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Damage in Hualien City
- A severe earthquake strikes near Hualien City, Taiwan (damage pictured).
- In Syria, an Israeli airstrike kills 16 people at the Iranian consulate in Damascus, including brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
- A bus falls from a bridge in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45 people.
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore collapses after being hit by a container ship.
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected President of Senegal.
April 6, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine kills six civilians and injures 10 others. At least nine high-rise buildings are badly damaged, as well as a petrol station. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
Politics and elections
- 2024 Slovak presidential election
- Slovaks vote in the second round for president between Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini. (France 24)
April 5, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
- At least three people are killed and at least 13 others are injured in a Russian double-tap missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine's SBU claims to have destroyed six Russian military aircraft and heavily damaged eight others in a drone attack on Morozovsk Air Base in Rostov Oblast, Russia. (Reuters) (NOS)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
Business and economy
- Zimbabwe launches a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, backed on gold reserves and foreign currencies amid depreciation of its current currency. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 New Jersey earthquake
- A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northwestern New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the East Coast of the United States. (ABC News)
International relations
- Belarus–NATO relations
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko announces that Belarus will suspend its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (AP)
- Ecuador–Mexico relations
- After local police arrest Jorge Glas at its embassy in Quito, Mexico cuts diplomatic relations with Ecuador, claiming the unauthorized entry violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. (the Guardian)
Politics and elections
- The Venezuelan government announces that it will give safe passage to Argentina to six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who are taking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas. (Reuters)
April 4, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russia launches multiple Shahed drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing at least five people, including three rescue workers, and injuring five others. (Reuters)
- Russian-installed officials say that Ukrainian shelling has killed two civilians and injured nine others in Donetsk. Separately, four people are killed in drone attacks in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. (Reuters)
- U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Ukraine will eventually become a NATO member. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Eleven security forces, including five Revolutionary Guards, are killed in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, during an attack against the Revolutionary Guards' headquarters by members of Jaish ul-Adl. Sixteen militants are killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war
- Former Al-Nusra Front emir Abu Maria al-Qahtani is assassinated in a suicide bombing in Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria. The Islamic State are accused of being behind the attack, which also injured several others at his house. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 99 Cents Only Stores announces an orderly wind-down, closing all of its 371 stores in the United States beginning April 5. (Newsweek)
Disasters and accidents
- Shipping lanes and airspace in the Great Belt strait in Denmark are closed for several hours after a missile launcher malfunctions on the frigate Niels Juel. (NOS) (CNN)
Health and environment
- 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
- Scientists from the Federation University Australia report that thousands of Adélie penguins have been found dead in Antarctica amid an increase in bird flu cases among wild bird populations. (Reuters)
- Bird flu spreads to cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from office. (VOA)
- A man stabs the Governor of Murmansk Oblast Andrey Chibis at a meeting in Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The attacker is arrested by police. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Maltese presidential election
- Myriam Spiteri Debono is sworn in as President of Malta, succeeding George Vella and becoming the third woman to hold the office. (Times of Malta)
Science and technology
- Researchers at the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona, United States, release the largest 3D map of the universe featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, researchers are able to measure the acceleration of the expansion rate of the universe with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that the rate of expansion has been increasing over time. (The Guardian) (Berkeley Lab)
April 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Hualien earthquake
- A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Philippines says that it will respond to any Chinese attempts to interfere with its resupply of troops in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
- Cross-Strait relations
- The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says that more than 30 Chinese PLA Air Force warplanes have entered Taiwanese airspace and that at least nine PLA Navy warships have been detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces are deployed in response to the violation. (Times Now News)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Uganda
- Uganda's Constitutional Court upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts. (South China Morning Post)
Politics and elections
- Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next Governor General of Australia and will succeed David Hurley on 1 July. (Canberra Times)
April 2, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches airstrikes more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) inside Russia, targeting an oil refinery and the dormitory of a factory producing Iranian-designed Shahed drones in Yelabuga, Tatarstan. Several people are injured. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- Dnipro strikes
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
- Iran's Supreme National Security Council says that it has decided on a response to the Israeli attack on its diplomatic facilities in Damascus, Syria, which killed several high-ranking members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
- Ethnic violence in South Sudan
- Armed youths belonging to the Murle people attack a village in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, killing 12 people and injuring 10 others, with 15 children reported missing. Most of the victims were elderly residents. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Gayrettepe nightclub fire
- Twenty-nine people are killed and eight others are injured in a fire at a nightclub under renovation in Istanbul, Turkey. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Mexican general election
- A mayoral candidate is assassinated in Celaya, Guanajuato, ahead of Mexico's upcoming general election. (CNN)
- Viertola school shooting
Business and economy
- General Electric finalizes split into 3 independent companies: GE Aerospace, GE Vernova and GE HealthCare. (Reuters).
April 1, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- World Central Kitchen drone strikes
- Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. (Al Jazeera)
- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, Southern Israel, damaging a building. No injuries are reported. (The Times of Israel)
- World Central Kitchen drone strikes
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
- An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills eight members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Iranian brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi. (Reuters) (SOHR)
- 2024 Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus
Disasters and accidents
- Authorities in Amur Oblast, Russia, end the rescue operations for 13 workers who were trapped in a deep gold mine since March 18, and declare the workers dead. (ABC News)
International relations
- North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan near South Korean territory. (AP)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Israel
- The Israeli government says that it will ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting in its territory. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Politics of San Marino
- Milena Gasperoni and Alessandro Rossi are sworn in as the new Captains Regent of San Marino. (San Marino RTV)
March 31, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Haitian crisis
- Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. (CBC News)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for military service. (CNBC) (Reuters)
Business and economy
- The New York Times reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web. (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 France floods
- The town of Montmorillon in Nouvelle-Aquitaine is hit by severe flooding following heavy rains. (Sky News)
- An ongoing severe drought in southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger. (AP) (The Independent)
Law and crime
- In the largest heist in city history, $30 million is stolen from a GardaWorld money storage facility in Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times) (KABC-TV) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Turkish local elections
- 2024 Istanbul mayoral election
- Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as mayor of Istanbul. (The New York Times)
- Voters in Turkey go to the polls for their local elections. (France 24)
- 2024 Istanbul mayoral election
- Visa policy of the Schengen Area
- Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union. (France 24)
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