Daily Monitor

December 28, 2020

Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a federal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making. […]
December 28, 2020

Covid: EU starts mass vaccination in ‘touching moment of unity’

The EU has begun a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. […]
December 29, 2020

Spain warns of ‘hard Brexit’ possibility in Gibraltar

Less than 72 hours remain for Spain, UK to strike deal related to small British territory […]
December 29, 2020

A historic oil price collapse, with worries headed into 2021

Even as global prices end the year at about $51 a barrel, near the average for 2015-2017 […]
December 30, 2020

Belarus, Kazakhstan discuss cooperation in military technology

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin met with Kazakhstan’s Minister of Defense Nurlan Yermekbayev, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Kazakhstan. […]
December 30, 2020

Covid-19: US reports first known case of highly-infectious variant

The first reported US case of the highly-infectious Covid-19 variant that emerged in the UK has been confirmed in the state of Colorado.  […]
January 5, 2021

Breakthrough reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar -senior Trump official

-A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old dispute with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement aimed at ending their rift is to be signed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a senior Trump administration official said. […]
January 5, 2021

Asia Stocks Mixed on Virus Spike; Gold Holds Gain: Markets Wrap

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday amid concern that a surge in global coronavirus cases could crimp the economic recovery, with traders also bracing for key runoff elections in the U.S. The dollar edged down and gold held gains. […]
January 6, 2021

Number of COVID-19 cases surpasses 159,000 in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has added 742 new cases of the coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, pushing the total caseload to 159,044, Kazinform has learnt from coronavirus2020.kz. […]
January 6, 2021

Egypt signs reconciliation deal with Qatar

Cairo says it appreciates sincere efforts made to achieve reconciliation between Arab quartet and Qatar. […]