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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Dec 17, 2020 12:04 AM EST Days ahead of a deadline in extending government funding and with the critical relief programs about to expire at the end of the month, leaders in the congress are nearing a deal on a coronavirus relief package where another round of direct payments to Americans is included. According to CNN, a source familiar with the negotiations shared that the emerging deal would likely cost an estimated $900 billion with contentious provisions on funding for state and local governments and liability protections for businesses set aside. The said dea...

By   Dec 16, 2020 07:53 AM EST Days after the approval of the vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech, the American biotechnology company which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Moderna is now poised to win authorization for its version of the coronavirus vaccine. Said vaccine is to be given to adults first as the testing on teenagers and children had only begun.   According to Reuters, the data released on Tuesday by the US Food and Drug Administration confirmed that the vaccine by Moderna appeared highly effective based on a study of more than 30,000 volunteers. Compared to the vaccine of Pfizer-...