Wednesday Briefing: Eric Adams is poised to be New York's next mayor

The Reuters Daily Briefing Wednesday, July 7, 2021 by Hani Richter Hello Here's what you need to know. Eric Adams is poised to be New York's next mayor, more bodies are pulled from site of Florida condo collapse and Storm Elsa is expected to hit the north Florida Gulf coast. Today's biggest stories Eric Adams speaks at a New York City primary mayoral election night party in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly U.S. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, positioning the former police captain who stressed enhancing public safety to become the next leader of America's largest city. Search and rescue teams pulled the remains of eight more victims from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower, able to penetrate deeper into the site after demolition of a fragile section that had remained standing. President Joe Biden encouraged Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get their shots to protect themselves from the widely-spreading, highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. Elsa weakened to a tropical storm early and is expected to hit the north Florida Gulf coast later in the morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. In New York, a campaign is drawing attention to prominent New Yorkers whose names are emblazoned on streets, schools, and storefronts and who it says had ties to slavery. Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during a news conference to provide information about the measures concerning coronavirus, at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares World Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an "inhuman and barbaric act" and his wife was injured, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said. The leader of Australia's New South Wales state ordered a week-long extension of Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown, warning new cases are bound to rise as the country's biggest city grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant. Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympics, several sources told Reuters, with authorities expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo to contain coronavirus infections 16 days before the Games begin. Rescuers in Japan were searching for 27 people still missing after heavy rain triggered landslides in the seaside city of Atami four days ago, killing seven people. Taliban insurgents reached the entry points to the capital of Afghanistan's northwestern Badghis province, officials said, causing panic among local people and prompting prisoners to break out of the city's prison. Business China's stepped-up scrutiny of overseas listings by its companies and a clampdown on ride-hailing giant Didi soon after its debut in New York have darkened the outlook for listings in the United States, bankers and investors said. Read the full analysis here. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was able to help corral 130 countries to agree to a major revamp of international corporate taxation, but showing them she can bring a deeply divided U.S. Congress on board may prove equally challenging. History suggests Britain's house price surge could threaten hopes of post-Brexit export-powered growth. Stoked by finance minister Rishi Sunak's tax break on property purchases and a pandemic-driven rush for larger houses as more people work from home, house prices are rising at the fastest annual rate since 2004, lender Nationwide says. The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, resumed its journey to leave the Suez Canal, 106 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway for nearly a week and disrupting global trade. Germany's largest consumer protection group filed a lawsuit against car maker Daimler that it said would make it easier for Mercedes owners to gain redress over a diesel emissions scandal. Quote of the day "Homosexuality is equated with pornography. This legislation uses the protection of children ... to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation ... It is a disgrace." Ursula von der Leyen European Commission President 'A disgrace': Hungary must ditch anti-LGBT law, EU executive says Video of the day ‘Shock, repulsion’ as group targets NYC's slave roots And finally… Women-led Cannes jury hopes for end to gender debate The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall of the jury - Cannes, France, July 6, 20121. 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