| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, June 28, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. A slimmed-down Kim has people talking in North Korea, France's far-right falls short in elections, and how Beijing humbled Britain's mighty HSBC | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A view of the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, June 27, 2021 U.S. The official death toll from the partial collapse of a high-rise condominium complex near Miami rose to nine, with more than 150 people still missing, as rescue teams picked through the rubble for a fourth day without detecting further signs of life.
A town inspector had assured residents that their building was sound a month after an engineering report warned of major structural damage that required prompt repair in 2018, U.S. media reported.
Republican Senate negotiators on an infrastructure deal are optimistic about a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill after President Joe Biden withdrew his threat to veto the measure unless a separate Democratic spending plan also passes Congress.
Temperatures soared to an all-time high of 112 degrees Fahrenheit in Oregon's largest city as a record heat wave blistered the Pacific Northwest, sparking a run on ice and air-conditioners, while forcing many restaurants and bars to close.
Like many moms, Maria has found parenthood even harder since the pandemic pushed classes online. But unlike most other mothers, Maria is raising Michelle, 11, and Nicole, 6, from thousands of miles away. She is in Honduras and they are in California.
| BUSINESS When China Baowu Steel Group gathered its finance department for a training session last November, it presented a sensitive slide - a ‘black list’ of 60 lenders that the state-owned giant had declared off-limits. At the very end of the list was HSBC. Read our special report on how China clamped down on one of the world's biggest banks.
Britain's financial regulator has said Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, cannot conduct any regulated activity and issued a warning to consumers about the platform, which is coming under growing scrutiny globally.
In the shadow of Canada's mega oil sands projects, smaller, technologically outdated facilities are churning out up to three times more emissions per barrel than the sector's already high average. We look at why Canada's highest-carbon oil sites keep pumping.
Telecoms bosses toasted the return of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress with an agenda to put the industry at the centre of digital development and inclusion in a global reboot following the coronavirus pandemic.
| | | | | | | | | Video of the day  K-pop revs up Bangkok's 'tuk tuk' industry Hundreds of drivers have found a lifeline from Thailand's K-pop fans, who are paying them to carry banners of their favorite South Korean stars on the distinctive motorcycle rickshaws. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
