Ukraine has 'urgent need' for air defence, says NATO chief Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers' meeting on the Italian island of Capri.
https://www.france24.com/en/eu....rope/20240418-ukrain

Can Israel embrace America’s vision of a ‘new Middle East’? Israel must decide whether to take its place alongside Washington’s Arab allies in a “new Middle East” or to continue to go it alone.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Worl....d/Middle-East/2024/0

Norway's trillion dollar wealth fund posts 107 billion dollar first quarter gain Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a gain of more than $100 billion in the first quarter amid the global stock market recovery, it said Thursday.
https://www.thelocal.no/202404....18/norways-trillion-

Senegal's Faye makes first foreign visit as president to Mauritania Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday visited neighbouring Mauritania on his first official trip abroad since his election at the end of March, the two presidencies said.
https://www.france24.com/en/af....rica/20240418-senega

'A global problem': US teen fights deepfake porn targeting schoolgirls Deepfake pornography of famous women like Taylor Swift has sparked outrage and calls for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Yet this powerful technology is not only being used to bully women in the public eye – minors are also being victimised. Schoolgirls are finding themselves targeted by AI-generated deepfake porn made by their own classmates using new, easy-to-access "nudifying" apps. And no federal laws exist to stop it. 
https://www.france24.com/en/tv....-shows/focus/2024041