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GLOBAL

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-EUROPE/

U.S. hit by spike in coronavirus instances; rising infections pressure Europe’s hospitals

Europe’s hospital methods are liable to buckling beneath the pressure of hovering COVID-19 infections that put the continent once more on the middle of the worldwide pandemic on Wednesday whereas practically two-thirds of U.S. states have been in a hazard zone of coronavirus unfold.

POPE-FILM-HOMOSEXUALS/

Pope says same-sex {couples} ought to be coated by civil union legal guidelines

Pope Francis has mentioned that same-sex {couples} ought to be protected by civil union legal guidelines in a few of the clearest language he has used on the rights of homosexual individuals since his election seven years in the past.

U.S.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA

COVID-19 tightens grip on U.S. Midwest; four states report file day by day deaths

4 U.S. states reported a file one-day improve in COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday together with Wisconsin, a hotly contested state within the Nov. Three election, in accordance with a Reuters evaluation, as infections saved rising throughout the Midwest and past.

USA-ELECTION-INFREQUENT-VOTERS-INSIGH/

These voters sat out in 2016. Now they might decide the subsequent U.S. president

Iowa resident LeAnne Putman-Thomas has watched her nation pursue wars, endure recessions and elect its first Black president. But the 53-year-old by no means felt compelled to vote.

BUSINESS

PURDUE-PHARMA-OPIOIDS-INVESTIGATIONS/

OxyContin maker Purdue to plead responsible over opioid practices, deal sparks opposition

Purdue Pharma LP agreed to plead responsible to prison costs over the dealing with of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin, in a take care of U.S. prosecutors that successfully sidestepped paying billions of {dollars} in penalties and stopped in need of criminally charging its executives or rich Sackler household house owners.

TESLA-RESULTS/

Tesla units income file, makes revenue because of air pollution credit score gross sales to rivals

Tesla Inc on Wednesday reported its fifth consecutive quarterly revenue on file income of $8.Eight billion, boosted by an uptick in car deliveries and gross sales of environmental regulatory credit to different automakers.

ENTERTAINMENT

CROATIA-OLIVEOIL/

Croatia’s Istria area producing a few of the world’s finest olive oil, say specialists

BALE, Croatia (Reuters) – In simply 15 years, Croatia’s Istrian peninsula within the nothern Adriatic has turn out to be one of many world’s finest producers of olive oil, embellished with high business awards.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY-TEACHER/

Naples lecturers carry socially distanced college to streets and balconies

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Since faculties within the southern Italian area of Campania closed resulting from a surge in COVID-19 instances, lecturers have been taking their courses to the streets to forestall college students from falling behind.

SPORTS

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MCI-POR/REPORT

Soccer-Manchester Metropolis come again for 3-1 win over Porto

MANCHESTER, England(Reuters) – Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to make a profitable begin in Champions League Group C on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over Porto on the Etihad Stadium.

MOTOR-F1-STROLL/

Motor racing-Each Strolls examined optimistic for COVID-19 after Eifel GP

Racing Level defended their actions on Wednesday after it emerged that Canadian Components One driver Lance Stroll and team-owner father Lawrence examined optimistic for COVID-19 following this month’s Eifel Grand Prix.

UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-ELECTION/CHINA (PIX)

ANALYSIS-China struggles to fill Trump’s ‘America First’ management void

As Donald Trump has pulled the USA inward beneath his “America First” presidency, China has had solely halting success at filling a world management vacuum, presenting openings for a extra internationalist Joe Biden administration if he wins subsequent month’s election.

22 Oct 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (PIX) (TV)

Trump to marketing campaign in North Carolina

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a marketing campaign rally on Wednesday in Gastonia, North Carolina.

21 Oct 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

LEBANON-CRISIS/GOVERNMENT (PIX) (TV)

Lebanon’s president consults parliamentary blocs on alternative of latest PM

Lebanese president Michel Aoun consults politicians making an attempt to interrupt impasse over selecting a primary minister to kind a brand new authorities, with talks specializing in prospects of former premier Saad al-Hariri who resigned after mass protests final 12 months

22 Oct

USA-ELECTION/GLOBAL-CLIMATECHANGE

Forward of U.S. election, Europe eyes an ally in local weather change struggle

A win in the USA presidential election by Democrat candidate Joe Biden would breathe new life into international efforts to curb local weather change, specialists say, if the U.S. teamed up with Europe to demand motion from different main greenhouse gasoline emitters. However with deadly heatwaves, wildfires and floods intensifying around the globe, members in previous local weather negotiations warn {that a} second time period for incumbent President Donald Trump might show extra disruptive than his first, by emboldening climate-sceptic nations to frustrate cooperation to guard the planet.

