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A photo showing the Kremlin without any lights on is being shared on social media alongside claims Moscow faces a severe electricity shortage due to Western sanctions. 

One post sharing the photo says: “BREAKING Russia: Moscow remains dark due to severe electricity shortage The reason is reported to be in difficulties at servicing foreign turbines at Russian thermal power plants due to Western sanctions [sic]”. Other posts have almost identical text. 

But the photo does not show a recent electricity shortage—it was shared in a 2014 article about ‘Earth Hour’, the annual WWF event that encourages people to turn off non-essential lights—such as those on famous landmarks—to raise awareness for climate change. Similar images show the Kremlin during Earth…

The T20 World Cup warm-up match between USA and Bangladesh that was scheduled to take place on Tuesday had to be called off due to heavy thunderstorms, which ended up causing damage to the facilities at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas.

The two teams, who had recently played a three-match T20I series before the warm-up fixture, remained confined to their hotels after heavy rain caused damage to the ground that is later scheduled to host the tournament opener between co-hosts USA and neighbours Canada on 1 June.

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