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GLOBAL

UKRAINE-CRISIS/POPE

Ukraine minister, responding to Pope Francis, says Kyiv will

never raise white flag

March 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister, responding

to Pope Francis's call to show "the courage of the white flag"

and negotiate an end to the war with Russia, said on Sunday that

Kyiv would never capitulate and told the Vatican to pay special

heed to its role in World War Two.

PORTUGAL-ELECTION/

Centre-right set to win Portugal's election, far-right soars

LISBON, March 10 (Reuters) - Portugal's centre-right

Democratic Alliance was set to finish first in Sunday's

parliamentary election but fall short of an outright majority

with 92% of ballots counted, suggesting tough negotiations ahead

with the far-right that made huge gains.

U.S.

USA-ELECTION/BIDEN-FUNDRAISING

Biden raises $10 mln in 24 hours after his State of the

Union speech

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's

re-election campaign said on Sunday it raised $10 million in the

24 hours following a fiery State of the Union address, where he

accused Donald Trump of threatening democracy and torpedoing a

bill to tackle U.S. immigration woes.

USA-OIL/SPILL

US Coast Guard says no remaining recoverable oil sheen

seen off California

March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Saturday it

did not observe any remaining recoverable oil sheen during a

morning overflight off the coast of Huntington beach,

California.

BUSINESS

NVIDIA-AI/LAWSUIT

Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

March 10 (Reuters) - Nvidia NVDA.O, whose chips power

artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said

it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its

NeMo AI platform.

UNITEDHLTH GRP-CYBER/PAYMENT

US officials urge UnitedHealth to expedite payments to

provider

March 10 (Reuters) - Officials from the U.S. government

asked UnitedHealth Group UNH.N to expedite payments to

healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack

of the insurer's Change Healthcare tech unit crippled medical

claims and payments.

ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-OSCARS/

Stars arrive at the Oscars, hundreds march for Palestinians

LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - Jamie Lee Curtis, Rita

Moreno, Simu Liu and other stars gathered on Sunday to celebrate

the best performances in film at the annual Academy Awards, a

ceremony expected to turn into a toast to blockbuster atomic

bomb drama "Oppenheimer."

AWARDS-OSCARS/NOMINATIONS-LIST

FACTBOX-Who are the nominees for this year's Oscars?

LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - The winners of the 96th

Academy Awards will be announced at a live, televised ceremony

from Hollywood on Sunday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences announced nominations for the Oscars on Jan. 23.

SPORTS

GOLF-DPWORLD/

Magnificent Manassero claims first win in 11 years

March 10 (Reuters) - Italian Matteo Manassero carded a final

round 66 to claim a first victory on the DP World Tour in 11

years with a three shot win at the DP World Tour's Jonsson

Workwear Open at the Glendower Golf Club in Johannesburg on

Sunday.

CYCLING-NICE/

American Jorgenson wins Paris-Nice title

NICE, France, March 10 (Reuters) - Matteo Jorgenson claimed

overall victory at the Paris-Nice race after distancing fellow

American Brandon McNulty in the rainy hills around Nice on

Sunday.

UPCOMING

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

AWARDS-OSCARS/TAKEAWAYS

Key takeaways from the 2024 Oscars show

The high and low points of the Oscars telecast.

10 Mar 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

AWARDS-OSCARS/FASHION-EXPERT (PIX) (TV)

Fashion and beauty experts take on this year's Oscars red

carpet looks and key trends.

Fashion and beauty experts take on this year's Oscars red

carpet looks and key trends.

10 Mar 19:30 ET / 23:30 GMT

BRITAIN-ROYALS/COMMONWEALTH-SERVICE (PIX) (TV)

Royals attend Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey

Queen Camilla, Prince of Wales, William, and other members of

Britain's Royal Family will attend a service at Westminster

Abbey for Commonwealth Day.

11 Mar

AWARDS-OSCARS/ (PIX) (TV)

The 96th Academy Awards

The 96th Academy Awards takes place in Hollywood with

"Oppenheimer," "Poor Things," and "The Holdovers" among the

films vying for best picture of the year.

10 Mar 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

AWARDS-OSCARS/ (PIX) (TV)

The 96th Academy Awards

The 96th Academy Awards takes place in Hollywood with

"Oppenheimer," "Poor Things," and "The Holdovers" among the

films vying for best picture of the year.

11 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

UKRAINE-CRISIS/ARMS-TRADING

Leading peace think-tank publishes report on arms transfers

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

publishes its 2024 report on arms transfers worldwide.

11 Mar 19:01 ET / 23:01 GMT

SPORTS

OLYMPICS-2024-BREAKING/ (PIX) (TV)

PERSONAL: With Olympic dream dashed, Hong Kong breaker

dances on

Breakdancing, officially named "breaking" by the

International Olympic Committee, is set to be included in the

2024 Summer Games in Paris.

Cheung Chek Man, also known as Ex - is a plumber by day and

a devoted breakdancer by night. Despite the challenges faced by

every individual in Hong Kong due to expensive rent and cost of

living, Ex, as an athlete, faces even more significant

challenges.

11 Mar 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

USA-BUDGET/BIDEN (PIX) (TV)

Biden releases his budget plans, an election-year wish-list

for government spending

President Joe Biden will put forth his proposed fiscal 2025

U.S. federal government budget on March 11, an election-year

wish-list for government spending.

11 Mar

PHILIPPINES-USA/TRADE (PIX) (TV)

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Manila for

high-level U.S. trade mission

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will be in Manila on

March 11-12 for a high-level trade and investment mission to

boost American companies' ties with Philippine businesses,

including mining, energy, infrastructure and agriculture.

11 Mar

HONEYWELL-BOMBARDIER/

Honeywell ( HON ) will seek 'relief' on Bombardier engine pricing

case at Canada's top court

Honeywell ( HON ) will ask Canada's top court to hear an

engine pricing case involving business jet maker Bombardier

that's raising confidentiality concerns among rivals,

according to a company statement and industry sources.

11 Mar

USA-PIPELINE/CARBON (FOCUS)

FOCUS-US carbon pipeline company has pledged no oil

recovery, but Bakken drillers expect it

Summit Carbon Solutions, which is trying to build the

biggest carbon capture project in the United States, has made a

public pledge that its project will not be used by the drilling

industry for enhanced oil recovery, in which the gas is pumped

into fields to boost output. That message is meant to limit

environmental opposition to the $5.5 billion plan.

But the company has a different message for North Dakota's

oil sector, according to a U.S. review of regulatory documents

and recordings of local meetings: if you want to use our project

to boost production from your fields, just write the check.

11 Mar 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

TECH-AI/HIRING (PIX)

AI talent war heats up in Europe

A war for artificial intelligence (AI) talent is heating up

in Europe, as an influx of well-funded U.S.-based startups

expands across the Atlantic, straining an already tight labor

market.

11 Mar 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

NIGERIA-ECONOMY/ (PIX) (TV)

Hard times in Nigeria as reforms deepen cost of living

crisis

Blessing Joseph has been weaving bags, sandals and jewellery

earning enough money to feed her son and send him to school. But

since November, she has fallen on hard times as customers have

stopped coming and she and her son routinely go to bed hungry.

She is among millions in Africa's largest economy, grappling

with the worst cost of living crisis in decades, that has

deepened since President Bola Tinubu introduced bold but

unpopular economic reforms after he assumed office last May.

11 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

USA-FED/LENDING

Emergency Fed bank effort ends lending, as eyes turn to

discount window

A Federal Reserve facility launched in haste a year ago amid

the heavy stress triggered by Silicon Valley Bank's collapse

closes for new business on Monday, amid evidence it helped turn

the tide of trouble that risked derailing the economy and

upending the central bank's efforts to lower inflation.

11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-FED/ECONOMY

Fed projections to show if rate cut outlook stays intact

through strong data

No one expects the Federal Reserve to change interest rates

at next week's policy meeting, but whether officials hold to

their previous rate-cutting outlook is a more open question as

the economy keeps outperforming expectations.

11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

ITALY-ELECTION/ABRUZZO

Italy's Meloni faces new electoral test in region of Abruzzo

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose coalition lost

control of Sardinia last month, faces a new electoral test in

Abruzzo. If her alliance should lose power in the small, central

region it will signal her long honeymoon with Italian voters is

over, months ahead of important European elections

11 Mar

RUSSIA-ELECTION/

EXPLAINER- Russia's presidential election: the who, what and

when?

Russia will hold a presidential election on March 15-17

which President Vladimir Putin is certain to win, giving the

longest serving Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin another six

year term in power.

How will it work?

11 Mar

USA-ELECTION/BIDEN (PIX)

Biden campaigns in New Hampshire

U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Manchester, N.H., to

speak on economy and participate in campaign event.

11 Mar

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-CIVIL (TV)

NY attorney general due to respond to Trump's bid to pause

$454.2 million judgment

New York's attorney general is due to respond by March 11 to

Donald Trump's bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud

judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real

estate values to dupe lenders.

A judge with the Appellate Division denied Trump's request

for an emergency stay on Feb. 28, but the request must still be

heard by a three-judge panel. Absent a stay, Trump must soon

find the cash or post a bond to prevent New York authorities

from seizing his property while he appeals.

11 Mar

CHINA-PARLIAMENT/ (PIX) (TV)

China's annual parliamentary meeting concludes in Beijing

Delegates from across China attend the closing session of

the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the

People in Beijing. For the first time in three decades, China's

Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference after the

close of this year's annual parliamentary meeting.

11 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/GEORGIA-BLACK VOTERS (TV)

Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden's 2020

Georgia win

Massive voter drives backed by Stacey Abrams and other Black

organizers in Georgia delivered the state for U.S. President Joe

Biden in 2020, and the Senate for Democrats.

Four years later, Biden's strength with Black voters and

activists is less certain, as a higher cost of living and

Democrats' commitment to voting rights are questioned.

11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

NATO-NORDICS/SWEDEN (PIX) (TV)

Flag-raising ceremony as Sweden joins NATO

Flag-raising ceremony at NATO headquarters following the

accession of Sweden to the alliance.

11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

SENEGAL-ELECTION/VOTING

FACTBOX - How Senegal elects its president

A Factbox on how Senegal elects its president

11 Mar 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK

Deadline for Trump to say whether he will use an 'advice of

counsel' defense in hush money trial

Donald Trump faces a March 11 deadline to indicate whether

he intends to rely on an "advice of counsel" defense at his

March 25 criminal trial on charges tied to a hush money payment

to a porn star.

11 Mar

USA-POLITICS/MENENDEZ (PIX)

US Senator Menendez to be arraigned on new indictment

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will be arraigned on a new

18-count indictment that added obstruction charges to bribery

and other corruption chargest that the New Jersey Democrat

already faced. Menendez's wife Nadine and two other defendants

will also be arraigned. The proceeding is in Manhattan federal

court.

11 Mar 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT