Publisher BMG takes on shares of recordings and image management of ‘queen of rock’n’roll’ in its biggest single artist dealTina Turner has sold the rights to her music catalogue spanning six decades, including hits such as What’s Love Got to Do With I…
Facebook whistleblower’s testimony could finally spark action in Congress
Despite years of hearings, the company has long seemed untouchable. But Frances Haugen appears to have inspired rare bipartisanshipThe testimony of Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, is likely to increase pressure on US lawmakers to undertake …
China could mount full scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, island’s defence minister says
Comments come as Biden and Xi agree to stick to Taiwan agreements amid rising tension in the Indo-PacificChina will be capable of mounting a full scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, the island’s defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has said, describing curren…
Biden says $3.5tn infrastructure bill provides a ‘blue-collar blueprint’ – live
Bill will ‘get America back in the game and gives our workers a chance’Debt ceiling deadline looms as Washington stalemate grinds onWhistleblower: Facebook harms children and is damaging democracySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by e…
Facebook harms children and is damaging democracy, claims whistleblower
Frances Haugen says in congressional testimony Facebook puts ‘astronomical profits before people’Facebook puts “astronomical profits before people”, harms children and is destabilising democracies, a whistleblower has claimed in testimony to the US Con…
Officials knew of California oil spill 12 hours before cleanup began
Authorities face questions over how much damage could have been prevented after 126,000 gallons of crude seeped into oceanMore than 12 hours passed after officials were notified of a sheen on the water off the coast of southern California before a resp…
‘Moral bankruptcy’: whistleblower offers scathing assessment of Facebook
Frances Haugen’s animated remarks were a striking contrast to Mark Zuckerberg’s robotic testimony before CongressIt might, as one senator put it, be remembered as “the big tobacco jaw-dropping moment of truth”.The truth-teller was former Facebook data …
Shooting stars: Russians beating US in race for first film shot in space
Actor and director on International Space Station push ahead of Hollywood project led by Tom CruiseThe list of “firsts” in orbit under the Soviet space programme is legendary: first satellite, first dog, first man, first woman.Now another looms after R…
The west sees China as a ‘threat’, not as a real place, with real people | Yangyang Cheng
The worst abuses of my birth country’s government are used to advance domestic agendasYangyang Cheng is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale Law SchoolI was at dinner with a friend, and she asked about my work. “Name one thing you wish Americans knew about Ch…
Coronavirus live news: California deploys National Guard, Pfizer jab ‘highly effective’ against hospitalisations
Extra help called in for overwhelmed hospitals in California; two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech are about 90% effective at preventing hospitalisations for at least six months, research reveals; Russia’s daily Covid cases hits highest level in monthsNew …