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A severe earthquake strikes near Hualien City, Taiwan (damage

pictured).
In Syria, an Israeli airstrike kills 16 people at the Iranian consulate in
Damascus, including brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
A bus falls from a bridge in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45 people.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore collapses after
being hit by a container ship. Damage in Hualien City
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected President of Senegal.
Ongoing: Haitian crisis · Israel–Hamas war · Myanmar civil war · Red Sea crisis · Russian
invasion of Ukraine (timeline)
Recent deaths: Larry Lucchino · Bill Delahunt · Juan Vicente Pérez · Les Twentyman · Vontae
Davis · Hans Joachim Meyer

Time: 09:14 UTC | Day: 6 April

April 6, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks April 2024

Russian invasion of Ukraine S M T W T F S

Kharkiv strikes 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A Russian drone strike
on Kharkiv, Ukraine kills 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
six civilians and injures 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
10 others. At least nine
high-rise buildings are 28 29 30
badly damaged, as well
as a petrol station.
(Reuters) (https://www.r Ongoing events [hide]
euters.com/world/europ
e/two-dead-new-russian-
Disasters
strike-kharkiv-injures-se
ven-regional-governor-2
Gaza humanitarian crisis
024-04-06/)
H5N1 outbreak
Politics and elections Haitian crisis
Iceland volcanic eruptions
2024 Slovak presidential
election Sudanese humanitarian crisis
Sudanese refugee crisis

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Slovaks vote in the second United States opioid epidemic

round for president between
Ivan Korčok and Peter
Pellegrini. (France 24) (http Economics
s://www.france24.com/en/eu
rope/20240406-slovakia-hol Argentine monetary crisis
ds-second-round-of-preside Chinese property sector crisis
ntial-election-amid-deep-divi Pakistani economic crisis
sions-over-ukraine-war)
South African energy crisis
Sri Lankan economic crisis
April 5, 2024 (Friday) Turkish economic crisis
Armed conflicts and attacks United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
Video game industry layoffs
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia strikes Politics
At least three people are
Nigerien crisis
killed and at least 13
others are injured in a South China Sea territorial disputes
Russian double-tap Texas border and immigration enforcement efforts
missile strike in United States presidential impeachment efforts
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
(The Kyiv Independent)
(https://kyivindependent. Protests and strikes
com/update-russian-atta
cks-on-zaporizhzhia-kill- Cuban protests
3-injure-13/) (Reuters) (h Israel–Hamas war protests
ttps://www.reuters.com/
United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes
world/europe/russia-fires
-five-missiles-ukraines-z
aporizhzhia-three-peopl Elections and referendums [hide]
e-killed-2024-04-05/)
Attacks in Russia during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine Recent

Ukraine's SBU claims to March

have destroyed six
Russian military aircraft 23: Slovakia, President (1st round)
and heavily damaged
24: Senegal, President
eight others in a drone
attack on Morozovsk Air 27: Malta, President (indirect)
Base in Rostov Oblast,
Russia. (Reuters) (http April
s://www.reuters.com/wor
ld/europe/ukraine-stage 2: Pakistan, Senate (indirect)
d-major-attack-russias- 4: Kuwait, National Assembly
morozovsk-military-air-b
ase-kyiv-source-says-20
24-04-05/) (NOS) (http Upcoming
s://nos.nl/artikel/251566
2-russische-gevechtsvlie 6: Slovakia, President (2nd round)

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gtuigen-vernietigd-na-dr 10: South Korea, National Assembly

oneaanval-oekraine) 17: Croatia, Parliament
Business and economy 17: Solomon Islands, National Parliament
19: India, Lok Sabha (1st phase)
Zimbabwe launches a new
currency, Zimbabwe Gold,
backed on gold reserves and Trials [hide]
foreign currencies amid
depreciation of its current
currency. (AP) (https://apnews.c Recently concluded
om/article/zimbabwe-new-curre
ncy-inflation-us-dollar-06a6562 United States: Juan Orlando Hernández
60462d9651112e394e125c5e6)
Disasters and accidents Ongoing

2024 New Jersey earthquake Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
strikes northwestern New Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
Jersey, causing tremors Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
throughout the East Coast ICC: Ali Kushayb
of the United States. (ABC
News) (https://abc6onyoursi
de.com/news/nation-world/5 Upcoming
5-magnitude-earthquake-hit
s-new-york-city-area-north-p United States: Donald Trump (NY)
lainfield-philadelphia-new-yo
rk-city-nyc-baltimore-washin
gton-long-island) Sports [hide]

