| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Israeli-Palestinian clashes escalate, pipeline hackers wanted cash not chaos, and cow dung is not a COVID cure | | | | | Today's biggest stories  People sit on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial looking toward the Washington Monument, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly U.S. Democrats in the U.S. Senate hope today to advance sweeping election reform legislation making it easier for Americans to cast ballots, despite intense opposition from Republicans, many of whom support new restrictive voting rules at the state level.
The 886-page bill would expand mail-in voting that was used widely in last year's presidential election because of the coronavirus pandemic and would lengthen the hours of in-person balloting.
Supplies of gasoline tightened further in parts of the United States as the shutdown of the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day, raising concern about price spikes at the pumps heading into the summer driving season. In an unusual statement, the hackers said their aim was cash, not chaos.
U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the country’s inoculation program as vaccination rates have slowed significantly.
|  A Palestinian woman carrying a baby evacuates following an Israeli air strike on a building, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem WORLD Palestinians fired uninterrupted barrages of rockets into Israel, as its military pounded Gaza with air strikes, in a dramatic escalation of clashes. We report from Sheikh Jarrah, a tiny neighbourhood of East Jerusalem that has become an emblem of the Palestinian struggle.
India's coronavirus crisis showed scant signs of easing, with a seven-day average of new cases at a record high and international health authorities warning the country's variant of the virus poses a global risk. Meanwhile, Indian doctors have been forced to warn against cow dung as a COVID cure.
At least seven school children and one teacher were killed and many more wounded after a lone teenage gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan, prompting a Kremlin call for tighter gun controls.
China's population grew at its slowest in the last decade since the 1950s as births declined, sowing doubt over Beijing's ability to power its economy as it succumbs to the same ageing trends afflicting developed nations like Japan.
| | | | | | | Quote of the day "Whoever I hug, I can assure you, it will be done with caution and restraint" Boris Johnson British prime minister England's lockdown eased | | | | Video of the day  Ancient Roman theme park opens its doors ‘Roma World’ allows visitors to be a gladiator for a day, stroll through the stalls of the ancient market and eat dishes worthy of a Roman legionary. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
