Category: News


US issues ‘heightened threat’ alert after transition


The Department of Homeland Security said the 6 January attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters may have emboldened some extremists.

Apple hit record revenues of $111B in fall 2020, fueled by coronavirus pandemic


Apple sold more iPhones and iPads, and hit a new revenue high from its services, such as Apple TV+, from October through December 2020, as consumers got new devices and used them more during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/01/27/apple-iphone-earnings-record-revenue-111-billion/4283569001/

Covid: US pharmacist in vaccine tampering guilty plea


A US pharmacist has agreed to plead guilty to tampering with Covid vaccine vials because he believed the jabs could harm people, prosecutors say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55821623

National Guard: President Biden apologises over troops sleeping in car park


More than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for his inauguration after violence earlier this month.