Month: April 2023

Saturday, April 22, 2023: Epoch Sudoku Easy


Armed Forces Member in Court Accused of Sharing Sensitive Military Information

A serving member of the armed forces has appeared in court accused of sharing “highly sensitive” military information. Thomas Newsome, 36, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning charged with two offences contrary to the Official Secrets Act 1989. Newsome was deployed overseas until April 17, when he is alleged to have made “a…


Serving Armed Forces Member Charged With Offences Under Official Secrets Act

A serving member of the armed forces has been charged by counter-terrorism police with offences under the Official Secrets Act. Thomas Newsome, 36, was charged on Friday with offences contrary to section 2 and section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1989, Scotland Yard said. He has been remanded in custody and is due to…


Saturday, April 22, 2023: Epoch Crossword


Shen Yun ‘Opens Your Eyes’: Mother and Daughter Stunned

AUCKLAND—Shen Yun Performing Arts left a deep impression on Marilise Van De Venter and her daughter Daniella when they attended a matinee performance at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland on April 22. Through music and dance, the New York-based Shen Yun aims to revive China’s traditional culture, which has faded under the Chinese Communist…


Boat Sinking on Lake Between Zambia and Congo Leaves 15 Dead

KINSHASA, Congo—Fourteen people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they were taking across sank earlier this week, Congolese lawmakers said Friday. The boat passengers died on Lake Mwero as they were leaving Chinsamba island, according to Abraham Kitanika Soriano, a member of Congo’s parliament. A 15th passenger…


Man Who Drove Into Pedestrians in Berlin Convicted of Murder

BERLIN—A German court on Friday convicted a 30-year-old man who drove into groups of pedestrians in Berlin last year of one count of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, ordering him to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital. The Berlin regional court concluded that the driver, a German citizen born in Armenia, was…


Indiana Woman Charged With Federal Hate Crime in Bus Attack

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—A southern Indiana woman now faces a federal hate crime charge in addition to attempted murder in the stabbing of an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus. Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Evansville Thursday on a charge of willfully causing injuries…


Man Wanted in NC Shooting Waives Extradition From Florida

TAMPA, Fla.—A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard waived extradition during a brief court appearance Friday morning in Florida. Robert Louis Singletary, 24, was arrested Thursday in the Tampa area by Hillsborough County deputies,…


IN-DEPTH: Reshoring US Industry from China Requires Defense-Driven Innovation, Economist Says

It’s increasingly the received wisdom in Washington: China’s military power and manufacturing capacity are twin challenges America must face. Economist David Goldman wants to address the two together through vigorous industrial policy driven by smart defense spending–but his analysis has already met with skepticism in some quarters. “The United States is going to go bankrupt…