Mitch McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol rioters

 

Top Republican in Senate lays blame for deadly siege on outgoing US president

Trump says his movement ‘just beginning’ in farewell remarks

 

President touts his record and avoids mentioning Biden by name in video ahead of his departure

MyPillow dropped because of weak sales rather than politics, retailers say

 

Kohl’s and Bed Bath & Beyond respond to accusations by Trump-supporting CEO Mike Lindell

Joe Biden’s challenge: big, early victories in a toxic political climate

 

Having won by projecting competence and renewal, the new president has a narrow window to get things done

Coronavirus latest: US cases and hospitalisations at lowest in weeks as UK sets daily death record

 

Jack Ma makes first public appearance since Ant’s cancelled IPO

 

Chinese billionaire’s re-emergence after 4-month absence sends Alibaba shares sharply higher

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte faces key Senate confidence vote

 

Premier prevailed in lower house but faces tougher task in upper chamber

Pompeo says China’s repression of Uighurs is ‘genocide’

 

Trump administration accusation is backed by Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state

QuantumScape: can battery pioneer live up to the hype?

 

Breakthrough lifted group to $50bn valuation, but stock has fallen almost 60 per cent since peak

Small UK businesses are ‘running out of cash’, chancellor warned

 

Debt levels are rising fast as entrepreneurs face toughest months yet of the pandemic

Dear Joe Biden, deficits still matter

 

New president’s plans for more stimulus risk exacerbating inequality and low productivity growth

China escalates fight against new Covid outbreak and US blame game

 

New restrictions imposed as Beijing hits back against Trump administration over pandemic’s origins

Singapore steps up bid to become Asia Spacs hub

 

SGX looks to ‘blank cheque’ companies to capitalise on surging investment in region’s tech start-ups

Netflix signals stock buybacks to come as subscribers hit 200m

 

Shares jump as video streaming pioneer says it no longer needs junk debt to fund programming

India’s consumers bear the brunt of New Delhi’s inflation paradox

 

Economists fear rising prices will complicate India’s recovery from a virus-induced contraction

Goldman chief executive says Spac boom is unsustainable

 

David Solomon issues warning after financing tool is used to raise nearly $79bn from investors last year

Yellen vows to take hard line against currency manipulation

 

Treasury secretary nominee details incoming administration’s international economic policy plans

Boardroom drama shakes China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC

 

Industry’s dependence on Taiwanese talent highlighted by co-CEO’s threat to resign

Italy’s PM survives crunch confidence vote

 

Conte coalition hangs on to power in face of Covid-19 crisis as Renzi party abstains in Senate

Hedge fund Elliott pulls out of Hong Kong

 

Retreat marks one of the first by a large financial institution amid unrest in territory