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TOP STORIES

GLOBAL

USA-TRUMP-IRAN

Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.

USA-TRUMP-RUSSIA-UKRAINE

'Pissed off' at Putin, Trump threatens tariffs on Russian oil if Moscow blocks Ukraine deal

WEST PALM BEACH, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was "pissed off" at Russian President Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

U.S.

USA-TRUMP-THIRD-TERM

Trump says he is not joking about third presidential term

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.

USA-CONGRESS-REPUBLICANS

US Senate Republican Ron Johnson says advancing Trump agenda depends on spending cuts

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - A prominent conservative senator predicted on Sunday that Donald Trump's tax-cuts and immigration agenda will not advance in the U.S. Senate unless the president and Republican leaders agree to slash federal spending to a level last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

BUSINESS

VOLVO-CAR-AB-CEO

Volvo Cars brings back veteran Hakan Samuelsson as CEO

March 30 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars has reappointed Hakan Samuelsson, who served as CEO of the company from 2012 to 2022, as chief executive, after the group warned last month that it could be in for a challenging 2025.

USA-TRUMP-TARIFFS-AUTOS-PRICES

Why Trump's auto tariffs will hurt his working-class supporters

DETROIT, March 30 (Reuters) - Working-class car buyers will be the hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on imported vehicles because almost all low-cost new cars sold in the United States are built elsewhere.

ENTERTAINMENT

FILM-A-MINECRAFT-MOVIE-LONDON-PREMIERE

Momoa and Black create comedy in game adaptation 'A Minecraft Movie'

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and Jack Black used humour and big performances to bring to life a corner of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, in "A Minecraft Movie."

PEOPLE-RICHARD-CHAMBERLAIN

Heartthrob actor Richard Chamberlain, star of 'Thorn Birds', dies aged 90

NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama "Dr. Kildare" and starred in the mini-series "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds" has died at the age of 90, publicist Harlan Boll said.

SPORTS

MOTOR-MOTOGP-USA

Ducati's Bagnaia wins Americas GP after Marc Marquez crashes out

AUSTIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia won a chaotic Americas Grand Prix ahead of Gresini Racing's Alex Marquez on Sunday after leader Marc Marquez crashed halfway through the race to lose for the first time this season.

SKI-JUMPING-PREVC

Ski jumping-Prevc breaks men's world record with 254.5-metre jump

March 30 (Reuters) - Slovenia's Domen Prevc broke the men's ski jumping world record with a mark of 254.5 metres during the 2024-25 World Cup in Planica on Sunday.

UPCOMING

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

TSMC-TAIWAN/ $(TV)$ 

TSMC holds expansion ceremony for 2nm factory in southern Taiwan

TSMC hold an expansion ceremony for 2nm factory in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung.

31 Mar

COLOMBIA-INFLATION/ 

Reuters Poll - Analysts on outlook for Colombia inflation in March

Analysts will give their outlook for Colombia inflation figures in March.

31 Mar

ARGENTINA-POVERTY/ (PIX) (TV) 

Argentina release 2024 second half poverty rate

The Poverty and Indigence Index for the second half of 2024 is set to be released, providing insight into the incidence of poverty and indigence based on the Permanent Household Survey (EPH).

31 Mar

COLOMBIA-RATES/ 

Colombia central bank board to vote on interest rate

Colombia's seven-member central bank board will vote on the benchmark interest rate.

31 Mar

CHINA AIRLINES-AIRBUS/ (TV) 

Taiwan's China Airlines and Airbus formally sign deal for new A350 aircraft

Taiwan's China Airlines and Airbus formally sign deal for new A350 aircraft.

31 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

TESLA-DELIVERIES/ 

Tesla investors flag waning sentiment even as quarterly deliveries set to edge up

Tesla TSLA.O investors are bracing for a toss-up first quarter as backlash on CEO Elon Musk's political views are expected to hurt already weakening demand for the EV maker's aging lineup and neutralize boosts from its refreshed SUV and sales incentives.

31 Mar 02:00 ET / 06:00 GMT

BRAZIL-COFFEE/IRRIGATION (INSIGHT, PIX) (PIX) (GRAPHIC) 

INSIGHT-Brazil's coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs. But Rodrigo Brondani is expecting a bumper harvest. Brondani's giant plantation on the savanna of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia looks very different to the mountainside farms and estates typical in coffee cultivation across much of Latin America.

As he inspects rows of plants laden with green coffee cherries, a long irrigation arm passes overhead nearby. It traces a wide circle above the trees from a central pivot, like the hand of a clock.

"This is looking very good," said Brondani, the lead manager at the Joha farm, which has 900 hectares (2,224 acres) of irrigated coffee fields - more than 20 times bigger than the average coffee farm in Brazil. This kind of industrial-scale farm with access to irrigation is becoming increasingly important in meeting global coffee demand in Brazil – the world's largest grower. Most farms in the western part of Bahia - a new frontier for coffee growing in Brazil - are now irrigated.

31 Mar 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

GLOBAL-FOREX/OPTIONS 

ANALYSIS-FX options volume surge as investors juggle tariff risks A pullback in market expectations for currency volatility from multi-year highs hit earlier this year is drawing hedge funds and asset managers to FX options as they look to navigate markets roiled by the Trump administration's tariff policies.

31 Mar 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

DISASTERS / ACCIDENTS

MYANMAR-QUAKE/ (PIX) (TV) 

Rescue efforts continue in Myanmar, Thailand on fourth day after deadly quake Search and rescue efforts continue in Myanmar and Thailand on fourth day after collapses of buildings from a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia left many dead. More than 140 people were killed in Myanmar and nine in Bangkok, where more than 100 people were missing at a construction site.

31 Mar

POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/DISINFORMATION 

After Duterte's arrest, Philippine drug war victims face abuse and online falsehoods The bloodied body of Sheerah Escudero's 18-year-old brother was found in 2017 with hands bound and head wrapped in packaging tape, a suspected victim of the Philippines' then-President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" that left thousands dead.

The arrest of Duterte on March 11 on an International Criminal Court warrant over the drug war murders gave her some comfort, but since then Escudero and many others like her have faced a wave of online attacks from Duterte supporters.

31 Mar

ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/ (PIX) (TV) 

Zimbabwe war veterans plan protest against President Mnangagwa

A faction of war veterans backing Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for the presidency has called for protests on March 31 to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down. The war veterans, who supported Mnangagwa in the 2017 coup against Robert Mugabe, accuse him of failing to revive the economy, presiding over a corrupt government and plotting to extend his stay in power beyond the end of his second term in 2028.

31 Mar

CONFLICTS / WAR / PEACE

TURKEY-KURDS/CONFLICT (PIX) (TV) 

Victims of Turkey's Kurdish militant conflict long for peace

Former mayor Cihan Sincar is clinging to hope that Turkey's bid to end a decades-old Kurdish militant insurgency brings the peace her MP husband sought before his assassination - one of hundreds of political killings at the height of the conflict.

31 Mar

TURKEY-KURDS/ (PIX) (TV) 

In Turkey's Kurdish heartland, distrust erodes peace process hopes

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds anxious to see what a fragile peace process may bring.

31 Mar 01:00 ET / 05:00 GMT

CRIME / LAW / JUSTICE

USA-TRUMP/MIGRATION 

Venezuelan migrants' lawyers to respond on whether Trump administration violated deportation order

Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants are due to indicate by March 31 whether they believe the Trump administration violated a judge's order blocking deportations by failing to bring two plane loads of deportees back to the United States.

31 Mar

USA-COURT/ 

U.S. Supreme Court issues orders

U.S. Supreme Court issues orders in pending appeals.

31 Mar 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

USA-COURT/RELIGION 

U.S. Supreme Court hears clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential implications for constitutional religious rights.

31 Mar 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT