By Shirin Ghaffary Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, 2022. | Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Why Putin’s crackdown on social media is a worrying sign. The Russian government said it would block Instagram, expanding its social media crackdown that had already cut off access to Facebook and restricted Twitter for the tens of […]
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The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with only the Western Pacific reporting an increase in Covid-19. In its latest report on the pandemic issued on Wednesday, the UN health agency said new Covid-19 infections dropped by 5% in […]