WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that he will be laying out the groundwork for the next COVID-19 relief package next week, as the country's economic recovery stalls amid a surging pandemic.

"As I've said before, the bipartisan COVID relief package passed in December is an important step, but just a downpayment," Biden said in a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, referring to the 900-billion-USD relief plan recently approved by Congress. (US-Biden-Relief Package)

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DENVER, the United States -- The woman spearheading U.S. President Donald Trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election was sued for 1.3 billion U. S. dollars by the American corporation that makes the voting machines.

In the defamation suit filed Friday, Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems chronicled some 40 of Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's public statements that spread "wild" and "demonstrably false" allegations. (US-Trump-Suit)

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SANTIAGO -- Inflation rate in Chile increased by 0.3 percent in December, rising to 3 percent for the year 2020, said the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Friday.

In the last month of 2020, there was an increase in the prices of clothing and footwear by 3.7 percent, and of household equipment and maintenance by 0.8 percent, according to a report from the INE. (Chile-Inflation)

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RIGA -- The Latvian economy's performance during the COVID-19 crisis has been "acceptable" on the whole and the Baltic state has been doing better than many other countries, according to Andris Vilks, a member of the Council of the Bank of Latvia Council and former finance minister.

While the pandemic has brought about serious problems, it also created new opportunities and highlighted long-neglected issues in many sectors of the economy, Vilks told the Latvian news agency LETA on Friday. (Latvia-Economy-COVID-19) Enditem

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