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Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republi...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
Iran starts human testing of first domestic COVID-19 vaccine
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate, state media reported on Tuesday, which Tehran says could help it defeat the pandemic despite U.S. sanctio...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
German exports down more than 12% this year due to pandemic -BGA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BGA trade association said on Tuesday it expects exports to shrink by at least 12% this year as demand from the United States and Britain collapsed due to the coronavirus ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government a...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
Russian riot police arrest renegade priest in raid on convent
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Riot police in Russia arrested a renegade priest in the early hours of Tuesday in a raid on a convent he had seized control of and accused him of driving children to suicide, accord...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
Top 25 roundup: Maryland topples No. 6 Wisconsin
Eric Ayala scored 17 points and Aaron Wiggins added 15 points and nine rebounds as Maryland shot 64 percent in the second half en route to a 70-64 upset of No. 6 Wisconsin on Monday night in Madison, ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
Kia Motors' union in South Korea approves tentative labour deal
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean workers for Kia Motors Corp have agreed to a freeze in base salary for the first time in 11 years under a preliminary deal with the automaker following 16 rounds of nego...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
Belarus begins administering Russian COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has begun administering the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, both countries said on Tuesday, after the first consignment arrived in Minsk. Last week, many Russian...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
COVID drives Dutch death rate up to highest level since WWII
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of deaths in the Netherlands increased at the highest rate since World War Two this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch national statistics office (CBS) sa...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
European stocks extend gains as Brexit deal boosts UK
(Reuters) - European stocks extended their year-end rally on Tuesday as a Brexit trade deal, hopes of an expanded U.S. stimulus package and euro zone's marathon COVID-19 vaccination campaign brightene...
Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2020
