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EU has made “final” offer on fisheries in UK talks – senior diplomat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states consider their latest offer on fisheries in UK trade talks as final, a senior EU diplomat told Reuters after an update on Brexit by the bloc's negotia...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. govt won’t impose COVID-19 screenings for flights from Britain – sources
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government does not intend to impose COVID-19 screenings for passengers traveling from Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus varian...
Dec 22, 2020
Brazil’s Sao Paulo state to close restaurants, shopping malls for Christmas and New Year
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state government announced only essential services are allowed to open between December 25 and 27 and between January 1 and 3, amid rising coronavirus cas...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. tops 18 million COVID-19 cases as officials eye new virus variant in UK
By Susan Heavey and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Total U.S. COVID-19 cases surpassed 18 million on Tuesday as health officials tried to tamper fears about a new, highly transmissible variant of the co...
Dec 22, 2020
Lions close facilities in wake of positive COVID-19 tests
The Detroit Lions closed their facilities in Allen Park, Mich., on Tuesday after learning of two positive COVID-19 tests within the organization, the team announced. The identities of the two individu...
Dec 22, 2020
Pope decrees Italian judge murdered by Mafia can be beatified
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis decreed on Tuesday that Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was a martyr for the faith and could be beatified, or decla...
Dec 22, 2020
Credit Suisse says upgrading money-laundering controls after Fed order
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse said on Tuesday it was upgrading its anti-money laundering controls after the U.S. Federal Reserve ordered the Swiss bank to address deficiencies within 90 days to mak...
Dec 22, 2020
Iraq bans air travel with eight nations over new variant of virus
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is banning air travel to or from eight countries to guard against the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, and is ordering public venues like shopping malls and restaur...
Dec 22, 2020
EU’s Barnier tells member states latest UK fish offer “unacceptable”
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, told the 27 national envoys to Brussels on Tuesday that fisheries remained a stumbling bloc in talks with the UK on a post-...
Dec 22, 2020
Italy reports 628 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, 13,318 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 628 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday against 415 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections increased to 13,318 from 10,872....
Dec 22, 2020
