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Coronavirus: Scotland and Germany extend lockdowns into February
- World
- January 19, 2021
Germany and Scotland have announced that their respective Covid-19 restrictions will remain in place until at least mid-February. As of Tuesday eveni(...)

FBI races to track extremists before Joe Biden’s inauguration
- US
- January 13, 2021, 15:04
One of the more alarming discoveries by US law enforcement on the day the US Capitol was stormed were two pipe bombs found outside the Washington head(...)

‘Put the coffee on!’ The rioters who stormed the US Capitol
- US
- January 8, 2021
There were infamous white nationalists and noted conspiracy theorists who have spread dark visions of paedophile Satanists running the country. Others(...)

Republican-led US Senate overrides Trump’s veto of defence bill
- US
- January 2, 2021, 08:37
US president Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the US Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential ve(...)

Impeachable reputation – An Irishman’s Diary on Andrew Johnson
- Opinion
- January 2, 2021, 00:01
He had been a polarising president, cherished, as well as deplored, for his excitability, his stubbornness, and his gift for demagoguery. His hair-tri(...)

‘We’re in crisis’: Joe Biden introduces his environmental advisers
- US
- December 20, 2020, 12:38
President-elect Joe Biden introduced key members of his climate change team Saturday, declaring that his administration will connect the effort to red(...)

Biden to nominate North Carolina official Michael Regan to head EPA
- US
- December 17, 2020, 21:17
US president-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental regulator, to head the country’s Environmental Protec(...)

New York’s first black mayor David Dinkins dies aged 93
- US
- November 24, 2020, 11:16
David Dinkins, a barber’s son who became New York City’s first black mayor on the wings of racial harmony but who was turned out by voters after one t(...)

Arrests and clashes as thousands of Trump supporters rally in Washington
- US
- November 15, 2020
Thousands of supporters of US president Donald Trump protesting the outcome of the election rallied in Washington on Saturday, earning a brief drive-b(...)

Scientists, researchers and Trump whistleblower among Biden’s Covid-19 taskforce
- US
- November 9, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden will convene a coronavirus task force on Monday following his victory in the US presidential election while president Donald(...)