Portal:Current events/April 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kyiv offensive
      • Battle of Bucha
        • Ukrainian forces recapture Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, from Russian troops. (Ukrinform)
      • Battle of Irpin
        • Ukrainian forces recapture the city of Irpin after driving out the last Russian troops. Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn confirms that the city has been fully liberated. (BBC News)
      • The body of Reuters journalist Maks Levin is found in the town of Huta Mezhyhirska, near Kyiv. Levin had already disappeared several days before and is the sixth journalist to be killed in the country since Russia invaded. (The Guardian)
    • Attack on Belgorod
      • Russia claims that the Ukrainian Air Force conducted an airstrike on Belgorod, hitting several fuel facilities. Videos on social media show low-flying attack helicopters firing rockets at a fuel depot in the city. (AP)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Ceasefire talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations resume via video link. (Times of Israel)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Mali says that it has killed 203 insurgents in a major nine-day military operation from 23 March to April 1. (The Guardian)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Two bombs explode at a playing field in Herat, Afghanistan, killing five people and injuring 25 more. (ABC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Palestinian man is shot dead by Israeli security forces in clashes in Hebron. (Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • The Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis agree to a UN-brokered nationwide truce, the first in years, for two months to mark the start of Ramadan. As part of the deal, fuel shipments will be allowed to enter the Houthi-controlled port of Al Hudaydah and commercial flights will resume in the capital of Sanaa. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Waheen Market Fire
  • A massive fire breaks out at the main marketplace in Hargeisa, Somaliland, injuring at least 28 people and completely destroying the market. (The Guardian)
• Eight people are killed and 20 more are injured during a coal mine collapse in Aleksinac, Serbia. (Al Jazeera)
• Four pilots are killed after two South Korean Air Force KAI KT-1 Woongbis crash into each other over a mountain northeast of Sacheon, South Korea. (Deutsche Welle)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
      • The Russian Health Ministry announces that Russia has registered the nasal spray form of the Sputnik V vaccine, making Russia the first country to register a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine. (TASS)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
    • Italy ends its two-year state of emergency and begins to gradually lift attendance limits for outdoor and indoor sports venues, along with a requirement that anyone over the age of 50 should be vaccinated to enter their place of work. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    • Malaysia begins its transition from pandemic to endemic phase that shift the management of the pandemic from reliance on government-imposed standard operating procedures and existing laws to individual responsibility, and community solidarity. (The Star)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • The U.S. CDC announces that the Biden administration will end the usage of Title 42, a series of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in order to prevent migrants from entering the United States. The measure will take effect on May 23. (CNBC)

International relations

• Canada–Holy See relations
  • Canadian Indian residential school system
    • Following a meeting with indigenous delegates from Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the "deplorable conduct" by members of the Catholic Church for actions in the church-run residential school system. (CBC News)
• Ukraine–European Union relations
  • President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola travels to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, and subsequently addresses the Verkhovna Rada. Metsola becomes the first EU official to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. (Times of Malta)

Law and crime

• Sri Lankan economic crisis
  • 2022 Sri Lankan protests
    • President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a state of emergency as civil unrest spreads across the country. Dozens of Sri Lanka Police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters and 52 people have been arrested. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Oscar Mina and Paolo Rondelli are elected the new Captains Regents of San Marino. (San Marino TV)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kyiv offensive
      • Battle of Bucha
        • Bucha massacre, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
          • Hundreds of civilians are found dead on the streets in Bucha after the city is recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Journalists and Ukrainian forces say that they have uncovered evidence of war crimes by the Russian military. (Times of Israel) (The Guardian) (The Kyiv Independent)
      • Battle of Chernobyl
        • The Ukrainian flag is raised over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant following its recapture from Russian forces. A ceremony is held to honour the staff at the former plant who continued to work under Russian occupation. (CNN)
      • Ukraine retakes full control of the Kyiv Oblast as the last Russian troops return to Belarus. (Reuters)
    • Southern Ukraine offensive
      • Aftermath of the Siege of Enerhodar
        • Residents say that Russian occupiers have violently dispersed a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Enerhodar. Several protesters are arrested. Russian troops are also alleged to have used explosions in order to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius is killed in Mariupol. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are killed and four Israeli soldiers are injured during a gunfight near Jenin in the West Bank. (BBC News)
  • Fighting erupts near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, leading to four Palestinians being arrested by Israel Police for rioting. (Times of Israel)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Ceasefire talks between the Houthis and Saudi Arabian forces begin in Yemen in an effort to end fighting. (France 24)

Business and economy

• Australia and India sign a A$12.6 billion trade deal aimed at strengthening India's manufacturing sector by allowing access to more raw materials, and to also reduce Australia's dependence on China after China placed sanctions on some Australian goods following several political disputes. (South China Morning Post)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Nauru
    • President Lionel Aingimea announces Nauru's first positive cases of COVID-19 in two asymptomatic people who travelled from Brisbane on March 31. (RNZ)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Prime Minister Sanna Marin says that a decision on Finland joining the NATO military alliance must be made before this summer, stating that "Russia is not the neighbor we thought it was". (Yle)

Law and crime

• Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
    • More than 170 people are detained in anti-war protests across Russia. (The Moscow Times)
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
  • 2022 Sri Lankan protests
    • The Sri Lankan government imposes a state of emergency after the Mirihana Presidential Residence is targeted by local civilian protesters. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine offensive
      • Battle of Odesa
        • Large explosions are reported in the port city of Odesa as residents are urged to seek shelter. Ukrainian officials say the Russian Air Force has fired missiles at the city, and that some missiles have been intercepted. (BBC News) (NDTV)
    • Bucha massacre, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Human Rights Watch, an independent human rights group, says that it has documented allegations of war crimes perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine against civilians, including rape, summary execution, and looting of civilian properties. (CNN)
      • The United States, the European Union, and NATO leaders react to emerging reports of the massacre in Bucha, accusing the Russian Armed Forces of war crimes and calling for more sanctions against Russia. (BBC News)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • One person is killed and several more are injured after a militant bombs a money exchange hub in Kabul, Afghanistan. While the Taliban says that ten people were injured, the city's emergency hospital counts an injury toll of 59. (Reuters)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Twenty-one people are killed during an ADF attack at the village of Masambo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 64th Annual Grammy Awards
  • During the ceremony, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a video appearance and delivers a pre-taped speech urging viewers to support his country during the invasion in "any way" they can. (The Hollywood Reporter) (The Washington Post)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
      • Around 25 million residents in Shanghai are ordered to undergo COVID-19 testing in an effort to contain the current COVID-19 outbreak. (South China Morning Post)

Law and crime

• 2022 Sacramento shooting
  • Six people are killed and 12 others are injured during a mass shooting at a popular nightlife area in Sacramento, California, United States. (ABC News)
• 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
  • Around ten people are injured in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a series of riots broke out following UNC's victory against Duke in the Final Four. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
  • Voters in Hungary head to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. (The Guardian)
  • Fidesz, the party of current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, wins most of the seats and retains its parliamentary supermajority, while opposition leader Péter Márki-Zay loses his home district of Hódmezővásárhely. (CNN)
• 2022 Serbian general election
  • Voters in Serbia head to the polls to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections. (DW)
  • President Aleksandar Vučić is re-elected with 60.0% of the vote, and his party Serbian Progressive Party wins the most votes in the National Assembly at 42.9% though fail to win an overall majority of seats. (Reuters)
• 2022 Costa Rican general election
  • Voters in Costa Rica head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (TSE)
  • Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica. (Reuters)
• 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
  • Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolves the National Assembly after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri refused to hold a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was widely expected to lose the motion. Khan previously accused the United States of conspiring with the opposition to remove him due to his opposition towards US foreign policy, which the US denies. (BBC News)
• 2022 Sri Lankan protests
  • The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka. (BBC News)
• Former Crown Prince of Jordan Hamzah bin Hussein announces on Twitter that he is renouncing his "Prince" title, saying that his "personal convictions" are not in line with the "modern methods of our institutions". Hamzah has been under house arrest since last March after he accused Jordanian leaders of corruption and incompetence. (BBC News)

Sports

• Homosexuality in association football
  • Qatar bans LGBT symbols at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Euronews) (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Bucha
      • U.S. President Joe Biden calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to face trials for war crimes after more images emerge of the Bucha massacre. (CNN)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that peace talks will continue despite the Bucha massacre. (BBC News)
• Kashmir conflict
  • An Indian Central Reserve Police Force officer is killed and another is wounded by militants in the Maisuma neighbourhood of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Times of India)

