5 Top Trending News December 21st,2020

Every day we curate the top trending stories and news in America and summarize them for easy digestion. Here are 5 top trending news today December 21st, 2020.

Coronavirus

1. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, and Bulgaria all announced restrictions on U.K. travel, in an effort to block a new strain of coronavirus discovered in London and Southern England. Even though, the new variant is less lethal for now.
2. The first shipments of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine left a distribution center Sunday.
3. British health officials have warned that people with a history of “significant” allergic reactions to vaccines, medicine, or food should not be given Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel recommended on Sunday that people 75 and older and certain front-line essential workers be next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.
5. Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” the nation’s top doctor Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that a person’s immigration status should not serve as a barrier between them and a COVID-19 vaccine. Indeed, “No one should be denied a shot in the arm due to their documentation status,” said Adams.

Politics

1. The Department of Justice plans to announce criminal charges against a suspect in the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland bombing on Monday. 
2. President Donald Trump’s campaign had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court to overturn the election.
3. More than 1.3 million Georgians have already voted in the Senate runoffs.
4. A petition to oust California Gov. Gavin Newsom has more than half the signatures(844,000) needed to trigger a special election. According to, Orrin Heatlie, who is leading the Recall Gavin 2020 campaign.
5. Congress reached a deal on nearly $900 billion in Covid-19 relief. Actually, the bill includes a new round of direct payments and help for jobless Americans, families, and businesses. Also, Congress is set to vote on the stimulus deal this Monday.

Business

1. Apple supply chain workers in Asia protest over unpaid wages. 
2. China and the EU will strike a trade deal on Monday. Indeed, the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment offers safeguards to EU companies offshoring production to China. Also, it will make it easier for EU investors to buy Chinese companies, and vice-versa.
3. Tesla’s S&P 500 inclusion to be completed on Monday. Tesla’s entry is the largest ever for the stock index.
4. U.S. airlines would receive $15 billion in federal aid to pay their workers under the coronavirus relief deal. 
5. The new coronavirus bill key highlights:

• Federal jobless benefits of $300 per week for 11 weeks, through March 14, 2021.
• $248 billion for Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses.
• $600 checks for individual taxpayers earning under $75,000 per year and their child dependents.
• $25 billion in rental relief and nationwide eviction moratorium through January 31, 2021.
• $13 billion in increased SNAP funding.

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