| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, September 3, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Taliban co-founder to lead new Afghanistan government, police in New Zealand kill "extremist" who stabbed six, and Japan's struggling PM Suga steps down | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Cars sit in water after flooding on the Major Deegan Expressway spilled over into the neighboring street in the Bronx borough of New York City, September 2, 2021 U.S. Flash flooding killed at least 44 people in four Northeastern states as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights. U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Louisiana today to get a first-hand look at the destruction wrought by Ida.
A Texas law imposing a near-total ban on abortion that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand will cause "unconstitutional chaos" by infringing on a right that women have exercised for almost a half-century, Biden warned. We look at how the Supreme Court's rightward lurch puts Roe v. Wade on the brink.
In a scene replayed across the United States, angry parents and activists streamed into a meeting of the Florida's Lake County school board where it considered whether to mandate mask-wearing for students and staff. Meanwhile, South Carolina's Supreme Court struck down a school mask mandate in the state's capital city in the midst of its largest surge in COVID cases since last winter.
More than 9 months after Pennyslvania certified the 2020 election, Republican lawmakers in the state are launching a partisan probe into the vote by soliciting sworn testimony on "irregularities" and scheduling a hearing for next week.
The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state can take down a towering statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a centerpiece of protests against racial injustice, from its capital city of Richmond.
|  A screen grab shows a police officer walking with a gun outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand, September 3, 2021 WORLD New Zealand police shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket.
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said, as its fighters battled forces loyal to the vanquished republic in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a surprise move he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and sinking public support.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, struggling ahead of a September 20 election, came under concerted fire at a debate from opponents who said he had no business calling an election during the pandemic.
Vietnam's coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City is proposing to emerge from a strict lockdown and resume economic activities from September 15, shifting from its "Zero-COVID-19" strategy to living with the virus, according to a draft proposal.
| BUSINESS Joe Perkins, head of Michigan-based auto supplier Mobex Global, marked Labor Day weekend this year as more than a holiday or a symbolic nod to U.S. workers. It now carries real-world significance as the lapse of federal unemployment benefits on September 4 brings hope of a surge in job applicants to fill open positions that have kept his company 10% short of its hiring goals.
Walmart's move to give 565,000 of its U.S. store workers raises of at least $1 puts the spotlight on the industry's tight, competitive labor market as the all-important holiday shopping season is set to kick off.
The Chinese government's campaign to improve conditions for workers has spurred companies, particularly some of its hardest-driving tech giants, to cut down on long hours of compulsory overtime but not all employees are happy about it.
Two furloughed jumbo jet pilots and a burnt-out finance worker have been among the more unusual candidates to learn how to drive 44-tonne trucks at Laurence Bolton's school in south London during the pandemic. We examine how Britain's trucker shortage is jamming a post-pandemic recovery.
Amazon.com plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according to two sources, a move likely to renew debate about how much power tech companies should have to restrict free speech.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Bionic arm restores feeling of touch and movement Researchers say they have developed a cutting-edge prosthetic that restores natural arm function to upper-limb amputees. | | | | And finally… 'Hadestown' marks return of Broadway musicals  Broadway's long-awaited reopening kicked off with the return of Tony-winning show 'Hadestown' - the first musical to come back after an unprecedented 18-month shutdown. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