Business and economy

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Lithuania bans Russian IT companies from relocating to Lithuania. (LRT)
  • Germany assumes control of Gazprom Germania, Gazprom's German subsidiary, after the German economy ministry declines to approve the subsidiary's acquisition by two entities with unclear beneficiaries. (Financial Times)
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
  • Deputy PM Saadeh Al Shami says that Lebanon and its central bank are bankrupt. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• A train derails in Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing seven people and injuring 14 others. (The Punch)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
      • Lithuania lifts requirements for masks in indoor spaces, except in public transport and medical facilities, and reduces the COVID-19 isolation period to five days. (LRT)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, COVID-19 vaccination in Sweden
      • The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people over age of 65 years, as well as other adults aged 18–64 with weak immune response. (The Local Sweden)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • China reports 13,146 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since the height of the pandemic in Wuhan in February 2020. (France 24)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Lithuania–Russia relations
    • Lithuania orders the closure of the Russian consulate in Klaipėda and downgrades diplomatic ties with Russia, ordering the Russian ambassador to leave the country. (LRT)
  • France–Russia relations, Germany–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations
    • France, Germany and Latvia expel Russian diplomats in response to war crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, specifically the Bucha massacre. (Radio Free Europe) (Axios)
  • Russia–European Union relations, Iceland–Russia relations, Norway–Russia relations, Russia–Switzerland relations
    • Russia restricts diplomats, journalists, and politicians from the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein from obtaining a visa by a simplified procedure. (Kommersant) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2022 Sacramento shooting
  • The Sacramento Police Department arrests a 26-year-old man in connection to yesterday's mass shooting that left six people dead and 12 others injured. (KTVU-TV)

Science and technology

• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • Astronomers announce the discovery of K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, an exoplanet that is said to resemble Jupiter. The discovery was made using the now-retired Kepler space telescope. (ScienceAlert)
• The third part of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report is released, studying methods to mitigate climate change. (Met Office)
• Centerra Gold announces that they have reached an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to hand control of the Kumtor Gold Mine to the Kyrgyz government. (Mining.com)

Sports

• 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
  • In basketball, the Kansas Jayhawks rally from a 15-point deficit to defeat the 8th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels 72–69 in the National Championship Game. This is the 4th championship for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, and their first since 2008. (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • A Dominica-flagged vessel berthed at the port in Mariupol is hit by artillery from the Russian Navy. One person is injured, but all crew members are successfully evacuated. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Siege of Moura
      • Human Rights Watch says that the Malian military and mercenaries from the Wagner Group massacred over 300 civilians in the town of Moura during a nine-day counter-insurgency operation in March. (The Guardian) (Human Rights Watch)
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
    • Militants raid a community of nuns in Kaya, Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso, kidnapping an American. (Reuters) (Barron's)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • At least 15 people are killed and more than a dozen others are injured in an attack at a military base in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Imam Reza shrine stabbings
  • A Shia cleric is killed and two more are injured during a stabbing attack at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran. (The Washington Post)
• Ituri conflict
  • A UN peacekeeper from Nepal is killed in Djugu territory in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by suspected militia members. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Global minimum corporate tax rate
  • Poland blocks European Union's adoption of the 15% minimum corporate tax after previous holdouts have abandoned their opposition for the reform. (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornado outbreak of April 4–5, 2022
  • An ongoing tornado outbreak kills two people and produces a large tornado that hits Allendale, South Carolina, United States, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a rare tornado emergency. (The Weather Channel)
• Five people are killed and ten others are injured when a train collides with a pickup truck in Mindszent, Hungary. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
      • Chinese authorities extend the lockdown in Shanghai after more than 13,000 people test positive for COVID-19. (NBC News)

International relations

• International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Denmark–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Italy–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Portugal–Russia relations, Romania–Russia relations, Russia–Slovenia relations, Russia–Spain relations, Russia–Sweden relations
    • Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden expel over 100 Russian diplomatic staff from their countries. Latvia closes the Russian consulates in Daugavpils and Liepāja, while Estonia closes the Russian diplomatic facilities in Narva and Tartu. These actions come as a reaction to the newly revealed Bucha massacre. (Politico) (Interfax Ukraine) (TASS) (National Post) (Al Arabiya)
  • Turkey–Ukraine relations
    • Turkey moves its embassy back to Kyiv from Chernivtsi. (Anadolu Agency)

Law and crime

• War in Darfur
  • Darfur genocide
    • The trial of Ali Kushayb, one of the suspects in the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, begins at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Kushayb pleads not guilty. (Deutsche Welle)
• 2022 Peruvian protests
  • President Pedro Castillo imposes a curfew in Lima amid protests against inflation caused by rising fuel and fertiliser costs. (BBC News)
• Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation
  • The European Commission launches disciplinary proceedings against Hungary under the newly-upheld conditionality mechanism that could block funds over rule-of-law concerns if the shortcomings do not prevent misuse of EU funds. (Politico)
• 2022 Sacramento shooting
  • The Sacramento Police Department announces the arrests of two additional people, ages 27 and 31, in connection to the mass shooting on Monday that killed six people and injured 12 others. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Battle of Sievierodonetsk
        • Russian forces shell Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, setting ten high-rise buildings on fire. (The Guardian)
      • Four civilians are reported to have been killed by the Russian military in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Russia says it will end its invasion if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to conditions set during negotiations, specifically a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO by changing the Ukrainian constitution to include such a provision. Russia also says it suspended operations in Kyiv as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks. (Hindustan Times)
• Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
  • A hand grenade is thrown into the Pul-e Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least one person and injuring five others. (La Prensa Latina) (Deutsche Welle)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Three missiles land near an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. Two American security personnel are injured. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Four Europeans go missing after a diving trip off the coast of Mersing, in the Johor state of Malaysia. Authorities say that a search operation is ongoing and one person has since been rescued. (The Guardian) (ABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
      • U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo test positive for COVID-19 after attending the Gridiron Club's annual dinner in Washington, D.C.. Several other attendees also tested positive. (NBC News)

Law and crime

• A man dies after ramming his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania and setting himself on fire. (Gazeta de Cluj) (Reuters)
• Former President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré is found guilty of complicity in the murder of the country's first president, Thomas Sankara, and is sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. Compaoré has been in exile in Ivory Coast ever since resigning to the presidency following the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising. (The Guardian)
• Poland arrests two Belarusian citizens on charges of spying for Minsk. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2019–2022 Sudanese protests
  • A protester is shot dead as security forces confront anti-coup demonstrations in the state of Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters)
• The governing coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett loses its majority in the Knesset after coalition whip Idit Silman of the Yamina party defects to the opposition Likud party, raising the possibility of new elections in Israel for the fifth time in four years. (Axios)

Sports

• 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
  • It is announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from participating in the 2022 Boston Marathon due to the invasion. (Boston.com)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, reports that all hospitals in the province have been completely destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces. Russia denies the claim, accusing Ukraine of destroying their own hospitals. (CNN)
    • Mayor Borys Filatov requests that all women, children, and elderly leave the city of Dnipro in preparation for a possible Russian attack. (The Guardian)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Tel Aviv shooting
    • Three people are killed and 11 more are injured during a mass shooting at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israel. The attacker is killed during a shootout in nearby Jaffa. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
    • The United States House of Representatives votes 420–3 to pass legislation to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus following the invasion of Ukraine. Following this, the Senate also votes 100–0 to pass the legislation, sending it to President Joe Biden for approval. (San Francisco Chronicle) (Fox Business)
  • The Russian ruble goes above the pre-war level after falling as low as 150 rubles per US dollar in early March. (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• Eight people are killed and three more injured during an explosion at a bar in a military camp in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The causes of the blast are unknown. (Reuters)
• Around two million people in Puerto Rico are left without electricity after a fire occurs at one of the island's largest power plants. (The Washington Post)
• A DHL Boeing 757-200 cargo plane breaks into two parts after making an emergency landing at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica. No one is injured. (Reuters)
• At least 11 people are killed and a dozen injured in a landslide in Abriaquí municipality, Colombia. (CNN)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
    • Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Cyprus will lift their COVID-19-related travel conditions from April 18, ending rules of two years of the pandemic. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
    • Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Kazakhstan will lift their COVID-19 travel restrictions at the country's borders with Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan. (Astana Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
      • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19. (The New York Times)

International relations

• 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
  • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that Minsk should be included in negotiations aimed at ending the war. (The Moscow Times)
• International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 93 votes in favor, 24 against and 58 abstentions. Russia is the second country to be suspended from the council, after Libya in 2011 during the final year of Muammar Gaddafi's rule. (CNN)

