| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Thursday, May 13, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Israeli troops mass at the Gaza border, Cheney comes out swinging, and Musk reverses on Bitcoin | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A man carrying a gas container is greeted by a friend waiting in line to enter a gasoline station in Durham, North Carolina, May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake U.S. After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline has moved some of the first millions of gallons of motor fuels to East Coast states after throwing off a crippling cyberattack.
The shutdown prompted the Consumer Product Safety Commission to warn Americans not to fill plastic bags with gasoline as consumers raced to secure supplies.
House of Representatives Republicans have ejected Liz Cheney from their leadership ranks as punishment for repudiating former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, but she remains defiant and is making plans to seek re-election to Congress.
Trump wanted National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters at the January 6 rally that ended with them attacking the Capitol, leaving five dead, Trump's former Pentagon chief has testified.
As political leaders grow increasingly desperate to persuade Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has topped offers of baseball tickets and beer with a $1 million prize drawing.
|  A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a building that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem WORLD Israeli troops have massed at Gaza's border and Palestinian militants have pounded Israel with rockets, as violence worsens. We explain how Jerusalem tensions have sparked the heaviest Israel-Gaza fighting in years.
India recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, although the virus has become rampant in rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.
The United States and Russia are lowering expectations for big breakthroughs at a superpower summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the adversaries in no mood to make concessions on their bitter disagreements.
China and the United States are grappling with falling birth rates but Germany has bucked the trend with a rise in births nine months after its first pandemic lockdown, testimony to recent family-friendly policies and higher migration.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  'Mercy release' leads to an ill fate for Hong Kong turtles Red-eared slider turtles are released into the wild through a practice rooted in a Buddhist belief that freeing animals brings good fortune. But many animals are being intentionally captured and sold just to be set free. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
