The death toll from wildfires in Southern California increases to 30.
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CTV News 
April 3
Disasters and accidents
At least seven people are killed and thirteen others are injured by overnight severe weather including tornadoes, storms, hail and floods across Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana in the United States.
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NBC News
Two boats carrying migrants capsize in the early hours of the morning near Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, killing 16 people and leaving one more missing. More than 40 people are rescued by the Hellenic Coast Guard.
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AP
International relations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Budapest, Hungary, a signatory of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for a state visit in defiance of the international arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes.
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AP
The Hungarian government announces it will withdraw from the ICC.
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Reuters
Business and economy
A 25% tariff on all automotive imports into the United States enters force. No exemptions are announced despite requests from several major trade partners, including Japan and the United Kingdom.
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Reuters
Multinational car manufacturer Stellantis announces it will layoff 900 workers across five of its U.S. factories and will pause production at assembly plants in Canada and Mexico in response to the tariffs.
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Reuters
Law and crime
Turkish National Police detain eleven people for spreading calls for and participating in shopping boycotts in the country as a protest against the arrest of Istanbul mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu.
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DW
The Ontario Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada, convicts Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two leaders of the truck driver protest movement against COVID-19 vaccination in Canada, of criminal mischief.
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AP
Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting when a 29-year-old man shoots his mother and at passing cars in Sabattus, Maine, United States.
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ABC News
Seven people are injured in a mass stabbing near Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., United States. A suspect was arrested.
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The Independent
A 50-year-old Dutch man sets himself on fire inside of his car in a failed car bombing near the National Monument in Dam Square, Amsterdam, Netherlands, causing a small explosion and injuring himself. No bystanders were injured.
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NDTV
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israel Defense Forces retakes control of Rafah prompting thousands of Palestinians to flee the city.
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Reuters
At least 100 Palestinians are killed and 70 others are injured, including some critically, in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. One of the strikes killed least 27 people, including 14 women and 5 children, at a sheltering school in the north.
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AP News
A dispute between two groups of miners over access to gold deposits in La Paz Department, Bolivia, escalates into clashes with six people reportedly killed and several others missing.
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Reuters
March 23 Movement spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka claims that the group's withdrawal from Walikale was to goodwill for peace negotiations.
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Critical Threats
April 2
Disasters and accidents
The Storm Prediction Center in the United States issues a high risk convective outlook over parts of the Mississippi River valley, ahead of an expected tornado outbreak.
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Nine News
The World Meteorological Organization retires , , , and from their rotating list of names for hurricanes for the North Atlantic and East Pacific basins.
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WMO
Five people are killed and at least one other is critically injured when a private Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation bus collides head-on with two vehicles on the Khamgaon-Shegaon highway in Buldhana, Maharashtra, India.
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News18 India
A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber crashes due to a technical malfunction in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, killing one crew member and injuring three others.
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Reuters
Health and environment
The Slovak government approves a plan to cull 350 brown bears after a man was found mauled by a bear on March 30. The government had previously culled 144 bears in 2024.
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AP
The Polish government increases border controls with Slovakia in response to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among Slovakia's and Hungary's livestock.
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TVN24
Sports
TSN president Stewart Johnston is announced as the 15th commissioner of the Canadian Football League, replacing Randy Ambrosie who had served in the role since 2017.
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CBC
Law and crime
A court in New York City indicts José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the leader of the organized crime syndicate Los Choneros, on seven counts of drug trafficking, conspiracy, arms trafficking, and illegal drug distribution in the United States. Villamar is not currently in U.S. custody.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces target Kharkiv with at least 13 Geran-2 drones, causing fires in industrial and residential areas and injuring eight people, including a child.
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Ukrainska Pravda
A Russian missile strike on an industrial park in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills at least four people and injures 14 others.
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Reuters
At least two civilians are killed in the artillery shelling of a displacement camp in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, by the Rapid Support Forces.
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AP
The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes in Syria targeting the remaining "military infrastructure", destroying much of Hama Air Base and Tiyas Air Base, including all remaining hangars and radars. The Barzah scientific research centre is also reportedly bombed.
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The Times of Israel
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the country's military will seize large areas of land in the Gaza Strip and establish a new occupation zone called the Morag Corridor, potentially stretching from Rafah to Khan Younis.
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AP
The United States Air Force deploys 6 nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia, amid rising tensions with Iran over their nuclear program.
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AP
The Myanmar government declares a temporary ceasefire with the National Unity Government-in-exile and its various allied ethnic armed organizations to facilitate relief efforts following the M in the country several days ago. The ceasefire is expected to last until April 22.
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DW
Wazalendo militias break through March 23 Movement (M23) positions in Kampala, DRC and launch an attack on the M23 rebels in Walikale.
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Critical Threats
Business and economy
U.S. president Donald Trump announces a universal 10% tariff on most imports into the United States, a 20% tariff on goods from the European Union, and a 34% tariff on all imports from China. The tariffs will take effect from April 5.
Exceptions include Canada, Cuba, Mexico, North Korea, and Russia. Canada and Mexico had tariffs placed on them in February, while Cuba, North Korea, and Russia are under U.S. sanctions.
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India Today
In the 10% tariff, the U.S. lists the Australian territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands near Antarctica, despite the fact that it has no human inhabitants, imports or exports. In response to finding these islands in the list, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese commented that "Nowhere on earth is safe" for the tariff.
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The Guardian
The United States Senate votes 51–48 on a non-binding resolution to rebuke and reverse tariffs on Canada, with Republicans Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitch McConnell voting for the resolution.
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NPR
Arts and culture
Archaeologists with the Vienna Museum announce the discovery of a mass grave in Simmering district in Vienna, Austria, of around 150 Ancient Roman soldiers from the 1st century who likely died in a battle.
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Caledonian Record
April 1
Science and technology
SpaceX successfully launches four humans into orbit over Earth’s poles for the first time for the human spaceflight mission Fram2. The journey will last three to five days.
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The New York Times
Politics and elections
U.S. Senator Cory Booker delivers the longest speech in United States Senate history, breaking the previous record set by Strom Thurmond in 1957.
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AP News
Armed conflicts and attacks
UNICEF reports that over 332 children have been killed and 609 injured by the new Israeli military offensive across the Gaza Strip since the resumption of the war after the breakdown of the 2025 ceasefire.
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UNICEF
Four people are killed, including Hassan Bdeir, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, and seven others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on a building in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera
The Houthis claim that they shot down a U.S. military-operated MQ-9 Reaper drone in Marib Governorate, Yemen.
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AP
U.S. missile strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen, hit a water management facility, killing at least four people, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah network.
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Al Jazeera
The U.S. announces it is sending a second aircraft carrier strike group, the USS group, to the region.
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Al Jazeera
The Russian ministry of defence says that Russian forces have captured Rozlyv in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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Al Arabiya
International relations
The Chinese PLA Navy and Air Force conduct large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. At least 19 Chinese warships are deployed, including the aircraft carrier , marking its closest ever approach to the island.
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Financial Times
Disasters and accidents
Seismic activity increases near Grindavík, Iceland, with the Icelandic Meteorological Office reporting that a volcanic eruption has occurred and a earthquake is being registered. People visiting the Blue Lagoon are evacuated rapidly.
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The Watchers
At least 305 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Malay Mail
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Sunnmørsposten