Law and crime

• War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Former German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and former Interior Minister Gerhart Baum file a complaint with German federal prosecutors accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin, all 32 members of the Security Council of Russia, and members of the Russian Armed Forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine. (ABC News)
• An unknown assailant throws acetone and red paint at Russian Nobel Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov as he traveled on a Moscow–Samara train, injuring him. A motive for the attack is unknown, but it is suspected to be a possible reaction to Muratov's opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Peruvian protests
  • The government of Pedro Castillo announces that they have deployed the Peruvian Army to highways amid protests against inflation in the country. (Reuters)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, following a 53–47 vote by the Senate. Jackson is the first black woman to be confirmed for this position and will replace justice Stephen Breyer after he retires in the court's summer session. (The New York Times)
• President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns from office, dismisses vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar and transfers both office's powers to the newly formed eight member Presidential Leadership Council chaired by Rashad al-Alimi. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• It is announced that over 5,000 new species of previously undiscovered RNA viruses were found in ocean-living organisms and proposed to group them into five new phyla, according to a paper published in Science. (The Independent)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russia-Ukraine War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Kramatorsk railway station attack
        • A pair of Russian missiles strike a railway station in Kramatorsk, killing at least 50 people and injuring at least 87 others. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters are killed and 21 others are injured during an attack on an army base in Namissiguima, Burkina Faso. (U.S. News & World Report)

Business and economy

• The Food and Agriculture Organisation's food price index increases by 13% in March to an all-time record of 159.3 points amid fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The price of vegetable oils increases by 23% and the price of cereals increases by 17%. (Reuters)

International relations

• Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Japan–Russia relations
    • Japan expels eight Russian diplomats. (Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

• Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
  • Two defendants in the case of an apparent plot seeking to kidnap Governor of Michigan, United States, Gretchen Whitmer due to her COVID-19 policies in October 2020 are acquitted by the jury of the charges of conspiring to kidnap. The trial of the other two defendants ends in a hung jury. (NPR)
• The Russian Ministry of Justice revokes the registration of 15 foreign organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. No reason is given, but the revocations come days after HRW reported on war crimes committed by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• HD1, the farthest known galaxy, is discovered 13.5 billion light-years away from Earth. (Astronomy.com) (The Harvard Gazette) (Forbes)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine is still ready to continue peace negotiations with Russia. (RTÉ)
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Four people in Vuhledar and one person in Novomykhailivka, Marinka Raion, are killed by Russian shelling. Two people are injured. (Times of Israel)
    • Ukrainian Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk announces that President Zelenskyy has ordered a third prisoner exchange with Russia, with 12 Ukrainian soldiers and 14 civilians returning to Ukraine. (RFerl)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Tel Aviv shooting
    • Israeli soldiers raid the refugee camp in Jenin where the perpetrator of the Tel Aviv shooting lived. A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member is killed and 13 other people are injured. (Times of Israel) (Al Jazeera)
    • In retaliation for the Israeli raid, a group of around 100 Palestinian rioters vandalize Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. The gravestone and some other objects are damaged in the attack. (The Jerusalem Post) (Ynet)
• Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
  • The state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency says that Israeli airstrikes have hit the northwestern city of Masyaf. No casualties have been reported. (Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian financial crisis
  • S&P Global Ratings lowers its rating of Russian foreign obligations to "SD" (selective default) since the Russian government decided to use rubles to pay off its bondholders instead of using U.S. dollars as stipulated. However, S&P expects that Russia will still meet its other payment obligations. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Earthquakes in 2022
  • A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits the town of Pütürge in eastern Turkey. No casualties or serious damage are reported. (AP)
• European migrant crisis
  • At least 13 people are killed and 10 others are missing after two boats carrying African migrants sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. At least 19 people have been rescued. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
      • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hajj
        • The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announces that Saudi Arabia will lift their COVID-19 restrictions on the hajj and will allow 1 million people to participate in the event for the first time since 2019. (Al Arabiya)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan
      • Azerbaijani Healthcare Minister Teymur Musayev announces that Azerbaijan will develop their own domestic vaccines to combat COVID-19. (AzerNews)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
      • U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tests positive for COVID-19. (CNN)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Ukraine
  • EU High Representative Josep Borrell announces that the European Union and Italy will resume their diplomatic operations in Kyiv after temporarily relocating to Lviv. (The Hill)
• Law of "confrontation with human-rights violations and USA adventuresome and terrorist measures in the region"
  • Iran sanctions 15 Americans with ties to the Trump administration. (IRNA)

Politics and elections

• Libyan peace process
  • Libyan Army officials in Eastern Libya announce their refusal to take part in the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission, urging warlord Khalifa Haftar to cut off oil exports and transport to the Western half of the country. (Reuters)
• 2022 Pakistani political crises
  • Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government are ousted in a no-confidence vote put forward by the country's political opposition. (AP)

Sports

• 2022 Grand National
  • Noble Yeats, ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen, wins the 2022 Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse in Merseyside, England. Noble Yeats was a surpise victor at 50–1, beating the favourite Any Second Now. (The Telegraph)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kyiv offensive
      • A mass grave of Ukrainian civilians is discovered near the village of Buzova, Kyiv Oblast. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Reuters)
      • Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova says that 1,222 bodies have been discovered so far in Kyiv Oblast. (Times of Israel)
    • Northeastern Ukraine offensive
      • Two people are killed and several others are injured by Russian shelling in the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)
    • Dnipro International Airport is completely destroyed by Russian missile strikes. Five people are injured. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israel Defence Forces perform a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Two brothers of dead Palestinian militant Raad Hazem are injured. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • An Israel Border Police officer is injured in a stabbing attack at the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The attacker is killed. (Reuters)
  • A Palestinian woman is killed in a confrontation with the Israel Defence Forces in Husan. (AP)
  • A man is killed after reportedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Israeli forces in Al-Khader, Bethlehem Governorate. (Times of Israel)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • 2022 Plateau State massacre
    • Fifty people are killed and 70 others kidnapped in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• War in Darfur
  • Twelve people are killed and 10 more injured during a mass shooting at the Tangi and Bir Dagig villages in West Darfur, Sudan. (Dabanga)

International relations

• Spain–Western Sahara relations
  • The Polisario Front suspends all relations with Spain. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and ten others hospitalized in a mass shooting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. (USA Today) (KGAN)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French presidential election
  • Voters in France go to the polls to elect their next President. (The New York Times)
  • Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron wins the first round with 28.1% of the vote and will face Marine Le Pen, who has obtained 23.3% of the vote, in the second round on April 24. (elDiario.es)

Sports

• 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Rōki Sasaki's perfect game
  • Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki throws a perfect game, the first in 28 years and the 16th in NPB history, tying the existing NPB record by striking out 19 batters, and setting a new record by striking out 13 consecutive batters. (Kyodo News)
• 2022 Masters Tournament
  • American professional golfer Scottie Scheffler wins the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This win is Scheffler's first win at the tournament. (CBS Sports)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the city of Mariupol has been "completely destroyed", stating the death toll as "tens of thousands". (Washington Examiner)
      • Governor of Donetsk Oblast Pavlo Kyrylenko says that three people have been killed and eight more injured by rocket attacks in the region. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Breslov-Hasidic Israelis are shot in Nablus after they attempted to enter through an unmanned checkpoint in order to pray at Joseph's Tomb. Fire damage is discovered inside several chambers of the tomb and is attributed to Palestinian rioters who were throwing stones at the tomb two days prior. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC News)
  • Five people are injured when their car is stoned in East Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
  • A Palestinian militant is shot dead after throwing an incendiary device at Israeli security forces in the West Bank. (CTV News)