International relations Association football

Belarus–NATO relations 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Belarusian president 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
Alexander Lukashenko 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
announces that Belarus will 2023–24 Premier League
suspend its participation in 2023–24 La Liga
the Treaty on Conventional
2023–24 Serie A
Armed Forces in Europe.
(AP) (https://apnews.com/ar 2023–24 Bundesliga
ticle/belarus-to-suspend-con 2023–24 Ligue 1
ventional-forces-treaty-c79a 2024 Copa Libertadores
8481e455f654f270268d4f7c 2024 Copa Sudamericana
dc03)
2024 Major League Soccer season
Ecuador–Mexico relations
2023–24 Women's Super League
Mexico cuts diplomatic
relations with Ecuador on Baseball
claims of breech of the
Vienna Convention on 2024 MLB season
Diplomatic Relations by
entering its embassy without Basketball
authorization. Ecuadoran
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forces had arrested Jorge

Glas on corruption charges 2023–24 NBA season
at the Mexican mission. (the 2023–24 EuroLeague
Guardian) (https://www.theg 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's tournament
uardian.com/world/2024/ap 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's tournament
r/06/mexico-suspends-diplo
matic-ties-with-ecuador-afte International cricket
r-police-raid-embassy)
Politics and elections 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship
2024 IPL season
The Venezuelan government
announces that it will give safe Golf
passage to Argentina to six
aides of opposition leader 2024 PGA Tour
María Corina Machado who are 2024 European Tour
taking refuge in the Argentine 2024 LPGA Tour
embassy in Caracas. (Reuters)
(https://www.reuters.com/world/ Ice hockey
americas/venezuela-allow-safe-
passage-argentina-machado-ai 2023–24 NHL season
des-sources-2024-04-05/)
2023–24 PWHL season

April 4, 2024 (Thursday) Motorsport

Armed conflicts and attacks 2024 Formula One World Championship

2024 MotoGP World Championship
Russian invasion of Ukraine
2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Kharkiv strikes 2024 IndyCar Series
Russia launches
Rugby union
multiple Shahed drone
strikes on Kharkiv,
2023–24 United Rugby Championship
Ukraine, killing at least
five people, including
Tennis
three rescue workers,
and injuring five others.
2024 ATP Tour
(Reuters) (https://www.r
euters.com/world/europ 2024 WTA Tour
e/three-rescue-workers-
killed-russian-drone-atta Other sports seasons
ck-ukraines-kharkiv-offici
als-say-2024-04-03/) 2023–24 curling season
Russian-installed officials 2023–24 snooker season
say that Ukrainian shelling More details – current sports events
has killed two civilians and
injured nine others in
Donetsk. Separately, four Recent deaths [hide]
people are killed in drone
attacks in Russian-occupied
Kherson Oblast. (Reuters) April / March
(https://www.reuters.com/wo
rld/europe/russian-installed- 4: Lynne Reid Banks 4: Thomas Gumbleton
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officials-say-six-civilians-kill 3: Pat Zachry 2: Christopher Durang

ed-ukrainian-attacks-2024-0 2: John Barth 2: Juan Vicente Pérez
4-04/)
2: Maryse Condé 2: John Sinclair
U.S Secretary of State
Antony Blinken says that 2: Larry Lucchino 1: Joe Flaherty
Ukraine will eventually 1: Sami Michael 1: Ed Piskor
become a NATO member. 1: Lou Conter 1: Vontae Davis
(Reuters) (https://www.reute 1: Mohammad Reza 31: Barbara Rush
rs.com/world/europe/us-secr Zahedi
etary-state-blinken-says-ukr 30: Chance Perdomo 30: Mark Spiro
aine-will-be-nato-member-2
024-04-04/) 29: Gerry Conway 29: Louis Gossett Jr.
28: Larry Lloyd 27: Joe Lieberman
Sistan and Baluchestan
insurgency 27: Daniel Kahneman 26: Richard Serra
25: Paula Weinstein 24: Péter Eötvös
Eleven security forces,
including five Revolutionary 24: Imogen Stuart 23: Peter Angelos
Guards, are killed in Sistan 23: Linda Bean 23: Brigitte García
and Baluchestan, Iran, 23: Eli Noyes 23: Maurizio Pollini
during an attack against the 22: Laurent de Brunhoff 21: Markus Jooste
Revolutionary Guards' 21: Frédéric Mitterrand 20: Vernor Vinge
headquarters by members
of Jaish ul-Adl. Sixteen 19: M. Emmet Walsh 18: Rose Dugdale
militants are killed in the 18: Konstantin Koltsov 18: Chris Simon
ensuing shootout. (Reuters) 18: Thomas P. Stafford 17: Cola Boyy
(https://www.reuters.com/wo 17: Steve Harley 16: David Seidler
rld/middle-east/militants-kill-
5-iranian-security-officers-so 15: Joe Camp 14: David Breashears
utheast-state-media-says-2 14: Angela McCluskey 14: Frans de Waal
024-04-04/) 13: Marcello Gandini 13: Philippe de Gaulle
Syrian civil war 12: Bill Plummer 11: Paul Alexander
11: Charlie Bird 11: Eric Carmen
Former Al-Nusra Front emir
Abu Maria al-Qahtani is 11: Dorie Ladner 11: Lichelle Marie Laws
assassinated in a suicide 11: Malachy McCourt 11: David Mixner
bombing in Sarmada, Idlib
Governorate, Syria. The
Islamic State are accused of Ongoing conflicts [hide]
being behind the attack,
which also injured several
others at his house. Global
(Reuters) (https://www.reute
War against the Islamic State
rs.com/world/middle-east/to
p-iraqi-jihadist-killed-suicide-
bombing-northwest-syria-20
Africa
24-04-05/)
Business and economy Cameroon

