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Responding to accusation of lagging in both cleanup and investigation, official says ‘no one in the Mediterranean knew about it’; says at least 5 ships suspected

As Canberra forces Facebook, Google to pay for content, Israel could ‘piggyback’ and reap benefit for its own press but is unlikely to battle online giants itself soon, experts say

Left to right: Lexer founders Dave Whittle, Aaron Wallis, Chris Brewer The massive shift to online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic means retailers need to analyze customer data quickly in order to compete against rivals like Amazon. Lexer, a customer

Sharon Alroy-Preis cites rising reproduction number and slowly declining number of severe patients in questioning PM’s promise of normalcy by April

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.

Fellow Democrats have defended Gov. Gavin Newsom, lavishly praising his handling of the pandemic. But conservatives say his shutdowns have been destructive.

A large study found that young people hospitalized with acute Covid-19 have symptoms and characteristics that differ from those with a Covid-linked inflammatory syndrome.

Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found.

A week after Facebook grabbed eyeballs globally by blocking news publishers and turning off news-sharing on its platform in Australia, the country’s parliament has approved legislation that makes it mandatory for platform giants like Facebook and Google to negotiate to

The advance in Britain of a more-contagious and possibly deadlier strain of the coronavirus could help scientists understand its likely trajectory in the U.S.