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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-CROSSING-ATTACK/

Hamas armed wing claims responsibility for deadly attack on

Israel-Gaza crossing

CAIRO (Reuters) - The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist

group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on

the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza that Israel said killed

three of its soldiers.

UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-KHARKIV/

Russian attacks on Kharkiv and region kill one, injure 17,

officials say

KHARKIV (Reuters) - Russian attacks on Orthodox Easter

Sunday killed a woman buried under rubble and injured 17 in

Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv and the surrounding

region, regional officials said.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP-GESTAPO/

Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate

Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of

running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to

donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved in his

criminal indictments, according to a recording heard by U.S.

media outlets.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-USA-PROTESTS/

Los Angeles police clear USC pro-Palestinian encampment,

make no arrests

Los Angeles police made no arrests on Sunday while clearing

a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern

California following arrests and turmoil at universities across

the United States over the Israel-Hamas war.

BUSINESS

PARAMOUNT-GLOBAL-SONY-GROUP/

Paramount bidders await word from special committee

evaluating options

A special committee of the Paramount Global(PARA.O), opens

new tab board charged with evaluating offers for the company met

Saturday morning, though rival bidders for the studio are

awaiting word on next steps.

ATOS-M-A/

Atos board reported to be meeting Sunday to review takeover

bids

PARIS (Reuters) - The board of French tech firm Atos

(ATOS.PA), opens new tab was due to meet on Sunday evening to

consider takeover offers, including one submitted by Czech

businessman Daniel Kretinsky, Les Echos and Le Figaro reported.

ENTERTAINMENT

MADONNA-BRAZIL/

Madonna attracts 1.6 million to free concert at Brazil's

Copacabana beach

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - More than a million people

thronged Brazil's Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert on

Saturday, braving the heat to see the end of her "Celebration"

world tour.

MUSIC-EUROVISION-TURQUOISE-CARPET/

Eurovision 2024 begins in Malmo with contestants' walk on

'Turquoise Carpet'

MALMO (Reuters) - Eurovision 2024 began in the Swedish city

of Malmo on Sunday when 37 contenders walked the "Turquoise

Carpet" amid heightened security and calls for boycotts due to

Israel's participation.

SPORTS

HORSERACING-KENTUCKY/

Derby winner Mystik Dan may sit out Preakness Stakes

The second leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown

could be without Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan as the bay

colt's trainer said on Sunday it would be a last-minute decision

on whether to run him in the Preakness Stakes.

WATERPOLO-USA/

Flavor Flav backs US women's water polo team on road to

Paris

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hall of Fame rapper Flavor Flav is

throwing his support behind the United States women's water polo

team, pledging to back the defending champions at the Paris

Olympics.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

CHAD-ELECTION/ (TV)

Chad holds first round of presidential election

Chad is expected to hold the first round of its presidential

poll on Monday.

The election could return the Central African state to

constitutional rule three years after military authorities

seized power.

6 May

HOLOCAUST-MEMORIAL/POLAND-MARCH (TV)

Holocaust survivors gather for 'March of the Living' in

Auschwitz, lead by relatives of the Oct 6 attack in Israel

Six Holocaust survivors who were affected by the October 7

Hamas attacks and kidnappings will be among 55 Holocaust

survivors leading this year's March of the Living in Auschwitz.

Holocaust survivors, their relatives and representatives

from all over the world take part in the march to commemorate

the victims of the Holocaust, walking down a 3-kilometre path

linking the former Nazi concentration camps at

Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

6 May

TAIWAN-POLITICS/

Taiwan vice-president elect Hsiao speaks at a Taipei forum

Taiwan vice president-elect Hsiao Bi-khim speaks at a forum

in Taipei.

6 May

BALTIC-GERMANY/ (PIX) (TV)

Germany's Scholz visits Lithuania and Latvia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Lithuania and Latvia.

He will talk with his three Baltic counterparts about topics

that include security, defence and energy as well as Russia's

war against Ukraine.

A joint press conference will be held afterward.

6 May

EU-ELECTION/FARRIGHT (PIX) (TV)

Hard right wants more EU power to reflect likely election

gains

Far-right and hard-right parties, shut-out by mainstream

rivals, seek to convert expected gain of seats into influence in

policy-making after European Parliament election

6 May

SAFRICA-ELECTION/FACTS

FACTBOX-What you need to know about South Africa's 2024

election

South Africans vote in national and provincial elections on

May 29 that could test the African National Congress' 30-year

rule.

6 May

EU-CHINA/ (PIX) (TV)

Xi travels to Paris, meets Macron and von der Leyen

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with French President

Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

in Paris.

6 May

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-PROTESTS (PIX) (TV)

Anti-Israel protests continue at U.S. university campuses

Pro-Israel demonstrators will gather near the Columbia

University campus in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day

and to support Jewish students on college campuses.

Chief executive of the Israeli American Council, Elan Carr,

and Israeli ambassador to the U.N., Gilad Erdan, among those

expected to attend.

6 May

SCOTLAND-SNP/GOVERNMENT

Nominations close in SNP leadership contest

Nominations close at noon in the Scottish National Party

leadership contest

6 May

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

USA-OIL/OFFSHORE

Coverage of the Offshore Technology Conference May 6-9

Ongoing coverage of the Offshore Technology Conference that

brings together technologies and energy executives to discuss

latest developments in technology to plumb deepwater oil and gas

reserves.

6 May

PALANTIR TECH-RESULTS/

Palantir Q1 results

Palantir will report resuls for its first quarter ended

March 31.

Invesors will focus on indicators of growth for the

company's artificial intelligence platform and any additions of

new corporate customers.

6 May

MOLDOVA-NORWAY/

Moldova president visits Norway

Moldova President Maia Sandu in Norway for state visit

6 May

MASSACHUSETTS-GIGWORKERS/

Massachusetts top court to hear challenges to gig worker

ballot measures

Massachusetts' highest court on Monday will consider whether

to allow a ballot measure backed by app-based companies like

Uber Technologies ( UBER ) and Lyft ( LYFT ) to go before voters

in November that seek to redefine their relationship with their

drivers.

6 May

DENNYS-GESTATION CRATES/ (PIX)

FOCUS-Denny's faces proxy vote over pig gestation crate

pledge

An upcoming shareholder vote at Denny's Corp could pressure

the company to set targets for reducing its use of pork from

suppliers that keep pregnant pigs in tight confinement, called

gestation crates.

6 May

TYSON FOODS-RESULTS/

Q2 2024 Tyson Foods Inc Earnings Release

Tyson Foods remains under pressure from limited US cattle

supplies that are expected to weigh on second-quarter results in

its biggest beef unit.

The meatpacker's chicken business is seeking to show

benefits from its closures of six U.S. poultry processing plants

since the start of 2023.

Tyson also plans to shut an Iowa pork plant in June, after

its pork business lost money in the fiscal year that ended on

Sept. 30.

6 May

BERKSHIRE-RESULTS/

Q1 2024 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Earnings Release

Estimated time.

6 May

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

USA-PHILIPPINES/MILITARY-DRILLS (TV)

Philippines and U.S. troops conduct counter landing military

drills during joint military exercises

Philippine and U.S. troops conduct amphibious counter

landing drills north of Manila as part of the two-week joint

military exercises.

6 May

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 a hush money

payment to a porn star continues in New York.

6 May