99 Cents Only Stores Anglophone Crisis

announces an orderly wind-
down, closing all of its 371 Central African Republic
stores in the United States
beginning April 5. (Newsweek) Civil war

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(https://www.newsweek.com/99 Democratic Republic of the Congo

-cents-only-stores-close-4-state
s-1887194) Kivu conflict
Disasters and accidents
Ethiopia
Shipping lanes and airspace in
the Great Belt strait in Denmark Amhara conflict
are closed for several hours
after a missile launcher Mozambique
malfunctions on the frigate
Niels Juel. (NOS) (https://nos.n Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
l/artikel/2515458-belangrijke-de
ense-zeestraat-weer-open-na-p Nigeria
roblemen-met-raket-op-marines
chip) (CNN) (https://www.cnn.c Boko Haram insurgency
om/2024/04/04/europe/denmar
k-shipping-strait-missile-launch Sahel insurgency
er-intl/index.html) Mali War Burkina Faso Niger
Health and environment
Somalia
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
Civil war
Scientists from the
Federation University Sudan
Australia report that
thousands of Adélie Civil war
penguins have been found
dead in Antarctica amid an
increase in bird flu cases Americas
among wild bird
populations. (Reuters) (http Colombia
s://www.reuters.com/busine
ss/healthcare-pharmaceutic Colombian conflict
als/scientists-investigate-tho
usands-dead-antarctic-peng Ecuador
uins-bird-flu-2024-04-04/)
Bird flu spreads to cattle Ecuadorian conflict
herds in at least six U.S.
states, while a dairy farm Mexico
worker is infected in Texas,
becoming the second Mexican drug war
person to ever become
infected with the virus in the
Asia−Pacific
United States. (Bloomberg)
(https://www.bloomberg.co Afghanistan
m/opinion/articles/2024-04-0
4/bird-flu-in-cows-and-a-hu
Islamic State–Taliban conflict
man-worries-scientists-time-
for-vigilance) Republican insurgency

Law and crime India

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
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Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the Indonesia

Speaker of the National
Assembly of South Africa, is Papua conflict
arrested and charged with
corruption one day after Myanmar
resigning from office. (VOA) (htt
ps://www.voanews.com/a/south Civil war
-african-parliament-speaker-resi
gns-charged-with-corruption/75 Pakistan
56627.html)
A man stabs the Governor of Insurgency in Balochistan
Murmansk Oblast Andrey Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Chibis at a meeting in Apatity,
Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The Philippines
attacker is arrested by police.
(Reuters) (https://www.reuters.c NPA rebellion
om/world/europe/man-stabs-go
vernor-russias-murmansk-regio
n-with-knife-2024-04-04/) Europe
Politics and elections Russia and Ukraine
2024 Maltese presidential Russian invasion of Ukraine
election
Myriam Spiteri Debono is
sworn in as President of Middle East
Malta, succeeding George
Vella and becoming the third Iraqi conflict
woman to hold the office.
(Times of Malta) (https://tim Islamic State insurgency
esofmalta.com/article/watch
-myriam-spiteri-debono-arriv Israel–Hamas war
es-sworn-11th-president-ma
lta.1090397) Regional spillover

