Christmas market attack in Germany; American Government shutdown averted, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 22 December 2024
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| 0:56.0 | After days of chaos, America's Senate voted to pass a new spending deal, |
| 1:00.6 | averting a government shutdown. |
| 1:02.6 | The proposal, which will fund the government through March, |
| 1:05.4 | and includes a 110 billion disaster aid package, |
| 1:09.3 | dropped a provision to extend America's debt ceiling ceiling despite backing from Donald Trump to include it. |
| 1:14.6 | In an earlier vote in the House of Representatives, most Republicans supported the deal and no Democrats voted against it. |
| 1:21.6 | President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill into law on Saturday. |
| 1:26.6 | At least two people, including a child, were killed and killed. is expected to sign the bill into law on Saturday. |
| 1:37.3 | At least two people, including a child, were killed and dozens injured when a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg in central Germany. The suspected driver was arrested. He is said to be a doctor from Saudi Arabia who arrived in Germany in 2006. |
| 1:45.5 | The Premier of Saxony-Unholt told German television. |
| 1:49.2 | The motive for the attack has not been confirmed. |
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