Reuters Daily Briefing: April 22, 2024
US aid package is potentially a gamechanger in Ukraine, Trump's hush-money trial kicks off in New York, and Tesla cuts prices around the globe.
Plus, a special report goes behind the scenes at a Trump rally.
By Kate Turton
Today's Top News
Servicemen of the 1148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Troops of Ukraine fire a M777 howitzer. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS/File Photo
For the Ukrainian military, the US aid package expected to pass this week is a lifeline and, potentially, a gamechanger. US Foreign Policy Editor Don Durfee joins the Reuters World News podcast to explain how the aid package will work.
Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine, the country's foreign ministry said, days after a Revolutionary Guards commander warned that Tehran might change its nuclear policy if pressured by Israeli threats.
In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India's A-lister Bollywood actors are seen criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking people to vote for the Congress party. Their spread underlines the potential role such AI-generated content can play in the mammoth Indian election that started on Friday.
UNITED STATES
Donald Trump will hear prosecutors explain why his alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law. Follow our live coverage throughout the trial here.
The Supreme Court confronts the nation's homelessness crisis as the justices consider the legality of local laws that are used against people camping on public streets and parks.
EARTH DAY
Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of the year. Here's what the stakeholders want.
More than 70% of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said.
President Joe Biden will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White House said.
Business & Markets
Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets, including China and Germany, following price cuts in the US, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles, especially against Chinese EVs.
The first sharp pullback for US stocks in half a year is leaving investors wondering whether to buy the dip or hold out for more declines.
Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said.
Britain's Thames Water said it would spend an extra $1.4 billion on tackling sewage spills and fixing leaks to try to persuade the regulator to allow it to hike bills by 40%.
The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, said US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, arguing that it shows US curbs on shipments to the telecoms equipment giant are working.
A contaminated batch of Benylin Paediatric Syrup is no longer available in the African countries where it was sold, the World Health Organization said. The recalled batch of syrup was made by Johnson & Johnson in South Africa in May 2021.
Deconstructing the spectacle and stagecraft of a Donald Trump rally
Sharon Anderson logged more than 13 hours on the road and spent the night in her rental car to gain a front row position. It was her 51st Trump rally. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Trump’s rallies are a defining feature of his presidential campaigns: all-day spectacles blending evangelical revivalist meeting and carnival, designed to deliver an emotional experience to his base and bring new backers into the fold, a campaign aide said.
Reuters attended Trump’s Green Bay rally on April 2 and interviewed four dozen attendees and also spoke to two campaign officials.
And Finally...
A police officer walks next to an entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Egypt's capital of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's antiquities ministry said.