Business and economy

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • In response to the S&P's lowering of Russian foreign debt rating to "SD" (selective default), Finance Minister Anton Siluanov tells pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia that the government is preparing to sue in order to force the investors to accept their payments. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • At least 25 people are killed during floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Megi in the Philippines. (Reuters)
• Trikut cable car accident
  • At least three people are killed at the Trikut hills ropeway in Deoghar district, Jharkhand, India. (NDTV)
• 6 people, including 3 children, have been killed and 5 injured in a gas leak explosion in an apartment block in Moscow, Russia. (Radio Free Europe)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia
        • Philadelphia reinstates their indoor mask mandate amid an increase in the number of cases in the city, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. The mandate will take effect on April 18. (ABC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
      • Shanghai eases their lockdown in several areas of the city. (Bloomberg.com)
• In Chile, Santiago governor Claudio Orrego announces that the national capital will ration water for the first time in its history, as the country enters its 13th year of drought. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in the United Kingdom
  • Murder of David Amess
    • Islamic State supporter Ali Harbi Ali is convicted of the murder of British Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess. Ali is also convicted of preparing acts of terrorism. (BBC News)
• British Conservative MP for Wakefield Imran Ahmad Khan is convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis
  • Over 100 Pakistani lawmakers resign in protest of the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • The European Union suspends some of its military activities in Mali due to the alleged involvement of Russian private military companies in the conflict, especially during the Siege of Moura in March. (Reuters)
  • Five soldiers are killed and several others are injured after a landmine planted by Islamic extremists explodes in Northern Pendjari National Park, Benin. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • U.S. President Joe Biden calls the Russian war in Ukraine a "genocide". (AP)
• 2022 New York City Subway attack
  • Seventeen people are injured during a mass shooting and smoke bomb attack at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. The attacker is at large. (BBC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A police officer is stabbed and injured by a Palestinian militant in Ashkelon, Southern Israel. The attacker is shot dead. (The Guardian)
• Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • Armed Fulani herdsmen kill 23 people in Benue State, Nigeria. (Channels TV)
• Western Sahara conflict
  • Algerian authorities accuse Morocco of attacking an Algerian vehicle convoy on Sunday. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two officers and two Tehrik-i-Taliban militants are killed in an ambush in North Waziristan, a district of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods
  • Major flooding in South Africa, mainly in the city of Durban, kills at least 435 people and leaves many others missing. (BBC News)

• An explosion at an Amal Movement scout camp in Sidon, Lebanon, kills one person and injures seven others. According to the National News Agency the incident occurred due to an accident in a Hamas weapon depot. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland China
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
        • Shanghai eases its COVID-19-related restrictions for some 4.8 million residents amid concerns that lockdown restrictions would harm the economy. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan reports 551 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day figure of new cases this year. (Focus Taiwan)

International relations

• Cameroon–Russia relations
  • Jeune Afrique reveals that the defence ministers of Russia and Cameroon sign a new military cooperation agreement, renewing a similar agreement signed in 2015. (Jeune Afrique)

Law and crime

• COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  • Partygate
    • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are fined for breaching the COVID-19 lockdown rules in the country. (The Guardian)
• Abortion in the United States
  • Abortion in Oklahoma
    • Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signs a law criminalising abortion in the state, with the exception of cases when the mother's health is in danger. According to the law, anyone performing an abortion could face a fine of up to $100,000 and up to 10 years in prison, although the woman undergoing the abortion would not be penalised. (AP) (The Washington Post)
• Russian fake news laws
  • A Colombian citizen is arrested in Russia on charges of "spreading false information" about the Russian Armed Forces on social media. This is the first known case of a foreign national facing possible prosecution under Russia's new "fake news" law. (The Moscow Times)
• Chilean Constitutional Convention
  • The Chilean Constitutional Convention approves defining the country as a "Social State" in the new fundamental law, a fact that various constituents and experts interpret as a turning point in the country's history. (eldiario.es)
• Law of Indonesia
  • Law on Elimination of Sexual Violence
    • Indonesia's parliament passed a bill outlawing sexual abuse and forced marriage. (CNN)

Sports

• 2021–22 North American winter
  • April 2022 North American storm complex, 2021–22 NHL season
    • The National Hockey League announces that the upcoming Winnipeg Jets game against the Seattle Kraken, originally scheduled for April 13, has been postponed to May 1 as a winter storm sweeps through the southern area of Manitoba. (ESPN)
• 2022 Major League Baseball season
  • In baseball, San Francisco Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken becomes the first woman to coach on the field during a Major League Baseball regular season game during the team's matchup against the San Diego Padres. (ABC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • The Russian defence ministry claims that around 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered to Russia. Ukraine makes no comment. (Rferl)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • The United States says that it is sending an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, as well as heavy weapons, including artillery systems, artillery rounds, armored personnel carriers, Mi-17 helicopters transferred from Afghanistan, 300 Switchblade drones and unmanned surface vehicles for coastal defence. (Reuters)
      • Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov says U.S. and NATO vehicles transporting weapons on Ukrainian territory are "legal military targets". (Reuters)
    • Northeastern Ukraine offensive
      • Governor of Kharkiv Oblast Oleh Synyehubov says that seven people have been killed and 22 others have been injured in the oblast during the past 24 hours. (The Jerusalem Post)
    • Kyiv offensive
      • The Russian defence ministry says it will begin to target Ukrainian "decision-makers", including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and command centres in the capital Kyiv if Ukrainian forces continue to attack Russian territory. (NDTV)
    • Presidents Andrzej Duda of Poland, Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania, Egils Levits of Latvia, and Alar Karis of Estonia arrive in Kyiv and meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP)
    • The Ukrainian military says that it has struck the Russian Navy's cruiser Moskva with Neptune anti-ship missiles hours after the warship was reported to be on fire in the Black Sea. (FCB News) (NDTV)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israel Defense Forces raid the city of Nablus in the West Bank, killing one person and injuring 31 others. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • South Africa says that it is extending its participation in a multinational counter-insurgent coalition in Mozambique. (AP)
• Nigerian bandit conflict, Boko Haram insurgency
  • Nigeria says it has uncovered an alliance between bandit gangs and the Islamist Boko Haram group. (AP)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • Four gendarmes and seven border police are killed in a series of attacks by jihadist militants. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2022
  • 2022 New Mexico wildfires
    • Two people are killed and 200 homes are reportedly damaged during the McBride Fire in Ruidoso, New Mexico. (The New York Times) (NMDPS)
• 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods
  • The death toll from the floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, during the last five days increases to 300. (BBC News)
• Earthquakes in 2022
  • A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain. (Canberra Times)
• Ten people are killed and 14 others are injured when a truck crashes into a tourist bus in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. (ABC News)
• Eighteen people are killed when a truck carrying 29 people flips over in Indonesia's West Papua province. (Reuters)
• Twenty-eight people are dead after a boat capsizes in Sokoto State, Nigeria. (pulse NG) (PeaceFM)
• Six people are dead and 13 more injured during a fire at a pharmaceutical factory in Andhra Pradesh, India. (Independent)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • The U.S. CDC and TSA announce that they have extended the mask mandate for public transportation until May 3. (The Washington Post) (The Hill)
    • U.S. Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra announces that the Biden administration has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency for 90 days. The state of emergency was expected to expire on April 16. (Roll Call)
• Abortion in the United States
  • Abortion in Kentucky
    • A bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation (styled on Mississippi's bill) and restricting its access to minors comes into force after the legislature overrides Governor Andy Beshear's veto. (WFPL)

International relations

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • The British government and Rwanda agree on a deal to relocate illegal migrants who arrive on boats in the United Kingdom to processing centres in Rwanda. (BBC News)
• Enlargement of NATO
  • Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin says Finland will decide on NATO membership within "weeks", after Russia warned the country against joining the Western military alliance. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2022 New York City Subway attack
  • The suspect in yesterday's mass shooting and smoke bomb attack at the New York City Subway that injured 23 people is arrested following a tip from bystanders. (BBC News)
• Disney announces that it shut down Club Penguin Rewritten, which was seen as a successor to the defunct Club Penguin, over concerns of copyright infringement. Assets are seized by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. Three people are arrested in London, United Kingdom on suspicion of distributing materials infringing copyright. (Dexerto)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks
      • Russian authorities say that they have temporarily evacuated the entire populations of two villages after Ukrainian forces allegedly shelled the Russian settlement of Spodaryushino in Belgorod Oblast. (Times of Israel)
      • Russia says that two Ukrainian helicopters "carried out at least six air strikes on residential buildings in the village of Klimovo" in Bryansk Oblast, injuring seven people. Ukraine denies the accusations, saying that Russians shot the villages themselves as part of a plan to "whip up anti-Ukrainian hysteria". (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Reuters)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Turkey is still working on organizing a potential meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (APA.az)
    • The Russian defence ministry confirms that the Russian Navy flagship cruiser Moskva sank in the Black Sea after an explosion and fire onboard. Ukraine claims to have hit the warship with Neptune anti-ship missiles. (TASS) (RIA)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Seven Pakistani soldiers are killed in an ambush by alleged members of the TTP in a border area of North Waziristan District. (Al Jazeera)
• At least 42 people are killed during attacks by Arab militiamen in the disputed area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan. (The Paradise)

