Instagram and Facebook users will soon be required to pay to have their accounts verified, after parent company Meta joined Twitter as the latest tech giant to adopt a subscription model amid cost-cutting measures across the industry.

The Grazhdanskaya Oborona bandleader, who died 15 years ago, is regarded as an iconic figure in his homeland Yegor Letov holds a unique place in Russian culture. He was the founder and only permanent member of the band Grazhdanskaya Oborona [Russian for “Civil Defense,” often abbreviated as GrOb, Russian for “coffin”], one of the most…

Aerial attack alarm was heard in the Ukrainian capital, news agencies reported on Monday Air raid sirens rang out in Kiev during US President Joe Biden’s unannounced visit on Monday, but there were no reports of Russian strikes, Reuters said.