Twitter: Major outage affects users around the world
Twitter has experienced a major outage, with users across the world affected. The social media giant said the issue was caused by an “inadvertent change” it made to its internal…
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Comment: Donald Trump can still win presidential election but it’s very unlikely
Opinion – Of course, Donald Trump can win. Of course he can. That’s been the sentiment expressed by most political commentators – and virtually every punter – this year. Many…
US Democrats attack ‘shameful’ Supreme Court hearing
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, is appearing before senators in what has been billed as a “contentious week” of confirmation hearings. The 48-year-old conservative…
Judges, fracking and a fly: Takeaways from US vice presidential debate
By Andy Sullivan The matchup between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Senator Kamala Harris opened without the fireworks that marred last week’s chaotic debate between President Donald Trump…
Facebook, Twitter act over misleading Trump comparison of Covid-19 to flu
Facebook and Twitter took action on posts from US President Donald Trump for violating their rules against coronavirus misinformation by suggesting that Covid-19 was just like the flu. Facebook took…
Bryza: Azerbaijan will continue counter-offensive until it regains lands
“Azerbaijan will continue its counter-offensive until it regains a politically significant part of its territory.” Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of state and former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew…
Nick Bryant: When America Stopped Being Great
In his latest book, BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant says we are not just witnessing America’s post-millenial decline, but also the country’s disintegration. When America Stopped Being Great is…
Trump tests positive for Covid-19: What you need to know
US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for Covid-19, with the president moved to Walter Reed Medical Center today. Trump tweeted about the diagnosis yesterday,…
Five takeaways from first US presidential debate
President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, faced off in their first debate of the campaign, with Trump talking over his rival and the moderator…
Trump and Biden to go head-to-head in first presidential debate
How does one debate Donald Trump? The team behind the Democratic challenger Joe Biden will have spent the past few weeks devising a plan to answer this – ahead of…