Twitter censored tweets critical of India’s handling of the pandemic at its government’s request

Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and did so at the request of the Indian government. First reported by Indian news site MediaNama, the Indian government sent Twitter an emergency order on Friday to censor 52 tweets, according to a disclosure notice on the Lumen database. The censored accounts include a sitting member of India’s Parliament, two filmmakers, an actor, and a West Bengal state minister.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22400976/twitter-removed-tweets-critical-india-censor-coronavirus?source=Snapzu

Biden Recognizes Massacres of Armenians as Genocide

Historic statement will likely exacerbate tensions with Turkey, whose relationship with the U.S. has deteriorated in recent years.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-recognizes-massacres-of-armenians-as-genocide-11619280314?source=Snapzu

Florida Family Indicted for Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Other Serious Diseases, and for Violating Court Orders

The Grenons were manufacturing MMS in a shed. Officers seized dozens of blue chemical drums containing nearly 10,000 pounds of sodium chlorite powder, thousands of bottles of MMS, and other items used in the manufacture and distribution of MMS.
Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/florida-family-indicted-selling-toxic-bleach-fake-miracle-cure-covid-19-and-other?source=Snapzu

Man trapped on abandoned ship for four years finally free

A ship's officer legally trapped on board his stranded vessel for four years has finally been allowed to head home.
Read more: https://www.9news.com.au/world/sailor-mohammed-aisha-trapped-on-ship-mv-aman-for-four-years-in-egypt-finally-leaves/f78c03fe-0a54-4242-ac3e-ecb27200654d?source=Snapzu

Facebook Knows It Was Used To Help Incite The Capitol Insurrection

An internal task force found that Facebook failed to take appropriate action against the Stop the Steal movement ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, and hoped the company could “do better next time.”
Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-failed-stop-the-steal-insurrection?source=Snapzu

Joe Biden asserts America’s role in the fight against climate change

MEETINGS OF GLOBAL leaders always combine, in varying proportions, pomp, substance, glitches and questionable set design. The first day of President Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit on April 22nd was no different. There were lofty declarations and flurries of press releases. Presidents spoke from desks festooned by flags. Mr Biden—along with John Kerry and Antony Blinken, America’s climate envoy and secretary of state, respectively—sat at a desk curved around an oddly scraggly patch of grass.
Read more: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/04/24/joe-biden-asserts-americas-role-in-the-fight-against-climate-change?source=Snapzu

His mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. So he raised enough money to take her on the trip of a lifetime.

By his own admission, Dustin Vitale is a mama's boy. He cooks her breakfast every morning and thanks her for the privilege. When his mom, Gloria, was diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer last year, he decided he would try to take her on one last trip — the trip she always dreamed of — to see the pyramids in Egypt. He also wanted to bring along all 14 family members.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/son-mom-egypt-cheesesteaks/?source=Snapzu