Is Telegram down? Messaging platform experiences connection issues
The service started experiencing connection issues at around 9 am GMT in Asia, Africa and Europe (MENA), according to information shared on uptime tracker Down Detector, though it started to recover at 10 am GMT. Some of our users in Europe and the MENA region are currently experiencing … Read More
French foreign minister in Iran amid missile criticism
France's foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Monday for meetings with the country's president and his Iranian counterpart, Iran's state TV reported, with talks likely to focus on Syria's yearslong war and French criticism of Iran's ballistic missile program. Jean-Yves Le Drian's one-day trip highlights the … Read More
Signal and Telegram are down for many users [Update: they’re coming back]
You might want to move your private chats to WhatsApp or Telegram for the time being: it appears popular encrypted messenger Signal is currently down globally, according to numerous reports from users. The company behind the private messaging platform, Open Whisper Systems, has yet to inform its … Read More
Telegram and Signal messaging services are both down
Two of the more popular encrypted messaging apps, Signal and Telegram, are both experiencing service issues today. Telegram appears to be inaccessible for users in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, while Signal has been down for hours across Europe, the US, Asia, and Australia. “Some of … Read More
Rockwell, Janney, ‘Coco’ among Oscar winners
LOS ANGELES — The 90th Academy Awards brought the most tumultuous awards season in recent memory to a close Sunday with a ceremony that confronted the post-Harvey Weinstein era for Hollywood while handing Netflix its first feature film Oscar, honoring the transgender drama "A Fantastic … Read More
It is easy to raise $1 billion as virtual currency offerings hit a new peak
The messaging company Telegram has been around since 2013, but never tried to raise significant money until late last year. Now, thanks to an initial coin offering, or ICO, Telegram is on track to pull in $1 billion in just four months — long before the product the company is …
Wrongly convicted man’s claim denied
DETROIT — David Gavitt spent 26 years in prison for the deaths of his wife and two daughters before a prosecutor agreed the evidence behind his arson conviction was no longer credible. The case helped inspire a Michigan law aimed at compensating the wrongfully convicted. Yet the state now is … …
Elizabeth Warren seeks to neutralize ‘Pocahontas’ barbs
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is hoping to defuse an issue that has dogged her for years, her claims of Native American heritage, ahead of a possible run for president in 2020. Last month, Warren addressed the National Congress of American Indians, trying to cast her family's story in the larger …
Gimme 5: Figure skaters to compete in three-day event
Members of the Eau Claire Figure Skating Club took to the ice of Hobbs Municipal Ice Center Sunday afternoon, April 9, 2017, to present "Time Warp 2017," the club's 37th annual ice show. This year's show runs Friday through Sunday at Hobbs Ice Center. Staff file photo. Share · Tweet …
‘Shape of Water’ triumphs at an Oscars full of change
Guillermo del Toro's lavish, romantic monster fable “The Shape of Water” swam away with best picture at an Oscar ceremony flooded by a sense of a change for a movie business confronting the post-Harvey Weinstein era. Related. Lawsuit says Google used illegal job quotas. The ceremony, held … Read More