In the spotlight: agreement for a stimulus plan for the American economy
Nancy Pelosi, President of Congress and Charles Schumer, Leader of the Republicans, give a press conference following an agreement on a program to revive the economy: aid 900 billion dollars will therefore be released.
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The elected Republican and Democrats of the American Congress reached an agreement to revive the economy, very affected by the health crisis, on the night of Sunday to Monday.
Aid of 900 billion dollars will therefore be released.
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This agreement is good enough
", headlines this Monday the editorialist of the
New York Times
, although, according to him, it could have been more important and should have been concluded, months ago.
But this agreement remains good news because it will alleviate the suffering of millions of Americans, allow the unemployed to feed their families and prevent evictions.
An essential help also for small businesses on the verge of bankruptcy details the daily.
Even if elected officials should have acted more quickly and should have released more funds, this plan must make it possible to respond to urgent problems.
But it offers no future prospects for the eleven million unemployed, says
New York Times
.
Unemployed people who will still be able to continue to receive their benefits.
A plan which must now obtain the approval of elected officials on Monday before being sent to the president who must in turn validate it details
USA Today
before it finally comes into force.
Donald Trump continues to challenge election result
If Donald Trump has not yet pronounced on this agreement obtained last night, the current tenant of the White House is continuing his maneuvers to try to cancel the elections.
And according to the
Washington Post
, Donald Trump is even stepping up his efforts to try to find a solution.
There was even talk of a military intervention this weekend as suggested by Michael Flynn.
Donald Trump's former national security adviser, recently pardoned by the US president after being convicted of lying to the FBI, has offered to declare martial law in the most disputed states to overturn the outcome of the election in these six states.
A rejected proposal specifies the
Washington Post
.
According to the daily, Donald Trump would multiply meetings and appointments with these relatives to try to find a solution before January 6, date on which the election of Joe Biden must be formalized by Congress.
Canada suspends links with UK
Canadian authorities, like many others, have announced the suspension of flights with the United Kingdom following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus.
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Ottawa is following in the footsteps of several European countries and suspending passenger flights from the United Kingdom
" announces
Le Devoir
.
A decision taken following a meeting urgently called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday afternoon.
For the moment this suspension of the connections which enters into force this Monday evening is planned for three days hours and does not concern the freight, nor the flights making stopover in the United Kingdom.
As for passengers from the British Isles who arrived on Sunday, they will be subject to heightened vigilance for two weeks.
An announcement that comes when the epidemic situation is not good in Canada and especially in Quebec details
La Presse
.
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The next three months will be very difficult
" even estimates a professor at the School of Public Health of the University of Montreal quoted by the daily.
New restrictive measures for the Colombian capital
The health situation is deteriorating in Colombia and more specifically in Bogota where the authorities have announced new measures.
Measures that come into force immediately and which affect the eight million inhabitants of the Colombian capital region, details
El Espectador
.
As of Monday, residents will only be able to go to shops according to the last figure on their identity card.
Only one person per family and per day is allowed to go shopping.
Measures that will be in effect until January 15.
Colombia reached a new twenty-four hour contamination record last Saturday.
There is an urgent need to act, believes the mayor of Bogota on social networks.
Claudia Lopez who also calls on residents to respect self-containment if they want to spend the holidays with their family.
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