The 9 at 9: Thursday

Updated Dec 10th 2020, 8:46 AM

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1. #BREXIT: ‘Large gaps’ remain after talks last night ended between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen.

2. #RIP: Paolo Rossi, a hero of Italian football who led his country to victory in the 1982 World Cup, has died aged 64. 

3. #VACCINE: The Health Products Regulatory Authority said appropriate advice will be given in Ireland if the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is approved after the UK issued an allergy warning.

4. #TARGETED: The European Medicines Agency said it was targeted in a cyber attack.

5. #DEAL: The UK signed a free trade deal with Singapore.

6. #DUBLIN 8: The Guinness family intervention at the Iveagh Markets in Dublin could end the long-running saga over its future. 

7. #ACQUISITION: US federal regulators have moved to sue Facebook, seeking forced divestment of Instagram and WhatsApp.

8. #BIDEN: US president-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter said that his “tax affairs” are under federal investigation.

9. #GOOGLE: France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said today it had fined two Google units a total of €100 million and an Amazon subsidiary €35 million over advertising cookies.