Staring at their own face in video meetings has people fretting over imagined flaws: ‘Zoom has made me want to be invisible’Jane, a 40-year-old mental health professional from Cork, never worried too much about how she looked. But when her job went ful…
‘There’s tar everywhere’: large California oil spill fouls beaches and kills wildlife
Crews scramble to contain 126,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled in waters off Orange county before it spread further into wetlandsOne of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while c…
Facebook whistleblower to claim company contributed to Capitol attack
Former employee is set to air her claims and reveal her identity in an interview airing Sunday night on CBS 60 Minutes A whistleblower at Facebook will say that thousands of pages of internal company research she turned over to federal regulators prove…
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema: the centrists blocking Biden’s agenda
The West Virginia and Arizona senators’ resistance threatens to upend Biden’s entire presidency – is self-preservation to blame?Donald Trump’s favorite insult for political opponents inside his own party is “Rino” – Republican in name only. By such log…
Democrats brace for bruising October talks as Biden agenda stalls in Congress
Two massive economic and social packages have reached an impasse, threatening to derail Biden’s first term in officeWarring factions of the Democratic party are bracing themselves for a potentially bruising month of negotiations over the two massive ec…
Trump asks judge to force Twitter to reinstate his account
Company suspended former president’s account in January following the attack on the US CapitolDonald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force social media giant Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following…
Morrisons sale: US firm CD&R wins £7bn auction for supermarket
Private equity business narrowly beats rival Fortress with offer that rises to £9.97bn when including debtThe US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is set to become the new owner of Morrisons after the grocer’s board backed its…
Balloons fill sky over New Mexico as fiesta returns after Covid hiatus
Hundreds of hot air balloons are launched over Albuquerque as part of annual nine-day festivalHundreds of hot air balloons launched into the skies over Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the US on Saturday for the first time in two years, as the city’s balloo…
Pelosi shifts infrastructure bill deadline to 31 October amid Biden frustration
Speaker writes to House Democrats insisting that they will pass both bipartisan bill and wider social and environmental packageThe House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has set a new deadline for the House to pass a major infrastructure spending bill after a we…
Women’s March targets US supreme court, with abortion on line
Thousands gather in Washington DC and other cities protesting against Texas’s new law which has banned most abortionsThe first Women’s March of the Biden administration was heading straight for the steps of the supreme court on Saturday, part of nation…