FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a mobile phone user turns on the Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia. A court in Moscow on Friday April 2, 2021, fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against the social media giant that has been used to amplify dissent in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Twitter slowdown in Russia until mid-May; no block for now By Associated Press AP
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MOSCOW (AP) Russian authorities said Monday they would continue to slow down Twitter until mid-May, but wouldn t block the social media platform for now because it has started to remove banned content faster.
A dog smells pieces of tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea, on a beach in the Gdor Nature Reserve near Michmoret, Israel, Monday, March 1, 2021. The cleanup from the disastrous oil spill that has blackened most of the country s shoreline is expected to take months. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israel suspects Iran connection to Mediterranean oil spill By Associated Press AP
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JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli authorities said Wednesday that a Libyan-owned tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iran to Syria was responsible for spilling tons of crude into the eastern Mediterranean last month, causing one of Israel s worst environmental disasters.
Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland will ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses this week due to improving COVID-19 health metrics and increasing vaccinations
1 of 2 FILE - In this July 30, 2020 file photo, residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks squat on blankets and in hastily made tents in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan. The U.N. says ethnic fighting in Jan. 2021 in Darfur spanned two provinces, killing at least 250 people and displacing 120,000, mostly women and children. The Darfur bloodletting just two weeks after the end of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force’s decade-long mandate in the region raised questions about the government s ability to protect civilians there. (Mustafa Younes via AP, FIle)
2 of 2 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to reporters during a news conference, Monday, March 1, 2021, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
1 of 6 FILE - In this March 3, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters run as one of them discharges a fire extinguisher to counter the impact of tear gas fired by riot policemen in Yangon, Myanmar. The escalation of violence in Myanmar as authorities crack down on protests against the Feb. 1 coup is adding to pressure for more sanctions against the junta, as countries struggle over how to best confront military leaders inured to global condemnation. (AP Photo/File)
2 of 6 FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, a man is held by police during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, Myanmar. The escalation of violence in Myanmar as authorities crack down on protests against the Feb. 1 coup is adding to pressure for more sanctions against the junta, as countries struggle over how to best confront military leaders inured to global condemnation.(AP Photo/File)