2021年4月20日星期二

Tuesday Briefing: Jurors to resume deliberations in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

by Linda Noakes

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Tensions run high as the jury decides the Chauvin verdict, Chad's president dies on the frontline a day after re-election, and introducing the Reuters Hot List - a ranking of the world's most influential climate scientists

Today's biggest stories

Demonstrators march after the closing statements in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 19, 2021

U.S.

Jurors are due to begin a second day of deliberations in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter after kneeling on the neck of a dying George Floyd during an arrest last May.

After a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx center last week - the city's third mass shooting this year - the chief deputy coroner spoke of the toll the deaths had taken on her coworkers. We look at how U.S. mass shootings are straining coroners' offices, 'the last responders'.

The U.S. State Department says it will boost its 'Do Not Travel' guidance to about 80% of countries worldwide, citing “unprecedented risk to travelers” from the pandemic. Meanwhile, the CDC has expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 16 and older.

At the start of every disaster movie, there is a scientist being ignored. Reuters introduces the Hot List, a ranking of the top 1,000 climate scientists. Today we kick off with a profile of one of the first to warn us the world was getting hotter - Michael Oppenheimer.

FILE PHOTO: Idriss Deby, President of the Republic of Chad, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2014

WORLD

Chad's President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, the day after he was declared the winner of a presidential election. Deby, 68, came to power in a rebellion in 1990 and was one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders.

Cuba turned the page on the Castro era with the ruling Communist Party electing President Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Raul Castro as party chief, although he said he would continue to consult his predecessor on strategic decisions. Diaz-Canel is the first leader born after the 1959 revolution.

Iran began enriching uranium to 60% purity in order to show its technical capacity after a sabotage attack at a nuclear plant, and the move is quickly reversible if the United States lifts sanctions, the Iranian government says.

Russia declared two Bulgarian diplomats 'persona non grata' and ordered them to leave the country in response to Sofia's expulsion of two Russian diplomats last month for suspected espionage. The action reflects a recent sharp deterioration in its relations with the West.

BUSINESS

Texas police will serve search warrants on Tesla today to secure data from a fatal vehicle crash, after CEO Elon Musk said company checks showed the car’s Autopilot driver assistance system was not engaged.

Johnson & Johnson beat expectations for quarterly revenue and profit, while reporting $100 million in sales for its COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, virus-led hygiene needs have driven Procter & Gamble's quarterly sales beat.

Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service owned by PayPal, has started allowing users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its app, a step that could inspire more mainstream adoption of the asset class.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would allow banks to provide services to cannabis companies in states where it is legal, a step towards removing what analysts say is a barrier to development of a national industry.

Quote of the day

"The world wants justice, not hegemony. A big country should look like a big country by showing that it is shouldering more responsibility"

Xi Jinping

Chinese President

China calls for fairer world order as rivalry with U.S. deepens

Video of the day

Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Walter Mondale, a leading liberal Democratic voice of the late 20th century, was U.S. vice president under Jimmy Carter and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election.

And finally…

A rediscovered species brews promise for coffee's future

In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades - a plant they say may help secure the future of this valuable commodity that has been imperiled by climate change

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