Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states sued Facebook on Wednesday for illegally killing competition and demanded that the...
Experts Debate How To Tame Big Tech
Protecting users and markets aren’t mutually exclusive interests, but they can contradict, said Noah Joshua Phillips, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Both are...
Virgin Galactic poised for launch from Spaceport America
Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic is poised for a key test flight of its two-part launch vehicle, a step that could move it...
Italy moves to charge Egyptian agents over student killing
Italian prosecutors are seeking answers from four members of Egypt’s security forces over the abduction and murder of an Italian student in Cairo.Giulio Regeni’s brutalised...
Morocco latest country to normalise ties with Israel in US-brokered deal
Donald Trump announced the agreement on TwitterMorocco has become the latest Arab League country to agree to normalise relations with Israel in a deal brokered...
Unemployment Claims Jump, Casting New Shadow Over U.S. Economy
When coronavirus cases began rising across the country this fall, economists sounded a warning: Without government aid, layoffs were sure to follow.Now those dire predictions...
Scientists suggest US embassies were hit with high-power microwaves – here’s how the weapons work
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Inspector General Criticizes V.A.’s Handling of Sexual Assault Complaint
WASHINGTON — An inspector general inquiry has criticized Robert L. Wilkie, the secretary of veterans affairs, for a response that was “at a minimum unprofessional”...
No, There Isn’t Evidence That Pfizer’s Vaccine Causes Infertility
Social media platforms were flooded this week with concerns about an alarming headline purporting that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which is expected to be cleared...
Afghan War Casualty Report: December 2020
At least 21 pro-government forces and eight civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month. Source: New York Times