While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 18
April 18, 2023 6:15 AM France’s Macron promises government action plan in next 100 days French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after…
US arrests two for setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
April 18, 2023 6:09 AM The men face charges of conspiring to act as agents of China’s government without informing US authorities. Read More
France’s Macron promises government action plan in next 100 days
April 18, 2023 2:59 AM Macron wants his prime minister to propose measures on working conditions, law and order and education and health issues. Read More
White House calls for immediate Sudan ceasefire
April 18, 2023 2:33 AM US officials have been in direct contact with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Read More
EU lawmakers call for summit to control ‘very powerful’ AI
April 18, 2023 2:28 AM The 12 MEPs, all working on EU legislation on the technology, said AI firms should be more responsible. Read More
Alabama police plead for tips in deadly birthday party shooting
April 18, 2023 2:15 AM The victims had been attending a Sweet 16 birthday party held at a rented dance studio on the community’s town square. Read More
Paris airports operator says French strikes cost it 470,000 passengers in Q1
April 18, 2023 1:52 AM Passenger traffic at its Parisian airports rose 44.6 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter. Read More
Appeals court affirms conviction of Chauvin for George Floyd murder
April 18, 2023 1:08 AM Chauvin was sentenced to 22-1/2 years in prison. Read More
Kremlin critic jailed in treason case for 25 years in harshest verdict of Putin era
April 18, 2023 1:04 AM His sentence was the harshest handed down to a Kremlin critic since Putin came to power in 1999. Read More
French court clears Air France, Airbus over Rio-Paris plane crash
April 18, 2023 12:43 AM Air France expressed “deepest compassion” to relatives and said it had confidence in all of its pilots and crew. Read More