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Cate Blanchett was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.’s agency for refugees. In her new role, she will help raise awareness about the worldwide refugee crisis.

A Brazilian judge ordered phone carrier companies in the country to block Facebook-owned messaging app, Whatsapp. The blocking order was issued because Whatsapp did not comply in a previous court order to hand over personal information to assist an ongoing criminal investigation.

Hundreds were abroad in the Adonia cruise ship as the ship departed from a Miami seaport to Cuba. It was the first cruise made between the two countries in decades, since the countries cut off diplomatic relations.