A selection of news stories that happened overnight, April 13, 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com.
With no debate and at lightning speed, Russian parliament this week backed a Bill that will allow authorities to call up men with a simple click as Moscow’s Ukraine offensive grinds on.
The Kremlin insists there is nothing unusual about the proposed changes and claims that the authorities are simply digitalising an archaic enlistment system. But many Russians who do not want to fight in Ukraine are afraid.President Emmanuel Macron said France’s position on Taiwan had not changed and that he favoured the current “status quo” in respect of the island, after he was asked to clarify comments that prompted a backlash in the United States and Europe.
The announcement ends speculation as to whether the King’s younger son would attend, following his high-profile and stinging criticism of the royal family since he stepped back from royal duties in 2020.
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