| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Tuesday, September 6, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Congress returns, Boris bows out, and why bitcoin's no longer the king of the swingers | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson come out from Number 10 Downing Street in London, September 6, 2022 WORLD Boris Johnson bowed out as British prime minister, ending a tumultuous three years in office and bequeathing his successor Liz Truss a daunting list of problems to tackle. Only one in seven Britons say that Truss will be a better prime minister than Johnson, according to a snap poll by YouGov, with around a quarter of people feeling she will be worse.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog is due to issue a report on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine today, a day after shelling cut its electricity supplies for the second time in two weeks and raised fears of a catastrophe. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a 'Russian World,' a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers.
Chinese firefighters worked in treacherous terrain to help evacuate more than 11,000 people after a magnitude-6.8 quake struck China's mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan a day earlier, killing at least 66 people.
Pakistan was scrambling to widen a breach in its biggest lake and keep the waters from overflowing amid unprecedented floods that have inundated a third of the South Asian nation, as a U.N. official warned of more misery in store. In India, authorities in Bengaluru used tractors to rescue residents of posh housing estates marooned by floods after two days of torrential rain brought chaos to the technology hub.
Canada's largest manhunt extended into its third day with hundreds of officers searching for the lone surviving suspect in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people on Sunday, roiling a country where mass violence is rare.
|  People take part in a left-wing protest against increasing energy prices and rising living expenses in Leipzig, Germany, September 5, 2022. The banner reads: 'Let the rich pay for the crisis. Prices down, wages up!'. BUSINESS Finland and Switzerland provided billions in financial support to power companies, as Europe scrambles to secure energy supplies in a deepening crisis sparked by Russia's move to shut a major gas pipeline. Nord Stream 1 will not resume pumping until Siemens Energy repairs faulty equipment, Gazprom’s Deputy Chief Executive Vitaly Markelov told Reuters.
The hit to the euro zone economy and its currency from the deepening energy crisis is so severe that more aggressive monetary tightening from the European Central Bank will do little to stop the euro's slide.
German airline Lufthansa said it would make an improved offer to pilots today in a bid to stop an escalation of a wage dispute after the union said it would go on strike again this week.
Volkswagen announced its intention to float sports car brand Porsche, triggering what could become one of the world's largest listings. We look back at the long and winding road to the IPO.
Credit Suisse is selling its global trust business, an offshore arm for wealthy clients, as it embarks on an overhaul of its business following a series of scandals.
By using bigger cells and a new process to dry-coat electrodes, Tesla could halve the cost of a Model Y battery, saving more than 8% of the car's U.S. starting price. The bad news is that it's only halfway there. We go inside Tesla's drive to keep Elon Musk's battery promise.
| | | | | | | | | | | Quote of the day "I am now like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function and I will now be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down" Boris Johnson says farewell, for now | | | | Video of the day  Typhoon slams into South Korean port city Busan Thousands of South Koreans were evacuated as Typhoon Hinnamnor hit southern parts of the country. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
