TSA agents clearing passengers at Denver International Airport, June 2020. TSA found twice as many weapons on passengers per million in 2020 than they did the year prior.
The Transportation Security Administration caught approximately 10 firearms per million passengers passing through U.S. airport security in 2020 twice the 2019 rate amid the sharp drop in air travel because of the coronavirus.
TSA agents discovered 3,257 firearms in passengers carry-on bags at security checkpoints, a TSA news release said. About 83% of the firearms were loaded. In 2019, agents caught 4,432 firearms passing through security, the highest in the TSA s 19-year history. However, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in 500 million fewer checkpoint screenings in 2020.
Mexico and the UK sign trade deal
Mexico and the UK share a long history of trade, and their bilateral trade relationship accounted for over $5 billion in 2019
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The deal will ensure tariff-free trade for British businesses whilst providing security to manufacturers in both countries
Subject to legislative approvals and parliamentary procedures, the countries aim to bring the agreement into force on 1 Jan, 2021
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On 15 December, 2020, the United Kingdom and Mexico signed the UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement. This follows the UK securing similar continuity agreements with many nations, including Singapore and Canada. After the end of the UK s transition period with the European Union (EU) on 31 December, 2020, the continuity agreement, set to come into force on 1 January, 2021, will guarantee preferential access for trade between the UK and Mexico. It will permit trade to resume on the same terms as the current EU-Mexico Global Agreement. Th
Donald Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
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Trump s actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists and others who he believes have been wronged by a legal system he sees as biased against him and his allies
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President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
Since March, airports have witnessed a precipitous decline in traffic as governments ordered restrictions on movement
, border closures and bans on non-essential travel. These measures have seen the world s airports shift from thriving hubs transporting people across the globe to much quieter places. And while air traffic has been tentatively picking up since countries began to reopen their borders, levels are still far from what they were.
Additional flight restrictions imposed by more than 40 countries on flights to and from the UK this week are a reminder that the industry s recovery has a long way to go.
Having ground the world to a halt, the coronavirus has been lethal for airlines across the globe. The world’s skies look very different this festive season compared to December last year.