David Marcus, vice president of messaging products for Facebook Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Wall Street Journal D.Live World Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California, USA, on Wednesday, October 18, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook is bringing in …

The besieged Lebanese government has fallen, one week after a cataclysmic explosion destroyed the port of Beirut, with the country’s prime minister, Hassan Diab, claiming the disaster was the result of endemic corruption. Diab announced the resignation of the government after more than a third of the ministers resigned, and …

New York Prime Minister Andrew Cuomo said on Monday “you should be blind” to thinking of talks to investigate further talks about the death of coronavirus linked to state nursing homes amid the pandemic are “not political.” Cuomo told a news conference Monday that he “would not investigate” the deaths …

NASA’s ARIA team, in collaboration with Singapore’s Earth Observatory, used satellite data to map the extent of likely damage following a massive explosion in Beirut. Dark red pixels represent the most damage. Areas in orange are moderately damaged, and areas in yellow are likely to have suffered some less damage. …

Cleveland sent referee Zach Plesac home on Sunday for violating the health and safety protocols of Major League Baseball, the team announced. Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal first reported the news. Plesac has violated team rules and league protocols by going out for reports on Saturday with Chicago. Cleveland is in Chicago …