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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-IRAQ-USA/

Five rockets fired from Iraq towards US military base in

Syria, security sources say

MOSUL (Reuters) - At least five rockets were launched from

Iraq's town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in

northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told

Reuters.

BRAZIL-POLITICS/

Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian

President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of

supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to raise his political

capital after losing a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio

Lula da Silva in October 2022 and facing allegations of

involvement in a coup.

U.S.

USA-ELECTION-TRUMP-YOUTH/

Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic

woes

GREEN BAY (Reuters) - Thin with a boyish face and earrings

in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a

stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or

older.

USA-CONGRESS-HOUSE-JOHNSON/

Some Democrats signal support for embattled House Republican

Speaker Johnson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of

Representatives on Sunday signaled a willingness to support

House Speaker Mike Johnson, as Republican hardliners threaten to

oust him following the passage of critical aid for Ukraine.

BUSINESS

TESLA-CHINA/

Tesla cuts prices in China, Germany, and around globe after

US cuts

BEIJING/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab

has cut prices in a number of its major markets - including in

China and Germany - after price cuts in the United States - as

it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for

electric vehicles (EVs), especially against cheaper Chinese EVs.

USA-TIKTOK/

TikTok says US House bill that could ban app would 'trample'

free speech

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok on Sunday repeated its

free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of

Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in

the U.S. if Chinese owner, opens new tab ByteDance did not sell

its stake within a year.

ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC-TAYLOR-SWIFT/

Taylor Swift surprises with second 'Tortured Poets

Department' album

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift surprised fans with her

new record "The Tortured Poets Department" on Friday, revealing

it was a double album featuring songs about heartbreak and a

period described as "the saddest story" of the singer's life.

TELEVISION-BON-JOVI-LONDON-PREMIERE/

Bon Jovi docuseries allows peek at band's private history

LONDON (Reuters) - Rockers Bon Jovi open up about their

40-year career in the new docuseries "Thank You, Goodnight: The

Bon Jovi Story".

SPORTS

TENNIS-BARCELONA/

Ruud defeats Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Casper Ruud gained sweet revenge over

Stefanos Tsitsipas as he beat the Greek fifth seed 7-5 6-3 to

win the Barcelona Open on Sunday.

ATHLETICS-LONDON-MARATHON/

Jepchirchir crushes women's-only world record in winning

London Marathon

LONDON (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic champion Peres

Jepchirchir crushed the women's-only world record in winning the

44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot

Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance

great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men's race.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

MIGRATION-BRITAIN/RWANDA (TV)

UK's Rwanda scheme set to clear parliament this week

The British parliament is set to approve a controversial law

to pave the way for asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda, but

further legal challenges could still derail one of Prime

Minister Rishi Sunak's key policies

22 Apr

INDIA-ELECTION/AI (PIX)

Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in

India election

In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India's

Bollywood actors are seen criticizing Prime Minister Narendra

Modi and asking people to vote for the opposition Congress party

in the country's ongoing general election.

Their spread underlines the potential role such AI content

can play in the mammoth Indian election.

22 Apr

USA-BIDEN/ (PIX)

Biden travels to Virginia

U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Virginia to mark Earth

Day.

22 Apr

INDONESIA-ELECTION/ (PIX) (TV)

Indonesia court to rule on petitions seeking presidential

election re-run

A court in Indonesia will on Monday deliver its verdict on

two challenges to the outcome of February's presidential

election, after losing candidates petitioned for a re-run and

alleged the state had interfered in favour of winner Prabowo

Subianto.

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-WITNESSES (PIX)

FACTBOX-Stormy Daniels and other key witnesses at the Trump

hush money trial

Donald Trump's historic hush money trial in New York is set

to feature a colorful cast of witnesses.

Among the prosecution witnesses expected to testify are

Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, porn star Stormy Daniels, a

Playboy model, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and

Trump's communications director.

Here's a look at some of the key witnesses slated to take

the stand:

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-JURORS (FACTBOX) (PIX)

FACTBOX-Who are the 12 jurors in Donald Trump's hush money

trial in New York?

Donald Trump will be judged in his historic New York

criminal trial by 12 jurors selected last week after a

painstaking search for people who could be fair and impartial to

the Republican former U.S. president in Manhattan, the

Democratic stronghold where he made his name as a real estate

tycoon decades ago.

Here's a look at the panelists.

22 Apr

UKRAINE-CRISIS/USA-AID

US passage of aid will help Ukraine. Will it be enough?

The $60 billion Ukraine aid package the US House of

Representatives passed on Saturday will - if it passes the

Senate - give a massive boost to Kiev just as it struggles to

hold off intensifying Russian attacks.

But it's unclear if the renewed support is sustainable much

beyond this year, given the US presidential election and

Europe's inability to fill any arms production gap left by the

United States

22 Apr

BRITAIN-EU/BORDER (PIX) (TV)

FOCUS-New Brexit border checks could stifle fine food

imports from EU, warn sellers

Panzer's delicatessen in north west London has lost 37

suppliers from the European Union since Britain left the bloc's

single market in 2021, and owner David Josephs fears more will

quit after the UK introduces new border checks this month.

22 Apr

EU-FOREIGN/ (TV)

EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine, Middle East and

Sudan

EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss more

military aid, especially ammunition and air defence, for Ukraine

(joint session with the ministers of defence), ⁠Middle East (and

Iran) where the ministers will urge regional de-escalation and

utmost restraint, and ⁠Sudan.

