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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

UKRAINE-CRISIS/SUMMIT-RUBIO

NATO-like protection in focus for Trump meeting with

Ukraine, Europe

Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump could offer

NATO-like protection of Ukraine, and Russia is open to the idea,

one of his top foreign policy officials said on Sunday ahead of

a meeting with Ukraine and European leaders to hammer out

details of possible security guarantees for Kyiv.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/STRIKE

Israelis stage nationwide protests to demand end to Gaza war

and release of hostages

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis

took part in a nationwide strike on Sunday in support of

families of hostages held in Gaza, calling on Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement with Hamas to end the

war and release the remaining captives.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/CRIME-DC

Three Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops

to US capital

Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Republican governors of three states

are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington,

D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald

Trump, who has portrayed the city as awash in crime.

USA-REDISTRICTING-PROTESTS/TRUMP

Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting

push

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Pro-democracy activists and labor groups

held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United

States on Saturday protesting the Trump administration's push

for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of

Republicans.

BUSINESS

AIR CANADA-LABOR/STRIKE

Air Canada ( ACDVF ) flight attendants continue strike despite order

to return, airline delays restart

MONTREAL Aug 17 (Reuters) - Air Canada ( ACDVF ) flight

attendants remained on strike on Sunday past the deadline in a

government-backed labor board's order to return to work, causing

the country's biggest airline to delay restarting operations.

U BLOX HOLDING-M&A/ADVENT

Private equity group Advent to acquire U-Blox for $1.3

billion

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Private equity group Advent International

said on Sunday it has agreed to take over Switzerland's U-Blox

Holding in a cash offer worth some 1.05 billion Swiss

francs ($1.30 billion).

ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE-TERENCE STAMP/

Actor Terence Stamp, star of Superman films, dies aged 87

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Terence Stamp, who made his name

as an actor in 1960s London and went on to play the arch-villain

General Zod in the Hollywood hits "Superman" and "Superman II",

has died aged 87, his family said on Sunday.

FILM-SPIKE LEE/KAEPERNICK

EXCLUSIVE-ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin

Kaepernick, citing 'creative differences'

BEVERLY HILLS, California, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Director Spike

Lee's multi-part documentary series for ESPN Films about former

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate

when he protested racial injustice nearly a decade ago, will not

be released, the filmmaker and ESPN said.

SPORTS

TENNIS-CINCINNATI/

Swiatek downs Rybakina to reach maiden Cincinnati Open final

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Third seed Iga Swiatek beat Elena

Rybakina 7-5 6-3 on Sunday to reach her first Cincinnati Open

final.

SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-ARS/

Soccer-Arsenal capitalise on keeper error to secure 1-0 win

at Man United

MANCHESTER, England, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Arsenal's Riccardo

Calafiori headed home an early corner, aided by a weak challenge

from goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, to earn a 1-0 victory at

Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday, spoiling the

hosts' season opener.

UPCOMING

POLITICS/INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

CHINA-POLITICS/

China communist party officials hold press conference on

ideology promotion

China communist party officials will hold a press conference

on work to promote ideology during the current five-year plan,

which concludes at the end of this year.

18 Aug 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT

UKRAINE-CRISIS/SUMMIT (PIX) (TV)

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine President

Zelenskiy and European leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House amid negotiations over

the war with Russia.

18 Aug

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

CITGO-AUCTION/PROCEDURE

Delaware court to discuss procedure for remaining of Citgo

auction after reschedule

A US federal court that is auctioning shares in the parent

of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum to pay creditors will

discuss procedure for the last mile of the bidding round,

following unsolicited bids and objections to the calendar, which

could lead to new delays.

18 Aug

USA-CFPB/OPEN-BANKING

US consumer watchdog restarts 'open banking' rulemaking

process

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau kicks off the

start of a new rulemaking process for its "open banking"

regulations, replacing Biden-era regulations governing

consumers' control over the sharing of personal financial data

between banks and financial technology companies.

18 Aug

USA-TRUMP/FISCAL

ANALYSIS:-Trump's rate demands put 'fiscal dominance' in

market spotlight

As U.S. debt swells and the White House leans on the Federal

Reserve for interest rate cuts, investors are weighing the risk

of 'fiscal dominance', a scenario where keeping government

financing cheap eclipses the fight against inflation.

18 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

HEALTH-OBESITY/PILLS

Wall Street sees new obesity pills as priced near Wegovy and

Zepbound

U.S. prices for obesity-treatment pills that Eli Lilly ( LLY )

and Novo Nordisk aim to launch next year

likely will be on par with their weight-loss injections,

analysts and investors say, in a departure from the usual

practice of charging more for new medicines despite pressure to

cut prices.

18 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-TRUMP/TARIFFS-HOLIDAYSHOPPING

Fewer Fake Firs, Higher Prices: China tariff delay does

little to save the holidays

U.S. shoppers looking for fake Christmas trees and holiday

decor this year will have fewer choices and face higher prices

as tariffs on Chinese imports force retailers to scale back

orders even as they assess how tight customer budgets are.

18 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-FED/INFLATION

Powell has used Jackson Hole to battle inflation and buoy

jobs; he's now caught between both

Fed Chair Jerome Powell used the central bank's annual

Wyoming research conference to promise inflation-fighting rigor

when it was needed in 2022, then last year he came to the

defense of the job market with promises of lower interest rates

when the unemployment rate seemed on a steady rise.

18 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

CHILE-ECONOMY/GDP

Chile-GDP

Chile's central bank publishes GDP data relative to the second

quarter. Economists polled by Reuters forecast a 0.4% expansion

on a sequential basis, which would mark the fourth consecutive

quarter of growth.

18 Aug 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

SOUTHKOREA-USA/MILITARY (TV)

South Korea, U.S. kick off Ulchi Freedom Shield joint

military drills

South Korea and the United States kick off the Ulchi Freedom

Shield joint military drills, with the annual exercises set to

run for 11 days.

18 Aug

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

SPAIN-HOUSING/IBIZA-TOURISM (PIX)

WIDER IMAGE - Luxury for tourists, precarity for

workers: ibiza's housing divide

Ibiza's booming tourism industry hides a growing housing

emergency. As luxury resorts and nightclubs thrive, the workers

who keep the island running-bartenders, cleaners, construction

crews-are being pushed into precarious living conditions, from

vans to unfinished buildings. This story reveals the stark

inequality at the heart of one of Europe's most iconic

destinations, offering rare insight into a community excluded

from the prosperity they help create.

18 Aug 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT