their families in many countries. Crisis-hit Sri Lankan cancer patients and their families are suffering more than before in the rising cost of care.

22 Dec 23:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

COHERUS-FDA/

FDA's decision on Coherus BioSciences' cancer drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide by Friday whether to allow the use of approved Coherus Biosciences' experimental treatment based on China-only trials for patients with an aggressive type of head and neck cancer.

23 Dec

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-ELECTION/LAMBERT (PIX)

One lawyer's rise from obscurity to the vanguard of Trump's election-denial movement

Before the 2020 election, Stefanie Lambert was scratching out a living as a criminal defense lawyer in Detroit. Through a mix of circumstance, moxie and financial opportunism, she’s emerged as a leader among the coterie of attorneys challenging Trump's loss and the integrity of U.S. elections Third in a three-part series on the origins and evolution of the election-denial movement.

22 Dec 11:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

KOSOVO-SERBS/PROTEST (PIX) (TV)

Serbs in north of Kosovo to protest against Pristina government

Serbs in north part of Kosovo will protest near the town of Mitrovica, close to a roadblock, which they have set up thirteen days ago to stop Kosovo police to patrol in that part.

22 Dec 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

UKRAINE-CRISIS/ENERGOATOM (PIX)

Interview with Petro Kotin, head of Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom

Interview with Petro Kotin, head of Energoatom, on whether Russia will leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the latest on the IAEA proposal for a safety zone around that plant, and what he would like from the United States.

22 Dec 13:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-CONGRESS/PELOSI

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi holds news conference

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) conducts press conference.

22 Dec 15:45 ET / 15:45 GMT

BOSNIA-PRESIDENCY/PM

Bosnia's presidency due to approve candidate for the job of prime minister

Bosnia's tripatite inter-ethnic presidency is expeced to officially approve Borjana Kristo, a senior official of the Croat largest HDZ party, as Prime Minister-designate in the national government.

22 Dec 17:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-BIDEN/

Biden visits Children’s National Hospital

U.S. President Joe Biden visits patients and families and thanks nurses and staff at Children’s National Hospital in Washington.

23 Dec

CHINA-MACAU/

Macau leader visits Beijing Dec 21-24

Macau chief executive Ho Iat Seng visits Chinese capital Beijing on Dec. 21-24,

23 Dec

CHINA-HONGKONG/

Hong Kong leader visits Beijing Dec 21-24

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee visits Chinese capital Beijing on Dec. 21-24.

23 Dec

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

UKRAINE-CRISIS/AIR DEFENCE (PIX) (TV)

Inside Ukraine's desperate battle to keep Russian missiles at bay

Ukraine's armed forces are working around the clock to intercept as many incoming Russian missiles and drones as they can to limit the damage done to the country's energy system. They succeed in shooting down most, but enough are getting through to cause extensive damage to the power grid, make civilians' lives a misery and severely impact the economy.

22 Dec 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

SPACE-EXPLORATION/LEAK

NASA, Roscosmos give update on leaky Soyuz capsule parked at space station

NASA and Roscosmos hold joint briefing in Washington to give an update on the ongoing investigation into the external coolant leak from a Soyuz capsule docked at the International Space Station that forced cancellation of a spacewalk last week.

22 Dec 16:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHINA-SELF QUARANTINE (PIX) (TV)

COVID positive Shanghai family share life under quarantine

"It's a situation we need to face sooner or later", Shanghai family embrace COVID. Shanghai resident Yang Zengdong shares her quarantine life at home with family.

23 Dec

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHINA-REOPENING (PIX) (TV)

China had no pandemic Plan B. Now, its people are paying the price.

China’s sudden and rapid policy shift to living with COVID-19 after three years has left it scrambling to avert a collapse to its public health system.

23 Dec 01:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

NEPAL-COURT/SOBHRAJ-FRANCE (PIX)

Serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj set to return to France Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, is expected to arrive back in France. Nepal's Supreme Court ordered his release a year before he could complete his 20-year sentence.

23 Dec

TURKEY-SECURITY/TRIAL (PIX)

Turkish court to hold first hearing in trial of medical assn head on "terrorist propaganda" charge

Turkish court to hold first hearing in trial of the Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur Fincanci, who is accused of "spreading terrorist group propaganda" and insulting Turkish institutions for her comments on the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Turkish armed forces.

23 Dec