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.
1 of 2 FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2020 file photo, a street sign is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks were mixed in early trading on Monday, March 15, 2021, as investors sifted a mixed bag of data from China. Wall Street continues to eye the bond market, where yields gave back some of last week s gains. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
2 of 2 In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Gregory Rowe, left, works on the trading floor, Friday, March 12, 2021, in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which set an all-time high Thursday, was up, lifted by industrial stocks like Boeing and Caterpillar. (Nicole Pereira/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
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 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)
A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party says he will give up his seat in parliament and leave politics after it emerged that his company profited from deals to procure masks early in the pandemic