Business and economy

• Egypt–India relations
  • Egypt's Minister of Agriculture El Sayed El Quseir announces that India has approved Egyptian imports of wheat due to the shortage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Egypt Online)
• Kazakhstan, at the same time, announced it would introduce quotas for wheat and flour exports. Russia will maintain its export ban on wheat, rye, barley and maize until 30 June in order to stabilise its domestic market. (RFE/RL)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
  • Storm Megi
    • The death toll from the floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Megi in the Philippines increases to 115. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
        • Shanghai reports a record 2,573 symptomatic cases and 25,146 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. (NBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Hong Kong authorities announce that they will ease some of their strict social distancing measures beginning on April 21, including lifting the ban on private gatherings of more than two households, extending dine-in service at restaurants to 10 p.m., and allowing the reopening of most premises, as the number of COVID-19 cases declines. (The Straits Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 testing in the United States
        • The U.S. FDA announces that they have approved the first test to detect COVID-19 through breathing. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
      • COVID-19 drug development
        • Health Canada authorizes the use of the AstraZeneca's antibody-based therapy Evushield for immunocompromised patients aged above 12 years. (CBC)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency grants the first European approval of the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine for people aged between 18 to 50 years. (BBC News)
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency also approves the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people aged between 6 to 11 years. (Reuters)
  • The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpasses 500 million. (Al-Arabiya English)

International relations

• Iran begins nuclear centrifuge production in Natanz, Isfahan province. (MSN)

Law and crime

• 2022 New York City Subway attack
  • Frank James, the suspect of Tuesday's subway attack, is held without bail in a federal court. (MSN)
• Abortion in the United States
  • Abortion in Florida
    • Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy in most cases, a reduction from the current 24 weeks. Barring legal challenges, the bill is expected to enter into effect on July 1. (Politico)

Politics and elections

• Politics in Singapore
  • Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has been selected as leader of the fourth generation (4G) leadership of the People's Action Party (PAP), paving the way for him to become the next Prime Minister of Singapore. (TODAY)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia launches major missile strikes on Kyiv, saying that the strikes are in retaliation for the April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming
    • More than 150 Palestinians and three Israeli police officers are injured after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip protest the storming. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
  • A man is injured during a stabbing attack in Haifa, Israel. Police say that the stabbing was likely motivated by political reasons. (Times of Israel)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan
    • At least 39 people are killed in several Pakistani airstrikes in border areas of Afghanistan's Khost and Kunar provinces, allegedly targeting TTP members. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • Karen conflict
    • An attempt by the Burmese army to take control of Lay Kay Kaw, a Karen National Union-controlled town, fails. (Radio Free Asia)
• South Thailand insurgency
  • Two bombings in Thailand by the Ethnic Malay Patani United Liberation Organisation kill one civilian and injure three police officers. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Moody's announces that it will declare Russia in default on May 4, at the end of the grace period, if Russia services the foreign dollar-denominated bonds that it paid on April 4 in rubles rather than in US dollars, as mandated by the terms of the obligations. (Reuters)
• The South Korean government approves a plan to join the CPTPP. (The Korea Times)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 35 people are killed and 71 others are injured when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering crashes in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. (Al Jazeera)
• A migrant vessel crashes off the coast of Sabratha, Libya, killing at least 6 people and leaving 29 others presumed dead. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum announces that South Korea will lift their COVID-19 social distancing requirements beginning on April 18. The mask mandate, however, will remain in place. (Korea Herald)

Science and technology

• Censorship in Russia
  • Russia blocks Radio France Internationale and the Russian edition of The Moscow Times. (Reuters)
• Gasteranthus extinctus, an orange wild flower that is a member of the Gesneriaceae family, is rediscovered in Ecuador after being considered extinct for 36 years. The study of the flower's rediscovery is published by the journal PhytoKeys and the Field Museum in Chicago. (CNET)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Northeastern Ukraine offensive
      • Battle of Kharkiv
        • Russian missile strikes hit Kharkiv, killing one person. (Reuters)
        • A restaurant operated by the World Central Kitchen is confirmed to be destroyed by the missile strike. (The Hill)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • It is reported that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has visited Kyiv in an effort to revive peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. (Bloomberg.com)
    • The Russian Air Force launches airstrikes on Kyiv. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and six others injured after an oil tanker explodes east of Hong Kong. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • Russia's foreign ministry bans Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, and 11 other British senior politicians from entering Russia. (BBC News)
• Japan's Ministry of Defense reports that it scrambled fighters to intercept foreign military aircraft 1,004 times in 2021, in 722 of these cases the foreign aircraft were from the People's Republic of China. (The Diplomat)

Law and crime

• 2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown
  • President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announces that 12,169 gang members have been arrested since the state of emergency began on March 27. (Europa Press)
• Columbiana Centre shooting
  • A mass shooting at a shopping mall near Columbia, South Carolina, United States, injures 12 people. (The Guardian)
• Riots between Hindus and Muslims during a Hanuman Jayanti ceremony in Delhi, India, leave several people injured. (Reuters)
• Rioting in Sweden continues for a second day after the far-right Hard Line party led by Rasmus Paludan organized a Quran burning event in Landskrona. (AP)

Science and technology

• Chinese space program
  • Chinese astronauts Ye Guangfu, Wang Yaping and Zhai Zhigang of the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft land successfully in Inner Mongolia after spending 183 days in space. During the spaceflight, Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2022 USFL season
  • In American football, the United States Football League kicks off their inaugural season with the Birmingham Stallions defeating the New Jersey Generals 28–24, marking the return of the USFL for the first time since the 1985 season. (CBS Sports)
• Lotte Championship
  • South Korean professional golfer Kim Hyo-joo wins the 2022 LPGA Lotte Championship. (France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Siege of Mariupol
      • The Russian Armed Forces give an ultimatum to the last remaining holdout of Ukrainian troops and "foreign fighters" at the Azovstal iron and steel works plant in Mariupol to surrender. Defenders of the Azov Sea port ignore the ultimatum. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
    • 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
      • For the first time since the invasion began, more Ukrainians entered Ukraine from Poland than left, according to the Polish Border Guard. (BBC News)
    • Six people are killed by Russian missile strikes on Lviv. (Independent)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • More than 70 Islamic State – West Africa Province militants are killed during airstrikes by Niger and Nigeria at the border between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• American conspiracy theorist website InfoWars files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to mounting legal fees from lawsuits over its spread of conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (NPR)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • The government withdraws its ban on foreign cruise ships. (South China Morning Post)

International relations

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea says that it tested a new weapon to boost their tactical nuclear capabilities. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and 13 more injured in a mass shooting at a party in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
• Myanmar's military junta pardons 1,619 prisoners in an annual tradition. However, no political prisoners were pardoned. (France 24)
• Around 70 Extinction Rebellion members, including canoeist Etienne Stott and sailor Laura Baldwin, are detained after gluing themselves to a Shell oil tanker truck near the Marble Arch at Hyde Park in London, UK. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Citizen Lab's research reveals at least 65 pro-independence Catalan figures - including Pere Aragonès and Carles Puigdemont - have been targeted using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Rōki Sasaki's perfect game
  • Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki is taken out after throwing 102 pitches and eight perfect innings to end his attempt for a second consecutive perfect game, one week after completing his first one. (MLB.com)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Russian troops capture the city of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast. Local authorities say that four refugees have been shot dead trying to escape the city. (Ukrinform) (Reuters)
    • The Russian defence ministry says that its forces have destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities, including five command posts, a fuel depot and three ammunition warehouses in "mass strikes" overnight. Russia also says that it shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29s and one Su-25. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Lock
    • Turkey launches a series of airstrikes on PKK targets in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Palestinians are seriously injured after being shot by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces say that the Palestinians were attacking Israeli troops. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• A jeep returning from a wedding crashes into another vehicle in Amethi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing six people and injuring four more. (Hindustan Times)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Prime Minister Mario Draghi tests positive for COVID-19. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
        • Scotland lifts their law mandating face coverings in shops, restaurants and public transport. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
      • U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida voids the Biden administration's mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation. Most U.S. airlines including Alaska Airlines and United Airlines subsequently end their mask mandates due to the ruling. (AP) (Bloomberg)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • South Korea ends their COVID-19 restrictions two years after they were imposed. However, the mask mandate will remain in place. (Yonhap)

