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Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it disrupted the first known China-based influence operation focused on targeting users in the United States with political content ahead of the midterm elections in November.The network maintained fake…

Changing the clocks could have greater consequences than just missing your alarm, as a new study has found it makes us drive more dangerously.Researchers at the University of Padova in Italy and the University of Surrey have found that…

Issued on: 16/09/2022 - 12:03 Around 1,000 flights to and from France were cancelled Friday as the country's air traffic controllers went on strike, causing delays across…

A study of mice found that dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain. The findings, published today in Cell, suggest that diet matters, but an…

Canada has disrupted an attempt to send materials to Russia in violation of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine, an official said Tuesday. Border officers in Montreal seized the shipment, described as “dual-use goods”…

The United States is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where it says Beijing is committing genocide of the Uyghur population.US Customs and Border…

A survey by pollsters YouGov found public opinion divided, with 37 per cent supportive of the action and 45 per cent opposed. Leo Rudolph, a 36-year-old lawyer who walked to work, said he would become more disgruntled the longer the…

From a zoomed out, distant view, star-forming cloud L483 appears normal. But when a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists zoomed in closer and closer, things became weirder and weirder. As the researchers peered closer into…

Most parents know it even if they can't prove it: When a baby becomes distressed, its mother has a unique power to soothe and calm the infant with little more than a loving embrace and some tender words. To the lay person, it's one of…

US agricultural equipment maker AGCO said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production facilities, and dealers said tractor sales had been stalled during the crucial planting season.Georgia-based AGCO…