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Congress passed a bill that contains $900 billion in coronavirus aid and a $1.4 trillion government funding plan, sending it to President Trump.

The Global Citizen Prize 2020, broadcast on December 19, celebrated "the people shaping the world that we all want at this really difficult time."

Google and Facebook pledged to help each other if they ever faced an antitrust investigation into their deal to work together in online advertising, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The discovery of an infectious new Covid strain in the U.K. has prompted tighter lockdowns and travel restrictions across Europe.

Henner Schwarz, CEO of German firm &ever, said that his company's new indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of "leafy green" produce per day.

Thousands of Indian farmers have protested for weeks against three agricultural reforms that they said would lower crop prices and hurt their earnings.

Tesla's shares have soared more than 676% so far in 2020. Meanwhile, bitcoin has risen about 220% as of midnight EST Tuesday, according to Coin Metrics.

The European Commission authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation program across the EU.

By singling out Russia, Barr sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the rest of the national security establishment but contradicted Trump.

The U.S. is planning a study to find out why some people have suffered from allergic reactions after receiving a Covid vaccine, an NIAID official told CNBC.

Stocks fell on Monday as enthusiasm over a coronavirus stimulus deal was overwhelmed by worries over a viral new Covid strain in the U.K.

Cuomo is asking several airlines to ensure travelers have tested negative for Covid before boarding JFK-bound flights as a highly contagious strain spreads in the U.K.

"SARS-CoV-2 is mutating at a much slower rate than influenza," WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said.

Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine on live television Monday afternoon in a demonstration intended to encourage Americans to receive shots of their own.

Lawmakers will now move to vote on the proposal, along with a full-year government spending bill.

Over the weekend, the U.K. said it had identified a new strain of Covid-19 which spreads more quickly than previous variants.

The U.K. remains committed to ending its transitional period with the European Union on December 31, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

IBM said the acquisition will of Nordcloud will "turbocharge" its hybrid cloud consulting ability.

It's clear that President Xi regards 2021, the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, as perhaps the most important year since he came to power in 2013.