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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

UKRAINE-CRISIS/

Putin mobilises more troops for Ukraine, accuses West of ‘nuclear blackmail’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine and said Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal if the West pursued what he called its “nuclear blackmail” over the conflict there.

SLUG/IRAN-NUCLEAR-WEST

Germany nationalises Uniper as energy crisis with Russia deepens

Germany nationalised Uniper on Wednesday after an earlier multi-billion euro bailout failed to keep the gas importer afloat and President Vladimir Putin sent oil prices higher by announcing a partial Russian military mobilisation.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP/DOCUMENTS

Judge asks Trump’s lawyers if he declassified records in FBI search

The U.S. judge named to review documents seized by the FBI last month at Donald Trump’s Florida home pressed Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday to say whether they plan to assert that the records had been declassified by the former president, as he has claimed.

MEDTRONIC-FDA/

FDA warns of cybersecurity risk with certain Medtronic insulin pumps

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that certain types of insulin pump systems manufactured by Medtronic MDT.N were vulnerable to cyberattacks and that hackers could potentially hamper insulin delivery by accessing the device.

BUSINESS

USA-FED/

Fed set for big rate hike as waters get choppy for world’s central banks

The Federal Reserve is expected on Wednesday to lift interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point for a third straight time and signal how much further and how fast borrowing costs may need to rise to tame a potentially corrosive outbreak of inflation.

JAPAN-YEN/CARRYTRADE

A quadrillion reasons the Bank of Japan should fret about Fed

A quadrillion yen is lying idle with Japanese households, ready to be shipped overseas when yields abroad turn more attractive, and that moment could arrive as soon as this week.

ENTERTAINMENT

USA-BIDEN/ELTON JOHN

Elton John set to perform at the White House on Friday

U.S. President Joe Biden will host British rocker Elton John for a performance on Friday at the White House, according to a press release.

LEBANON-CULTURE/EXHIBITION

At Beirut exhibit, Lebanese explore their capital’s past

Lebanese artists, journalists and researchers have created a multidisciplinary exhibition in the historic building of Beit Beirut, revisiting the past of the city and exploring their relationship with Beirut today.

SPORTS

CRICKET-T20-PAK-ENG/

Hales helps England win their first game on Pakistan soil in 17 years

England opener Alex Hales hit a superb half-century and Harry Brook made an unbeaten 42 as they beat hosts Pakistan by six wickets in their Twenty20 meeting on Tuesday — their first match in the Asian country for 17 years.

SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE/

Chelsea sack commercial director Willoughby over ‘inappropriate messages’

Chelsea said they have terminated commercial director Damian Willoughby’s employment with immediate effect after receiving evidence he had sent “inappropriate messages” before being appointed by the Premier League side.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-ELECTION/STATES

DELAYED-Reuters/Ipsos polling on key races in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada

This story has been delayed. New publication date TBD. Reuters/Ipsos polling on key U.S Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada. Reuters/Ipsos will conduct three waves of polling in six states in the runup to the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/ABORTION-BALLOT

FACTBOX-Five states have abortion initiatives on their U.S. midterms ballot

Voters in five states will consider abortion-related ballot measures in November, initiatives that have taken on new urgency after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

BRAZIL-GUNS/HEIST

With fresh firepower, brutal bank thieves blitz small-town Brazil

Shortly before dawn in late June 2019, a heavily armed crew of bank robbers rammed a truck into the Brazilian city of Uberaba’s main Banco do Brasil branch. They left the building several hours later with around $5 million dollars in cash. This story accompanies BRAZIL-GUNS/

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

BRAZIL-GUNS/ (PIX) (TV)

INSIGHT-Bolsonaro’s gun laws arm Brazil’s bellicose bank thieves

There is mounting evidence legally acquired high-caliber weapons are cascading onto Brazil’s black market, allowing gangs to restock their armories for a generation.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-SPENDING

Trump is MIA in the current surge in Republican ad spending

Fundraising groups tied to the leadership of the Republican Party are ramping up spending on ads to help the party win control of Congress in Nov. 8 elections. But not Donald Trump’s Save America group.

21 Sep 14:00 ET / 18:00 GMT

USA-COURT/NOMINEES-ABORTION (PIX)

U.S. Senate panel to consider Biden’s judicial nomination of abortion rights lawyer

A U.S. Senate panel is slated to hold a hearing on several of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, including Julie Rikelman, an abortion rights lawyer nominated to become a federal appeals court judge who represented the Mississippi clinic at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

21 Sep 14:00 ET / 18:00 GMT

USA-MUTUALFUNDS/ICI (PIX) (TV)

ICI reports weekly fund flows

The Investment Company Institute reports weekly flows into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

21 Sep 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

CLIMATE-UN/GUTERRES (TV)

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak to press on climate action

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak to press after Leaders Roundtable on Climate Action.

21 Sep 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

UN-ASSEMBLY/BIDEN (PIX) (TV)

Biden travels to New York for U.N. General Assembly

U.S. President Joe Biden travels to New York to participate in session of U.N. General Assembly.

22 Sep

GLOBAL-CORONAVIRUS/USA

U.S., Bangladesh, Botswana, Spain co-host COVID-19 Global Action Plan ministerial meeting

U.S., Bangladesh, Botswana, Spain co-hostCOVID-19 Global Action Plan ministerial meeting.

