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Early research into new coronavirus strain finds increase in hospitalisations and deaths

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Daughters of assassinated civil rights leader demand reopening of investigation

GOP left grappling over future after former president escapes conviction

US Congress votes to strip pro-Trump conspiracy theorist lawmaker of committee roles

More than 140 experts perform historic 23-hour surgery on US burn victim

Cheap and transportable jab provides good protection against serious symptoms

Executive orders wipe away Trump’s legacy on climate change and border wall funding

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Boris Johnson is wooing new president with plans that set UK apart from EU

Statue of British wartime leader was previously removed by Barack Obama but reinstated by Donald Trump

Outgoing president retains a solid core of support even as impeachment lingers over him

Mike Pompeo warns that the slaughter ‘is on-going’ as MPs vote against amendment to UK-China trade bill

Covid restrictions and fears of further violence have forced changes to ceremony

Former business allies steering clear of outgoing president

Senior Republicans less keen to protect their president at unprecedented new Senate trial

National Guard members under investigation as mob member claims GOP lawmakers aided Capitol siege

Influential Republican senator gives nod to his party over impeachment proceedings

Eugene Goodman ‘saved lives’ by diverting pro-Trump rioters to another part of the Capitol building

Trump National Bedminster is dropped as host of the 2022 PGA Championship

President left isolated within his own party after violence in Washington D.C.

Democrats on verge of taking Senate seats in victories that would swing balance of power in the upper chamber

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President’s daughter quizzed as election loser considers pardoning his children before leaving office

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Fears of surge in Covid-19 cases as millions of Americans travel to family gatherings