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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/

Gaza officials say hospitals come under new Israeli attacks

GAZA/WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Gaza officials said Israel launched air strikes on or near at least three hospitals on Friday, further endangering a health system swamped with thousands of casualties and people displaced by Israel's war against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.

AUSTRALIA-TUVALU/CLIMATE

Australia signs climate, migration and security pact with Pacific's Tuvalu

SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday signed a bilateral agreement with Tuvalu, aimed at countering China's influence in the Pacific and protecting the tiny island nation from climate change.

U.S.

USA-ELECTION/MANCHIN

Democratic US Senator Joe Manchin will not seek re-election in 2024

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick who has often bucked party leadership in the past two years, said on Thursday that he will not seek re-election, hurting Democrats' chance of defending their thin Senate majority in the 2024 election.

USA-FED/

Fed's Powell, others, not ready to call policy peak

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials including Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday they are still not sure that interest rates are high enough to finish the battle with inflation, with Powell cautioning that the Fed may get little further help in taming price increases from improvements in the supply of goods, services and labor.

BUSINESS

META PLATFORMS-CHINA/

Meta strikes deal with Tencent to sell VR headset in China - WSJ

Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Tencent Holdings to sell a new, low-cost virtual-reality (VR) headset in China, as it tries to return to a market where Facebook and Instagram remain blocked, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

CHINA-PROPERTY/DEBT-COUNTRYGARDEN

Long before rescue talks, Country Garden struggled to build homes, pay bills

BEIJING/HONG KONG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - When China's largest developer Country Garden first skipped debt payments in August, its shares tumbled 14%, marking a reversal of fortunes: from industry poster child to another troubled property company struggling to pay its creditors.

ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-DUA LIPA/

Dua Lipa launches new single with London fan event

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Dua Lipa dropped her new single "Houdini" on Thursday, celebrating the launch with a secretive fan event in London.

SPORTS

TENNIS-BRISBANE/OSAKA

Osaka to make tour return at Brisbane International

SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Former world number one Naomi Osaka will return to the WTA tour after a break of 15 months at the Brisbane International warm up for the Australian Open in January, organisers said on Friday.

RUGBY-UNION-IRL/

Ireland's Conway retires at 32 due to knee injury

Ireland wing Andrew Conway has retired from professional rugby at the age of 32 due to a knee injury, his club Munster said on Thursday.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-ANAESTHETICS (PIX) (TV)

Screams and verses of the Koran as Gazans endure procedures without anaesthetic

Doctors speak of performing procedures on injured patients without anaesthetic, as the Gaza enclave struggles with severe shortage in medical supplies

10 Nov 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/UN-RIGHTS (TV)

U.N. rights chief brief media after his visit Egypt and Jordan

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk will brief media by video from Amman, after his visit to Egypt and Jordan.

10 Nov 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

UKRAINE-CRISIS/GERMANY (PIX) (TV)

German Chancellor Scholz speaks at Bundeswehr conference

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Lithuania's Chief of Defence speak at military conference in Berlin

10 Nov 02:20 ET / 07:20 GMT

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/UN (PIX)

U.N. Security Council to meet on the war between Israel and Hamas

U.N. Security Council to meet on the war between Israel and Hamas.

10 Nov 15:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

THAILAND-ECONOMY/ (PIX)

Thai PM to decide way forward for signature "digital wallet" handout policy

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin meets with a special committee to decide the way forward for his Pheu Thai Party's signature "digital wallet", its populist promise to voters that would see $15 billion of digital handouts divided up into lump-sum payments of $280 to about 56 million Thais. The government has yet to come up with a way to fund or implement it and economists say it could have a negative impact on the economy.

10 Nov 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

MARKETS-FLOWS/BAML

Bank of America weekly "Flow Show"

A weekly look at global investor flows from Bank of America Global Research.

10 Nov 05:30 ET / 10:30 GMT

USA-BEEF/EXPORTS

As US cattle herd shrinks, meat companies like Tyson boost beef imports and export less

The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the size of the nation's cattle herd to the lowest level in decades, tightening margins for U.S. meat companies like Tyson Foods. Analysts expect Tyson to post lower beef margins when it reports earnings on Monday.

10 Nov 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

USA-FED/LOGAN

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Logan speaks at Frankfurt ECB conference

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan speaks before the European Central Bank Conference on Money Markets 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany.

10 Nov 07:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

USA-OIL/SERVICES (PIX)

US oilfield firms offer dour views as shale budgets dwindle

Oilfield service companies that cater to U.S. shale oil and gas producers are turning sour on fourth quarter demand, with clients keeping a tight grip on their wallets after largely exhausting their 2023 budgets.

10 Nov 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-FED/BOSTIC

Federal Reserve's Bostic speaks in Mobile, Alabama

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic speaks on "Economic Mobility and Challenges in the Community" before the Mobile Chamber of Commerce, in Mobile, Ala.

10 Nov 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-ECONOMY/ (PIX) (TV)

US ECRI weekly

10 Nov 10:30 ET / 15:30 GMT

PERU-ECONOMY/CENBANK

Peru central bank call on monetary policy

10 Nov 12:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-RIGS/BAKERHUGHES (GRAPHIC)

U.S. weekly oil and gas rig count data released by Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes releases weekly data detailing the number of oil and gas rigs deployed in the United States & Canada.

10 Nov 13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT

USA-FED/DALY

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Daly appears on CNBC

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly participates in live interview on CNBC.

10 Nov 13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

PHILIPPINES-DEFENCE/

Philippines' House Speaker is guest at defence forum

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is guest speaker at a forum organised by the National Defense College of the Phlippines

10 Nov 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-GRAMMYS/NOMINATIONS (TV)

Nominations are announced for the music industry’s Grammy awards.

Nominations are announced for the music industry’s Grammy awards.

10 Nov 11:00 ET / 16:00 GMT