Новости за 24.12.2020

1. From tariffs to visas: here's what's in the Brexit deal  The Guardian
2. David Cameron welcomes 'vital' Brexit trade deal as he congratulates UK negotiating team  Daily Mail
3. At long last we have a Brexit deal – and it's as bad as you thought  The Guardian
4. Now the Brexit blame game will play out at the door of No 10  The Guardian
5. Boris Johnson has 'got Brexit done'. With a deal that will please no one  The Guardian
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Indian tennis star Prithvi Sekhar has revealed that no one congratulated him when he won the bronze medal at the 2017 Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey.

NEW YORK, New York - Stocks made modest gains in the United States on Thursday, as news of a deal on Brexit was announced in London.

The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said yesterday that the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is “safe to use” and was approved by several international bodies. Speaking to the press at the vaccination center at the Mishref international fairgrounds, the prime minister affirmed that the vaccination campaign will continue for several months […]

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TRP scam case: Mumbai court grants bail to ex-BARC employee who helped ARG manipulate ratings

LaMarr Coles proposed to Stephanie Williams at Greedy Reads in Baltimore, where a few months earlier they had made their relationship official.

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D.C.'s LGBTQ bars grapple with and adapt to new restrictions banning indoor dining through mid-January.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) could not be completed because of former NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela.

CRPF director general AP Maheshwari told ET that “preventing the spread of virus from urban to rural areas” and managing centres such as Mumbai and Delhi have been the biggest challenges for the force.

“Each farmer in West Bengal would have got Rs 14,000 so far, including the instalment being transferred tomorrow (Friday) by the Prime Minister to farmers across India, translating to nearly Rs 9,800 crore for the state’s farmers,” a central government official told ET on condition of anonymity.

PM Modi, in the presence of West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar and Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, said the university evolved from centuries of the Indian ethos and embodied Indian nationalist sentiment during Independence under Tagore's guidance.

• A former congressman is floating the idea to add a few hundred dollars to peoples' new stimulus check if they get themselves vaccinated for COVID-19, as a way of encouraging as many people as possible to receive the jabs that so far have been authorized from drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna.
• Former congressman John Delaney has suggested adding a few hundred dollars extra to peoples' new stimulus check to compensate them for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
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In Bethlehem, long a traditional epicenter for annual Christmas celebrations, Mayor Anton Salman hasn't canceled all events but the COVID-19 pandemic has limited their size and scope.

Merry Christmas to fans of The Karate Kid! Netflix has a special treat for you.

Three people were killed and 14 were critically injured when a big-wheeled ice explorer rolled down a rocky embankment on its way to the Columbia Icefield.

An NDA ‘Reform’ report card is set to be launched on Friday that will list the 40 major reforms, including the farm laws, abrogation of Article 370, new labour codes, UPI and Aadhaar payment systems, flagship schemes like Ujjwala and Ujala, Jal Jeevan and Beti Padao Beti Badao missions.

With his ability to travel through space and time, Five has one of the most robust powers in The Umbrella Academy - but his control over it is poor.

1. COVID US: CDC changes guidelines to prioritize over 75s for vaccine  Daily Mail
2. COVID-19 vaccine-confidence campaigns underway to boost trust  41 Action News
3. Coronavirus in Kansas: 59 more deaths, 5,089 new cases  KSN-TV
4. Can pregnant individuals get the COVID-19 vaccine?  UW Medicine
5. Kansas City COVID-19 Daily Briefing for Dec. 24  KSHB
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According to the report, the two UK flyers, who had "slipped out", have been traced and "brought back" to Delhi.

The SEC delivered a lump of coal to public market investors this holiday week by approving primary direct listings in lieu of traditional IPOs. Here's why.