Boris Johnson’s landslide victory in Britain

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown wearing a blue suit jacket and walking next to a slotted fence.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won in a landslide in Britain’s general election on Thursday, Dec. 12. The polls earlier had given Johnson’s Conservative Party an advantage but it wasn’t even close and now Brexit appears likely to move forward. And, the US-China trade war might be closer to ending. Officials in Washington and Beijing have confirmed they’ve reached a preliminary agreement on a trade deal. And, a historic electric aircraft flight took place in Canada.


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