While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 28
August 28, 2023 6:00 AM Second vessel leaves Odesa through temporary Black Sea corridor: Minister A vessel carrying steel products to Africa has left Ukraine’s Odesa port through a temporary…
‘Quite an abrupt shock’: Closure of Lucasfilm’s Singapore studio comes amid global industry challenges
Earlier this month, Lucasfilm said it will shut down its visual effects and animation studio in Singapore. CNA looks at how disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and Hollywood…
Zelenskiy says elections could happen under fire if West helps
August 28, 2023 5:13 AM Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, responding to calls by a US senator this week to announce elections in 2024, said on Sunday voting could take place…
Syria’s Assad’s ruling party shut by protests in rebellious Druze city
August 28, 2023 4:37 AM Protesters demanding an end to authoritarian rule shut the ruling Baath party headquarters in the southwestern Syrian Druze city of Sweida as protests which entered…
Sudanese paramilitary force backs ceasefire and talks on country’s future
August 28, 2023 3:55 AM Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it was open to a long-term ceasefire with the army and presented its vision for a “Sudan Reborn”, an…
France to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools
August 28, 2023 3:19 AM France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on…
P&O Cruise passengers injured after ‘weather-related’ incident in Mallorca
August 28, 2023 3:19 AM A small number of people were injured on Sunday during a “weather-related incident” involving P&O Cruises Britannia ship moored in the Spanish island of Mallorca,…
White Florida shooter who killed 3 Black victims bought guns legally
August 28, 2023 2:47 AM Ryan Christopher Palmeter lived with his parents in a suburb of Jacksonville. Read More
Zelenskiy says he will propose tougher corruption measures this week
August 28, 2023 2:43 AM Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a television interview shared on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he would ask parliament in the coming week…
Darmanin, potential successor to Macron, makes pitch to working class
August 28, 2023 2:19 AM French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin staged his first rally on Sunday with an appeal to working class voters in what political opponents saw as the…