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TOP STORIES

GLO(BA)L

UKRAINE-CRISIS-BRITAIN-RUSSIA/

UK accuses Kremlin of trying to install pro-Russian leader in Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion.

BURKINA-SECURITY/

Heavy gunfire heard in Burkina barracks, gov’t denies army takeover

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Gunfire rang out from several military camps in Burkina Faso early on Sunday, the government said, but it denied the military had seized power.

U.S.

CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRE/

California wildfire triggers evacuations, closes highway

A 1,500-acre fire near the coastal community of Big Sur, California triggered evacuations and closed part of a major highway, state and local officials said on Saturday.

USA-CONGRESS-VOTING-RIGHTS/

Arizona Democratic Party formally censures Sinema

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The executive committee of the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) formally censured U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema over her vote against changing rules in the chamber to steer through voting rights legislation, the state party said on Saturday.

BUSINESS

INDIA-RETAIL-QUICK-COMMERCE/

Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliveries within 10 minutes, sparking a boom in “quick commerce”, but heating up concerns about road safety as bike riders scramble to meet tight deadlines.

FINTECH-CRYPTOCURRENCY-BITCOIN/

Bitcoin falls again, last down 4%

Bitcoin dropped again on Saturday and was last down around 4% for the day, hovering around the $35,000 level.

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ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-MISSION-IMPOSSIBLE/

Next two ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies delayed until 2023, 2024

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The seventh and eighth movies in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise starring Tom Cruise have been delayed until 2023 and 2024 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, producers Paramount Pictures and Skydance said in a statement on Friday.

MUSIC-ADELE/

Adele postponement sidelines fans, disrupts live music recovery

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Elton John returned to the stage this week for the first time in nearly two years, and big names including Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber are getting ready to tour around the world.

SPORTS

TENNIS-AUSOPEN-(BA)RTY/

Barty fends off Anisimova to reach Australian Open quarter-finals

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Home hero Ash Barty will play an Australian Open quarter-final for the fourth straight year after defeating emerging talent Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-3 in Melbourne on Sunday.

MMA-UFC-UFC270/

Ngannou out-wrestles Gane to retain heavyweight crown

Francis Ngannou out-grappled Cyril Gane at UFC 270 in Anaheim, California on Saturday night to retain his UFC heavyweight crown before wrestling with questions about his future amid a feud with the promotion over his contract.

UPCOMING

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NURSES (TV)

International Council of Nurses to release report on COVID-19 challenges

International Council of Nurses, a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations, is set to release a report on the challenges the pandemic poses for the profession.

24 Jan

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/GERMANY (PIX) (TV)

German Chancellor Scholz meets state leaders on COVID-19 situation

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak to reporters after his meeting with the country’s 6 state premiers to discuss the coronavirus pandemic situation.

24 Jan

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

AUSTRALIA-CRIME/ (TV)

Four-year-old Australian girl’s suspected kidnapper appears in court via video link from prison

Terence Darrell Kelly, the man accused of kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith on October 1, 2021 from her family’s tent at a campsite in Western Australia’s north, faces court via video link from prison.

24 Jan

USA-CRIME/AVENATTI (PIX)

Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti goes on trial for allegedly defrauding Stormy Daniels

The celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti faces a criminal trial in Manhattan federal court on charges he stole from a former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Avenatti rose to fame as an opponent of Donald Trump while representing Daniels, who said she had an affair with the U.S. president.

24 Jan

BRITAIN-CRIME/GIGGS (PIX) (TV)

POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST Ryan Giggs goes on trial charged with assault against two women

Wales manager and former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs goes on trial accused of assault against two women.

Giggs has been charged with causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s, as well as one count of coercive and controlling behaviour between 2017 and 2020.

Giggs, 48, denies the charges and the trial could go on for up to three weeks.

24 Jan

SINGAPORE-CRIME/ (PIX)

Singapore court to rule on last-ditch appeal to save Malaysian from hanging

A Singapore court is due to rule on Monday on an appeal against the execution of a Malaysian convicted of drugs smuggling, a fate from which activists and United Nations experts say he should be spared because he is mentally impaired.

His case has attracted international attention, with Malaysia’s prime minister, a group of U.N. experts and British billionaire Richard Branson urging Singapore to commute his death sentence.

24 Jan

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

CANADA-CEN(BA)NK/RATE HIKES

As lift-off looms, markets bet ‘aggressive’ Bank of Canada will tame inflation

As lift-off looms for the Bank of Canada, investors expect the central bank to hike interest rates this year with enough vigor to bring price pressures under control but likely at a cost of slower economic growth.

24 Jan

ALPHABET-GOOGLE/PRIVACY-LAWSUIT

Judge to rule on whether to toss Google location privacy lawsuit in Arizona

An Arizona judge is expected to rule on Monday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit that had been brought by the state’s attorney general nearly two years ago accusing Alphabet Inc’s Googleof misleading users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings.

24 Jan

ANGOLA-ECONOMY/MINISTER (TV)

Interview with Angola finance minister Vera Daves de Sousa

Interview with Angola’s Finance Minister Vera Daves de Sousa on the outlook for another IMF programme for the country, the ongoing privatisation process and progress on economic reforms and oil revenues.

24 Jan

EASTEUROPE-ECONOMY/INFLATION (PIX) (TV)

ANALYSIS-Soaring costs for CEE producers add fuel to inflation surge

Companies across central Europe are facing surging material, energy and wage costs that they will pass on to customers in 2022, feeding into a growing surge in inflation that could peak higher and last longer than central banks expect, shifting CEE’s interest rate trajectory higher.

24 Jan

USA-FED/CBDC (PIX)

ANALYSIS-A digital dollar is years away as U.S. Fed kicks issue to Congress

While the Federal Reserve’s paper on potentially adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will advance debate in Washington, its decision to kick the issue to Congress means an official U.S. digital dollar is still several years away.

24 Jan

ARTS / CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT

FASHION-HAUTECOUTURE/PARIS (PIX) (TV)

Paris: Haute Couture

People may see the latest extravagant seasonal clothing made by prominent fashion firms and designers in Haute Couture fashion week(Fall/Winter).

24 Jan

ART-GAINSBOROUGH/THE BLUE BOY (TV)

Gainsborough’s ‘Blue Boy’ goes on show in London after 100 years

Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘The Blue Boy’ returns to London’s National Gallery for a new exhibition, 100 years after the painting was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.

24 Jan

SPORTS

OLYMPICS-2022/ORMEROD

Olympics-Interview with British snowboarder Katie Ormerod ahead of Beijing Games

Interview with British snowboarder Katie Ormerod as she looks to put the agony of missing the previous Olmypics through injury behind her by bringing home a medal from Beijing

24 Jan

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (PIX)

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido on Maduro recall, opposition revamp

We’ll speak to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido about the recall vote against the country’s president Nicolas Maduro and about how the beleaguered opposition plans to re-energize supporters after a largely disappointing showing in regional elections last year.

24 Jan

BRITAIN-ASSANGE/ (PIX) (TV)

UK High Court decision expected over Assange extradition appeal

UK High Court expected to give its ruling on whether WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange can appeal a decision to extradite him to the United States to the UK Supreme Court.

Statement from Assange’s partner, Stella Morris, expected after verdict.

24 Jan