| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, April 18, 2022 by Robert MacMillan | Hello Here's what you need to know. Ukraine plans for the future as Russia's assault continues, neighbors are turning on neighbors in Shanghai's COVID lockdown, U.S.-Mexico border arrests are up and Elon Musk channels Elvis | | | | | Today's biggest stories  A woman sits on a bench at a bus stop in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AT WAR Missiles struck Lviv in western Ukraine, killing six, officials said. Meanwhile, explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces kept up their bombardments after claiming near full control of the pulverized southern port of Mariupol. In the northern Sumy region, the territorial defense force is training and bracing for further attacks, while Russia said it destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities overnight.
Even as Russia’s assault continues, Ukraine is looking at the state of things once the invasion is over. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he spoke with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva about ensuring the country’s financial stability and post-war reconstruction, while one of his aides said Ukraine took the first steps toward being accepted into the European Union.
In Russia, one teacher who decided not to follow the official instructions on how to talk about the war to teenage students found himself subject to questioning by local police and the Federal Security Service. Though he has not been charged, Andrei Shestakov was fined for discrediting the Russian armed forces. |  A resident checks plastic bags of food at a residential area under lockdown in Shanghai, April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song WORLD COVID-19 lockdown tensions are exposing divisions among Shanghai residents as the city tries to return to normal life. In some cases, people are turning on their neighbors and demanding the immediate expulsion of positive cases from their compounds. Some people were refused entry into their homes after being released from quarantine, and ordered to stay in hotels.
Rescuers are searching for dozens of people missing in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa after heavy rains triggered mudslides and floods that killed more than 400 people.
Three people in the Swedish city of Norrkoping needed medical attention after being hit by police bullets during clashes between police and protesters following Quran burnings that caused riots in several towns over the weekend.
French prosecutors are examining a report by the European Union's anti-fraud agency accusing far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and members of her party of misappropriating thousands of euros' worth of EU funds.
At least 88 people were arrested in southern India in connection with violence against police after a comment insulting Muslims went viral on social media. Another 14 were arrested in New Delhi after clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Hindu religious procession.
U.S. government officials are going to the Solomon Islands amid concerns that the Pacific Island nation is making a security pact with China.
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Authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades, underscoring challenges in the coming months for U.S. President Joe Biden.
Far-right wing website InfoWars filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.
Police were hunting for shooters who opened fire at a house party in Pittsburgh, killing two people. In South Carolina, 12 people were injured in a shooting that erupted in a shopping mall. Three people were taken into custody, police said. And five people will share a $50,000 reward for tips that led to the arrest of a man charged with last week’s mass shooting in a New York subway station.
The Biden administration resumed plans for oil and gas development on federal lands, a move that could break a pledge Joe Biden made while campaigning for president. |  An employee works on the Rivian assembly line in Normal, Illinois, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski BUSINESS Rivian’s chief executive needs to sell a lot more electric vans and pickup trucks to boost the stock price and fund his ambitious growth plans, but the startup is having trouble buying the parts to build them.
Many investors, analysts and investment bankers expect Twitter's board to reject Elon Musk's $43 billion acquisition offer as inadequate. Here are some options for Twitter's board if it turns down the bid. Investors suing Musk over his tweets about securing financing to take the company private say a judge ruled on April 1 that the tweets were false and misleading. And markets are trying to determine whether Musk’s tweet of the song title “Love Me Tender” is related to his bid or if he just likes Elvis songs.
Wall Street banks' commodities trading exposures are rising, which could leave them vulnerable to large swings in asset values following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, first-quarter earnings disclosures showed. | | | | | | | | | | | Quote of the day "... Sub-contracting out our responsibilities, even to a country that seeks to do well like Rwanda, is the opposite of the nature of God who himself took responsibility for our failures." Justin Welby Head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion of about 85 million Christians Archbishop of Canterbury condemns UK's Rwanda asylum plan | | | | Video of the day  New Yorkers celebrate International Pillow Fight Day | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
