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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

USA-TRUMP-IRAN

Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump

threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if

Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its

nuclear program.

USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA-UKRAINE

'Pissed off' at Putin, Trump threatens tariffs on

Russian oil if Moscow blocks Ukraine deal

WEST PALM BEACH, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald

Trump said on Sunday he was "pissed off" at Russian President

Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50%

on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his

efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP-THIRD-TERM

Trump says he is not joking about third presidential

term

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Republican President Donald

Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third

presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but

that it was too early to think about doing so.

USA-CONGRESS-REPUBLICANS

US Senate Republican Ron Johnson says advancing Trump agenda

depends on spending cuts

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - A prominent conservative

senator predicted on Sunday that Donald Trump's tax-cuts and

immigration agenda will not advance in the U.S. Senate unless

the president and Republican leaders agree to slash federal

spending to a level last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

BUSINESS

VOLVO-CAR-AB-CEO

Volvo Cars brings back veteran Hakan Samuelsson as CEO

March 30 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars has reappointed Hakan

Samuelsson, who served as CEO of the company from 2012 to 2022,

as chief executive, after the group warned last month that it

could be in for a challenging 2025.

USA-TRUMP-TARIFFS-AUTOS-PRICES

Why Trump's auto tariffs will hurt his working-class

supporters

DETROIT, March 30 (Reuters) - Working-class car buyers will

be the hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariff

on imported vehicles because almost all low-cost new cars sold

in the United States are built elsewhere.

ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-A-MINECRAFT-MOVIE-LONDON-PREMIERE

Momoa and Black create comedy in game adaptation 'A

Minecraft Movie'

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and

Jack Black used humour and big performances to bring to life a

corner of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, in

"A Minecraft Movie."

PEOPLE-RICHARD-CHAMBERLAIN

Heartthrob actor Richard Chamberlain, star of 'Thorn

Birds', dies aged 90

NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Richard Chamberlain, the

Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame

in the TV medical drama "Dr. Kildare" and starred in the

mini-series "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds" has died at the age

of 90, publicist Harlan Boll said.

SPORTS

MOTOR-MOTOGP-USA

Ducati's Bagnaia wins Americas GP after Marc Marquez crashes

out

AUSTIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia won

a chaotic Americas Grand Prix ahead of Gresini Racing's Alex

Marquez on Sunday after leader Marc Marquez crashed halfway

through the race to lose for the first time this season.

SKI-JUMPING-PREVC

Ski jumping-Prevc breaks men's world record with

254.5-metre jump

March 30 (Reuters) - Slovenia's Domen Prevc broke the men's

ski jumping world record with a mark of 254.5 metres during the

2024-25 World Cup in Planica on Sunday.

UPCOMING

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

TSMC-TAIWAN/ (TV) 

TSMC holds expansion ceremony for 2nm factory in southern

Taiwan

TSMC hold an expansion ceremony for 2nm factory in southern

Taiwan's Kaohsiung.

31 Mar

COLOMBIA-INFLATION/ 

Reuters Poll - Analysts on outlook for Colombia inflation in

March

Analysts will give their outlook for Colombia inflation

figures in March.

31 Mar

ARGENTINA-POVERTY/ (PIX) (TV) 

Argentina release 2024 second half poverty rate

The Poverty and Indigence Index for the second half of 2024

is set to be released, providing insight into the incidence of

poverty and indigence based on the Permanent Household Survey

(EPH).

31 Mar

COLOMBIA-RATES/ 

Colombia central bank board to vote on interest rate

Colombia's seven-member central bank board will vote on the

benchmark interest rate.

31 Mar

CHINA AIRLINES-AIRBUS/ (TV) 

Taiwan's China Airlines and Airbus formally sign deal for

new A350 aircraft

Taiwan's China Airlines and Airbus formally sign deal for

new A350 aircraft.

31 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

TESLA-DELIVERIES/ 

Tesla investors flag waning sentiment even as quarterly

deliveries set to edge up

Tesla investors are bracing for a toss-up first

quarter as backlash on CEO Elon Musk's political views are

expected to hurt already weakening demand for the EV maker's

aging lineup and neutralize boosts from its refreshed SUV and

sales incentives.

