Republicans killed effort to set up a 9/11-style inquiry into the 6 January attack despite broad support for such an investigation Senate Republicans have blocked the creation of a special commission to study the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes for a bipartisan panel amid a Republican […]
Reported cases of variant reach almost 7,000, as it becomes dominant in Britain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Up to three-quarters of new UK Covid cases are now thought to be caused by the variant first detected in India, the health secretary has said. The variant […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Governments told to focus on stopping young from taking up habit that killed 8 million people in 2019 Smoking killed almost 8 million people in 2019 and the number of smokers rose as the habit was picked up by young people around the world, according to new research. A study […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]