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A Moscow court has imposed a fine of 18 million rubles ($300,000), and one million rubles on WhatsApp and Snapchat respectively. As per the reports, the government has been ordering both the companies WhatsApp and Snapchat, to store Russian users’ personal data on servers. However, WhatsApp repeatedly refused to localize Russian users’ data. As a result of which, this messaging platform received its first Russian fine of 4 million rubles back in August 2021....

The Akademik Lomonosov left the Arctic port of Murmansk on Friday, beginning its 3,000-mile journey to Russia’s remote Siberian region in the northeast of the country, AFP reported. State nuclear agency Rosatom has lauded the project, claiming that the Akademik Lomonosov will provide energy to isolated communities without needing to construct a permanent power plant on ground that remains frozen year-round. Rosatom plans to sell the technology to other nations that are unable or unwilling to build their own permanent nuclear facilities....

According to estimates posted by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense over the last several days, Russia has lost an estimated 2,230 personnel combined in just three days of fighting, bringing the number of Russian dead to an estimated 108,190 since the war began on February 24, 2022. Those numbers are already in dispute, however, in a conflict in which the dead are not easily accounted for. Following a missile strike in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine Monday that Ukrainian officials estimated killed about 400 Russians, the Kremlin issued a statement saying that the total was closer to 63, prompting the Ukrainian military to pursue clarification of the number....

In its daily update of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that President Vladimir Putin’s troops remained unlikely to have advanced in Bakhmut at the tempo that Russian sources have claimed. Bakhmut, in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, has been targeted by Russian forces for months, without much success, with clashes in the region intensifying in recent weeks against the backdrop of Ukraine’s successful Kherson counteroffensive in the south....

Biden’s choice for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has said the administration “will seek to extend” the New START treaty, also called START-3. The agreement signed in 2010 restricts Russia and the U.S. to deploying no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads and limits the missiles and bombers that deliver them. It lapses on February 5 amid concerns that no agreement before then could fuel a new arms race. The terms of the treaty allow for it to be extended for five years with the agreement of the U....

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the comments in front of other defense ministers during a meeting of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan, The Moscow Times reported, with Shoigu adding that Russia strictly observes “the norms of humanitarian law.” His words come as Russian forces have encountered stronger-than-expected response from Ukrainian fighters, lacking major military victories since overtaking the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in early summer....

The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, or Anvisa, announced Monday that errors in clinical studies, as well as absent or insufficient data, were the reasons for its rejection of requests from 10 states to import the vaccine, according to a statement. “We will never permit, without the existence of due proof required, millions of Brazilians to be exposed to products without the due proof of their quality, safety and efficacy or, at minimum, in the face of the grave situation that we’re living through, a favorable cost-benefit relationship,” Anvisa President Antônio Barra Torres said in the statement....

As the war in Ukraine nears its 10th month, Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced the creation of the “front-line creative bridge” earlier this week. In a post on Telegram, the ministry said that it was formed to “support our soldiers in the special operation zone” and that it would include vocalists and musicians. In its intelligence update on Sunday, the U.K. Ministry of Defense noted that it comes as “fragile morale almost certainly continues to be a significant vulnerability across much of the Russian force....

The volunteers, which included an unspecified number in the at-risk category, have been administered with the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Gamaleya research center outside of Moscow and revealed with much fanfare in August. “To date, more than 5,000 citizens have been vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine as part of clinical trials and civilian circulation,” said Gamaleya chief Alexander Gintsburg, according to the state news agency RIA Novosti....

No Western countries have suggested supplying Ukraine with nuclear weapons in the face of Russia’s invasion and nor has Kyiv sought them. Western countries have shown reluctant to provide even some of the heavier conventional weapons that Ukraine is seeking. But former Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who is now a member of the European Parliament, reportedly told Ukrainian online television channel Espreso TV that the West has the right to give Ukraine nuclear warheads to protect its independence, as shown in a video shared by Belarusian media outlet Nexta on Twitter....