22 Oct

USA-ELECTION/FUNDRAISING

Presidential candidates element spending, fundraising in closing pre-election filings

Presidential candidate file new pre-election disclosures with the Federal Election Fee that element fundraising and spending.

22 Oct

USA-ELECTION/MIRRAGE

EXPLAINER-Purple mirage, blue mirage: Watch out for early U.S. election wins

Early vote counts in probably the most aggressive, battleground states will be significantly deceptive this election due to the surge in mail-in or absentee ballots, and the completely different ways in which they’re processed. Right here is what to anticipate in a few of the most bitterly contested states that may decide the subsequent U.S. president

22 Oct

SEYCHELLES-ELECTION/ (PIX)

Seychelles holds parliamentary and presidential elections

President Danny Faure is standing for re-election because the east African island nation of the Seychelles holds presidential and parliamentary elections. If he wins, it is going to be one other five-year time period for the social gathering that has held energy since 1977.

22 Oct

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/GERMANY-INSTITUTE (TV)

German public well being institute holds coronavirus briefing

Germany’s Robert Koch Institute for infectious ailments holds a media briefing as coronavirus instances within the nation are surging.

22 Oct 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

USA-ELECTION/LEGAL-CONTESTED

What occurs if Trump rejects the election outcomes?

With Trump repeatedly claiming that the election is rigged, some authorized specialists say the president is prone to dispute the election outcomes if they don’t go in his favor. What would occur if there’s a contested election – what legal guidelines come into play and who would resolve the dispute?

22 Oct 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

CANADA-POLITICS/ALBERTA (PIX)

As recognition slides, Alberta’s Kenney has oil pipeline using on U.S. vote

The premier of Canada’s oil-producing province Alberta is shedding recognition because the pandemic deepens its financial woes, highlighting the large pipeline wager that Jason Kenney has using on the U.S. election.

22 Oct 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/GERMANY-ALTMAIER

German economic system minister speaks after discussing Covid-19 with hospitality business

German Financial system Minister Peter Altmaier and the pinnacle of the nation’s lodge and restaurant affiliation Dehoga maintain a joint digital information convention after discussing the influence of the coronavirus pandemic.

22 Oct 07:45 ET / 11:45 GMT

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

TAIWAN-SECURITY/ (TV)

Taiwan Defence Minister takes questions in parliament

Taiwan Defence Minister Yen De-fa takes lawmaker questions in parliament on army modernisation plans.

22 Oct 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT

COLOMBIA-VIOLENCE/ (TV)

Interview with Colombia’s presidential advisor for safety

We’ll interview Rafael Guarin, Colombia’s presidential advisor on safety points.

22 Oct

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PHILIPPINES

Interview with Well being Ministry Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire

Cellphone interview with Well being ministry undersecretary and spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire

22 Oct 21:30 ET / 01:30 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AFRICA (PIX)

WHO, Africa CDC to supply updates on COVID-19 pandemic

Consultants from the World Well being Group and the Africa Centres for Illness Management and Prevention will maintain on-line media briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

22 Oct 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SPAIN (PIX) (TV)

Monitoring coronavirus state of affairs in Spain

Monitoring coronavirus state of affairs in Spain because the well being minister meets with regional leaders to debate measures and their software in accordance with tiers primarily based on the extent of coronavirus an infection.

22 Oct 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/FDA-VACCINE

FDA advisory committee meet on COVID-19 vaccine improvement, authorization

The Vaccines and Associated Organic Merchandise Advisory Committee will maintain a public assembly on Oct. 22, to debate the event, authorization, and/or licensure of vaccines indicated to forestall COVID-19. The exterior scientific and public well being specialists will focus on basic medical improvement, approval, and authorization and the assembly isn’t meant to debate any specific COVID-19 vaccine candidates.

22 Oct 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

INDIA-INVESTMENT BANKING/

Wall Avenue banks in line for uncommon payday bonanza in India amid pandemic

Main Wall Avenue banks in India raked in second highest payment earnings because the monetary disaster within the first 9 months placing them on track to probably the most worthwhile years, as corporations rushed to boost funds regardless of the pandemic. The payment bonanza comes even because the coronavirus outbreak has badly dented the economic system.