22 Sep

ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT/RIGHTS (TV)

Ethiopia Commission on Human Rights to brief UN council

Interactive dialogue on members of a commission of human rights experts in Ethiopia to brief the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on their findings nearly two years into a conflict that began in Tigray. The committee’s mandate, which narrowly passed last time, is up for renewal. Presser afterwards

22 Sep

UKRAINE-CRISIS/NATO

NATO’s Stoltenberg meets U.S. Secretary of State Blinken

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg travels to New York from Sept 19 to Sept 23 to attend the United Nations General Assembly. On Tuesday 20 September, he will participate in the opening of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He will also meet with several world leaders and high-level officials. On Thursday 22 September, the Secretary General will take part in the Transatlantic Dinner hosted by the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken.

22 Sep

UN-ASSEMBLY/ (PIX) (TV)

77th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate

World leaders to take part in the 77th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate.

22 Sep

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

USA-FED/PROJECTIONS

Fed forecasts may show fraying faith in soft landing

How much faith Federal Reserve officials still have in prospects for a “soft landing” as they take aggressive action to quash the highest inflation in 40 years will be revealed on Wednesday when the central bank releases fresh policymaker forecasts.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-OIL/SPR-BUYERS (PIX) (GRAPHIC)

Valero, Marathon top beneficiaries of U.S. emergency oil releases

Oil refiners Valero Energy Corp and Marathon Petroleum Corp are the biggest beneficiaries of releases from government’s oil reserves, taking nearly half the crude offered, a Reuters analysis of Department of Energy data showed.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

USA-ECONOMY/RENTS (PIX)

Rents are rising at their fastest pace in several years, leaving behind young U.S. workers

The cost of renting a home in the United States is surging and young workers have felt the sharpest pain, many of them taking on additional jobs or roommates to afford housing costs.

21 Sep 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

USA-AAR/LOADINGS

AAR issues weekly traffic of major railroads

Association of American Railroads issues its weekly traffic of major railroads data.

21 Sep 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

ARGENTINA-TRADEFIGURES/

August trade balance data due for release

Argentine government is due to release August trade balance data

21 Sep 18:30 ET / 22:30 GMT

ARGENTINA-UNEMPLOYMENT/

Argentina due to release unemployment figures for the second quarter

21 Sep 18:30 ET / 22:30 GMT

PARIS-SPACE CONFERENCE/

Major space conference held in Paris

The International Astronautical Congress, a major space exploration conference, will be held in Paris, with Reuters covering speakers.

22 Sep

SUDAN-ECONOMY/ (PIX) (TV)

Sudanese head north to Egypt as economy slows to a crawl

In downtown Khartoum’s al-Souq al-Arabi, travel agencies helping young Sudanese men seek a brighter economic future in Egypt have replaced some of the once-packed hardware stores in the capital’s main commercial hub. The exodus reflects growing despondence over prospects at home, where the economy has been in freefall, power and water cuts are common and anti-army protests have rocked the streets since a coup a year ago.

22 Sep

FRANCE-ENERGY/VEGETABLES

French fruit and veg industry group holds press conference on energy costs

French fruit and vegetable industry group Interfel holds press conference on the impact of rising energy costs.

22 Sep

LOUISDREYFUS-RESULTS/

Agricultural commodity group Louis Dreyfus reports first-half results

Agricultural commodity group Louis Dreyfus reports first-half results. International crop traders have seen earnings boosted in the past year by high prices and tight supplies.

22 Sep

GRAINS-ARGENTINA/EXCHANGE

Buenos Aires Grains Exchange publishes weekly crop forecast report

22 Sep

JAPAN-ECONOMY/BOJ (TV)

BOJ concludes two-day policy meeting, set to keep ultra-low interest rates

The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its ultra-low interest rates and dovish policy guidance to support a fragile economic recovery, a move that may accelerate the yen’s unwelcome declines as markets focus on the widening Japan-U.S. interest rate differentials.

22 Sep 02:30 ET / 06:30 GMT

SPORTS

SAFRICA-SOLAR/CARS (PIX) (TV)

South Africa’s local team joins a solar car race

A South African engineering team, ranging in age from 20 to 70 years old, for the first time took part in the continent’s biggest solar car race, where drivers travel on public roads from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Before joining the competition, the residents of Mpumalanga province have been building and driving electric vehicles for a decade to encourage school kids to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

21 Sep 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

FASHION-MILAN/FENDI (TV)

Fendi presents its Spring/Summer 2023 creations during the Milan Fashion Week

21 Sep 12:00 ET / 16:00 GMT

FASHION-MILAN/ALBERTA FERRETTI (PIX)

Alberta Ferretti presents its Spring/Summer 2023 creations during the Milan Fashion Week

21 Sep 17:00 ET / 21:00 GMT

FASHION-MILAN/ (PIX) (TV)

Milan Fashion Week (Spring/Summer 2023)

Designers present their Spring/Summer creations during the Milan Fashion Week from 20th-26th September 2022.

22 Sep

TELEVISION-HOUSE OF THE DRAGON/CAST (TV)

Explainer: Why younger and older House of the Dragon actors Alicent and Rhaenyra couldnt talk

22 Sep

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/BARRACK

Opening statements to begin in trial of Trump fundraiser Tom Barrack

Opening statements are set to begin on Wednesday in the trial of Tom Barrack, a top fundraiser and friend of former President Donald Trump who stands accused of acting as an unregistered agent for the United Arab Emirates.

21 Sep 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

CAMBODIA-ROUGE/COURT (PIX) (TV)

U.N.-backed court to rule over ex-Khmer Rouge leader’s appeal

A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia will rule on an appeal by a former leader of the notorious Khmer Rouge, Khieu Samphan, who is seeking to overturn a conviction and a life imprisonment sentence against him in 2018 for crimes against humanity and genocide. Khieu Samphan, now 91, is the last living Khmer Rouge leader.

22 Sep

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