April 17
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Dabanga Sudan
Politics and elections
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The Guardian
The United States Senate votes to dismiss both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Reuters
Sports
The NBA announces that it has banned Jontay Porter, a two-way player under contract to the Toronto Raptors and their G League affiliate Raptors 905, for multiple major violations of the league's gambling policy.
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ESPN
Disasters and accidents
The United Arab Emirates records its heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with significant flooding reported in Dubai. At least 20 people are killed by flooding in Oman and Ras Al Khaimah.
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Reuters
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Reuters
Science and technology
Scientists announce that they have discovered fossil remains of the , the largest marine reptile currently known, in the Westbury Formation in England.
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NOS
Business and economy
Vietnam announces a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a fraud case.
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Reuters
April 16
Sports
World Athletics announces that they will investigate the results of Sunday's Beijing half marathon to determine if Chinese marathon record holder He Jie won because of match fixing.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Heavy rains and flash floods affect parts of the Persian Gulf, killing at least 18 people in Oman and causing travel disruptions in the United Arab Emirates.
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Al Jazeera
A fire occurs in Copenhagen's 17th-century Stock Exchange Building, leading to the collapse of the building's iconic spire. Important Danish artworks including are safely removed from the building.
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The Guardian
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israeli military assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Lebanon, in an airstrike.
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Middle East Monitor
A mob of Israeli settlers in Aqraba kills two Palestinians in revenge for the killing of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating ethnoreligious violence in the West Bank.
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The Guardian
Australian police say that the stabbing attack at an Assyrian church in Sydney was an Islamic terrorist act.
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Reuters
Indian security forces kill at least 29 Maoist insurgents in a major counterinsurgency operation in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. A large quantity of weapons are also seized.
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NDTV
Russian peacekeepers begin withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving the region under the full control of Azerbaijan.
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Caliber.az
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a new army draft law.
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Reuters
Science and technology
European Space Agency scientists announce the discovery of Gaia BH3, the second-largest known black hole in the Milky Way.
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ESA
Politics and elections
The U.S. House of Representatives sends impeachment articles for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate.
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Reuters
Police in Brussels, Belgium, shut down the right-wing National Conservatism Conference which was expected to be hosted by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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Politico
Business and economy
American video game company Take-Two Interactive lays off 5% of its workforce.
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Reuters
Argentina and Denmark sign a 2.1 billion kroner (US$300 million) deal for the sale of 24 Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons to Argentina.
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AP
April 15
Armed conflicts and attacks
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of Iran, including Tehran, to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to avoid all travel to Iran.
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The Japan News
At least nine civilians are killed and sixty others are injured in a renewed offensive by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of El Fasher.
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Sudan War Monitor
Five civilians are killed and ten others are injured in crossfire between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces in the city of El Obeid.
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Sudan War Monitor
The Rapid Support Forces capture Mellit, North Darfur.
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Sudan War Monitor
The Joint Darfur Force declares war on the Rapid Support Forces and allies with the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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Sudan War Monitor
Clashes occur in Al-Madina Arab, Gezira State, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
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Radio Tamazuj
Law and crime
Former Australian political staffer Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
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The Guardian
Four people are injured, including bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, in a mass stabbing at a church in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
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Sky News Australia
Business and economy
Lockheed Martin wins a $17 billion defense contract from the U.S. government to develop anti-ballistic missiles.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Fifty-eight people have been killed in Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods.
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AP
The death toll from landslides caused by torrential rain in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, increases to 20, after the last missing people are found dead.
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AP
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. No damage or casualties are reported.
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ABC News
International relations
The United Kingdom sanctions Alkhaleej Bank and Al-Fakher Advanced Works, two companies financing the Rapid Support Forces, and Red Rock Mining, which finances the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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Radio Tamazuj
Politics and elections
Pro-Palestinian protests in the United States stop traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and disrupt traffic to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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Washington Post
Lee Hsien Loong announces that he will resign as Prime Minister of Singapore on May 15 and will be succeeded by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.
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CNA
Thousands of people protest against a controversial foreign agent law in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia's Interior Ministry reports at least 14 people have been detained. Georgian Dream parliamentary leader Mamuka Mdinaradze is punched during a debate in parliament by a member of the opposition.
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DW