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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ A peace mission visit of African officials to Ukraine was interrupted
by a Russian missile attack. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot
down six Kinzhal ballistic missiles, six Kalibr missiles, and two
reconnaisance UAVs. (AFP)
• Five foreign militants are killed after a gunfight with police in Juma
Gund, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
• More than 80 people are injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving three
school buses in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea. (Reuters)
• Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
□ The gunman in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is found guilty on 63
charges. (ABC News)
• Japan raises the age of consent from 13 to 16 and criminalises voyeurism.
(AFP via The Guardian)
• 2021–2023 inflation surge
□ The economy of New Zealand enters a recession after gross domestic
product fell 0.1% in the March quarter, as the central bank raises
interest rates to a 14-year high. Annual growth also slowed to 2.2%,
according to Statistics New Zealand. (Reuters)
• Carberry highway collision
□ Fifteen people are killed and ten more injured in a collision between a
semi-trailer truck and a bus on Manitoba Highway 1 near Carberry,
Manitoba, Canada. (CKY-DT)
• Eighteen people are injured in an explosion at a firecracker warehouse in
Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. (GMA News)
• Three people are killed and more than 50 others are injured by a tornado in
Perryton, Texas, United States. (ABC News)
• Australia–Russia relations
□ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the
parliament will pass a law to prohibit the construction of a new
Russian embassy in Canberra due to national security concerns regarding
the embassy's proposed location adjacent to Parliament House. (Al
Jazeera)
• Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson, Partygate
□ An inquiry by the UK Parliament concludes that former Prime Minister
Boris Johnson lied to Parliament about breaking rules during the
COVID-19 outbreak in the country. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ At least three people are killed and 13 others are injured in a
rocket attack on a residential area in Odesa, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
□ Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian-Chechen member of the State Duma, is
reportedly injured in Ukraine. (BBC News)
• 2022–2023 North Kosovo crisis
□ Kosovo–Serbia relations
☆ Serbian forces detain three Kosovo Police officers, accusing them
of illegally crossing the border. Kosovan Prime Minister Albin
Kurti denies the Serbian claims, saying that the officers were
arrested 300 metres inside Kosovan territory, and demands their
immediate release. (U.S. News and World Report)
• Syrian civil war
□ 2023 Northern Syria clashes
☆ Ten SDF fighters and five Syrian soldiers are killed by Turkish
drone strikes in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (SOHR)
• 2023 Manipur violence
□ Nine people are killed in ethnic clashes in Manipur, India. (Al
Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
□ Two Islamic State operatives, including Abu Zacharia, a leader of Abu
Sayyaf, are killed in separate operations by joint security forces in
Marawi, Philippines. (CNN Philippines) (ABS-CBN News)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
□ Killing of Khamis Abakar
☆ The state governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abakar, is killed in
Geneina after being abducted by armed men shortly after accusing
the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide in the state.
The RSF denies killing Abakar, blaming "outlaws" for his death.
(BBC News)
• The European Commission orders Google to sell off portions of its
advertising services in order to comply with anti-competitive practices and
threatens to fine the company up to 10% of its global turnover. Google,
which relies on advertising services for up to 79% of its revenue, says
that it will appeal the order. (Reuters)
• Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announces that Canada is suspending its
relations with the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank while
her department conducts an investigation into allegations of the Chinese
Communist Party's influence over the organization. (CNA)
• 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster
□ At least 78 people die and 100 others are rescued after a boat carrying
refugees and migrants from Libya to Italy capsizes near Pylos, Messenia
, Greece. (Al Jazeera)
• COVID-19 pandemic
□ COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
☆ Indonesian President Joko Widodo announces that the country will
end their COVID-19 emergency within the next two weeks and
transition into endemic status. (Antara) (The Jakarta Post)
• Fiji–New Zealand relations
□ Fiji and New Zealand sign a defence pact in Suva, Fiji, which includes
military cooperation and humanitarian aid. (The Guardian)
• 2023 Japan military facility shooting
□ Two soldiers are killed and another is injured during a live fire
exercise at a training area in Gifu, Japan, as a recruit opens fire at
them. The suspect is apprehended and charged with the attempted murder
of a soldier. (AFP via South China Morning Post) (BBC News)
• 2024 United States presidential election
□ 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
☆ Mayor of Miami, Florida, Francis X. Suarez files for candidacy as a
Republican in the 2024 United States presidential election. (The
New York Times)
• At the International Society for Stem Cell Research's annual meeting in
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, developmental biologist Magdalena
Żernicka-Goetz reveals that American and British researchers have generated
the world's first synthetic human embryo-like structures using stem cells.
Żernicka-Goetz suggests that the findings could provide insights into the
causes of miscarriages. (CNN)