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1. The Kremlin has been throttling the internet and blaming security threats. Many Russians aren't buying it

   

   In Moscow, residents have experienced multiple internet outages recently, which have made it impossible to use the mobile web. The government says the measures are necessary for security, but many see it as part of the Kremlin's tightening grip on the country's digital space.

2. Trump's plan to guide ships safely through the Strait of Hormuz may be 'extraordinarily' difficult

   

3. Russian strikes kill 5 in Ukraine right before brief ceasefire takes hold

   

   Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid during the night killed at least five people and wounded 39 others, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, less than a day before Kyiv said it would enact a ceasefire and three days before Moscow promised its own truce.

4. Plans underway to evacuate 2 passengers from cruise ship struck by hantavirus

   

   Medical personnel will focus on evacuating two sick persons from a cruise ship hit by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization said at a briefing on Tuesday.

5. Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka calls for boycott if tennis players don't get bigger cut of Grand Slam revenues

   

   Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka believes tennis players should organize a boycott if they don't start receiving a bigger share of tournament revenues at the Grand Slams. The likes of Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini are prepared to protest, too.