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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/JORDAN-SHOOTING

Gunman from Jordan kills three Israelis at border

crossing, Israeli army says

NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) -

A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the

Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before

security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities

said.

VENEZUELA-ELECTION/

Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain

seeking asylum

MADRID/CARACAS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition

presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on

Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting his

country amid a political and diplomatic crisis over July's

disputed election.

U.S.

KENTUCKY-SHOOTING/

Kentucky highway shooting suspect still at large amid

manhunt

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Kentucky police were searching a remote,

heavily wooded area on Sunday for a suspected gunman who

authorities say opened fire on vehicles traveling a rural

stretch of Interstate 75 on Saturday, shooting and injuring five

people.

USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-GEORGIA

Trump and Harris battle for Black voters in must-win

Georgia

VALDOSTA, Georgia, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Vivian Childs, a

staunch supporter of Donald Trump, schooled a roomful of

Republicans on how to win over Black voters in the battleground

state of Georgia.

BUSINESS

BOEING-LABOR/

Boeing reaches tentative labor deal with 25% pay hike,

new plane commitment

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Boeing BA.N said on Sunday it has reached

a tentative agreement with a union representing more than 32,000

workers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, in a deal that could help

avert a possible crippling strike as early as Sept. 13.

WALT DISNEY-DIRECTV/DISPUTE

DirecTV files FCC complaint against Disney for

anti-competitive practices

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV has filed a

complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC),

accusing Walt Disney DIS.N of failing to negotiate in good faith

and engaging in anticompetitive behavior, the company said on

Sunday.

ENTERTAINMENT

TENNIS-USOPEN/

Tennis-Taylor Swift headlines celebrity rush at U.S.

Open men's final

NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift headlined the list

of celebrities present at the U.S. Open final on Sunday, as

another Taylor - Fritz - aimed to end a 21-year American men's

major drought on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Italian top seed

Jannik Sinner.

FILMFESTIVAL-TORONTO/THE WILD ROBOT

TIFF 2024: 'The Wild Robot' depicts technology and

nature coexisting

TORONTO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - "The Wild Robot," an animated

science fiction story by DreamWorks, explores both the good and

the bad sides of technology, its star Lupita Nyong'o said on

Sunday at the feature's world premiere in Toronto.

SPORTS

TENNIS-USOPEN/

Tennis-Sinner beats Fritz to win U.S. Open men's

championshipNEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Italian Jannik Sinner

beat American 12th seed Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-4 7-5 in the U.S.

Open men's final on Sunday.DATELINE IN CAPS - Lede or nutgraf

PARALYMPICS-2024/

Paralympics-Paris Games come to a close with rainy

electro party

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Paris 2024 Games came to a

close like they started, in the rain, but amidst a festive

atmosphere with an electro-party at the Stade de France to

conclude the Paralympics on Sunday.

UPCOMING STORIES

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

LATAM-DROUGHT/RIVER (PIX)

South America's rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought

impact spreads

South America's major Paraguay River, a key grains

thoroughfare, has hit a record low in that country's capital

Asuncion, with water levels depleted by a major drought upriver

in Brazil that has hindered navigation along waterways in the

Amazon

9 Sep

ASIA-WEATHER/VIETNAM (PIX) (TV) (GRAPHIC)

Vietnam counts cost of Typhoon Yagi after weekend of

devastation

Vietnam will assess trhe damage of Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most

powerful storm this year, which killed at least 18 people, with

many missing and risks of floods and landslides still present.

Yagi was downgraded to a tropical storm, but caused power and

telecoms outages and forced the closure of swatches of factories

crucial to its economy

9 Sep

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

TURKEY-ECONOMY/BANKRUPTCY (PIX)

Turkey faces wave of bankruptcies as part of economic

reckoning

Turkish companies face a wave on bankruptcies in the months

ahead, on the heels of Ankara's more than year-long drive to

slow economic growth and rein in soaring inflation. In Corum, an

central industrial city, high prices and borrowing costs and

diminishing demand is pushing many companies to shut down

factories and apply for court debt protection.

9 Sep

CAPRI HOLDINGS-M&A/TAPESTRY

US FTC's bid to block Tapestry-Capri merger goes to

trial

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will urge a federal judge

in New York to block Tapestry's $8.5 billion merger with

rival handbag maker Capri Holdings ( CPRI ) at a trial beginning

in New York on Monday, arguing it will eliminate fierce

competition in the market for "accessible luxury."