After the Foreign Affairs Council (~18:00), the High Level

Forum on Regional Security and Cooperation with the Member

States of the Gulf Cooperation Council will take place.

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-JURY (GRAPHIC)

Trump trial illustrates jury trial challenges in the social

media age

Donald Trump's historic criminal trial in New York just

begun but has already tested rules meant to balance a

defendant's right to a fair trial with the need to keep jurors

safe and insulated from outside influence.

22 Apr

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

AUTOS-ELECTRIC/BIDIRECTIONAL-CHARGING

As EVs inch closer to powering grids, automakers figure out

their cut

With electric vehicle models coming in the near future that

can sell power back to grids, automakers from General Motors ( GM )

to Volvo Cars alongside energy firms and

charging app operators are figuring out their financial cut of

an entirely new business.

22 Apr

USA-STOCKS/PULLBACK

ANALYSIS-'Overdue' pullback in US stocks to test dip-buyers'

resolve

The first sharp pullback for U.S. stocks in half a year is

leaving investors wondering whether to buy the dip or hold out

for more declines.

Following several turbulent weeks, the S&P 500 is down more

than 5% from its March 28 closing high, its biggest retreat

since October.

Though they have been rare in recent months, such drops are

not uncommon: The S&P 500 has experienced an average of three

pullbacks of 5% or more every year since 1929, a Bank of America

analysis showed.

22 Apr

VERIZON-RESULTS/

Verizon Communications To Report First Quarter Results

Verizon is expected to report strong subscriber additions in

the first quarter driven by significant 5G adoption.

22 Apr

USA-OIL/EXPORT-TERMINAL (PIX)

FOCUS-As shale oil growth slows, export terminal project

struggles for customers

As U.S. shale boomed last decade, Enterprise Product

Partners pitched a deepwater oil export project that could load

two supertankers simultaneously.

The project this month won U.S. approval, two years later

than expected, and is struggling to sign customers.

Slowing U.S. oil production gains and a rapidly

consolidating group of shale oil producers has Enterprise's SPOT

the last best hope for a new deepwater port in the United

States.

22 Apr

CANADA-CENBANK/

Bank of Canada to release market participants survey

The Bank of Canada to release its quarterly market

participants survey

22 Apr

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

AFRICA-SECURITY/

Nigeria hosts summit on counter terrorism in Africa

Nigeria is hosting a two-day summit on counter terrorism in

Abuja in conjuction with the United Nations.

Some of the main speakers include African Union chairperson

Moussa Faki Mahamat, ECOWAS President Omar Touray and Nigerian

President Bola Tinubu, whose government is struggling to contain

widespread insecurity.

22 Apr

USA-PHILIPPINES/MILITARY-DRILLS (PIX) (TV)

Philippines, US kick off 2024 Balikatan exercises

The Philippines and the United States kick off their annual

Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises, which will

run until May 10.

22 Apr

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

EARTH-DAY/CONGO-ART (TV)

Return of colonial-era statue to Congo fuels environmental

revival

Joyful singing and cheers echoed around the hills

surrounding a small village in western Democratic Republic of

Congo, as a procession emerged from an underground cave bearing

an antique wooden figure of a Belgian colonial officer.

The 'Balot' sculpture was made in the area in the 1930s when

Congo was under Belgium's brutal colonial rule.

An artists collective led the long-running campaign for its

return to Congo from a U.S. museum under a project to regain

lost heritage and restore depleted forests.

22 Apr

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/PLASTICS-POSITIONS

What's possible and what's at stake in a global plastics

treaty?

Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week for

the fourth round of negotiations toward what would become the

first global treaty on soaring plastic pollution.

The emerging plastics treaty has been described as

potentially the most significant environmental deal since the

2015 Paris climate agreement but negotiators have a tough task

ahead in Ottawa, with parties far apart of the scope and scale

of the agreement.

Here is what the treaty is meant to achieve and where

countries, industry and civil society stand on how ambitious the

treaty should be.

22 Apr

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-TIMELINE

Trump's $130,000 hush money payment and the path to his

criminal trial

Donald Trump is set to face opening statements in the

first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president starting on

Monday.

The charges are tied to a $130,000 hush money payment made

to buy a porn star's silence before the 2016 election about a

sexual relationship she says she had with him.

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-CHARGES

What charges does Trump face in New York's hush money trial?

Donald Trump is set to defend himself against charges of

falsifying business records to conceal hush money paid to porn

star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election at the first-ever

criminal trial of a U.S. president starting Monday.

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/TROUBLES

FACTBOX-The legal troubles of former US President Donald

Trump

A summary of Donald Trump's legal woes as he faces opening

statements in his criminal hush money trial in New York on

Monday.

22 Apr

USA-COURT/

US Supreme Court issues orders

U.S. Supreme Court issues orders in pending appeals.

22 Apr

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.

In observance of Passover, court will end at

1400EST/1800GMT.

22 Apr

USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK-CIVIL

Hearing over Trump's $175 million bond after New York AG

raises questions

A New York judge will hold a hearing on April 22 over the

$175 million bond Donald Trump posted as he appeals a $454

million fraud judgment against him, after the state's attorney

general asked for more details about the bond.

22 Apr

USA-COURT/HOMELESS (PIX) (TV)

US Supreme Court reviews anti-camping laws that impact

homeless

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in an bid by

Grants Pass, Oregon to enforce local laws against people camping

on public property in a legal fight over a homelessness crisis

that has vexed municipalities across the Western United States.

22 Apr