When the messaging app's founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested, he received an outpouring of support from the multibillion-dollar industry that relies on it.
Relief that the outbreak of violence along the Israel-Lebanon border has been contained is tempered by the lack of progress in ending the fighting in Gaza.
Jared Isaacman will lead three other privately trained astronauts aboard a SpaceX vehicle for the Polaris Dawn mission, which will include a daring spacewalk.
Hezbollah’s long-feared retaliation for the killing of a senior commander appeared to be over before it began. But analysts said tensions could rise further.
The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had been hospitalized and was expected to make a full recovery, a spokeswoman said.
Clashes rage in Gaza despite the US, Qatar and Egypt pushing for a deal; Israeli strikes overnight have killed dozens, according to Gaza health officials.