9 Sep

MERCADOLIBRE-ARGENTINA/CEO (TV)

MercadoLibre ( MELI ): Latin America's e-commerce king says 'huge

room for growth'

Marcos Galperin, chief executive of Latin American

e-commerce giant MercadoLibre Inc ( MELI ) - already the

region's most valuable listed firm - says the company is just

getting started.

9 Sep

EU-ECONOMY/DRAGHI (PIX)

Draghi presents much-anticipated report on EU

competitiveness

Former ECB chief Mario Draghi to expected to present

400-page report he has been preparing for over a year on EU

competitiveness and recommendations on how to boost it. The

report is seen as guiding EU economic policy for the next

five-year cycle.

9 Sep 09:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

BARCLAYS-CEO/

Barclays CEO and CFO to speak at Barclays Global

Financial Services Conference

Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan and Chief Financial

Officer Anna Cross will speak at the Barclays Global Financial

Services Conference in New York.

9 Sep 12:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

TECH-ANTITRUST/GOOGLE-ADTECH (PIX)

Google's antitrust trial over online advertising begins

The U.S. Department of Justice's second antitrust trial

against online juggernaut Google -- this time over its alleged

monopoly in online advertising technology -- is scheduled to

begin on Monday, September 9, with opening statements.

9 Sep 13:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

TRADE-WTO/

WTO releases global trade report

WTO releases report on global trends.

9 Sep 14:30 ET / 14:30 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

NETHERLANDS-PAKISTAN/COURT

Dutch court rules on Pakistanis charged with threatening

Wilders

A Dutch court will deliver its verdict in the case against

two Pakistanis over public calls for the murder of far-right

anti-Muslim leader Geert Wilders.

9 Sep

RELIGION

POPE-ASIA/ (PIX) (TV)

Pope Francis visits in East Timor, third stop on

Asia-Pacific tour

Pope Francis arrives in East Timor, the third country on his

four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific, his longest yet. Francis

will meet the country's president and diplomatic corps and is

expected to give an address in the evening to political leaders

9 Sep

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-AFGHANISTAN/CONGRESS

US House Republican report blasts Biden, Harris over chaotic

Afghan withdrawal

U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will release a

long-awaited report on Monday blasting the administration of

Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

for failures surrounding the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal

from Afghanistan in Augut 2021.

9 Sep

UN-RIGHTS/ (TV)

UN Human Rights Council opens in Geneva

The U.N. Human Rights Council starts its four-week session

where crises in Sudan and Aghanistan and are set to be

discussed. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Turk will open the session with a speech on crises around

the world.

9 Sep 08:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

USA-CONGRESS/SHUTDOWN

US Congress returns from summer break for mad dash to

avert government shutdown

The U.S. Congress returrns from its summer break with one

major deadline approaching fast -- it must pass a measure to

keep the government funded or see a partial shutdown begin on

Oct. 1. Lawmakers are expected to avert this in the final weeks

of the presidential camapign, with the main question being how

long of a stopgap funding measure they will pass.

9 Sep 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA

Russia focusing on American social media stars to

covertly influence voters

Russia is increasingly turning to unwitting American social

media stars to covertly influence voters ahead of the 2024

presidential election, according to U.S. officials and recently

unveiled criminal charges.

9 Sep 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

IRAN-NUCLEAR/IAEA

IAEA chief Grossi holds news conference

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi holds a news

conference on the opening day of a quarterly meeting of his

agency's 35-nation Board of Governors.

9 Sep 11:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

TURKEY-POLITICS/ERDOGAN

Turkey's Erdogan chairs cabinet meeting

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a meeting of his

cabinet of ministers, with issues on the agenda expected to

include the conflict in Gaza.

9 Sep 12:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/GROUNDGAME

Trump, in tight race with Harris, hunts for the 'holy

grail' of US politics - infrequent voters

The Trump campaign and its allies are putting an

unprecedented focus on targeting infrequent voters, a

high-risk/high-reward strategy that could bring in a wave of new

voters but could also fall short if their targets ultimately

stay home in November.

9 Sep 13:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

UKRAINE-CRISIS/SERBIA-RUSSIANS (PIX) (TV)

A mini Russia emerges in Serbia as thousands flee war

On a sweltering summer morning in Serbia's capital Belgrade,

Vadim Morus, a professional ice skater from Russia, glides

across an outdoor rink. Morus is 1000 miles from his native

Moscow, but is beginning to feel at home. He fled Russia with

his fiancee in 2022, part of a wave of thousands to come to

Serbia after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It's a long way to

come, but many chose Belgrade for its ancient cultural and

religious ties to Moscow.

9 Sep 06:00 ET / 06:00 GMT