On Friday, Ivan Pavlov, who is defending a former Russian journalist accused of treason, told the press that he was charged with a criminal offense punishable by a fine, community service or detention for three months. This came after authorities searched his hotel room and held him there this morning, followed by a summons for interrogation by Russia’s Investigative Committee . “The investigators maintain that I committed a crime when I told you, reporters, that your colleague is being unlawfully held in Lefortovo [a pretrial detention center] on absurd accusations,” Pavlov said about his client, Ivan Safronov, who has been detained since July....

“Is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM [Bureau of Land Management] can do to change the course of the moon’s orbit or the Earth’s orbit around the sun?” Gohmert asked the representative. “Obviously, they would have profound effects on our climate.” Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda picked up the story, publishing it with a headline that read: “And let’s change the orbit of the moon: ‘The dumbest guy in the U....

One Run for Boston began March 16 in Santa Monica, Calif., and ended Sunday evening in Boston. More than 2,000 runners were in the uninterrupted relay through 14 states. Each ran at least one seven- to 20-mile segment. The relay raised more than $425,000 for the One Fund, which supports people who were directly affected by the bombings last year. An organizer says runners raced through deserts and survived tornadoes and were upbeat as they neared the finish line....

2:50 - Grant Fisher talks about his fitness and chasing the sub-four minute barrier for the high school mile. 7:20 - Evan Jager talks what he needs to do to get on the podium ahead of Beijing 2015 and Rio 2016. 10:00 - 1,500-meter specialists Riley Masters and Garrett Heath are in an odd spot after running very fast times in the 5,000-meter run. Should they try their luck on the longer distance?...

At the 18 minute mark, Nike’s Erik Sowinski joins the podcast as a guest to discuss the record-setting distance medley relay from the Armory Track Invitational. (Courtesy Erik Sowinski/Nike). Chris and Mitch get heated on the Boston Marathon shoveler’s status as a hero, before sharing what they look forward to in the upcoming “Born to Run” film starring Matthew McConaughey. Listen to the fifth episode of the Running Our Mouths podcast now:...

“Can somebody explain to me how Kamala Harris is an African American? Her father’s Jamaican and her mother is Indian. How does that equal African American?” Limbaugh said, during a segment on The Rush Limbaugh Show on Monday. “Same with Barack Obama. Obama’s not African American. He doesn’t have any history here… any of that stuff.” Limbaugh then turned to Tlaib, one of the four progressive lawmakers that President Donald Trump has repeatedly launched racist attacks at over the past week....

The move to the right might be surprising for many since Brand—an actor and comedian—was once viewed as being overwhelmingly progressive in his views. He was once a guest columnist at the left-leaning magazine The New Statesman and shared his liberal opinions on topics like income inequality and others through his platform. However, Brand’s “brand” appeared to change throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Brand’s YouTube show, Stay Free with Russell Brand, has taken to discussing COVID-19, conspiracy theories and other concepts that he claims the media has lied about....

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 But the New Zealand-born star of ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Les Miserables’ does not seem to have grasped the reality of the transfer market as yet after he urged the Elland Road outfit to sign one of the world’s biggest stars. In the aftermath of Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski being named Bundesliga’s Player of the Month for October, Crowe took to Twitter in a bid to try and push Leeds towards signing the Poland international....

Head coach Mike D’Antoni announced he would not return to the Rockets a day after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games in the Western Conference semifinals in September, before general manager Daryl Morey left the franchise a month later. After averaging a triple-double during his last three seasons with the Thunder, Westbrook averaged 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7 assists in 35.9 minutes on the court in 57 regular-season games with the Rockets and has reportedly expressed his desire of returning to the “floor-general role” he held during his 11 seasons in Oklahoma....

But that didn’t stop Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson from joining a group hoping to lure the NBA franchise back to the Emerald City. MARVEZ: What we learned from Week 10 in the NFL Wilson announced Monday he has joined Seattle’s Arena Investment Group to build a sports arena in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. “There is no place like the Emerald City,” Wilson said in a statement. “The positive impact sports has on our kids and many generations to come, and bringing different cultures and people together is what motivates and inspires me....