Twitter says hackers “manipulated” some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. Official posts from Apple, Uber, Bill Gates, and many others tweeted out posts that attempted to trick …
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Coronavirus cases in India cross the million threshold
NEW DELHI – India crossed 1 million cases of coronavirus on Friday, third only to the United States and Brazil, raising concerns about its readiness to face an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country’s weak health system. An increase of 34,956 new cases in the last …
Read More »Barack Obama on the death of John Lewis: “We will miss him very much”
“I first met John when I was in law school, and I told him he was one of my heroes. Years later, when I was elected to the United States as a senator, I told him he was on his shoulders,” Obama wrote in a statement after Lewis’s death. “When …
Read More »Bottas frustrated after believing he had shot the post
Mercedes dominated Saturday’s Formula 1 qualifying session at the Hungaroring when Hamilton led a front-row lockout for the team, beating Bottas in the closing moments of Q3. Bottas finished more than eight-tenths ahead of Racing Point’s Lance Stroll in third place, but his lap was not enough to negate Hamilton’s …
Read More »Princess Beatrix’s royal wedding had a “secret garden” theme
Stuart C. Wilsonfake pictures Princess Beatrice had originally planned to get married on May 29 in London, with an open-air reception at Buckingham Palace. But the current coronavirus pandemic forced the royal bride to postpone their nuptials and change location. She married her fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in an intimate …
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