International relations

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Kherson
      • Igor Kastyukevich is appointed the de facto mayor of Kherson, the only Ukrainian Oblast capital captured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Euromaidan Press)
• Solomon Islands–United States relations
  • United States officials plan to travel to Solomon Islands due to concerns that the country is making a security pact with China. The U.S. fears the proposed agreement could lead to Chinese troops being deployed to Solomon Islands. (Reuters)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • The Houthi movement signs an agreement to stop using child soldiers. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Battle of Donbas
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Ukraine says that Russian forces have begun an anticipated military offensive in the Donbas with explosions reported in multiple cities. (BBC News) (Reuters)
    • War in Donbas
      • A civilian is killed and several others are injured by an explosion in Kramatorsk. (Times of Israel)
    • Nuclear threats during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Amidst American allegations that Russia may use nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that the country will not use them and will continue using conventional weapons. (Newsweek)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Iron Dome intercepts a Hamas missile fired into Israel's Southern District from the Gaza Strip. (Times of Israel)
  • Israel fires missiles at a Hamas weapon depot in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack. No injuries are reported. (Reuters)
  • At least 40 Palestinians are injured after the IDF fires tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians protesting a march held by right-wing settlers near the former settlement of Homesh. (Al Jazeera)
• 2022 Kabul school bombing
  • At least six people are killed and many others are injured by a school bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• 2022 Sri Lankan protests
  • One person is killed and 14 others injured after police fire live bullets at protesters in Rambukkana. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A tractor collides with a military vehicle in South Darfur, Sudan, killing five people. (Radio Dabanga)

International relations

• International reactions to the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian foreign ministry expels 21 Belgian diplomats, 15 Dutch diplomats and 4 Austrian diplomats as a reciprocal measure. (The Moscow Times) (Anadolu Agency)
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Greece seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas/Lana off the island of Euboea as part of European Union economic sanctions on Russia. The ship had 19 crew members on board, according to the Ministry of Shipping. (Reuters)
• Iran–Israel relations, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi warns Israel that Iran will respond to any hostile action taken against it. (DW) (Al Jazeera)
• China–Solomon Islands relations
  • The foreign ministers of the People's Republic of China and Solomon Islands sign a security pact. (Al Jazeera)
• Cameroon–Russia relations
  • Jeune Afrique reports that on 12 April the defence ministers of Russia and Cameroon signed a new military cooperation agreement, renewing a similar agreement signed in 2015. (Jeune Afrique)

Politics and elections

• 2022 East Timorese presidential election
  • The East Timorese people head to the polls for the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• The United States says it will ban anti-satellite missile tests. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak says in a tweet that Ukraine is ready to hold a special round of negotiations in Mariupol in an effort "To save our guys, Azov (battalion), military, civilians, children, the living and the wounded". (Reuters)
        • A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor is confirmed to have died on April 4, making her the second Holocaust survivor to be killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BBC News)
      • Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych claims that Ukraine is blocking an attempted Russian advance on Sloviansk. (Reuters)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • The Pentagon announces that Ukraine has received fighter aircraft and aircraft parts to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. However, the number of aircraft sent or their origin are not disclosed. (Euractiv)
• Kashmir conflict
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
    • A Railway Protection Force officer is killed and another is injured in an attack in Kakapora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (NDTV)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israel Defence Forces launches airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a previous rocket attack launched from Gaza. (AP)
  • Marches organized by ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Arab neighbourhood in the old city of Jerusalem are interrupted by Israeli police, leading to skirmishes between protesters and police. (EFE via eldiario.es)
• Colombian conflict
  • Six soldiers are killed and five others are injured in a bombing in north-western Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Clan del Golfo is suspected to be behind the attack. (BBC News)
• Oromo conflict
  • At least 20 people are killed and another 50 injured in clashes in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (BBC News)
• Six people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (AP)
• One person is killed and four others are injured when an IED blast hits a bus in Bursa, Marmara, Turkey. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and seven others remain trapped after a coal mine explosion in the Pniówek Coal Mine in Poland. (Reuters)
• Twenty people are killed and at least one other is injured when a minibus collides with a vehicle in Bauchi State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• A small plane crashes into a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing six people. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
        • New Delhi reinstates mandatory face mask wearing due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Indian capital. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office announces that mandatory indoor mask-wearing will be lifted for the second time on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval from the Knesset Health Committee. However, mask wearing will still be mandatory in high-risk locations and by those who are in quarantine. (The Times of Israel)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan reports a record 2,386 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, all locally transmitted, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 40,186. (Focus Taiwan)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Norway
      • The Norwegian Institute of Public Health announces that it has begun giving people over the age of 80 a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (ABC News)

International relations

• Panama–United States relations
  • The United States signs an agreement with Panama to help stop undocumented immigration. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Judge Paul Golspring of the Westminster Magistrates' Court refers to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to sign an extradition order to the United States for Julian Assange in relation to WikiLeaks concerning human rights abuses in the Guantanamo detention camp and the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan. (eldiario.es)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and three others are seriously injured after being hit in a hit and run incident in Cachar district, Assam, India. (Hindustan Times)
• An Iraqi Shia hacker group named the Altahrea Team launches major cyberattacks against numerous Israeli websites in retaliation for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (Ynet News)
• 528 Rohingya refugees flee an immigration detention centre in Penang State, Malaysia, following a riot inside the building. Six people are killed after colliding with motorcyclists while crossing a road. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2022 East Timorese presidential election
  • Former president José Ramos-Horta defeats incumbent president Francisco Guterres to become the next President of East Timor. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Vladimir Putin tells his troops not to storm the Azovstal iron and steel works building in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, calling that plan "impractical" and instead ordering a blockade of the area. (The Guardian)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
      • Thirty-one people are killed and 87 others are injured in a bombing at a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the bombing. (Yahoo! News) (Reuters)
  • Four people are killed and 18 others are injured during a bombing in Kunduz targeting the 217 Omari Corps. (Tolo News)
  • Four Taliban members are killed and another is injured when their vehicle is hit by a roadside bomb in Nangarhar Province. (BBC News)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school. (The Premium Times) (The Toronto Star)

Business and economy

• The legislature for the U.S. state of Florida votes to strip Walt Disney World of its ability to self-govern by dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, in apparent retaliation for Disney's actions during and following the passage of HB 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. (CNBC) (Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed after a fire occurs at a defence research institute in Tver, Russia. (Reuters)

International relations

• Iran–Israel relations
  • Iran arrests three alleged Israeli Mossad spies in Sistan and Baluchestan province, claiming that the spies are part of recent sensitive data leaks. (AP)
• India–Maldives relations
  • Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih issues a presidential decree outlawing protests against India, claiming it is causing national instability and putting the security of Indian diplomats at risk. (Indian Express)

Law and crime

• Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges. (The Washington Post)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian occupation of Kherson
      • Russian Major general Rustam Minnekayev says that the goal of the military operation is now to seize territory in Southern Ukraine in order to create a land corridor from Crimea to Ukraine's border with Transnistria, a pro-Russian unrecognized breakaway state that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
    • 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
      • Ukraine says that it will not allow residents to evacuate Mariupol today over concerns that the route is too dangerous. (Times of Israel)
    • The mayor of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast is charged with treason by Ukrainian authorities for accepting aid from Russian occupation forces. The mayor is believed to have fled to Russia with his family. (Newsweek)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing
    • At least 33 people are killed and 43 others are injured by a bombing at a Sufi mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (BBC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • At least 57 Palestinians are injured after Israeli police fire stun grenades and rubber bullets at a crowd of worshipers within the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem, in response to stones and fireworks being thrown at Jewish worshipers. (Reuters)
  • Two rockets are launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip. One rocket lands in Sha'ar HaNegev and the other falls into the Beit Hanoun area, injuring one person. (Times of Israel)
• Kashmir conflict
  • A soldier and six rebels are killed in fighting in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Four members of the security forces are injured. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • Pescatore Seafood Restaurant bombing
    • Six people are killed and seven others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide bomber at a restaurant on Lido Beach, Mogadishu. (BBC News)
• Kivu conflict, Ituri conflict
  • The East African Community agree to set up a regional military force in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in an attempt to end the conflicts there. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade bans the import of iPhones. (Tasnim)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina earthquake
  • One person is killed and 14 others are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Las Vegas Sun)
• One person is killed and two others are injured after a transport plane crashes in Zaporizhzhia (region), Ukraine. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia
        • Philadelphia lifts their mask mandate days after reinstating it. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
      • Public health restrictions are eased in New South Wales and Victoria. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
      • Authorities in Shanghai announce that they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the city. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Samoa
    • Samoa reports five community spread COVID-19 cases on Manono Island, which had been free of the virus until now. (RNZ)

