Asia
STRAITS TIMES. The Singapore Tourism Board and Disney Cruise Line , a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, have agreed that Singapore will be the first Asian port of call for one of the company's cruise ships.
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| According to a Memorandum of Understanding between the Singapore Tourism Board and Disney Cruise Line, Disney's new cruise ships will be homeported in the Lion City for at least five years. (Source: NYSG) |
ANKARA. Indonesia will maintain a state of emergency over the Covid-19 epidemic until the end of May, pending new recommendations from the WHO.
BANGKOK POST. Thai police are investigating a hacker calling himself "9Near" who claims to have stolen personal data from 55 million Thais.
THE STAR. Malaysia's parliament has passed sweeping legal reforms that will abolish the mandatory death penalty, reduce the number of crimes punishable by death and abolish life imprisonment.
YONHAP. South Korean authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at the 14-story Lotte Cinema building in Bupyeong District, Incheon City at noon on April 3.
YONHAP. The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun a trilateral naval exercise , involving the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, in waters off the Korean Peninsula.
KYODO. The Japanese government announced that it will end border controls to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic from May 8 - the official date to downgrade the epidemic to the level of seasonal flu.
NHK. Japanese health officials have confirmed the country's first death from acute hepatitis of unknown cause.
KAN. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant due to the current security situation.
TIMES OF ISRAEL. The Israeli government has approved the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee on environmental and climate issues, chaired by Environment Minister Idit Silman.
Europe
NATO. Today, April 4, the Finnish flag will be raised outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, symbolizing the Nordic country's official accession to the alliance.
TASS. Russian security forces have detained Daria Trepova, a suspect in connection with the explosion at a cafe in Saint-Petersburg and the death of military correspondent Vladlen Tatapsky on April 2.
AFP. Ukraine has received the first tranche of $2.7 billion under the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) loan program, according to Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko.
FMF. Poland announced that it has delivered to Ukraine a number of MiG-29 fighter jets as promised.
BFMTV. At least three people were killed and eight injured in three shootings in the southern French city of Marseille on the night of April 2 and early morning of April 3.
REUTERS. The Italian coast guard used a Nemo 8 helicopter to rescue 32 migrants stranded on Lampione island since April 2.
TRT. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi will visit the city of Kaliningrad tomorrow, April 5, to discuss nuclear safety and security issues at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
America
NASA. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the names of astronauts who will fly around the Moon in 2024, paving the way for humans to return to the lunar surface for the first time in half a century.
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| The crew of the Artemis II mission includes three Americans (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch) and one Canadian (Jeremy Hansen). (Source: AFP) |
REUTERS. US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is scheduled to meet with Taiwanese (Chinese) leader Tsai Ing-wen on April 5 in California.
WALL STREET JOURNAL. McDonald's Corp., which owns the eponymous fast-food chain, will temporarily close its U.S. offices this week in preparation for layoffs.
AP. The number of Cubans stopped at sea while trying to cross the border to the United States in the first 6 months of the current fiscal year (which begins October 1, 2022) was 6,202 , exceeding the number in the entire previous fiscal year (6,182).
CBC. The Royal Canadian Navy is testing a one-year, no-strings-attached enlistment program that would allow recruits to get military experience before committing to a permanent career in the armed forces.
Africa
NEWS24. Kenya plans to launch its first satellite, Nation-1 , on April 10 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
EWN. The South African Communist Party (SACP) will contest the 2024 elections and any subsequent by-elections “with an effective and reconfigured coalition” with its partners, according to SACP Secretary General Solly Mapaila.
Xinhua News Agency. At least 45 people have died among at least 2,576 dengue cases recorded since July 2022 in 12 of Sudan's 18 states.
Oceania
THE AUSTRALIAN. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to ban the use of the TikTok app on government phones, effective this week.
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Public secondary schools in New South Wales (Australia) will ban students from using mobile phones in class, during recess and lunchtime from Term 4 (late 2023).
ABC. Hours after an earthquake shook the northwestern region of Papua New Guinea on April 3, authorities in the country advised people to remain vigilant as seismic activity was still occurring.
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