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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/IRAN

Israeli military vows response to Iran attack as calls for restraint mount

JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters)-Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.

USA-CONGRESS/UKRAINE

Ukraine, Israel aid to hit US House floor as separate bills soon

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate legislation this week, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, more than two months after the Senate passed a bill combining the two.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-TRIAL

Jury selection under way in historic Trump criminal trial

NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - The judge in Donald Trump's trial dismissed dozens of potential New York City jurors on Monday who said they could not fairly decide whether the 2024 Republican presidential candidate illegally covered up a hush money payment to a porn star.

VENEZUELA-SANCTIONS/USA

US ties renewal of easing of Venezuela oil sanctions to progress on elections

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson saidon Monday, three days before the license is to expire.

BUSINESS

TESLA-LAYOFFS/

Tesla laying off more than 10% of staff globally as sales fall

BERLIN, April 15 (Reuters) - Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs).

MICROSOFT-G42/INVESTMENT

Microsoft to invest $1.5 bln in Emirati AI firm G42, takes minority stake

Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42, giving the U.S. tech giant a minority stake and a seat on the board, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday.

ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-RUST/SHOOTING

'Rust' armorer sentenced to 18 months in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 15 (Reuters) - Hannah Gutierrez, the chief weapons handler for the Western movie "Rust," was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot when actor Alec Baldwin was handling a gun during the film's production in 2021.

SPORTS

SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE-EVE/REPORT

Perfect Palmer hits four as Chelsea thrash woeful Everton 6-0

LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer scored four goals, including a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes, as his side hammered Everton 6-0 on Monday to maintain their push for a European spot and leave the visitors still hovering above the relegation zone.

TENNIS-BARCELONA/

Alcaraz uncertain about Madrid title defence due to arm injury

World number three Carlos Alcaraz has cast doubt on his Madrid Open title defence later this month as the Spaniard nurses a right arm injury that has forced him to miss key tune-up events for the French Open.

UPCOMING

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

BOSNIA-MINE/TOWN (PIX) (TV)

A silver mine revives neglected Bosnian town

After five years abroad, Anto Marcic has returned to his village near the town of Vares in Bosnia and Herzegovina and opened a transportation firm that is flattening a new mountain road connecting to neighboring settlements. He is one of many who have returned to the area in the last two years after the development of a new silver, lead and barite mine, reviving an area once hit by war and economic decline.

16 Apr 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

GERMANY-ECONOMY/LIBERALS

FDP Economy Congress

Coalition party FDP will hold an Economy Congress in Berlin, Finance Minister Christian Lindner to participate

16 Apr 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

USA-FED/POWELL (PIX)

Fed's Powell, Jefferson to square 'restrictive' policy with strong data

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Vice Chair Philip Jefferson will make what are likely to be their last public comments before the U.S. central bank's next meeting, as they try to reconcile a gravity-defying economy with their assessment that monetary policy is "restrictive" and inflation likely on its way down.

16 Apr 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

JOHNSON&JOHNSON-RESULTS/

Johnson & Johnson reports Q1 results

Johnson & Johnson will report its first-quarter results before markets open. Investors will look for any updates to the company's 2024 forecast, the performance of its key drugs including Crohn's disease drug Stelara, which will face competition from near copies in some international markets this year. Focus will also be on J&J's deal strategy and trends in its medical device unit.

16 Apr 06:20 ET / 10:20 GMT

NORTHERN TRUST-RESULTS/

Q1 2024 Northern Trust Corp Earnings Release

Northern Trust is expected to post a drop in first-quarter profit on Tuesday as higher funding costs are expected to weigh on the asset and wealth manager's interest income. Analysts and investors will watchout to see if the company continued its momentum after generating positive total inflows in the previous quarter.

16 Apr 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

STELLANTIS-AGM/

Stellantis holds shareholders' meeting

The Netherlands-headquarterd carmaker holds its annual shareholders meeting (ATM), whith investors called to approve CEO Carlos Tavares' compensation package in a consultive-only vote

16 Apr 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

MORGAN STANLEY-RESULTS/

Q1 2024 Morgan Stanley Earnings Release

Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO).

16 Apr 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

CANADA-ECONOMY/INFLATION

Canada-Inflation

16 Apr 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

BOFAML-RESULTS/

Q1 2024 Bank of America Corp Earnings Release

Estimated time. Expected before market open (BMO).

16 Apr 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

USA-FED/JEFFERSON

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Jefferson speaks on "Monetary Policy During Periods of Uncertainty"

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson speaks on "Monetary Policy During Periods of Uncertainty" before the International Research Forum on Monetary Policy hosted by the Federal Reserve, in Washington.

16 Apr 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

USA-TREASURY/ANNOUNCEMENT

Treasury Dept. announces weekly sales of 4-, 8- and 17-week bills

Treasury Dept. announces weekly sales of 4-, 8- and 17-week bills

16 Apr 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

USA-FED/BARKIN

Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Barkin speaks on economic outlook

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin speaks on the economic outlook before the Rotary Club of Winston-Salem, in Winston-Salem, N.C.