International relations

• Japan–Russia relations
  • Japan and Russia sign an agreement on fishing quotas after a month of negotiations. The two countries agree on Japan's quota of 2,050 tons of salmon and trout within Russia's exclusive economic zone, which is the same level as last year, while Japan agrees to pay fees of between 200–300 million yen to Russia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
  • German authorities formally identify a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of a British three-year-old girl in Portugal. (CNN)
• France issues an international arrest warrant for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. (DW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 bombing of Odesa
      • Infrastructure in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odesa is hit by airstrikes, killing at least five people, including a baby, and injuring 18 others, according to the local authorities. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
    • The Investigative Committee of Russia announces that they are investigating allegations by RIA Novosti that troops from the British SAS have been deployed to Western Ukraine. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• War in Darfur, Darfur genocide
  • Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid on Thursday and Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur. (AP)
• 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict, Kivu conflict
  • Kenya says that the East African Community plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Unknown gunmen from Afghanistan storm a Pakistani military outpost near the border in Pakistan’s North Waziristan District, killing three soldiers. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Imo/Rivers explosion
  • Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Ohaji/Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• European migrant crisis
  • At least 17 migrants are killed after four boats sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed and 98 more are rescued after an explosion at the Gaisky ore mine in Orenburg, Russia. (Reuters)
• Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. (Reuters)
• Four people are dead and six more are missing after an accident in a coal mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. (Reuters)
• One person dies and 40 people are rescued after a boat sinks in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters)

International relations

• Russia–Turkey relations
  • Turkey closes its airspace to Russian Armed Forces flights to Syria, as well as civilian aircraft that are suspected of carrying Russian troops. (The Jerusalem Post)

Politics and elections

• Thousands of Argentinian farmers protest against President Alberto Fernández's new export taxes on farm goods, which protesters say is a "rope that is being used to choke us". The farmers used tractors to block the road leading to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2022 Major League Baseball season
  • In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21–0, the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history since 1901. (CBS News) (Chicago Sun Times)
• Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
  • Tyson Fury retains the WBC world heavyweight title after defeating Dillian Whyte via technical knockout in round 6 in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, London, a post-war British record. Post-match, Fury suggests that he may now retire from professional boxing. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian authorities claim that a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
    • Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
    • The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of Switzerland's neutrality. (Reuters)
    • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrive in Ukraine and meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In the highest-level American visit in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy is informed of the approved new military assistance for Ukraine. (CBS News)
    • The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran is a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Six soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured after attacks on three military bases in Mopti and Ségou regions, Mali. (Voice of America)
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
    • Jihadist attacks on military posts in Soum Province, Burkina Faso, kill nine soldiers and six civilians, and injure around 30 others. (Reuters)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
    • It is reported that family members of the ruling military junta in the city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting intensifies between soldiers and insurgents. (MyanmarNews)
• War in Darfur
  • At least 168 people are killed and 98 others injured during a three-day clash between Arabs and non-Arabs in West Darfur, Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Crime in Honduras
  • Honduran President Xiomara Castro declares a state of emergency in the Colón Department following the death of three policemen in an ambush in Trujillo. The announced objective is to apprehend the perpetrators. (elDiario.es)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French presidential election
  • The second round of the French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen takes place. (CNN)
  • Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron winning the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. Macron becomes the first incumbent President to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father. (France 24) (NBC News)
  • Le Pen concedes defeat to Macron, ensuring him a second term. However, she says that the results are nonetheless a significant improvement from the previous election and therefore a victory for her party. (Sky News) (BBC News)
• 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
  • Slovenes head to the polls to elect members of their Parliament. (Xinhua News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
  • Exit polls show Robert Golob's green Freedom Movement winning 35.8% of the vote over incumbent Prime Minister Janez Janša's right-wing populist Slovenian Democratic Party. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks
      • Two large fires occur at an oil refinery and a military depot in Bryansk, Russia. (The Guardian)
    • Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
      • Kherson mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev announces that Russian forces have taken control of the Kherson City Council. (Ukrinform)
    • According to Ukraine, Russian missile strikes hit numerous train stations across Ukraine. (The Guardian)
    • A person is killed after Russia bombs the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrinform)
    • Regional authorities say that five people have been killed by airstrikes on Zhmerynka and Koziatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast. (Reuters)
• Transnistria conflict
  • 2022 Transnistria attacks
    • The office of the Transnistrian Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol is attacked with grenade launchers. There is damage reported to the building, but there are no reports of casualties. (Reuters)
• List of rocket attacks from Lebanon on Israel
  • A rocket is fired from Lebanon into Matzuva, Israel. Israel responds by firing at targets in Lebanon. (Times of Israel)

Arts and culture

• A limestone statue of the Canaanite goddess Anat from 2,500 BC is found in the Gaza Strip. (ABC News)

Business and economy

• Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk
  • Elon Musk reaches an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. (The Verge)

Disasters and accidents

• A landslide has left at least 2 dead and 9 injured in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing
      • Authorities in Beijing begin COVID-19 testing for millions of residents after a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 drug development
      • The U.S. FDA formally approves the Gilead Sciences drug Remdesivir, commonly known as Veklury, for young children with COVID-19. (MarketWatch)

International relations

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Germany–Russia relations
      • Russia's foreign ministry expels 40 German diplomatic staff in a retaliatory move after Germany expelled the same number of Russian diplomats. (Reuters)
• Former Iranian MP Ali Motahari says the Iranian nuclear program initially aimed for a secret nuclear weapon and nuclear deterrence. (Iran International)

Law and crime

• Crime in London
  • 2022 Bermondsey stabbing
    • Four people are killed during a mass stabbing at a house in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • The United Kingdom's Armed Forces Secretary James Heappey says that Ukraine can strike targets inside Russia with British weapons, saying that it is "completely legitimate" in order to disrupt attacks on Ukraine. (The Guardian)
      • The Russian Defence Ministry accuses the UK of "provoking Ukraine" into attacking Russian territory, and warns of a "proportional response" should any attacks occur. (BBC News)
      • Germany announces the delivery of 50 ex-Bundeswehr Gepard anti-air tanks to Ukraine, the first heavy weaponry supplied by Germany since the start of the invasion. (Reuters)
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • UN Secretary-General António Guterres visits Moscow in order to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before the meeting, Guterres calls for a ceasefire to end the war. (The Hindu)
      • President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine are continuing ceasefire talks online. (Reuters)
    • A Russian missile strike destroys a strategic bridge across the Dniester Estuary in Odesa Oblast, according to Ukrainian authorities. (AP)
    • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that weapons supplied to Ukraine "will be a legitimate target for Russia's military" and further stating "storage facilities in western Ukraine have been targeted". Lavrov also stated that "NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy. War means war." (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)
• Transnistria conflict
  • 2022 Transnistria attacks
    • Moldova's Supreme Security Council convenes an emergency meeting after yesterday's attacks in the breakaway Transnistria. President Maia Sandu says that the attacks were aimed at "destabilising the situation in the region", and also says that the military will improve combat readiness and increase patrols on the border with Transnistria. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2022 University of Karachi bombing
    • Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver are killed and four others are injured when a Balochistan Liberation Army suicide bomber blows herself up near their van in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Gunmen open fire at a police station in Karimama, Benin, killing one officer and wounding several more. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Russia in the European energy sector
  • 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
    • Gazprom announces that it will stop delivering natural gas to Poland via the Yamal–Europe pipeline and to Bulgaria as both countries rejected Russia's demand to pay for the fossil fuel supply in Russian rubles. Poland does not expect to experience disruptions from the suspension of natural gas deliveries. However, the suspension of Russian gas deliveries to Bulgaria "poses a serious challenge to the security of supply to the country" as Bulgaria is almost completely dependent on Russian gas. (Deutsche Welle) (Rzeczpospolita) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• European migrant crisis
  • A person is killed and 24 are missing after a migrant vessel crashes off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
      • Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19. (CNBC)

Law and crime

• Veshkayma kindergarten shooting
  • A staff member and two children are killed, and another staff member is injured in a shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. The gunman later kills himself. (Reuters)
• Twenty Islamic worshippers are killed during riots in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters) (France 24)

Science and technology

• In the morning, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus are seen aligning with each other. (Space.com)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia–United Kingdom relations
      • In a statement, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says that "Russia can strike military targets on the territory of those NATO countries that supply arms to the Kiev regime" and "As far as I understand, Britain is one of those countries." (Mirror) (iNews)
      • British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab says that Russian threats to target Britain are "unlawful" and are only adding to the "pariah status" of Vladimir Putin's regime. (Sky News)
      • UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss states that Russian forces must be pushed out of "the whole of Ukraine" including territory Russia captured eight years ago, in what the BBC describes as "the clearest statement yet of Britain's war aims". (BBC News)
    • Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
      • The Ukrainian Air Force strikes the Kherson TV Tower with a missile temporarily forcing Russian television off-air in the occupied Kherson Oblast. (Canadian Press via Yahoo News)
    • Russia says that it has struck 59 Ukrainian weapon facilities during the night, including a depot in Zaporizhzhia Oblast which is being used to store weapons from the United States and Europe. (Reuters)
    • Russia says that its air defences have shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Kursk Oblast, while several explosions and a fire at an ammunition depot are reported in Belgorod Oblast. Ukraine describes the explosions in Russia as "payback" and "karma" for Moscow's invasion. (Reuters)
• Transnistria conflict
  • 2022 Transnistria attacks, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Transnistrian authorities say that several UAVs originating from the direction of Ukraine have been spotted near the Cobasna ammunition depot. However, this claim cannot be independently verified. (RFE/RL)
• Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • Four Syrian soldiers are killed during airstrikes in Damascus launched by Israel at an Iranian-linked ammunition depot. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • An armed Palestinian teenager is killed and three more are injured as Israeli soldiers raid a refugee camp in Jenin in an operation to arrest suspects involved in prior terror attacks in Israel. Fifteen others are arrested during raids in other parts of the West Bank. (Al Jazeera) (Ynetnews)

