WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package that would deliver additional help to businesses, $300 per week jobless checks, and $600 stimulus payments to most Americans.

But there was no deal quite yet.The long-delayed measure was coming together as Capitol Hill combatants finally fashioned difficult compromises, often at the expense of more ambitious Democratic wishes for the legislation, to complete the second major relief package of the pandemic.A hoped-for announcement Wednesday failed to materialize as lawmakers across the spectrum hammered out details of the sprawling legislation and top negotiators continued to trade offers.

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Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as an increase in food stamp benefits.The signing Sunday, at his private club in Florida came amid escalating criticism over his eleventh-hour demands for larger, $2,000 relief checks and scaled-back spending even though the bill had already passed the House and Senate by wide margins.

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Businesses adapt better to Covid after lessons learned from spring surge

Urgency to fix India’s bankruptcy codeThis fall, by the time infections surged again, Mr. Broadbent added another bigger warehouse to allow employees to social distance and keep safe.

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Scottish Labour leader calls for financial relief for low income families in Covid crisis

Covid-19 crisis.Leonard argued arrears on household bills and council tax among low-income Scots should be suspended until the Holyrood election in May.He wants the UK government to regulate pay day loan companies and waive interest payments.Leonard said: "Christmas and the new year are always periods that lead to a surge in debt for poorer and hard-pressed families."Nine months of Covid hardship will inevitably make this burden so much worse for households."A huge personal debt crisis is being caused by Covid as people being furloughed or losing their jobs and others on welfare benefits are unable to pay their rents, mortgages and other essential bills."This is made worse by the high level of interest rates being charged and by

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Scots couple 'abandoned' at wrong airport 150 miles from home by Jet2 after Christmas break cut short over Covid fears

Christmas holiday in Lanzarote cut short have hit out at Jet2 after they were ‘abandoned’ at Newcastle International Airport - 150 miles from home.Gran Brenda McManus and husband Tony forked out £2500 before flying to Lanzarote on December 20 for their annual two week festive break.The East Kilbride couple received a phone call from the travel operator on Christmas morning telling them they were to be flown home on Boxing Day - nine days early.The 57-year-old was told that the Spanish Government was asking all British tourists to leave before December 28 amid fresh Covid-19 fears. The airline said the couple would be flown to Newcastle as no flights to Glasgow were available on Boxing Day and a bus would drive them back to Scotland.But when

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Adams shines in snow as Packers trounce Titans 40-14

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Davante Adams caught three of Aaron Rodgers’ four touchdown passes as the Green Bay Packers trounced the Tennessee Titans 40-14 for their fifth consecutive victory on a snowy Sunday evening.The Packers (12-3) already have clinched the NFC North title and can earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs if they win at Chicago (8-7) or Seattle (11-4) loses at San Francisco (6-9) next week.Green Bay ran wild behind 124 yards and two touchdowns from A.J.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton hits new high for active COVID-19 cases on the weekend

COVID-19 cases on the weekend and recorded a new daily high of 1,226 active cases on Dec. 27.There have been seven more coronavirus-related deaths in the city since Christmas Eve.

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India's Covid-19 tally climbs to 1.02 cr with 20,021 new cases; active cases drop to 2.77 lakh

coronavirus cases on Monday stood at 20,021. Up to 279 fresh fatalities were recorded in a span of 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll since the outbreak in January to 1,47,901.The country's overall positive Covid-19 cases stood at 1,02,07,871, with 2,77,301 active cases.

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Asian stocks advance after Trump signs $900B aid package

BEIJING – Asian stock markets rose Monday after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion economic aid package, helping to reduce uncertainty as governments re-impose travel and business curbs in response to a new coronavirus variant.Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced as traders returned to work following a three-day Christmas weekend. Trump signed the measure, which also includes money for other government functions through September, despite expressing frustration that $600 payments to the public weren’t bigger.

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Trump signs covid-19 aid Bill Averting government shutdown

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Trump says the Covid relief bill is much more restoring unemployment benefits

Urgency to fix India’s bankruptcy codeIn surprise move, Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday evening at his private club in Florida, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits.The signing came after a day of vocal criticism from Republicans and Democrats over his objections to the bipartisan agreement, which passed the House and Senate by large margins with lawmakers believing

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New coronavirus relief bill saves unemployment benefits for 500k Pennsylvanians

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Unemployment benefits for an estimated 500,000 Pennsylvanians will be saved after President Donald Trump announced Sunday night he will sign the $900B relief package.Trump blindsided members of both parties and upended months of negotiations when he demanded last week that the package — already passed the House and Senate by large margins and believed to have Trump’s support — be revised to include larger relief checks and scaled-back spending. If Trump had continued his opposition, the federal government would have run out of money at 12:01 a.m.

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President Trump signs COVID relief, spending bill averting shutdown. So what happens now?

