International team reveal vast cosmic voids over the Earth’s skies that could challenge Einstein We can’t see it, barely understand it, but know that it exists because of the powerful influence it exerts on space. Dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe, and its gravitational force is enough […]
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Health secretary claims it ‘wasn’t possible’ to test all patients sent to care homes at outset of pandemic Dominic Cummings’ key accusations against Matt Hancock See all our coronavirus coverage Matt Hancock is under mounting pressure to explain why the government failed to protect care home residents at the outset […]
Bill intended to establish 9/11-style commission into 6 January riot Senate Republicans block passage of bill by using filibuster Senate Republicans were poised on Thursday to kill an attempt by Democrats to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the Capitol in which a pro-Trump mob […]
Ousted aide says failure to grasp situation meant ‘tens of thousands of people died who didn’t need to die’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is unfit to be prime minister after presiding over a chaotic and incompetent pandemic response that caused many thousands of […]
Manchester United suffered European heartache after a cruel 11-10 penalty shootout defeat via the unfortunate boot of David de Gea, who stroked his kick to the left of Gerónimo Rulli, whose save made him Villarreal’s hero. It is always hard for whoever loses this way and for the goalkeeper to […]
Police say the shooter was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which operates the light rail facility A shooting that erupted in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a light rail maintenance yard in San Jose, California, has left at least nine people dead, including the gunman. Local […]
Exclusive: The racist and violent comments appear below a video news report about Sasha Johnson who was shot in the head in London Sky News Australia’s YouTube channel has published more than 9,000 comments mostly celebrating and mocking the shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist in Britain who is […]
Osaka says news conferences put unfair burden on players ‘I’m not going to subject myself to people that doubt me’ Naomi Osaka has said she will not take questions from the press at this year’s French Open, saying the nature of news conferences puts an unfair burden on players’ mental […]
Boris Johnson braced for criticism when MPs question man who was once his most senior adviser Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dominic Cummings ramped up his attacks on Boris Johnson on the eve of the former aide’s evidence session, accusing the prime minister of having no […]
Kim Leadbeater vows to ‘burst the Westminster bubble’ if she wins Batley and Spen byelection The sister of the murdered MP Jo Cox has said Labour needs more “real people” in parliament to reconnect to its former voters, as she vowed to “burst the Westminster bubble” if she wins the […]