Social network says it wants to ensure virtual world is built responsiblyFacebook is creating 10,000 jobs in the EU as part of its push to build a virtual world for its users.The company has trumpeted the “metaverse” as the next big phase of growth for…
Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies at 84 of Covid complications
Powell helped to build case for 2003 invasion of IraqGeorge W Bush pays tribute to ‘great public servant’ Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state who played a pivotal role in attempting to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died from complic…
China denies report claiming it launched hypersonic missile
Beijing says FT report was inaccurate and that exercise was merely a test of reusable technologyChina has denied a report that claimed it had recently launched a hypersonic missile, saying its launch of a new spacecraft was merely a test to see whether…
White House concedes $3.5tn bill will shrink: ‘Fewer dollars will be spent’ – live
Vice-president: ‘We must not shy away from this painful past’Concerns growing over slow pace of Congress in passing billsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailVice president Kamala Harris said today that Europeans who colonized th…
Coronavirus live: UK Covid response a ‘public health failure’, inquiry finds, Thailand set to welcome back tourists
Britain’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic led to more deaths, Commons inquiry finds; Thailand to drop mandatory quarantine for UK and US visitorsWHO recommends extra jab for immunocompromised peopleUK records 40,224 new infections as well …
Democrats blocking Biden’s agenda represent some of nation’s poorest
Joe Manchin and Henry Cuellar’s districts have high rates of poverty and income inequality but they are holding up a crucial bill in Congress that would benefit working-class AmericansSeveral of the leading Democrats in Congress who have stood in the w…
California surfer’s ‘measly punch’ fends off great white shark attack
‘It was like a clamp around my leg,’ says Eric Steinley, who was helped by others at Sonoma county beachPodcast: Jaws made us scared – but is a lack of sharks scarier?Surfers at a beach in Sonoma county, California used a surfboard strap as a tournique…
Donald Trump’s own treasury secretary blocked Ivanka World Bank role – report
Steven Mnuchin said to have stopped move likely to have upset world leaders, which ‘came incredibly close to happening’Only direct intervention from his own treasury secretary stopped Donald Trump nominating his daughter, Ivanka Trump, to lead the Worl…
Steve Scalise, No 2 House Republican, refuses to say election was not stolen
Party whip asked three times by Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace to disavow Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about electoral fraudCapitol attack panel ready to urge prosecution of Trump aidesThe second-ranking House Republican, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, repea…
William Shatner’s Blue Origin launch into space delayed due to weather
Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek, will be part of a four-person crew aboard the suborbital NS-18 missionThe Star Trek actor William Shatner must wait another day to boldly go into space for real, after the Amazon founder Jeff B…