| | | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian mall kills 18, the U.S. Capitol riot panel promises new evidence, and Iran wants to join the BRICS | | | Today's biggest stories Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, June 27, 2022 U.S. The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A U.S. congressional committee plans to reveal new evidence about the assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters at a public hearing today.
Republican voters in Colorado and Illinois will weigh Trump's false claims of a stolen presidency as they select candidates for the November elections that will determine control of Congress and many state governments. Here are four key races to watch.
Battles over abortion shifted to state courts, as judges blocked statewide bans in Louisiana and Utah and clinics in Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas sued seeking similar relief. Meanwhile, New Mexico is shielding abortion clinics ahead of an expected patient surge.
The U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith.
| G7 leaders attend a working session during their summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, Germany, June 28, 2022 BUSINESS G7 leaders have agreed to study placing global price caps on imports of Russian energy to curb Moscow's ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine and to contribute up to $5 billion to address global food insecurity. Here's why a Russian oil price cap is easier said than done.
Iran, which holds the world's second largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that Beijing and Moscow cast as a powerful emerging market alternative to the West.
The European Central Bank's upcoming bond-buying program will rein in rising borrowing costs for vulnerable euro zone countries while keeping the pressure on their governments to repair their budgets, the ECB's President Christine Lagarde said.
Toshiba shareholders voted in two board directors from activist hedge fund investors at its annual general meeting - an inclusion expected to add momentum to its exploration of potential buyout deals.
Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge. That's the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon which many crypto projects are built, aimed at making it leaner, meaner and cleaner.
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