Stress and fear of COVID-19 can take its toll. Melissa Rein Lively, the woman who was filmed destroying a mask in early July on a Target TGT, + 1.18% in Scottsdale, Arizona, and posted it on social media, says he spent a week at a mental health center after the …
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Assembly of the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor has begun in Cadarache, in southern France. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) consortium is a joint effort of Japan, India, the European Union, the United States, Russia, China and South Korea. ITER will be the first fusion device to produce net …
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Turkey’s parliament passed a controversial bill that gives the government more control over social media, raising concerns about freedom of expression in the country. Under the new law passed on Wednesday, social media giants like Facebook and Twitter must ensure they have local representatives in Turkey and comply with court …
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Russian intelligence officers are using a trio of English-language websites to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election, US officials said Tuesday. Two Russians who have played important roles in Moscow’s military intelligence service, …
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A six-year-old Siamese cat has become the first animal in the UK to be infected with coronavirus, just weeks after the United States announced the first infection in two domestic cats in New York State. The UK Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed that the virus responsible for COVID-19 was detected in …
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