Global National: April 24

The federal government is making big changes to the air passenger bill of rights, so dissatisfied customers will supposedly have an easier time receiving compensation from airlines. What the revisions are, and why some advocates believe the proposed measures don’t go far enough. Fifty-eight Canadians have been airlifted out of Sudan on a German plane, as the ongoing violence pushes the African nation deeper into crisis. The questions about Ottawa’s strategy to help Canadian citizens stuck in Sudan, and the growing concerns about the situation becoming increasingly dire. Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Qin Gang is warning Taiwan and its allies they are “playing with fire” if they oppose Beijing’s claim over the self-governing island. How Taiwan is now preparing for China’s possible invasion by taking lessons from Ukraine. Plus, seismic shakeups in the land of American cable news. How Tucker Carlson and Fox News Channel “agreed to part ways”; how CNN fired Don Lemon; and their respective controversies prior to their departures. And what is the Stone of Scone? The precious object that will sit under the coronation chair when King Charles III is officially crowned May 6, and how this relic has been both the spoils of war and the prize in a historic heist.