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U.S. House speaker Pelosi presses Trump to sign bill avoiding government shutdown before Monday -Statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID-19 stimulus payments ...
Dec 24, 2020
EU asks ambassadors to be available for Brexit during Christmas holidays
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Council of the European Union said on Thursday it will not convene a meeting of ambassadors from the bloc's 27 member countries and has asked them to be available during the C...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. lawmakers block Trump bid to modify coronavirus aid, spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked each other's efforts to modify a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending bill th...
Dec 24, 2020
Paris Club of creditors: Ethiopia gets debt deadline extension
PARIS (Reuters) - Ethiopia will get a deadline extension for its debts, with a new deadline set at June 30, 2021, said the Paris Club of international creditors on Thursday. The members of the Paris C...
Dec 24, 2020
‘Santa Claus rally’ threatened by COVID-19 resurgence, Georgia elections
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Worries over a resurgent coronavirus pandemic and upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia are clouding the outlook for what has historically been a seasonally str...
Dec 24, 2020
Futures rise in pre-Christmas trade; Alibaba falls on China probe
By Devik Jain and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday ahead of a shortened trading session on hopes of a gradual economic rebound, while Alibaba slumped after China lau...
Dec 24, 2020
Brexit talks still snagged on fish, may take some hours
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks to conclude a Brexit trade could still have "some hours to run", a UK source said on Thursday amid high hopes that negotiators were about to clinch a long-elusive deal. A Eu...
Dec 24, 2020
Pandemic prompts Wall Street to look south for Florida’s life and work benefits
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A bevy of Wall Street executives, bankers and fund managers are abandoning New York for Florida, embracing the Sunshine State over metropolitan New York as th...
Dec 24, 2020
Democrats want rushed vote on Trump’s $2,000 coronavirus aid checks
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday aim to win quick passage of legislation providing $2,000 in direct payments to Americans as part of a...
Dec 24, 2020
Laptops, desktop sales see ‘renaissance;’ shortages won’t ease until 2022
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007, and manufacturers still are months away fr...
Dec 24, 2020
