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April 3 (Reuters) – The Kremlin is pushing Russians to use state-backed messenger MAX, but some are wary about the service and say they do not want to download it at all. In what has been cast by diplomats as Russia’s “great crackdown”, Russia has repeatedly blocked mobile internet and granted sweeping powers to cut off mass communications while jamming messenger services and virtual private networks. In their place, Russia […]

MOSCOW, April 3 (Reuters) – Seven people were injured when a passenger train carrying 412 people derailed in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region some 900 kilometres (559 miles) from Moscow, Russian officials said on Friday. It was not immediately clear why the train derailed. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Christine Chen and Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY, April 3 (Reuters) – Every Easter, Sydney retiree Elsa Ulcak is one of the millions of Australians that hit the road to travel during the four-day-long weekend. But this year, she has cancelled her trip with her husband because she could not justify how much petrol her getaway would use. “We usually go to the countryside, but because of the petrol situation, we […]

Matt Olson, Dominic Smith and Mauricio Dubon all hit solo homers and the Atlanta Braves hit four overall while cruising to a 17-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night in Phoenix. None of the homers came in an eight-run fifth inning that allowed Atlanta to turn its first road game into a blowout. Jorge Mateo ripped a pinch-hit, two-run homer and Olson and Mike Yastrzemski added RBI doubles […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring on Thursday night and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday. Redick said Doncic had an issue with the hamstring in the first half of the 139-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and was tended to at the break. “We checked him out, he got work done, he […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring on Thursday night and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday. Redick said Doncic had an issue with the hamstring in the first half of the 139-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and was tended to at the break. “We checked him out, he got work done, he […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery Friday, sparking fires at the facility. The state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. issued a statement on the attack and said firefighters were working to control the blazes . There were no injuries reported, the company said. Kuwait operates three oil refineries. Mina al-Ahmadi has come under attack multiple times in the war. Refineries are key to Kuwait’s […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery Friday, sparking fires at the facility. The state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. issued a statement on the attack and said firefighters were working to control the blazes . There were no injuries reported, the company said. Kuwait operates three oil refineries. Mina al-Ahmadi has come under attack multiple times in the war. Refineries are key to Kuwait’s […]

Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions could be heard around Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, as the United States prepared to further reinforce its already significant military forces in the Middle East. As the war that began Feb. 28 was to enter its sixth week, Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait warned about incoming missile fire, although it was unclear if anything was […]