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Thousands hold a march in Jordanian capital Amman on Friday, against the signing of a $10 billion gas deal with Israel earlier this week.
The COVID-19 relief bill has languished for months, with no signs that congress will ever approve it. Now, Business Insider reports that Democrats are ready to do anything to get the relief passed. A number of Democrats said they may drop demands for state and local government aid in a forthcoming COVID-19 stimulus bill. AP reports that Dick Durbin and Chris Coons would back a slimmed-down $748 billion compromise deal which omits the support. The bipartisan group trimmed off state and local government aid, and legal protections for businesses. These now form part of a separate $160 billion proposal, which has less chance of passing.
CVS Health named Aetna President Karen Lynch as the company's new CEO. She will become CEO in February 2021. CVS Health ranks fifth on the Fortune 500, the company will become the largest one led by a woman. CVS Health bought Aetna in 2018 for $70 billion. In a chat with Business Insider, Lynch told Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer her vision for Aetna was to help members manage their health using CVS Pharmacy or MinuteClinic.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is ready to walk away from post-Brexit trade talks with a "no-deal" unless the European Union shifted its position. SOUNDBITE
The US House of Representatives passes a roughly $8 billion emergency funding bill to fight the coronavirus that has been spreading throughout the United States, hours after Congressional leaders finished ironing out terms of the deal. IMAGES
Singapore, Feb 18 (EFE/EPA).- The government of Singapore on Tuesday announced a special budget allocation of funds worth SGD 6.4 billion ($4.59 billion) to deal with the health and economic crisis caused by the outbreak of the new coronavirus."When the economy was recovering from the effects of the commercial war, the coronavirus has impacted ... tourism, aviation and other sectors," Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat told the parliament in a session while presenting the 2020 budget.The funds were added as an additional measure in the budget amid rising alarm over the disease — named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization — after 77 people cases were confirmed in Singapore. (Camera: WALLACE WOON/HOW HWEE YOUNG).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE WEAR PROTECTIVE MASKS ON THE STREETS OF SINGAPORE.
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