31 Mar 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

BRAZIL-COFFEE/IRRIGATION (INSIGHT, PIX) (PIX) (GRAPHIC) 

INSIGHT-Brazil's coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to

quench global demand for the brew

Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up

trees and driving global prices to record highs. But Rodrigo

Brondani is expecting a bumper harvest.

Brondani's giant plantation on the savanna of Brazil's

northeastern state of Bahia looks very different to the

mountainside farms and estates typical in coffee cultivation

across much of Latin America.

As he inspects rows of plants laden with green coffee

cherries, a long irrigation arm passes overhead nearby. It

traces a wide circle above the trees from a central pivot, like

the hand of a clock.

"This is looking very good," said Brondani, the lead manager

at the Joha farm, which has 900 hectares (2,224 acres) of

irrigated coffee fields - more than 20 times bigger than the

average coffee farm in Brazil.

This kind of industrial-scale farm with access to irrigation is

becoming increasingly important in meeting global coffee demand

in Brazil - the world's largest grower. Most farms in the

western part of Bahia - a new frontier for coffee growing in

Brazil - are now irrigated.

31 Mar 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

GLOBAL-FOREX/OPTIONS 

ANALYSIS-FX options volume surge as investors juggle tariff

risks

A pullback in market expectations for currency volatility from

multi-year highs hit earlier this year is drawing hedge funds

and asset managers to FX options as they look to navigate

markets roiled by the Trump administration's tariff policies.

31 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS

MYANMAR-QUAKE/ (PIX) (TV) 

Rescue efforts continue in Myanmar, Thailand on fourth day

after deadly quake

Search and rescue efforts continue in Myanmar and Thailand on

fourth day after collapses of buildings from a powerful

earthquake in Southeast Asia left many dead. More than 140

people were killed in Myanmar and nine in Bangkok, where more

than 100 people were missing at a construction site.

31 Mar

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/DISINFORMATION 

After Duterte's arrest, Philippine drug war victims face

abuse and online falsehoods

The bloodied body of Sheerah Escudero's 18-year-old brother was

found in 2017 with hands bound and head wrapped in packaging

tape, a suspected victim of the Philippines' then-President

Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" that left thousands dead.

The arrest of Duterte on March 11 on an International

Criminal Court warrant over the drug war murders gave her some

comfort, but since then Escudero and many others like her have

faced a wave of online attacks from Duterte supporters.

31 Mar

ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV) 

Zimbabwe war veterans plan protest against President

Mnangagwa

A faction of war veterans backing Zimbabwe's Vice President

Constantino Chiwenga for the presidency has called for protests

on March 31 to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down.

The war veterans, who supported Mnangagwa in the 2017 coup

against Robert Mugabe, accuse him of failing to revive the

economy, presiding over a corrupt government and plotting to

extend his stay in power beyond the end of his second term in

2028.

31 Mar

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

TURKEY-KURDS/CONFLICT (PIX) (TV) 

Victims of Turkey's Kurdish militant conflict long for peace

Former mayor Cihan Sincar is clinging to hope that Turkey's

bid to end a decades-old Kurdish militant insurgency brings the

peace her MP husband sought before his assassination - one of

hundreds of political killings at the height of the conflict.

31 Mar

TURKEY-KURDS/ (PIX) (TV) 

In Turkey's Kurdish heartland, distrust erodes peace process

hopes

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival

and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year

conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds

anxious to see what a fragile peace process may bring.

31 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/MIGRATION 

Venezuelan migrants' lawyers to respond on whether Trump

administration violated deportation order

Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants are due to indicate by March

31 whether they believe the Trump administration violated a

judge's order blocking deportations by failing to bring two

plane loads of deportees back to the United States.

31 Mar

USA-COURT/ 

U.S. Supreme Court issues orders

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

31 Mar 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-COURT/RELIGION 

U.S. Supreme Court hears clash over religious exemptions

from Wisconsin tax

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

arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption

from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with

potential implications for constitutional religious rights.

31 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT