| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, November 15, 2021 by Farouq Suleiman | Hello Here's what you need to know. Xi Jinping expected to prioritize Taiwan issue in discussion with Joe Biden, Toyota chases hydrogen dream and a look at how Minsk became a destination for migrants traveling as tourists. | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Xi Jinping shakes hands with Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang U.S. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. president Joe Biden are scheduled to meet virtually on Tuesday morning Beijing time - Monday evening in Washington - as friction between the countries persist across a range of issues including trade, technology, Xinjiang and especially Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China.
Biden's economic advisers defended his policies amid rising inflation. They said it was a global issue related to the COVID-19 pandemic, not a result of the administration's programs.
An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries.
American journalist Danny Fenster was released from prison in Myanmar and has left the country, his employer and family said, following negotiations between former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson and the ruling military junta.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk got into a spat with Bernie Sanders after the U.S. senator demanded the wealthy pay their "fair share" of taxes. Tesla's shares slipped in premarket trading, adding to a heavy week of losses after Musk offloaded a combined $6.9 billion worth of shares |  Belongings of migrants are pictured in the forest during the migrant crisis near the Belarusian-Polish border in Hajnowka, Poland, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel WORLD The European Union has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of orchestrating the influx of migrants to pressure it to back down over sanctions slapped on his government. Poland and Lithuania have produced documents, seen by Reuters, that they say show at least one Belarusian state-owned travel company made it easy for would-be migrants to visit from May.
China is battling the spread of its biggest COVID-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant, according to numbers announced, with travelers from a city where infections have grown faster than elsewhere in the country subject to tough quarantine rules in nearby areas.
Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels and the growing strain on intensive-care units, the government said.
'No absolute monarchy:' Youth-led protests in Thailand that began last year by calling for the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha have become the biggest challenge in decades to the monarchy which is constitutionally enshrined to be held in "revered worship". Protesters marched against rows of riot police behind shields, waving placards that read "No absolute monarchy" and "Reform is not abolition".
An explosive device that blew up a taxi in the northern English city of Liverpool was carried on board by a passenger and the blast is being treated as a terrorist incident, police said. |  Delegates talk during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 13, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman BUSINESS The hard-fought Glasgow Climate Pact sent a clear message to global companies and executives: reassess business strategies and carbon footprints to reap monetary rewards, or lag and risk losses.
As U.N. climate conference delegates considered how to save the planet over the weekend in Glasgow, Toyota's chief executive was in Japan racing an experimental hydrogen car - a vehicle he says could preserve millions of auto jobs.
Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is visiting North America in his first high-profile trip after serving jail time for bribery, with a decision imminent on the company's planned $17 billion U.S. chip plant.
Philips, the medical equipment maker that is recalling ventilators due to use of parts containing a potentially hazardous foam, said it is in discussions with U.S. regulators after a new inspection of one of the company's facilities.
Pent-up demand is expected to have boosted early holiday sales this year, but big discounters Walmart and Target may still see margins fall as surging costs for labor, warehousing and ocean and land freight threaten to play Grinch. | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Hackers compromise FBI email system Hackers compromised a Federal Bureau of Investigation email system on Saturday and sent tens of thousands of messages warning of a possible cyberattack, according to the agency and security specialists. | | | | And finally… How building Harry Potter's world conjured its own school of magic  Tuesday marks 20 years since the release of the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". The story of how its young stars were catapulted to global stardom has often been told. But for a generation of other creative professionals it was also the beginning of a long, fantastical journey, building author J.K. Rowling's magical world. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