22 Oct

VOLARIS-RESULTS/

Mexican airline Volaris publishes third quarter outcomes

Volaris, Mexico’s largest airline by passenger volumes, studies third quarter outcomes.

22 Oct

NORWAY-JUSTICE/ (PIX)

Prosecutors to wrap up case towards accomplice of Norway’s ex-justice minister

Prosecutors will wrap up their case towards the accomplice of Norway’s former justice minister, who stands trial for allegedly fabricating threats that ended up costing the minister his job. Laila Anita Bertheussen, who was arrested in March 2019, has declared herself harmless of the costs

22 Oct

INDIA-ECONOMY/FESTIVALS (PIX)

Regardless of coronavirus, Indian merchants replenish in hopes of festive cheer

Indian shopkeepers and companies are stocking up extra forward of this 12 months’s large competition season than final 12 months, anticipating individuals whose earnings have been comparatively unscathed by the pandemic to spend the cash they’ve saved throughout months of lockdowns.

22 Oct

UGANDA-RATES/

Uganda central financial institution to announce its newest lending fee determination

The central Financial institution of Uganda to announce its benchmark fee for the subsequent two months. On the final sitting of the financial institution’s financial coverage committee the speed was left unchanged at 7%.

22 Oct 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

UZBEKISTAN-RATES/

Uzbekistan’s central financial institution evaluations coverage fee

Uzbekistan’s central financial institution to overview its coverage fee

22 Oct 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/BRITAIN-ECONOMY (TV)

UK finance minister Sunak to provide financial replace to lawmakers

The UK’s finance minister, Rishi Sunak, delivers an financial replace to lawmakers after an unprecedented interval of presidency expenditure led to by the coronavirus pandemic.

22 Oct 06:30 ET / 10:30 GMT

AIRLINES-RESULTS/USA

American Airways and Southwest publish outcomes with concentrate on money to journey out disaster

American Airways and Southwest Airways are resulting from publish third-quarter outcomes on Thursday with concentrate on how a lot money the carriers are burning and the way a lot liquidity they’ve shored as much as face up to a deep business disaster because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Oct 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

KENYA-ATTACK/COURT (PIX) (TV)

Kenyan court docket sentences two males in 2013 shopping center assault

A Kenyan court docket is scheduled on Thursday to condemn two males convicted of serving to al Qaeda-linked gunmen storm Nairobi’s Westgate shopping center, killing a minimum of 67 individuals in a 2013 assault that proved Somali militants might strike on the coronary heart of the capital.

22 Oct

USA-COURT/BARRETT-INDUSTRY

A extra conservative Supreme Courtroom might favor oil and gasoline pursuits

With the doubtless appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, a staunchly conservative court docket may need wide-ranging and helpful implications for the oil-and-gas business and damage environmental laws going ahead, and raises questions whether or not deep-pocketed corporations would achieve clout realizing they’re prone to get favorable court docket rulings that curtail businesses’ skill to manage air pollution.

22 Oct

USA-COURT/BARRETT (TV)

U.S. Senate panel votes on Barrett Supreme Courtroom nomination

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee votes on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Courtroom nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Assuming she wins approval within the Republican-controlled panel, the total Senate might maintain a procedural vote on limiting debate on the nominee as early as Oct. 25 adopted by a potential closing affirmation vote by the night of Oct. 26.

22 Oct 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

PEOPLE-GHISLAINE MAXWELL/ (TV)

Ghislaine Maxwell deposition that she fought to maintain sealed is predicted to be made public

A transcript of an Aprli 2016 deposition that Ghislaine Maxwell gave in 2016 associated to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is predicted to be publicly launched by Thursday morning in Manhattan federal court docket, after judges rejected her arguments to maintain it beneath wraps.

22 Oct 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS

ASIA-STORM/ (PIX) (TV)

Vietnam will get prepared as tropical storm Saudel edges nearer amid flood disaster

Vietnam is evacuating 1000’s of individuals from their houses as tropical storm Saudel approaches bringing extra distress to a rustic that has endured weeks of heavy rains, floods and mudslides which have killed over 100 individuals in a few of its worst climate in a long time

22 Oct