theguardian– It was 1988, near the end of the cold war, when then-senator Joe Biden made yet another visit to the Soviet Union for talks on arms control. By that time, he felt comfortable enough in Moscow to bring a guest into the room: his teenage son. “Would you mind my son, Hunter
standard– LadBaby has done the treble by claiming the Christmas number one single for the third consecutive year. Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne (LadBaby Mum) have scored this year’s top chart spot with the song Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, according to the Official Charts Company. The song is raising money for food bank charity The Trussell […]
independent– Donald Trump is living in an “alternate reality”, televangelist Pat Robertson said on Monday, as he called on the president not to run for the White House again in 2024. Acknowledging Joe Biden’s election victory, Mr Roberston said it was time for the defeated incumbent to “move on”, adding that the “electoral college
theguardian– The US set yet another record for new coronavirus cases on Friday, at almost 250,000, even as a second vaccine, from Moderna, was approved. According to Johns Hopkins University, 249,709 new cases were recorded, up from more than 247,000 on Thursday and part of caseload close to 17.5m. There were 2,814 deaths, down from more […]
standard– They say it’s easy to cut corners when your gym instructor is on a screen, but they clearly haven’t seen how competitive Apple addicts like me can be about closing their activity rings. My instructor Kim might be 5,000 miles away in a sleek light-filled studio in Los Angeles, but there’s something about seeing those familiar […]
independent– Staff in secondary schools and colleges across England will have access to weekly coronavirus testing from next month, the government has announced. Meanwhile, both students and staff identified as a close contact of a coronavirus case will be able to get a daily test over seven days under the new testing scheme, which will start in January. […]
(CNN)As doses of a coronavirus vaccine are being prepared to be shipped to communities across the United States, President Donald Trump has an opportunity to mark a historic milestone for science — and show some semblance of leadership in curbing the spread of Covid-19 as the number of US cases crosses 16 million. Instead, in an act […]
republicworld– A new Republican super political action committee, Peachtree PAC, is starting a $43 million TV ad campaign in Georgia on Wednesday, adding to the surge of money being poured into two Senate runoff elections that will determine control of the chamber and the trajectory of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda. But the funding behind the […]
express– WhatsApp appears to be readying a change to its terms and conditions in the coming months and those that don’t agree may find themselves blocked from the popular chat app. News of this update originally came via the team WABetainfo who spotted and shared screenshots of the upcoming change which suggested the new T&Cs will […]
theguardian– Donald Trump has held his first political rally since losing the presidential election, delivering an incoherent speech laced with baseless conspiracies theories about election fraud and attacks on Republican state officials in Georgia who have refused to help him subvert the results. In front of a crowd of thousands of mostly maskless, non-socially