| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Thursday, November 18, 2021 by Hani Richter | Hello Here's what you need to know. U.S. House censures Republican Gosar for posting violent video, jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for third day and Oklahoma set to execute Julius Jones amid calls for clemency. | | | | | Today's biggest stories  U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) leaves his office as the House of Representatives moved towards a vote on a resolution to censure him and strip him of two congressional committee assignments over an anime video that depicted him killing progressive Democrat Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and swinging two swords at President Joe Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz U.S. The U.S. House of Representatives censured one of its members for the first time in over a decade, rebuking Republican Paul Gosar over an anime video that depicted him killing progressive Democrat Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and swinging two swords at President Joe Biden.
Jurors in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a third day, picking up after they reviewed a series of videos of the teenager killing two men and wounding a third during racial justice protests last year.
Oklahoma is set to deploy a contested three-drug cocktail to execute Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in the 22-year-old murder he was convicted of and whose case has attracted the support of celebrities and anti-death penalty activists.
Leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico are set to agree to new methane curbs and COVID-19 vaccine donations when they meet for the first time in five years, according to senior Biden administration officials.
Two men convicted of killing Black activist and civil rights advocate Malcolm X in 1965 will be exonerated, the Manhattan district attorney's office said, saying it will move to "vacate the wrongful convictions." It would be an official acknowledgement of errors made in the case. |  A crude oil tanker is seen at Qingdao Port, Shandong province, China, April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo BUSINESS The Biden administration has asked some of the world's largest oil consuming nations - including China, India and Japan - to consider releasing crude stockpiles in a coordinated effort to lower global energy prices, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. Federal Reserve for the past 20 months has put its monetary policy arsenal behind the single-minded goal of restoring U.S. employment particularly for the less well off whose prospects suffered most during the pandemic.
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) should have gone public in 2008 with the engine plan that sparked its diesel emissions scandal, a German court said on Thursday, as it set out its views on a test case brought by investors against the automaker.
China's Alibaba missed market expectations for second-quarter revenue, as consumption in the country slowed and its e-commerce business took a hit from supply chain constraints.
Daimler will produce the first in-house electric motor at its oldest plant in Berlin, the carmaker said on Thursday, providing relief to workers worried that the diesel motor production site was on the brink of deep job cuts. | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Baldwin wasn't scripted to fire gun: lawsuit A crew member working on the Western movie "Rust" said in a lawsuit on Wednesday that the script never called for a gun to be fired during a scene that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing when he killed a cinematographer last month. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
