| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, July 2, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Alarm as the Delta coronavirus variant sweeps Asia, the Boy Scouts of America reach a settlement with sex abuse victims, and France probes fashion retailers over 'crimes against humanity' | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Television news photographers prepare to cover the final opinions of the current court’s term at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for states to enact voting restrictions, endorsing Republican-backed measures in Arizona that a lower court had decided disproportionately burdened Black, Latino and Native American voters and handing a defeat to Democrats who had challenged the policies.
As the court's term winds up, we take a look at how Justice Amy Coney Barrett has found her own own voice at its center.
The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement with groups representing tens of thousands of men with sexual abuse claims, a major step toward addressing a deluge of accusations that sent the organization into bankruptcy.
The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, has resumed with greater caution and a watchful eye on a tropical storm headed toward Florida.
Attorney General Merrick Garland imposed a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department continues its review of the death penalty.
American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has tested positive for cannabis, sources have told Reuters, and she is unlikely to get the chance to challenge for the Olympic 100 meters title in Tokyo later this month.
|  An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the gate of Bagram U.S. air base, Afghanistan, July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail WORLD American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan, leaving behind a piece of the World Trade Center they buried 20 years ago in a country that the top U.S. commander has warned may descend into civil war without them. As Western forces pack up, Afghans are managing the consequences.
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he would hand over power to whoever wins next year's presidential election cleanly - but not if there is any fraud. "I'll hand over the presidential sash to whoever wins the election cleanly," Bolsonaro said in a weekly address via social media.
Britain said it had received 6 million applications to its settlement scheme for European Union nationals before a June 30 deadline passed, including a surge of more than 400,000 in the last month. EU citizens who can prove they were living in Britain before December 31 last year will retain the right to work, study and access benefits.
| BUSINESS U.S. states halting federal unemployment benefits early had crossed a key threshold in their economic recovery early this spring, with the number of available jobs exceeding the number of unemployed people, new federal data shows.
Robinhood Markets set the stage for its hotly anticipated IPO as it revealed rapid growth in users of its trading app in a filing, while also flagging a swathe of investigations by prosecutors and regulators. Here's what the IPO filing says about the Reddit army.
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's Xinjiang region. The procedure is linked to accusations against China over its treatment of minority Muslim Uyghurs in the region, including the use of forced labour.
A Tesla Model S Plaid electric vehicle burst into flames on Tuesday while the owner was driving, just three days after the $129,900, top-of-the-range car was delivered following its June launch, an attorney for the driver told Reuters.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Fire guts Canadian town after days of record heat A forest fire that began after three days of record-breaking temperatures has destroyed most of the small western Canadian town of Lytton, as government officials issue fresh evacuation orders. | | | | And finally… Sick as a dog? Pets often catch COVID from humans  If you think you have COVID-19, it might be best to stay away from your pets, says the author of a Dutch study that found a surprising number of dogs and cats may be getting infected. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
