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The UK’s competition regulator will make a decision on whether or not Facebook’s purchase of Giphy has a ‘realistic prospect’ of substantially lessening competition by March 25, it said today, as it continues to scrutinize the acquisition. “The Competition and

A man pried a crocodile’s jaws from his head to survive an attack in northern Australia on Thursday, afterwards insisting he will soon return to the swimming spot, according to paramedics. Local officials said the 44-year-old was swimming at Lake

If the rise of direct-to-consumer businesses has been one of the big e-commerce trends of the last decade, then the growth of startups raising huge rounds to consolidate D2C players, to bring more economies of scale to the model, has

A portrait by Italian renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli is expected to sell for more than $80 million when it goes up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday. “Young Man Holding a Roundel,” believed to have been painted

Calming worldwide fears of COVID-19 variants, inoculation firms ‘prepared to respond’ if adaptation required

Amid efforts to restart talks, Iranian FM insists Washington violated the accord first and therefore must take the first step

Brazil’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been ranked the world’s worst, while New Zealand topped the class, according to research published by a leading Australian think tank on Thursday. Sydney’s Lowy Institute assessed almost 100 countries on six criteria,

Local officials in Madrid suspended its vaccination program for two weeks because of a lack of doses. (Image credit: Manu Fernandez/AP)

Mitch McConnell Disdained the Democrats’ ‘Half-Assed’ Impeachment Process, Friend Says  Newsweek Republican Senators rally to reject Trump impeachment trial  CBS News A Senate impeachment trial of Trump is constitutional, and necessary  Bangor Daily News GOP senators at Trump’s impeachment trial are dooming the

As Biden vows monumental action on climate change, a fight with the fossil fuel industry has only begun  The Washington Post President Biden to Sign Executive Order, Pausing Oil and Gas Leasing  The New York Times Biden unveils climate change plan, halts