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1. Coronavirus
A year ago today, the first cases of a mystery virus in Wuhan, China became known as Kovid-19. Since then, 1.8 million people worldwide have lost their lives in the upcoming epidemic. Yesterday the U.S. set another Covid-19 daily death record, and according to some estimates, another 80,000 people could die in the next three weeks as a result of holiday travel and accumulated results. Record deaths are also being reported in other countries, such as Germany, and Japan is considering a state of emergency to meet the growing number of cases. U.S. In, the vaccine rollout lags behind some other countries, leading to frustration and confusion in places like Florida, where vague policies have led to wandering for limited doses.
2. White House transition
G.O.P. Sen. Josh Haley Wali has said he will formally object to the results of the 2020 presidential election when the Congress meets early next week to count the votes for the upcoming college elections. Republican Rep. Along with Moe Brooks, he is the first senator to announce plans to object to the result. Their joint efforts will force the House and Senate to formally discuss the matter, providing a platform for President Trump’s stated conspiracy theories that the election was stolen from him. To be clear, the debate and subsequent vote will not change the outcome of the election. But it will delay the results and create an ugly scene for Republicans who have to decide how long to potentially entertain Trump’s fraudulent election fraud allegations.
3. Stimulation
After the Senate rejected a move to increase coronavirus stimulus payments from $ 600 to $ 2,000, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attacked the House-passed bill, saying “there is no real way to pass the Senate quickly.” As part of a political maneuver, Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed to delay a vote to override the bill, known as Trump’s military-funded National Defense Authorization Act, until the issue of large stimulus payments is raised. It seems increasingly probable that this session of Congress will end without any movement on the extra payment. Meanwhile, the ડો 600 stimulus test is already underway for some Americans. Oh, and the Census Bureau will lose today’s deadline to produce its final census for 2020. The agency said it would give final results soon.
4. Brexit
In terms of timelines, British lawmakers voted to endorse the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit deal with the European Union before the deadline for the Brexit transition period. The agreement protects Britain’s tariff- and quota-free access for EU customers and allows the UK to carefully avoid an economic catastrophe if it were to leave the transition period without a deal. The UK could enjoy short-term economic growth with the safety of the new move, but leaving the EU would still be detrimental, economists say. While the new deal covers the trade in goods, it does not fully cover other industries such as finance for the UK economy.
5. Yemen
A series of bombings at Yemen’s Aden airport has killed at least 22 people. The attack came as members of a new power-sharing government arrived from Saudi Arabia. It is not clear if the blasts were caused by missiles, but Saudi Arabia has blamed the attack on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. A spokesman for the Saudi-backed coalition in Yemen said the coalition had intercepted a Huthi drone loaded with explosives and shot it down, targeting the presidential palace in the city of Aden. Yemen has been plagued by years of civil war, and is part of a new cabinet formed to end a power struggle between newly arrived government members, Yemen’s separatist group and its current Saudi-backed government.
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