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GLOBAL MIDEAST-CRISIS-ISLAMIC-STATE

Islamic State enclave pounded in U.S.-backed assault Islamic State’s final enclave in eastern Syria was pounded with air strikes and artillery on Monday in a U.S.-backed assault aimed at wiping out the last shred of its territorial rule that once spanned a third of Syria and Iraq.

VENEZUELA-POLITICS Venezuelan blackout hits oil exports, residents scramble for food

Much of Venezuela, including parts of the capital Caracas, remained without power on Monday for a fifth day, crimping vital oil exports and leaving people struggling to obtain water and food. U.S.

USA-TRUMP/BUDGET Trump budget boosts military and border wall, targets social programs

President Donald Trump on Monday called for spending more money on the military and a U.S.-Mexico border wall while overhauling social programs for the poor in a budget plan that sets the stage for his next fight with the U.S. Congress. 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.

BUSINESS ETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE-INSURANCE

Insurers face large claims after second Boeing 737 MAX crash Boeing Co’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation sources said.

TESLA-MUSK-SEC Tesla's Musk nears deadline to respond to SEC contempt bid

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has until the end of the day on Monday to explain why he should not be held in contempt for recent tweets that U.S. securities regulators say violated a September fraud settlement. ENTERTAINMENT

BRITAIN-EU/FRANCE-BEER In Paris pub, British punters drown sorrows with Brexit beer

If Prime Minister Theresa May or any other Briton needs some Dutch courage to see them through the fraught final countdown to Britain's departure from the European Union they need look no further than a Paris pub and its popular "Brexit" beer. SOUTHKOREA-YG ENTERTAINMENT

K-pop Big Bang member says to retire after alleged sex bribery case goes viral A member of South Korean K-pop band Big Bang who uses the stage name Seungri will leave the entertainment industry after his alleged sex bribery case swept the country, he said on Monday.

SPORTS GOLF-PLAYERS

Woods says he feels good on arrival at Players Championship Tiger Woods seemingly dispelled doubts about his participation in this week's Players Championship in Florida when he arrived on Monday and declared he was in fine fettle.

SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA IAAF maintains ban on Russian athletics over doping scandal

World athletics governing body IAAF has decided not to lift a ban on Russia's athletics federation over doping, saying on Monday it was still waiting to receive data collected from Moscow and financial compensation for its investigations. UPCOMING

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS NORTHKOREA-USA/SOUTHKOREA

Special adviser to S.Korea's Moon to speak after Hanoi summit breakdown Moon Chung-in, a special adviser to South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, plans to speak at a roundtable in Seoul on Tuesday after a recent second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un broke down.

12 Mar 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT GERMANY-BELGIUM/ (PIX) (TV)

Germany's Merkel meets Belgian PM Michel German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel speak to reporters in Berlin, likely to focus on Brexit.

12 Mar 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT USA-TRUMP/CONGRESS-EMERGENCY

Senate expected to vote on measure to repudiate Trump emergency declaration U.S. Senate is expected to vote on measure, already passed in House, to repudiate President Donald Trump’s “national emergency” declaration, potentially dealing him another defeat in his failed effort to fund construction of U.S.-Mexico border wall.

12 Mar USA-TRUMP/RUSSIA-IMPEACHMENT (PIX)

ANALYSIS-Ticking clock may save Trump from impeachment in U.S. Congress A momentous question hanging over Washington is whether investigations into President Donald Trump will prompt the U.S. Congress to try to remove him from office through the impeachment process set out in the U.S. Constitution. The answer may in part be dictated by the clock, with the 2020 presidential and congressional election campaigns already gearing up.

12 Mar 07:00 ET / 11:00 GMT ETHIOPIA-FRANCE/ (PIX)

French President Emmanuel Macron briefs the media on his visit French President Macron and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses the media after visiting ancient churches in Lalibela.

12 Mar WELLS FARGO-CONGRESS/TURNAROUND (PIX) (TV)

CEO Sloan pitches Wells Fargo turnaround to bank critics in Congress Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Tim Sloan's campaign to prove his bank has moved past a series of scandals will collide on Tuesday with newly empowered Democratic lawmakers who are taking aim at Wall Street.

12 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT ETHIOPIA-FRANCE/ (PIX)

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Ethiopia's ancient churches French President Macron and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visits Lalibela where ancient Coptic churches are dug from rocks.

12 Mar DJIBOUTI-FRANCE/ (PIX)

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Djibouti Macron holds a meeting with Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh followed by joint statements.

