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GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-MILITARY (PIX, TV)

Israel reduces troops in south Gaza, Egypt to host new talks

JERUSALEM/CAIRO April 7 (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it

had withdrawn more soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one

brigade, as it and Hamas sent teams to Egypt for fresh talks on

a potential ceasefire in the six-month conflict.

ECUADOR-MEXICO/DIPLOMATS (PIX)

Mexico welcomes home Ecuador embassy staff after armed raid

MEXICO CITY, April 7 (Reuters) - Mexico welcomed the return

of its Ecuador embassy personnel on Sunday, two days after

police raided the facility in an act that triggered an abrupt

diplomatic break while provoking global shock and condemnation

of the South American nation.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-TRIAL (PIX)

Trump: it would be 'great honor' to go to jail for violating

gag order

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald

Trump said it would be "my great honor" to go to jail for

violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his

upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to

a porn star.

USA-INTERNET/PRIVACY (URGENT, PIX)

US lawmakers reach deal on data privacy legislation,

aides say

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - Two key lawmakers have

reached a deal on bipartisan data privacy legislation that would

restrict consumer data that technology companies can collect and

give Americans the power to prevent selling of personal

information or compel its deletion, aides said on Sunday.

BUSINESS

SOUTHWEST-FLIGHT/FAA (PIX)

US FAA to investigate loss of engine cowling on Southwest

Boeing 737-800

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation

Administration on Sunday said it would investigate after an

engine cowling on a Southwest Airlines LUV.N Boeing 737-800 fell

off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap.

TWITTER-BRAZIL/ (PIX)

Musk challenges Brazil's order to block certain X accounts

BRASILIA, April 7 (Reuters) - Elon Musk is challenging a

decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his

social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to block

certain accounts, and he called on Sunday for the judge's

resignation.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

USA-LOTTERY/ (UPDATE 1)

Powerball player wins $1.3 billion jackpot

April 7 (Reuters) - A ticket sold in Oregon has won

Powerball jackpot of more than $1.3 billion, the eighth largest

in U.S. history.

SPORTS

SOCCER-ENGLAND-SHU-CHE/REPORT (UPDATE 2, PIX)

Soccer-Sheffield United's McBurnie grabs late equaliser in

2-2 Chelsea draw

SHEFFIELD, England, April 7 (Reuters) - Sheffield United

striker Ollie McBurnie snatched a stoppage-team equaliser to

secure a 2-2 draw at home to Chelsea in his side's battle for

Premier League survival on Sunday.

TENNIS-CHARLESTON/

Tennis-Collins keeps up winning run in farewell season by

claiming Charleston title

April 7 (Reuters) - Danielle Collins captured the Charleston

Open title on Sunday with a dominant 6-2 6-1 victory over fourth

seed Daria Kasatkina, extending her sensational winning run to

13 matches in her final season on the WTA Tour.

UPCOMING EVENTS

USA-JAPAN/

U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Japan's Prime Minister Fumio

Kishida and Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos this week,

deepening defense and economic ties to combat worries about

China's might and fallout from the Ukraine and Middle East wars.

Reporter: David Brunnstrom, Trevor Hunnicutt

Editor: Don Durfee

SOLAR-ECLIPSE/USA

The moon will blot out the sun for more than four minutes

across a highly populated swath of the U.S. and Canada during a

total solar eclipse on Monday, and tens of millions of star

gazers will turn their eyes toward the heavens for an astral

experience describe as rapture-like for those who have witnesses

before. Key viewing areas - from little Fredericksburg in the

Texas hill country, to both sides of the border around the

Niagara Falls, have seen a massive influx of enthusiastic

visitors ready for a transcendental time.

Reporter: Brad Brooks

Editor: Donna Bryson, Paul Thomasch

USA-ELECTION/BIDEN

U.S. President Biden travels to Madison, Wisconsin to

discuss lowering costs for Americans, then to Chicago for

campaign reception.

Editor: Heather Timmons

UBS-REGULATION/

Since UBS rescued its stricken rival Credit Suisse a year

ago, it has been waiting to hear how authorities will protect

Switzerland from the risk of the country's only remaining big

bank also imploding. It is about to find out.

Reporter: Oliver Christian Hirt

Editor: Dave Graham, Kirsten Donovan

CLIMATE-CHANGE/EUROPE-LITIGATION

What are the three cases before the European Court of Human

Rights this week, and how could they set the precedent for

future climate cases?

