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U.S. new home sales drop sharply in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell more than expected in November, but the housing market remains underpinned by historically low mortgage rates. New home sales tumbled ...
Dec 23, 2020
Moscow city councillor given suspended 2-year sentence over protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yulia Galyamina, a Moscow city councillor and critic of the Kremlin, was given a a two-year suspended jail term on Wednesday after being found guilty of repeatedly violating rules f...
Dec 23, 2020
EU-UK trade deal still not certain - EU sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Sealing a new EU-UK trade pact is still not certain, an EU diplomat and an official said on Wednesday after comments from other sources in the bloc suggested an agreement could be...
Dec 23, 2020
UK says more of England to go into top tier of COVID restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday more areas in England would be placed into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of a more ...
Dec 23, 2020
Chinese demands on nuclear power investment complicate EU talks - WiWo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Negotiations between the European Union and China on an investment agreement have stalled at the last stretch because China is raising additional demands on nuclear energy, German m...
Dec 23, 2020
Canada approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine - health ministry
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada approved Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, the health ministry said on its website, paving the way for up to 168,000 doses to be delivered by the end of the yea...
Dec 23, 2020
Britain's rapid COVID-19 tests can detect new virus variant - health agency
(Reuters) - Lateral flow tests used to detect COVID-19 cases in Britain as part of the country's mass testing program can also identify the new mutant variant of the novel coronavirus, Public Health E...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump veto threat raises the prospect of year-end government shutdown
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Wednesday faced the prospect of a year-end U.S. government shutdown during a raging pandemic after outgoing President Donald Trump threatened not ...
Dec 23, 2020
Brexit trade deal imminent, may come Wednesday - senior EU diplomat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A trade deal between Britain and the European Union is imminent and could be agreed as early as Wednesday evening, a senior EU diplomat said. The diplomat, who spoke on condition ...
Dec 23, 2020
Mazepin retains Haas F1 2021 seat after video investigation
(Reuters) - The Haas Formula One team said on Wednesday that new signing Nikita Mazepin will race next season after they internally dealt with an incident where the Russian posted and then deleted a v...
Dec 23, 2020
