| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by Hani Richter | Hello Here's what you need to know. North and South Korea are in talks over summit and reopening liaison office, officers who defended Capitol Building recount 'mayhem' of riot, a top security official for slain Haitian president was arrested by police and more.
| | | | | Today's biggest stories  South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters World North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a representative of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in New Delhi, a move that is likely to provoke anger in China.
In the UK, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants U.S. citizens to come to England "freely" and is discussing a travel corridor with the United States, LBC radio said, before an expected easing of COVID-19 restrictions for visitors from abroad.
A top security official of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise was arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in the assassination plot, his lawyer said, as another aide's apparent account of the event was leaked on social media.
Tunisia's judiciary has opened an investigation into three political parties, including Ennahda and Heart of Tunisia, on suspicion of receiving foreign funds during the 2019 election campaign, a judicial source told Reuters. |  U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn listens to testimony from Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges recall how he was violently attacked at the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, during the opening hearing of the U.S. House (Select) Committee investigating the attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Pool U.S. Four police officers told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including "kill him with his own gun" and thought they might die as they struggled to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 against a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters.
President Joe Biden said his administration is considering whether to require U.S. federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. "That's under consideration right now," Biden told a reporter who asked whether the administration was weighing such a requirement.
Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, U.S. health authorities said.
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blamed misinformation for the low rates of COVID-19 vaccination among Americans, which are fueling a rise in coronavirus cases, particularly in Republican-dominated states.
A wealthy former U.S. Democratic Party activist, Ed Buck, accused of giving fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men he invited to his suburban Los Angeles home for sex was convicted of nine federal criminal counts. | Business Pfizer raised its forecast for sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed with Germany's BioNTech by 28.8% to $33.5 billion, as countries scramble to secure supply of the shots.
McDonald's said easing COVID-19 restrictions and the roaring popularity of a new meal inspired by South Korean pop band BTS helped the world's biggest fast-food chain beat Wall Street expectations for global sales on Wednesday.
The Federal Reserve will conclude its latest policy meeting weighing the risks of a COVID-19 resurgence in the United States and a potentially slower economic recovery against a developing inflation threat that had been its main focus.
Executives who run companies making everything from airplane parts to cars and steak burritos are at odds with economic policy makers on how durable the recent surge in U.S. inflation will be and see higher prices hitting margins and profits through the remainder of this year, if not longer.
Tesla showed signs this week of divergent strategies in the world's two biggest automotive markets, raising prices to boost profit margins in the United States while keeping prices steady in China and hoping to grow sales there. | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Women athletes push for more 'inclusive' clothing | | | | And finally… U.S. sells 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli's Wu-Tang Clan album  Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli exits U.S. District Court after being convicted of securities fraud, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
