Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised what he described as Republican attempts at voter suppression in a speech…
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MacKenzie Scott donates $1.7bn since Amazon boss divorce
MacKenzie Scott, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, says that she has given $1.7bn (£1.3bn) to charity to date. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53574954
US election: Biden pledges billions to improve racial equality
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has promised to spend tens of billions of dollars to help people of colour overcome…
Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
Unprecedented is a dangerous word in journalism, but this really hasn’t happened before. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53571562
Coronavirus: Trump sticks by discredited hydroxychloroquine
US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health…
Maine shark attack: US woman killed by great white
A woman has been killed by a great white in the first fatal shark attack on record in the US…