The #UnitedStates crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 deaths from #Covid-19 on Monday, a year since announcing its first known death from the virus on February 29, 2020 in the Seattle area.
French dance music superstars Daft Punk split
One of the era’s defining dancefloor acts hung up their helmets on Monday, as #electronicMusic stars #DaftPunk announced their retirement in typically enigmatic fashion with a video showing one of them exploding...
News to return to Facebook in Australia after government deal on media code
#Facebook has said news articles will start to re-appear in #Australian users’ feeds in the coming days, after it reached a deal with the government on plans to make tech giants pay for journalism. The agreement...
Tar globs pollute Israel’s coast after oil spill – BBC News
Large globs of tar have been found on many stretches of Israel’s 190km (120 miles) Mediterranean coastline in what officials are calling one of the worst environmental disasters to hit the country.