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• The Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins the
recuitment of women for the military, allowing both genders to join for the
first time. (Alarabia)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Battle of Donbas
☆ Russia uses its T-14 Armata main battle tanks in combat against
Ukrainian forces for the first time. (Reuters)
□ China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy, with both countries announcing the dispatch of
representatives to establish a diplomatic presence after the call.
(NPR)
• Iranian ayatollah and Assembly of Experts member Abbas-Ali Soleimani is
assassinated in a shooting at a bank in Babolsar, Mazandaran province. The
perpetrator, a security guard at the bank, has been arrested by police.
(BBC News)
• Six Iranian demonstrators are injured in clashes in Fanuj, Sistan and
Baluchistan province, after a teenager died when his motorcycle collided
with a police car. (RFE/RL)
• Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
□ The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority blocks Microsoft
's $68.7bn (£55bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying that the
deal will leave video gamers with less choice and will reduce
innovation. (BBC News)
• 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
□ Pakistan reports their first case of mpox. (Al Jazeera)
• Capital punishment in Singapore
□ Singapore executes Tangaraju Suppiah for plotting to smuggle 1 kilogram
of cannabis into the country. His execution, the country's first this
year, drew significant pleas for clemency, including from the United
Nations. (BBC News)
• Salvadoran gang crackdown
□ El Salvador opens a trial against former president Mauricio Funes for
initiating a truce with street gangs during his presidency. Funes, who
is currently living in Nicaragua, will not attend the trial. (AP)
• A Brazilian judge orders a temporary shutdown of social media app Telegram
over its failure to provide information on Neo-Nazi chat groups to the
Federal Police of Brazil. (AP)
• 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis
□ By a vote of 217–215, the United States House of Representatives passes
a bill that would raise the United States debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion
in exchange for spending restrictions. (AP)
• English Channel migrant crossings
□ The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Illegal Migration
Bill by a vote of 289–230 despite opposition from some members of the
ruling Conservative Party. (BBC News)
• Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender member of the Montana House of
Representatives, is censured by the Republican-led chamber on a party-line
vote following her protest of anti-transgender legislation. Zephyr will be
barred from debate until the May legislative session. (KXLH-TV)
• 2023 NBA playoffs
□ In basketball, the eight seed Miami Heat defeat the Milwaukee Bucks,
who held the greatest record of the season at 58-24, in five games. The
loss was widely described as one of the greatest upsets in NBA history.
(ESPN)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
□ Evacuation of foreign nationals during the 2023 Sudan conflict
☆ The United Kingdom begins a large-scale evacuation of British
citizens from Sudan. (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ A Russian S-300-type missile strike in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast,
kills at least one civilian and injures 10 others. (RFE/RL)
• Foreign relations of Taiwan
□ Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pays an official visit to
Taiwan to reaffirm support for Taiwan as one of the 13 countries which
recognize Taiwan in the One-China policy dispute. China condemns
Giammattei's visit. (Reuters)
• 2024 United States presidential election
□ Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign
☆ Incumbent President Joe Biden formally announces his re-election
campaign. (CNN)
• Hakuto-R Mission 1, an uncrewed lunar lander built by Japanese aerospace
company ispace, is presumed lost after the company lost contact with the
spacecraft during descent to the lunar surface. Onboard was the Emirates
Lunar Mission rover Rashid, along with a transformable robot, SORA-Q, built
by Tomy and JAXA. (CNN) (The New York Times)
• Philippine President Bongbong Marcos approves a 90-day extension of
mandatory registration of SIM cards, whose deadline is originally scheduled
for the following day. (The Philippine Star)