16 Apr 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

CANADA-BUDGET/ (PIX)

Canada to present 2024-25 budget to parliament

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the 2024-25 budget to parliament on April 16.

16 Apr 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

UNITED ARLNS-RESULTS/

Q1 2024 United Airlines Holdings Inc Earnings Release

United Airlines is expected to report a loss in the first quarter due to the grounding of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes following a mid-air cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Air flight in January. With Boeing grappling with a safety crisis, the focus will be on the airline's plans to mitigate the fallout for its growth plans.

16 Apr 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

CANADA-BUDGET/DEBT

Canada sets out its borrowing plans for the current fiscal year

Canada releases its debt management strategy document which sets out the government's borrowing plans for the current fiscal year. Investors could be asked to absorb record levels of debt as the government buys billions of dollars of mortgage bonds, debt issued during the pandemic matures and the Bank of Canada continues with its quantitative tightening program.

16 Apr 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

BANORTE-RESULTS/

Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte posts first-quarter results

Grupo Financiero Banorte, one of Mexico's largest financial companies, is expected to publish its first-quarter results after market close.

16 Apr 18:00 ET / 22:00 GMT

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-ELECTION

ANALYSIS-Will Trump's hush money trial hurt or help his White House bid?

When Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg indicted Donald Trump in March 2023 over hush money payments to a porn star, it turbocharged the former president's White House campaign. Polls show if Trump becomes a convicted felon, many Republicans say they won't vote for him in November. But are those voters really referring to this case, considered the weakest of the four indictments against him? We speak to strategists and pollsters to guage whether Trump might actually be able to take advantage of the Bragg case even if he is convicted, and especially if he is acquitted.

16 Apr 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

KOSOVO-BLAIR/ (PIX) (TV)

Kosovo to honour Tony Blair with a statue over war role

A city in Kosovo will put a statue of Tony Blair as a way to thank him for his role in persuading NATO leaders in 1999 to bomb Serbia which ended the ethnic war and open the way for Kosovo to become independent nearly a decade later. In recent years, Kosovar parents have turned to political leaders for naming inspiration, changing the monikers to the Albanian tongue.

Today there are many people named "Tonibler" after the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as well as "Ollbrajt" after U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

16 Apr 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-ANTISEMITISM

Anti-Defamation League releases new data on antisemitic incidents in the US in 2023

Next Tuesday (April 16), ADL will release the final and complete 2023 data from its annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents and hold a press conference to discuss the findings. The briefing will feature remarks from Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO, and Oren Segal, VP of the ADL Center on Extremism. Also joining will be Meredith Weisel, Director of ADL’s Washington D.C. Regional Office and a family from that region who experienced antisemitism first-hand in the past year. The Audit’s year-in-review assessment will show the level of antisemitic incidents across the United States in 2023. These include incidents of assault, vandalism, and harassment.

16 Apr 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

IMF-WORLDBANK/FINANCIAL-STABILITY

IMF releases semiannual Global Financial Stability report

The International Monetary Fund will release its semiannual Global Financial Stability Report, followed up by a press conference with IMF officials.

16 Apr 06:15 ET / 10:15 GMT

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/IRAN-TURKEY

Turkey's Erdogan chairs cabinet meeting, Iran/Israel likely to be high on agenda

President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a meeting of Turkey's cabinet of ministers, with issues on the agenda set to be the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, last month's local elections and efforts to combat high inflation. Erdogan is expected to make a statement after the meeting.

16 Apr 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

COLOMBIA-PEACE/ (PIX) (TV)

Divisions among Colombia's EMC rebels fracture peace talks, rebel leader and government say

A majority of the units that make up Colombia's Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group have abandoned peace negotiations with the government because of internal divisions, according to a rebel leader and the head government peace negotiator, as observers warn the fissures could worsen violence and put civilians at risk.

16 Apr 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

IMF-WORLDBANK/OUTLOOK (TV)

World Economic Outlook is released

The World Economic Outlook and the Global Financial Stability Report are released ahead of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.

16 Apr 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

USA-CONGRESS/GARLAND

U.S. Attorney General Garland to testify before House appropriations panel

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify on Tuesday before a House appropriations panel, where he is expected to ask for more financial resources for the Justice Department.

16 Apr 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

IMF-WORLDBANK/BAILEY

BoE's Bailey speaks to IMF in an online event

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks to the IMF via an online event.

16 Apr 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

USA-BIDEN/APPROVAL

Reuters/Ipsos poll on US President Joe Biden's public approval

Reuters/Ipsos publishes polling on Americans' approval of U.S. President Joe Biden's job performance.

16 Apr 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK (PIX) (TV)

Donald Trump's criminal trial over hush money payment

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to a porn star continues in New York.

16 Apr 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-COURT/CAPITOL-ATTACK

US Supreme Court weighs challenge to Jan. 6 obstruction charge

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over whether a man involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol assault can be charged with obstructing an official proceeding, a case with potential implications for the prosecution of Donald Trump.

16 Apr 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT