Monday Briefing: Five people shot in Louisiana, the third U.S. multiple shooting in one day

The Reuters Daily Briefing Monday, April 19, 2021 by Linda Noakes Hello Here's what you need to know. More multiple shootings in the U.S., NASA makes history, and anyone for Britcoin? Today's biggest stories Police personnel and their vehicles are seen near the scene in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting at a liquor store in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S., April 18, 2021 U.S. Five people were hospitalized after being shot and injured in Shreveport, Louisiana, the third multiple shooting reported in the United States within 24 hours. Police in Austin, Texas, were searching on Sunday for a former deputy sheriff wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of three people at an apartment complex earlier in the day. Three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at a bar in Kenosha County, Wisconsin early on Sunday. Jurors will hear closing arguments today before they begin deliberating on whether the way former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of a dying George Floyd in last year's arrest was murder. Workers sit on a truck loaded with oxygen cylinders for a hospital outside a private filling station, in New Delhi, India, April 19, 2021 WORLD India's capital region of Delhi has ordered a six-day lockdown as daily COVID-19 cases nationwide hit a new record and the health system crumbles under the weight of new infections. China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it. We look at how Beijing is taking on what it calls a U.S.-led ‘clique’. Prison doctors have decided to transfer Russia's main opposition leader Alexei Navalny to hospital, 20 days into a hunger strike that has brought international warnings of consequences should he die in jail. Cuban dissidents have accused authorities of cutting their web access and preventing them from leaving their homes during the Cuban Communist Party Congress where leaders denounced renewed U.S.-backed attempts at “counterrevolution” using online platforms. BUSINESS Several U.S. banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources have told Reuters. Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give up control, as meetings with Chinese regulators signal to the company that the move could help draw a line under Beijing's scrutiny of its business. British finance minister Rishi Sunak has told the Bank of England to look at the case for a new "Britcoin", or central bank-backed digital currency, aimed at tackling some of the challenges posed by cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. From a small office in an Abu Dhabi skyscraper, Ukrainian national Natalya Muzaleva and her Hungarian husband Istvan Perger run an art gallery, a real estate agency and an oilfield services company. They have also pursued another venture: selling COVID-19 vaccines into Europe. Quote of the day "I expect that there'll be a crypto winter in the next couple of months, the whole NFT boom will explode and then all the value will absolutely collapse" Ben Nolan Founder of virtual world Cryptovoxels Crypto-rich investors snap up virtual real estate Video of the day Battle for control of soccer after shock move by top clubs Twelve of Europe's top soccer clubs have announced a breakaway Super League, launching what is certain to be a bitter battle for control of the game and its lucrative revenue. And finally… NASA's Mars helicopter makes history NASA's miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars, achieving the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft over the surface of another planet. More from Reuters COVID-19 Investigations Breakingviews Legal News Thanks for spending part of your day with us. Share your thoughts You are receiving this email because you signed up for newsletters from Reuters. No longer want to hear from us? Unsubscribe from The Reuters Daily Briefing. Terms, conditions, and privacy statement © 2021 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036