Oman blocks Clubhouse, app used for free debates in Mideast
ISABEL DEBRE, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, the icon for the social media app Clubhouse is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. Oman has severed access to the buzzy new audio chat app Clubhouse, the country’s telecommunications regulator confirmed Monday, setting off fears that authorities across the Persian Gulf may censor a rare open forum for discussion of sensitive topics in the region.Mark Schiefelbein/AP
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Oman has cut off access to the buzzy new audio chat app Clubhouse, the country’s telecommunications regulator confirmed Monday, setting off fears that authorities across the Persian Gulf may censor a rare forum for discussion of sensitive topics in the region.
Where to stream the best picture Oscar nominees
The Associated Press
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1of6This combination photo shows poster art for best picture Oscar nominees, top row from left, The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, bottom row from left, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. (Sony Pictures Classics/Warner Bros. Pictures, Netflix, A24, Searchlight Pictures, Focus Features, Amazon Studios, Netflix via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of6This image released by A24 shows Steven Yeun, foreground, in a scene from Minari. (David Bornfriend/A24 via AP)David Bornfriend/APShow MoreShow Less
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It s exhausting. A year of distance learning wears thin
JEFF AMY, KANTELE FRANKO, CEDAR ATTANASIO, and CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press
March 12, 2021
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1of21Graciela Leahy, 13, an eighth grader at Ohio s Columbus Gifted Academy, works on her computer in her bedroom, in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2021, to begin a stretch of nearly six straight hours at her desk. A year later in the pandemic, the unplanned experiment with distance learning continues for thousands of students like Leahy who have yet to set foot back in classrooms.Jay LaPrete/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21Kristen King, 17, a junior at Americus-Sumter High School, in Americus, Ga., sits on her living room couch, attending school via a Chromebook propped on a TV tray, in Americus, Ga., March 1, 2021. It s been challenging, Kristen said. I like hands-on help from my teachers. We can t really see our friends, like our school friends. We can t really socialize with them. We can t rea
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KATHY GANNON, Associated Press
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1of6FILE - in this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, An Afghan education ministry memo banning girls, 12 years old and older, from singing at public school functions, which the education ministry tells The Associated Press was a mistake, is causing a social media stir.Mariam Zuhaib/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6FILE - in this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, students attend an open air class at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, An Afghan education ministry memo banning girls, 12 years old and older, from singing at public school functions, which the education ministry tells The Associated Press was a mistake, is causing a social media stir.Mariam Zuhaib/APShow MoreShow Less