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China's aviation regulator on Monday grounded nearly 100 Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by its airlines, more than a quarter of the global fleet of the jets, after a deadly crash of one of the planes in Ethiopia.

IRAN-IRAQ-VISIT/ Trade ties in focus as Iran's Rouhani begins Iraq visit BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sharply criticised U.S. military intervention in the Middle East on Monday as he began a first official visit to Iraq, aimed at shoring up Tehran's influence and expanding trade ties.

U.S. USA-IMMIGRATION-OUTBREAKS/

Mumps, other outbreaks force U.S. detention centers to quarantine over 2,000 migrants Christian Mejia thought he had a shot at getting out of immigration detention in rural Louisiana after he found a lawyer to help him seek asylum.

USA-TRUMP/BUDGET-WALL EXCLUSIVE-In budget, Trump to ask Congress for $8.6 billion for border wall

WASHINGTON(Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday will ask the U.S. Congress for an additional $8.6 billion to help pay for his promised wall on the U.S-Mexico border to combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, officials familiar with his 2020 budget request told Reuters. BUSINESS

BOEING-STOCKS/ Boeing shares fall after second deadly 737 MAX 8 crash

Shares of Boeing Co slid 9 percent in early trading on Monday as many airlines grounded the planemaker's best selling 737 MAX 8 passenger jet following the second deadly crash involving the plane. TESLA-PRICE/

Tesla to raise vehicle prices, keep more stores open Electric carmaker Tesla Inc said on Sunday it will raise prices of its high-end vehicles by about 3 percent on average as it plans to keep more retail stores open than planned.

ENTERTAINMENT SOUTHKOREA-YG-ENTERTAINMENT/

K-pop Big Bang member booked on alleged sex bribery; company shares drop SEOUL (Reuters) - A member of South Korean K-pop band Big Bang, who goes by the stage name Seungri, has been charged with providing prostitutes to foreign investors in his private club, media reported on Sunday, sending shares of his agency as much as 14 percent lower.

BRITAIN-ROYALS-BABY-PREGNANCY-TIMELIN/ The pregnancy of Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex

LONDON (Reuters) - The Duchess of Sussex, former U.S. actress Meghan Markle, is due to give birth this Spring to her first child with husband Prince Harry, 34, Queen Elizabeth's grandson. SPORTS

OLYMPICS-2020/ Olympics-Japan's superfan looks to complete Olympic circle in 2020

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - For most people, going to watch the Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but for 92-year-old superfan Naotoshi Yamada it has become a quadrennial ritual over the last five and a half decades. TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/

Federer wins Indian Wells opener, Nishikori survives three-setter Roger Federer began his campaign for a record sixth Indian Wells title by defeating German Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 7-5 in the BNP Paribas Open in California on Sunday.

UPCOMING POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-MUELLER (PIX) NEWSMAKER-Mueller navigates dangerous currents in probing Trump-Russia nexus

Robert Mueller brought an enviable reputation as the architect of the modern FBI and a force behind major criminal prosecutions to his job as special counsel investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election but has encountered a relentless campaign by President Donald Trump to discredit the probe. 11 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT

MEXICO-PRESIDENT/ (PIX) RPT-Popularity sky-high, Mexico's president runs a one-man-show

Three months into his presidency, Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has already spent more time facing the press corps than his predecessor did in his entire six-year term. 11 Mar 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

BRITAIN-EU/27 27 EU ambassadors get update on Brexit

EU ambassadors of the 27 states staying on in the bloc after Brexit get an update from their negotiating team after weekend talks brought no breakthrough and only 18 days remain until Britain is due to leave. 11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

IRAQ-IRAN/ROUHANI (PIX) (TV) Iran's Rouhani visits Iraq

The second day of a visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's to Iraq. The visit, which is his first to the country, comes amid heightening tension between Washington and Tehran, with an Iraq devastated by years of war caught in the middle. Mar 12

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-GHOUTA (PIX) (TV)

Syrians talk about life in former rebel-held area near Damascus Syrians talk about life in the eastern Ghouta near Damascus nearly a year after President Bashar al-Assad's government recovered the region back from rebels in a Russian-backed military offensive.

Mar 12 DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS

AUSTRIA-COW/ATTACK (PIX) Austrian government holds news conference after cow attack ruling

Austria's government holds a news conference on "the future of mountain pastures" after a German tourist's trampling to death by an Alpine cow prompted a court ruling that mountain farmers say threatens their way of life. 11 Mar 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE FRANCE-TRIAL/ (PIX)

The trial of Bernard Tapie in Paris The tycoon at the centre of a decades-old French legal battle that has dragged politicians and business leaders in its wake goes on trial on Monday accused of fraud. Bernard Tapie, the larger-than-life businessman and one-time chairman of Olympique Marseille football club, is embroiled in a fight over a fraught 1993 corporate deal and the compensation he won from the state 15 years later.

11 Mar 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT CHINA-PALIAMENT/CRIME

China supreme court, prosecutor give reports to parliament China's chief justice and top prosecutor give their annual reports to parliament.

12 Mar 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

PORTUGAL-JOBS/PRECARIOUS (PIX) Precarious work persists in Portugal after economic boom

Even though Portugal's unemployment rate fell to 14-year lows last year, there are more people working under precarious conditions than at the peak of the crisis in 2011, a phenomenon experts say limits potential growth in an economy that is already cooling off from its strongest economic expansion in almost two decades registered in 2017. 11 Mar 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

JAPAN-ECONOMY/OSAKA (PIX) Tourism in Osaka, often overshadowed by Tokyo, is catching up

Osaka, long Japan's "second city," is winning the race against Tokyo to draw foreign tourists, but after a boom its retailers and property developers are adapting to shifting tourism spending patterns. 12 Mar 19:00 ET / 23:00 GMT

EUROZONE-EUROGROUP/GREECE (PIX) (TV) Euro zone finance ministers to decide if Greece should get 750 ml euros

Euro zone finance ministers will decide if Greece has sufficiently delivered on promised reforms to get a 750 million euro disbursement from the euro zone. 11 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

COLOMBIA-CENBANK/ Interview with Colombia central bank board member Zarate

We'll interview Colombia central bank board member Juan Pablo Zarate about coming monetary policy decisions, the interest rate, economic growth and the country's trade deficit. 11 Mar 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

EU-ECOFIN/ EU finance ministers meet in Brussels

European Union finance ministers gather in Brussels for a regular meeting in which they are expected to adopt a widened blacklist of tax havens and will discuss possible next steps on the taxation of digital companies after a plan to impose an EU-wide tech levy was blocked by a group of states in the bloc. Mar 12

CERAWEEK-ENERGY/ Top energy executives, oil ministers debate the future of fossil fuels

Global energy ministers and executives from the world's largest oil producers meet in Houston March 11-15 to discuss factors affecting oil and gas, electricity and power markets. Mar 12

SERBIA-INFLATION/ Serbia's Statistics Office to release February inflation data

Serbia's Statistics Office to release February inflation data Mar 12

ZIMBABWE-SAFRICA/ (PIX) Zimbabwe President to hold talks with South Africa's leader Ramaphosa

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa will host South Africa's leader Cyril Ramaphosa for annual bilateral talks that are expected to discuss trade and security issues, a few months after Pretoria turned down a $1.2 billion loan request from its troubled neighbour. Mar 12

SPORTS SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA (TV)

Doping - IAAF Council likely to consider Russian doping ban The IAAF Council is likely to take up the Russian athletics ban for doping at its March council meeting in Doha. At the end of the meeting IAAF President Sebastian Coe will speak to the media.

11 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

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