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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 Leader’s 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
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
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 couldn’t talk
Explainer: Why younger and older ‘House of the Dragon’ actors Alicent and Rhaenyra couldn’t 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