President Trump’s Sunday night decision to sign the combination COVID relief/government spending plan averts a shutdown tomorrow night.The government was funded through 11:59 p.m. Monday. But Mr.Trump’s signature means the government is now funded through September 30, 2021.

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Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effect

The massive, year-end catchall bill that President Donald Trump signed into law combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.Highlights of the measure with overall funding amounts and specific amounts for some but not necessarily all initiatives. COVID-19 RELIEF Unemployment insurance ($120 billion).

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Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown

US President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting afederal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.

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Asia Today: No watching NYE fireworks from Sydney harborside

SYDNEY – Authorities have banned New Year’s Eve revelers from congregating in Sydney’s downtown harborside to see the celebrated fireworks due to the pandemic risk.New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday people who live in the city center can invite up to 10 guests to their homes to celebrate. The guests will have to apply for permits to enter the area.Australia’s largest city recorded five new cases of COVID-19 connected to a cluster in the northern beaches region, bringing the total to 126 infections since Dec.

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Coronavirus cases top 2K in Ontario, Quebec, as more U.K. variant detected

coronavirus cases on Sunday as more cases of a variant of the virus were announced across the country.Canada added 5,381 coronavirus cases total on Sunday and 65 deaths, bringing its total to 548,993 cases and 14,963 deaths. Canada reports first cases of U.K.

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Brantford police station

Ontario confirms Canada’s 1st known cases of U.K. coronavirus variant Brantford Police say these are the first positive tests within the service.The three individuals have not been in the station since Dec.

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Trump signs $900B pandemic relief bill after earlier refusal

pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits. Unemployment benefits for millions expire as Trump refuses to sign COVID-19 relief bill Trump announced the signing in a statement Sunday night that spoke of his frustrations with the COVID-19 relief for including only $600 checks to most Americans instead of the $2,000 that his fellow Republicans rejected.

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Mum and daughter's heart-wrenching Christmas Day embrace while treating Covid patients

A powerful photo shows a mum and daughter standing face-to-face on Christmas Day as they treated critically ill coronavirus patients.

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The covid boost to edtech

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Trump signs $900 billion Covid relief bill

Donald Trump signed a bill containing $900 billion in pandemic relief, according to a Republican familiar with the matter, triggering the flow of aid to individuals and businesses and averting the risk of a partial government shutdown on Tuesday.In addition, to aid to stem the economic effects of the pandemic, the legislation Congress passed Monday also includes $1.4 trillion in government spending to fund federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September.

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Trump signs COVID relief bill granting stimulus checks, jobless benefits

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits.Democrats are promising more aid to come once President-elect Joe Biden takes office, but Republicans are signaling a wait-and-see approach.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

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Rethinking kids’ education in the year of covid

classes online, Aradhana Iyer Vohra and Kaiesh Vohra became much more heedful of flaws in the education system. “What became apparent to me very quickly as a parent in the home-based learning was that education wasn’t personalized," says Aradhana.While personalization is limited even in physical classrooms, where a teacher handles 25 or more kids, it can get exacerbated in remote classes.

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Coronavirus: New Year’s Eve celebrations altered by restrictions

New Year’s Eve celebrations will look much different this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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After Biden, Fauci shows concern that Covid may get worse after the holidays

Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday."The reason I'm concerned and my colleagues in public health are concerned also is that we very well might see a post-seasonal, in the sense of Christmas, New Year's, surge," CNN quoted Fauci as saying. "We are really at a very critical point....

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COVID jabs for all in EU soon, EU Comm prez says first protect the vulnerable

vaccination day, as people across the European Union take jabs, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed that she is touched and vaccines will be soon available for all.Posting a video of people taking vaccines in different EU nations, she tweeted, "Today the first Europeans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. I'm touched to see people taking the vaccine everywhere across the EU.

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Coronavirus: Saskatoon retirement home avoids COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19 after no other residents tested positive for the disease.Someone living at the Sherbrooke Community Centre was diagnosed with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus on Saturday, triggering the facility’s outbreak protocols which includes testing everyone else in the unit.On Sunday, spokesperson Eric Anderson said all other residents had negative tests.

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Trump plays golf as COVID-19 relief bill hangs in limbo

President Donald Trump spent more time playing at a Florida golf course, still refusing to sign-off on Congress’s pandemic relief bill. The stalling is costing millions of Americans who have run out of unemployment benefits.

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More cases of new COVID-19 variant confirmed in Ontario and B.C.

British Columbia is the second province to detect the new COVID-19 variant, originally found in the United Kingdom, while a third case was confirmed in Ontario.

