A U.S. Senate hearing to reform an internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly turned into a political scuffle as lawmakers not only went after the companies but also attacked each other.
Former vice president Joe Biden continues to outpace President Donald Trump in two crucial Midwest battlegrounds, currently holding a slight lead over the president in Michigan while showing a much more substantial advantage in Wisconsin, according to a pair of Washington Post-ABC News polls.
A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations over the police killing of a black man following two nights of protests that set off unrelated pilfering of stores on the other side of the city.
The spread of Covid-19 is being driven down faster in some counties as new figures signal weeks of varying levels of restrictions may be working and the country might be on course to exit lockdown in early December.
Senior ministers warned Covid-19 restrictions will cause a “police State” and insisted the Leaving Cert should not have been cancelled at private Cabinet meetings during the pandemic.
Turkey's leader said yesterday that Western countries mocking Islam wanted to “relaunch the Crusades”, heightening a confrontation with France over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that have stirred anger in Muslim-majority countries.
Germany and France are finalising plans for restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns as Covid deaths across Europe rose almost 40pc in a week, while financial markets tumbled on fears of the likely economic costs. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due to meet state premiers in a conference call to discuss closing...
