| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Tuesday, September 28, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. New York hospitals fire vaccine refusers, interest rate anxiety hits markets, and Britain puts the army on standby | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Electricity transmission towers are pictured near Beijing’s Central Business District, China, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang BUSINESS As a severe power crunch roils China's northeastern industrial heartland, senior officials face mounting pressure from alarmed citizens to ramp up coal imports thick and fast in order to keep lights on, factories open and even water supplies flowing.
British drivers expressed frustration as they hunted for hours or sat snarled in queues to fill their tanks after gas stations in major cities ran dry due to a trucker shortage that has prompted the government to put the army on standby. We take a look at life on the road for British truckers, who face people smugglers, fuel thieves and few toilets.
Global shares fell for a third successive day, while bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic soared on anxiety over when central banks might raise interest rates.
Demand for transatlantic flights has jumped since the United States announced plans last week to reopen to fully vaccinated travelers from countries including most of Europe, German airline Lufthansa said.
Toymaker Lego doubled its earnings in the first six months of the year as customers flocked to its reopened stores to buy Star Wars building sets, model Colosseums and flower bouquets made from its colorful plastic bricks.
|  A person holds a sign as people gather during a protest against mandated COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine passports, in New York City, September 27, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado U.S. New York hospitals began firing or suspending healthcare workers for defying a state order to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and resulting staff shortages prompted some hospitals to postpone elective surgeries or curtail services.
A sharply divided U.S. Senate failed to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown, as Republican lawmakers denied the bill the votes necessary to move forward.
R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. Here are five key moments from the trial.
The number of murders in the United States rose nearly 30% in 2020 and overall violent crime rose for the first time in four years, the FBI said in its annual crime report on Monday, in a surge experts attribute in part to COVID-19 hardships.
A U.S. judge said he would grant "unconditional release" to John Hinckley, who wounded former President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt.
| WORLD Soon after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the Islamist movement sought to reassure the international community and its former opponents by saying there would be no reprisals. We spoke to one family who tell a different story.
North Korea fired a missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang called on the United States and South Korea to scrap their "double standards" on weapons programmes to restart talks.
Europe needs to stop being naive when it comes to defending its interests and build its own military capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron said after Greece sealed a deal for French frigates worth about $3.5 billion.
LGBTQ rights activists are hoping that Japan may finally allow same-sex marriage if Taro Kono, who has publicly supported gay marriage, becomes the country's next prime minister, but change will not come easily.
Venezuelan migrants in Iquique in northern Chile have been shaken by a series of angry protests by locals against settler camps which have popped up in city squares and even beaches, a reflection of simmering tensions over migration in the region.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  India farmers stage nationwide protests Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the changes with nationwide protests, a year after laws on the liberalisation of the sector were introduced. | | | | And finally… From protests to proposals, activists face climate talks test  Thousands of young people, including Greta Thunberg, will converge on Milan this week, with some 400 from about 190 countries set to meet policymakers, either remotely or in person, to hammer out proposals to tackle global warming. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
