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has reached 600,012 – the most of any nation – according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US also ranks highest in the total number of recorded cases, with…
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated another $2.7bn (£1.9bn) to a spread of charities. Ms. Scott said in an exceedingly blog post that she wanted…
A huge winter storm sweeping across the southern US has killed at least 21 people and left millions without power. There have been widespread blackouts in Texas, where the energy…
During his first four weeks in the White House, President Joe Biden has been talking about the challenges facing the US – from coronavirus to the economy – and has…
Donald Trump and other prominent US conservatives have been paying tribute to controversial radio personality and political commentator Rush Limbaugh. The radio host’s wife announced his death on Wednesday following…
Fifty-one billion and zero – the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be “the most amazing thing humanity has ever done”,…
An Ebola vaccination campaign has been launched in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak earlier this month, the WHO has said. DR Congo has confirmed…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an “outside, independent” commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. In a…
Access to the internet appears to have been blocked for a second night running by Myanmar’s new military rulers. UK-based monitor NetBlocks reported a “near-total internet shutdown” from 01:00 local…
A case of the South African variant of Covid-19 has been identified in a village in Hampshire. Anyone aged 16 or over in Bramley, near Basingstoke, will be subjected to…