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Justin Herbert dove through the pile for a 1-yard touchdown in overtime to lift the Los Angeles Chargers to a 30-27 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. Herbert had fumbled on the previous play on a similar Read more
A leading University of Queensland academic is using his research to improve vaccination rates across the country. Dr. Tom Aechtner from UQ’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry has launched the world’s first Massive Open Online Couse (MOOC), AVAXX101, dedicated Read more
U.S. lawmakers will back $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says poses national security risks as part of a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, two sources briefed on the matter said Read more
Facebook is stepping up its campaign against Apple’s privacy changes with a second full-page newspaper ad today. This new ad claims Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes “will change the internet as we know it,” and force websites and blogs “to Read more
Twenty-mile long queues of lorries caused major delays across Kent as the Brexit stockpiling headache persists. Fears of no-deal Brexit have bulked out the Christmas freight traffic, which sparked gridlock yet again today. Coastbound traffic slowed to a halt as Read more