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UK parliament to vote on Brexit deal on Dec. 30
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament will vote to approve a trade deal with the European Union on Dec. 30, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday following the announcement of an agreement w...
Dec 24, 2020
EU Parliament to analyse Brexit deal before giving green light in 2021
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will analyse in detail the deal the EU and the UK clinched on Thursday, before deciding whether to give its consent in the new year, the head of the instit...
Dec 24, 2020
UK chief negotiator Frost says Britain will be fully independent from Jan. 1
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Chief Negotiator David Frost said on Thursday Britain would be a fully independent country again from Jan. 1, expressing his pride in the announcement of a trade deal with...
Dec 24, 2020
Wife of jailed Kurdish leader hails release ruling, demands Turkish reforms
ANKARA (Reuters) - The wife of detained Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said on Thursday she expected Turkey to comply with a call from Europe's top rights court to free him, but that the count...
Dec 24, 2020
EU’s Barnier says Brexit deal a relief, “clock no longer ticking”
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday that the trade deal agreed with Britain was a relief because it was clinched just a week before the end-year deadl...
Dec 24, 2020
First 300,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine arrive in Argentina to fight COVID-19
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Some 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Argentina on Thursday morning, following its approval by the government for emergency use. On a special fl...
Dec 24, 2020
UK’s Labour says a Brexit trade deal is in national interest
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Thursday it would respond in full to the announcement of a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, but that it had long argued a de...
Dec 24, 2020
Biden transition team holds talks with biofuel groups -sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has held calls with biofuel groups on topics including compliance with U.S. biofuel blending laws and Biden's l...
Dec 24, 2020
Russia reopens Soviet-era laboratory to test weapons in Arctic conditions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has reopened a Soviet-era laboratory to test weapons in extreme Arctic conditions, the military-industrial company which will run the facility said on Thursday, amid a push b...
Dec 24, 2020
Factbox-How does Britain’s parliament approve the Brexit trade deal?
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union agreed terms of a trade deal on Thursday after months of knife-edge negotiations and seven days before transitional arrangements come to an end. That ...
Dec 24, 2020