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Washington beaten by Panthers, fails to clinch NFC East

LANDOVER, Md. – Dwayne Haskins turned the ball over three times before getting benched, Steven Sims muffed a punt return that turned into a Panthers touchdown and Washington blew its first chance to clinch the NFC East by losing to Carolina 20-13 Sunday.Haskins was 14 of 28 with a fumble and two interceptions after starting in place of injured veteran Alex Smith, despite violating COVID-19 protocols last week. After being stripped of his captaincy and fined $40,000 for partying without a mask, he was stripped of the ball by Marquis Haynes in the first quarter and picked off by Tahir Whitehead and Tre Boston in the second.Meanwhile, Washington's defense allowed two Panthers touchdown drives and 202 yards in the first half alone.

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Covid-19 case total in United States crosses 19 million mark

United States has surpassed 19 million, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from various sources including local authorities and media outlets.As of 01:23 IST on Monday, Johns Hopkins University had registered 19,069,926 positive tests for the coronavirus disease in the United States.The country's death toll, at the same time, stood at 332,705. The US case total, which is the largest in the world, topped the 18 million mark this past Monday.

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Bihar wins Digital India Award for aiding 21L stranded workers during Covid

Bihar government's initiative to transfer financial assistance directly to the accounts of beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic has made its departments winners of the Digital India Awards, instituted by the central government, this year for innovative steps in e- governance, an official statement said on Sunday.More than 21 lakh stranded workers outside Bihar were provided financial assistance through the "Bihar Sahayata Mobile App".The Chief Minister Secretariat, the Disaster Management Department besides the National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the state have jointly been chosen as winners in the "pandemic category" Digital India Awards 2020, the statement said.President Ram Nath Kovind will give away the Digital India Awards to

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Army of 10,000 medics and volunteers recruited to deliver Oxford Covid-19 vaccine

An army of 10,000 medics and volunteers has reportedly been drafted in to help deliver Britain's second Covid inoculation, with the first jabs expected to be administered in days.

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Coronavirus: Multiple cases of COVID-19 variant found in Ontario

The province has confirmed three cases of the new COVID-19 variant, first identified in the UK, have been found in Ontario. Brittany Rosen has more details on where the cases are coming from, and why there could be more.

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People skipping checkups, testing cause for concern: Saskatchewan Medical Association

COVID-19 pandemic top of mind for many people most of the year, the Saskatchewan Medical Association is concerned about people who may not be up to date on routine medical appointments.The association’s president, Barb Konstantynowicz, says its too early to determine just how big of an impact the pandemic is having on people who are sick or who are getting sick with things other than COVID-19.“What is COVID-related because people weren’t able to get that emergent or urgent care — or they chose not to seek out that care because they didn’t want to… trouble the system?” Konstantynowicz asked.“Time will tell us what those numbers are.”The Alberta Medical Association conducted a survey, checking in with people in that province about this very

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Coronavirus: 41 die from COVID-19 at Scarborough long-term care home

A major COVID-19 outbreak in a Scarborough long-term care home has led to the deaths of more than 40 people.

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Donald Trump promises 'good news' on Covid relief as millions lose benefits

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Seminole County leaders say they’re ready for increased vaccination demand

Seminole County emergency leaders said they’re already booked for this week as far as appointments to give out COVID-19 vaccinations.Seminole is one of a few counties statewide to begin vaccinating residents 65 and older, outside of long term care facilities.Leaders said they’re ready.TAKE PKGAlan Harris/Seminole County Emergency Manager7:29-7:32“We will be doing up to 700 a day,” said Alan Harris, Seminole County Emergency Manager. Harris said the county plans to vaccinate more than 7500 senior residents over the next two weeks, and it kicks off Monday morning at the Ovideo Mall.“Now that we don’t have to go into long term care facilities — CVS and Walgreens are doing that — all of our doses are being shifted to 65 and older,” he said.

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Bears close in on NFC playoffs, Jags lock up top draft pick

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jimmy Graham disappeared into a tunnel following his second touchdown catch of the day. He re-emerged after what seemed like forever and found a group of Chicago teammates waiting to celebrate.It was symbolic of the Bears' season.

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US reaches grim milestone after COVID-19 cases top 19 million

A medical staff member injects sodium bicarbonate into a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on Dec. 21, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

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Brits to be given Covid in 'human challenge trials' starting next month

coronavirus to speed up research of an experimental nasal vaccine, a report says. The 18 to 30-year-olds will be given the bug in a "secure bio-containment suite" starting next month with the first results expected by May, the Times said.

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Behind the tweets: Edmonton doctors gain social media following amid COVID-19 pandemic

Edmonton doctor canoes to work: ‘My commute is the best part of my day’ “Twitter for me was a place to run up to the edge of the cliff and just scream.

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The Latest: 'Nova pauses hoops, coach Wright tests positive

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Villanova coach Jay Wright has tested positive for COVID-19 and the No. 5 Wildcats have paused basketball activities.Wright says in a statement issued Sunday by Villanova that he another staff member tested positive.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Close but not yet: Deal near on COVID-19 economic aid bill

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