| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, July 7, 2021 by Hani Richter | Hello Here's what you need to know. Eric Adams is poised to be New York's next mayor, more bodies are pulled from site of Florida condo collapse and Storm Elsa is expected to hit the north Florida Gulf coast.
| | | | | Today's biggest stories  Eric Adams speaks at a New York City primary mayoral election night party in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly U.S. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, positioning the former police captain who stressed enhancing public safety to become the next leader of America's largest city.
Search and rescue teams pulled the remains of eight more victims from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower, able to penetrate deeper into the site after demolition of a fragile section that had remained standing.
President Joe Biden encouraged Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get their shots to protect themselves from the widely-spreading, highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Elsa weakened to a tropical storm early and is expected to hit the north Florida Gulf coast later in the morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
In New York, a campaign is drawing attention to prominent New Yorkers whose names are emblazoned on streets, schools, and storefronts and who it says had ties to slavery. |  Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during a news conference to provide information about the measures concerning coronavirus, at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares World Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an "inhuman and barbaric act" and his wife was injured, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.
The leader of Australia's New South Wales state ordered a week-long extension of Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown, warning new cases are bound to rise as the country's biggest city grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant.
Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympics, several sources told Reuters, with authorities expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo to contain coronavirus infections 16 days before the Games begin.
Rescuers in Japan were searching for 27 people still missing after heavy rain triggered landslides in the seaside city of Atami four days ago, killing seven people.
Taliban insurgents reached the entry points to the capital of Afghanistan's northwestern Badghis province, officials said, causing panic among local people and prompting prisoners to break out of the city's prison. | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  ‘Shock, repulsion’ as group targets NYC's slave roots | | | | And finally… Women-led Cannes jury hopes for end to gender debate  The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall of the jury - Cannes, France, July 6, 20121. Jury members Mylene Farmer, Melanie Laurent, Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner and Maggie Gyllenhaal pose. REUTERS/Johanna Geron | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