Reporter: Gloria Dickie

Editor: Katy Daigle

HSBC-EUROPE/GROWTH

HSBC's European chief is betting on a bounce in Asian corporate

expansion and rising wealth across the region to boost his

unit's contribution to group revenues in 2024, after a

multi-year reboot of the business from laggard to profit engine.

Reporter: Lawrence White, Sinead Cruise

USA-OIL/OUTPUT

U.S. crude oil prices have climbed to their highest this

year, but a weak natural gas market, steeper costs and a focus

on shareholder returns over new production are keeping shale

drillers from big output increases in the world's top oil and

gas producer.

Reporter: Liz Hampton

HUBSPOT-M&A/ALPHABET-ANTITRUST

Google parent Alphabet's possible acquisition of

marketing software company HubSpot ( HUBS ) would likely spark

opposition from regulators even as many experts agree it would

not curb competition, and would require the technology giant to

open a new front in its battle with antitrust watchdogs.

Reporter: Milana Vinn

Editor: Anirban Sen, Matthew E Lewis

NIGERIA-CENBANK/EMEFIELE

Nigeria's former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele is

expected to be arraigned in a Lagos court on after the country's

anti-corruption body last week filed 26 fresh charges against

him alleging misuse of authority and corrupt practices.

Reporter: Isaac Anyaogu

Editor: MacDonald Dzirutwe

FINTECH-CRYPTO/BINANCE-NIGERIA

Binance head of compliance, Tigran Gambaryan will return to

a High Court in Nigeria, where he could be asked to formally

take a plea on money laundering charges. At his last appearance,

his lawyers objected that he be asked to take his plea, saying

prosecutors had to first serve Binance, the first defendant.

Reporter: Camillus Eboh

Editor: MacDonald Dzirutwe

PACKAGED-FOOD/LOW INCOME

Americans relying on government benefits to buy food and

other essentials are slashing spending, prompting food makers

like Kraft-Heinz ( KHC ) and Conagra Brands to overhaul their

products and strategies following years of price hikes.

Many of the biggest makers of packaged foods and drinks are

seeing their sales volumes fall, due partly to low-income

consumers -- typically making roughly less than $35,000 per year

-- cooking from scratch, using up leftovers or just buying less.

Reporter: Jessica DiNapoli

Editor: Vanessa O'Connell

CANADA-CENBANK/

The Bank of Canada is likely to keep its 22-year high

borrowing cost on hold on Wednesday, amid bets that a a rate cut

is likely in June or July.

Reporter: Promit Mukherjee

Editor: Denny Thomas

MIGRATION-USA/IMPEACHMENT-REPUBLICANS (EXPLAINER)

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this

week is due to deliver its impeachment case against President

Joe Biden's top border official, Homeland Security Secretary

Alejandro Mayorkas, to the Democratic-majority Senate. An

EXPLAINER-format story looks at current conditions along the

border and the politics surrounding them.

Reporter: Ted Hesson

Editor: Scott Malone

MIGRATION-USA/IMPEACHMENT-MAYORKAS

The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate is likely to bring a quick

end this week to House Republicans' months-long drive to impeach

President Joe Biden's top border official, who they accuse of

failing to deter record-setting levels of illegal immigration.

Reporter: Richard Cowan

Editor: Scott Malone

COCOA-IVORYCOAST/EU

EU environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius shares

his view on the outlook for the bloc's anti-deforestation law in

an interview on the sidelines of a visit to a cocoa-producing

cooperative in Ivory Coast.

Reporter: Ange Aboa

Editor: Alessandra Prentice, Portia Crowe

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-PREVIEW

Donald Trump next week is set to become the first former

U.S. president to face a criminal trial - a case involving hush

money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels that carries major

political and legal ramifications as he runs to regain the White

House.

Reporter: Luc Cohen, Timothy Reid

Editor: Scott Malone

POPE-SOCIETY/

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith,

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, holds news conference to

present the eagerly awaited 'Dignitas Infinita' (Infinite

Dignity) document on gender, surrogacy, and human dignity.

Reporter: Alvise Armellini

EXXON MOBIL-GUYANA/GAS

Guyana's efforts to use natural gas discoveries to fuel an

electric power plant and slash energy costs have snagged on

construction delays with a weeks-long production pause likely to

defer affect about $900 million in oil revenue.

Reporter: Sabrina Valle

Editor: Christian Plumb, Gary McWilliams, Julia Symmes Cobb

CRIME-MAJORS/NEW YORK

Actor Jonathan Majors is due to be sentenced in a New York

City court on Monday, April 8.

Majors was found guilty in December of 2023, of assaulting

his then-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

Reporter: Jonathan Stempel

Editor: Paul Thomasch