12 Mar CHINA-PARLIAMENT/XINJIANG (PIX)

The Xinjiang delegation holds group discussion at annual parliament session The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region delegation holds a group discussion at China's annual parliament gathering.

12 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT VENEZUELA-SPAIN/ (PIX)

WIDER IMAGE - Venezuelans build new life in Spain, fret for homeland Middle-class Venezuelan professionals have reluctantly abandoned their chaotic homeland in ever-increasing numbers, many seeking to restart their lives in the less stressful surroundings of Spain.

12 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 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.

12 Mar PAKISTAN-MINE/MILITARY (PIX)

INSIGHT-Pakistan military eyes key role developing giant copper and gold mine Pakistan's military is taking a key role in the development of one of the world's biggest untapped copper and gold deposits, which is currently stalled by a multi-billion dollar legal wrangle with foreign mining firms, multiple sources familiar with the situation said.

12 Mar 21:00 ET / 01:00 GMT 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. 12 Mar

DJIBOUTI-FRANCE/MILITARY (PIX) French President Emmanuel Macron visits his countries troops

Macron visits French military base and speaks to French troops based in Djibouti. 12 Mar

USA-PENTAGON/BUDGET U.S. details $750 billion defense budget proposal

U.S. President Donald Trump requests $750 billion in defense spending from Congress to counter stronger Chinese and Russian militaries, as Pentagon increasingly shifts away from fighting terrorism and rebuilds military to refocus on powerful nation states. 12 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS ETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE/ (PIX) (TV)

Ethiopian authorities probe deadly plane crash that killed 157 Ethiopian authorities are working with international partners to probe a deadly plane crash that killed 157 people when a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into a field outside the capital. Investigators warn it may be weeks before remains are returned to families.

12 Mar CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

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

MARYLAND-COAST GUARD/ Coast Guard officer accused of plotting attack pleads not guilty to weapon and drug charges

A U.S. Coast Guard officer pleaded not guilty to weapon and drug charges in a Maryland court. He was plotting a mass attack before he was arrested last month, prosecutors have said. 11 Mar 20:00 ET / 00:00 GMT

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS 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 PORTUGAL-JOBS/PRECARIOUS (PIX)

Job insecurity weighs on Portuguese growth prospects Portugal's jobless rate has tumbled from record highs as it recovers from an economic crisis, but with more than one in five workers on temporary contracts, insecurity of employment is increasingly acting as a drag on growth.

12 Mar 06:30 ET / 10:30 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.

12 Mar 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.

12 Mar SERBIA-INFLATION/

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

12 Mar SPRINT-M&A/TMOBILE

U.S. House panel holds hearing on T-Mobile and Sprint merger U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law conducts hearing on proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US.

12 Mar INDIA-ECONOMY/INFLATION

India releases CPI inflation data for Feb India will release CPI inflation data for the month of February on Tuesday, March 12 around 5.30 pm (Indian local time. According to Reuters poll of economists, retail inflation likely accelerated in February to 2.43 percent from a year ago.

12 Mar 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT AUSTRALIA-RBA/CLIMATECHANGE

RBA Deputy Governor Debelle speaks in Sydney Speech by Guy Debelle, RBA Deputy Governor – Climate Change and the Economy – at a Public Forum hosted by the Centre for Policy Development, Sydney

12 Mar 03:00 ET / 07:00 GMT 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.

12 Mar 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT VIZIO-ADVERTISING/

Vizio partners with 7 media networks on addressable advertising TV manufacturer Vizio will announce Tuesday it has formed a consortium that includes 7 television networks to create an open standard in the industry for addressable advertising, a strategy that targets viewers at the household level based on content they like to watch.

12 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT USA-LOANS/NONBANK (PIX) (GRAPHIC)

Bad loans surface at U.S. credit funds as leverage takes toll Risk has risen in speculative lending by credit funds to mid-sized companies after regulators squeezed much of it from U.S. banks after the mortgage loan debacle and financial crisis. This story looks at examples of loans that have gone bad and could foreshadow trouble to come.

12 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT EGYPT-AUTOS/ (PIX) (TV)

Egyptian car purchase boycott dents sales A campaign calling on Egyptians to put the brakes on accelerating car prices by not buying new vehicles has been denting sales.

12 Mar RUSSIA-FOREX/

Moscow Exchange holds press event Bella Zlatkis, deputy chief executive of top lender Sberbank,and Alexander Afanasyev, CEO of the Moscow Exchange, are expected to speak.

12 Mar 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT BRAZIL-PARAGUAY/ (PIX)

Paraguayan president Abdo Benitez visit Brasilia Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez visit Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

12 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT