| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, July 12, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Cuba sees its biggest protests for decades, South Africa calls in the army to quell violence, and big banks brace for a British court ruling | | | | | Today's biggest stories  People shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Havana, Cuba July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini WORLD Chanting "freedom" and calling for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down, thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades.
South Africa will deploy soldiers to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma's jailing, the military said, after days of riots and looting left at least six people dead.
China's military said it "drove away" a U.S. warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel Islands, on the anniversary of an international court ruling that held Beijing had no claim over the South China Sea.
Haitian police said they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise.
| BUSINESS A specialist London court will decide whether a long-awaited multi-billion pound class action against some of the world's biggest banks over alleged foreign exchange rigging can proceed, after a five-day hearing kicked off.
Dealmakers expect a new wave of transformative U.S. mergers and acquisitions, as companies rush to complete deals before Biden's antitrust push takes shape, to be followed by a slowdown when regulators start cracking down.
Walmart-owned Flipkart will double its valuation in less than three years to $37.6 billion after the latest funding that included SoftBank, as the Indian online retailer gears up to go public later this year.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are taking on a consumer finance market many outsiders have tried and failed to crack: Britain. The two are testing the UK market to see if their U.S. retail brands, Chase and Marcus, can be rolled out globally.
| | | | | | | Video of the day  Extreme heat boils Canada's waters and shellfish An estimated 1 billion marine animals, including mussels, clams, and sea stars, died after a record-breaking heatwave sizzled along Canada's Pacific coast in late June, highlighting its effects on an ecosystem not used to extreme weather events. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