Arts and culture

• Decommunization in Ukraine
  • The 27-foot Soviet-era bronze statue under the People's Friendship Arch in Kyiv, representing Russian–Ukrainian friendship, is removed by order of Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. (NDTV)
• Prince Andrew, Duke of York is stripped of his Freedom of the City of York following an unanimous vote by city councillors. The council also calls on the Prince to relinquish his title as Duke of York. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Russia in the European energy sector
  • 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
    • Gazprom announces that it has "completely suspended gas supplies" to the gas companies of Poland and Bulgaria "due to [the] absence of payments in roubles". Bulgaria, Poland, and the European Union condemn the suspension. (Reuters) (Reuters)
    • The suspension of gas to Poland and Bulgaria causes natural gas prices to increase and also causes the Russian ruble to reach a 2 year high against the Euro in Moscow trade. (Reuters) (Reuters) (Natural Gas Intelligence)
• The European Commission proposes lifting all tariffs for Ukrainian produce not covered by the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement for one year, while easing trade conditions for other goods. The temporary suspension will need to be approved by the European Parliament and the member states. (Reuters)
• The Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender, after its legislature unanimously approved the law. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2020–22 North American drought
  • The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, servicing most of Greater Los Angeles, declares a water shortage emergency and requires agencies to enforce restrictions on non-essential water usage as of June 1. This comes amid a drought which worsened as the 2021–22 California winter season was the driest on record. (AP)
• A chariot in a Hindu religious procession strikes an overhead power line leading to several electrocutions and a fire resulting in eleven deaths and over a dozen injuries in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed in a traffic collision in Armstrong County, Texas. (Newschannel10)

International relations

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Russia–United Kingdom relations
      • Russia imposes sanctions on 287 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in response to sanctions on members of its State Duma. Senior cabinet ministers and House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle are among those sanctioned. (BBC News)
  • Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia announces its withdrawal from the World Tourism Organization ahead of a vote on its suspension from the UN specialized agency. (RFE/RL)
• Russia–United States relations
  • American Marine Trevor Reed and Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko are freed in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed in a mass shooting in Biloxi, Mississippi. The shooter is later killed in a standoff with police. (ABC News)
• The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency at Las Bambas copper mine after a week of camping by indigenous people. The government suspends civil liberties, including the right of assembly and protest. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
    • Oleksandr Kobets is appointed as the de facto mayor of the city of Kherson, which has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2. (Ukrinform)

Science and technology

• 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The World Meteorological Organization announces that Hurricane Ida will be retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after causing $75 billion in damage in the U.S. and killing 55 people in Louisiana, making Ida the 12th hurricane beginning with the letter I to do so. Ida will be replaced by Imani for the 2027 season. (AP) (WeatherNation TV)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Transnistria conflict
  • 2022 Transnistria attacks
    • Bulgaria calls on its citizens to leave Moldova immediately by "any available means of transport" due to the "complicating situation" in the country, and warns against any travel there. (Sofia Globe)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Two major explosions hit Kyiv after Russia conducts missile strikes during a high-level visit to the city by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. At least ten civilians are injured and a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist is killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
• Syrian civil war
  • Abu Khashab shooting
    • Seven people are killed and four more are injured inside the home of a former Syrian Democratic Forces official in Abu Khashab, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, during the Ramadan iftar. The Islamic State is suspected to be behind the attack. (AP)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Nine people are killed and 13 others are injured after two bombs explode on a pair of Shia-majority buses in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. (Reuters)
• Mapuche conflict
  • Twelve trucks are set on fire in the Araucanía Region of Chile, most likely by Mapuche protesters. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A bridge collapses in Loay, Bohol, Philippines, killing four people and injuring 23 others. (ABC News)
• Two possibly intentional explosions are heard in southern Belgorod, Russia. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • Moderna requests emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in babies, toddlers, and young children. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

• 2022 Bermondsey stabbing
  • Joshua Jacques, who is suspected of committing a mass stabbing in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom, on Monday, is charged with four counts of murder. (The Guardian)
• Georgia becomes the ninth U.S. state to ban the teaching of critical race theory in schools. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Dritan Abazović is elected by the Parliament of Montenegro as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Zdravko Krivokapić, who was ousted by a motion of censure on 4 February. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• A small meteor travelling at an estimated 55,000 mph (88,514 km/h) explodes above western Mississippi, United States, causing several sonic booms. (NBC News)

Sports

• 2022 NFL Draft
  • In American football, the NFL Draft is held in Las Vegas, with the Jacksonville Jaguars selecting former Georgia Bulldogs defensive end Travon Walker with the first overall-pick. (ESPN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming
    • Forty-two Palestinians are injured as the Israeli police storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in response to crowds within the mosque throwing rocks and fireworks in the direction of Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall. (Al Jazeera) (Ynetnews)
  • An Israeli security guard in the Ariel settlement is shot dead in what is suspected to be a militant attack. (Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • April 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
    • Ten people are killed and 15 others are injured when a mosque is bombed in Kabul, Afghanistan. (National Post)
• Central African Republic Civil War
  • Six soldiers and four Coalition of Patriots for Change rebels are killed during a shootout at a military outpost in Bakouma, Central African Republic. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    • The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Russia surpasses 800,000. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • The South Korean government announces that it will lift outdoor mask mandate from May 2 due to decrease of the number of COVID-19 cases, despite criticism from the incoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration regarding the mandate. (France 24)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
    • Taiwan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 11,517 new COVID-19 cases. (Focus Taiwan)
• 2022 Indian heat wave
  • India's weather department issues a severe heat wave warning as temperatures rapidly increase across the country. (BBC News)

International relations

• 2022 G20 Bali summit
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation to the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also invited to the summit. (FirstPost)

Law and crime

• The premier of the British Virgin Islands, Andrew Fahie, is arrested for alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in the United States. (BBC News)
• British MP Neil Parish is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after two MPs allegedly claimed that Parish was watching pornography in the House of Commons. (The Guardian)
• A high court in Malawi convicts five people of killing an albino man and seven more people of selling the man's body parts. The body parts are desired by some local residents, who believe that they can bring luck and wealth. (Voice of America)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
      • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that sanctions must be lifted as part of the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. (Reuters)
    • April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks
      • Governor of Kursk Oblast Roman Starovoyt says that shells have been launched at a border checkpoint from the direction of Ukraine. (Reuters)
    • Around 20 civilians have left the steel plant, a deputy commander of the Azov Battalion says. (The Times of Israel)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • At least one person is killed and three others injured when a van explodes in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• Sinai insurgency
  • A natural gas pipeline is blown up in Bir al-Abd, North Sinai, Egypt, by suspected jihadist militants. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• A plane carrying four people crashes in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada, killing everyone on board. (CBC)
• A tornado strikes Andover, Kansas, United States, inflicting heavy damage. As part of the same weather system, three storm chasers are killed in a car accident due to aquaplaning. (BBC News) (USA Today)
• Five people are rescued and dozens of others remain trapped after a building collapses in Changsha, China. (BBC News)
• A tricycle falls into a man-made channel in Itay El Barud, Egypt. Eight children die and four people are rescued. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • It is announced that Beijing residents must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter public spaces as part of a major tightening of restrictions in the Chinese capital. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan reports a record for the third consecutive day of 15,419 new COVID-19 cases. (Focus Taiwan)

International relations

• Israel–Palestine relations, Israeli–Palestinian peace process
  • Hamas warns that, if another attempt to storm the al-Aqsa Mosque is made by Israel, war could break out. (France 24)

Sports

• 2021–22 La Liga
  • In association football, Real Madrid wins a record 35th La Liga title, following a 4–0 victory over Espanyol. Manager Carlo Ancelotti becomes the first manager to win titles in all of Europe's top five leagues. (ABS-CBN News)