Science and technology Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Red Sea crisis
Researchers at the Dark
Energy Spectroscopic Syrian civil war
Instrument in Arizona, United
States, release the largest 3D Iran–Israel conflict
map of the universe featuring Turkish intervention
more than six million galaxies.
Using this map, researchers are U.S.−led intervention
able to measure the
acceleration of the expansion Turkey
rate of the universe with
unprecedented accuracy, PKK insurgency
detecting hints that the rate of
expansion has been increasing Yemeni civil war
over time. (The Guardian) (http
s://www.theguardian.com/scien Saudi−led intervention
ce/2024/apr/04/biggest-ever-3d
See also – List of ongoing proxy wars
-map-universe-dark-energy-dat
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a-scientists) (Berkeley Lab) (htt
ps://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/0
4/04/desi-first-results-make-mo
st-precise-measurement-of-exp
anding-universe/)
April 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine lowers the age of
conscription from 27 years
to 25. (The Guardian) (http
s://www.theguardian.com/w
orld/2024/apr/03/ukraine-mil
itary-draft-age-law) (The
New York Times) (https://w
ww.nytimes.com/2024/04/0
3/world/europe/zelensky-ukr
aine-military-draft-age.html)
Business and economy
The United States Army Corps
of Engineers begins dredging
the San Juan Bay in Puerto
Rico to open space for a new
natural gas terminal that is
expected to add $400 million to
the local economy. (ABC News)
(https://abcnews.go.com/amp/In
ternational/wireStory/dredging-p
uerto-ricos-biggest-port-begins-
environmentalists-warn-108807
361)
Disasters and accidents
2024 Hualien earthquake
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake
strikes off the coast of
Taiwan, prompting tsunami
warnings for Okinawa
Prefecture, Japan. A large
section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses
into the ocean. Nine people
are killed in Taiwan,
including four by rockfalls,
with more than 930 others
injured. (AP) (https://apnew
s.com/article/taiwan-earthqu
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The Philippines says that it
will respond to any Chinese
attempts to interfere with its
Establishments and disestablishments categories
resupply of troops in the
South China Sea. (Reuters) Establishments · Disestablishments
(https://www.reuters.com/wo
rld/asia-pacific/philippines-s
ays-it-is-committed-maintain Works and introductions categories
ing-position-second-thomas- Works · Introductions · Works entering the public domain
shoal-2024-04-03/)
Cross-Strait relations
The National Defense
Ministry of Taiwan says that
more than 30 Chinese PLA
Air Force warplanes have
entered Taiwanese airspace
and that at least nine PLA
Navy warships have been
detected around Taiwan.
The ROC Armed Forces are
deployed in response to the
violation. (Times Now
News) (https://www.timesno
wnews.com/world/asia/over-
30-chinese-warplanes-9-nav
y-vessels-around-taiwan-rep
ort-article-108989298)
Law and crime

LGBT rights in Uganda

Uganda's Constitutional
Court upholds the Anti-
Homosexuality Act, 2023,
which prescribes the death
penalty for certain
homosexual acts. (South
China Morning Post) (http
s://www.scmp.com/news/wo
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rld/africa/article/3257708/ug
anda-top-court-declines-blo
ck-controversial-anti-gay-la
w-sees-some-rights-infringe
d?module=Africa&pgtype=s
ection)
Politics and elections

Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is

appointed as the next Governor
General of Australia and will
succeed David Hurley on 1 July.
(Canberra Times) (https://www.
canberratimes.com.au/story/85
78505/sam-mostyn-named-as-a
ustralias-28th-governor-genera
l/)

April 2, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Attacks in Russia during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine launches
airstrikes more than
1,000 kilometres
(620 mi) inside Russia,
targeting an oil refinery
and the dormitory of a
factory producing
Iranian-designed
Shahed drones in
Yelabuga, Tatarstan.
Several people are
injured. (The Guardian)
(https://www.theguardia
n.com/world/2024/apr/0
2/ukrainian-drone-attack
s-russia-tatarstan-oil-refi
nery-factory) (Al
Jazeera) (https://www.alj
azeera.com/program/ne
wsfeed/2024/4/2/drone-s
trikes-dormitory-in-russia
s-tatarstan)
Dnipro strikes
Eighteen people,
including five children,

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are injured in a Russian

missile strike in Dnipro,
Ukraine. (Reuters) (http
s://www.reuters.com/wor
ld/europe/russian-missil
e-damages-educational-
facility-ukraines-dnipro-g
overnor-says-2024-04-0
2/)
Iran–Israel conflict during the
Syrian civil war
2024 Israeli bombing of the
Iranian embassy in
Damascus
Iran's Supreme National
Security Council says
that it has decided on a
response to the Israeli
attack on its diplomatic
facilities in Damascus,
Syria, which killed
several high-ranking
members of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard
Corps. (The Guardian)
(https://www.theguardia
n.com/world/2024/apr/0
2/iran-response-israeli-st
rike-damascus-consulat
e)
Ethnic violence in South Sudan
Armed youths belonging to
the Murle people attack a
village in Greater Pibor
Administrative Area, South
Sudan, killing 12 people and
injuring 10 others, with 15
children reported missing.
Most of the victims were
elderly residents. (Reuters)
(https://www.reuters.com/wo
rld/africa/least-12-killed-15-c
hildren-missing-south-sudan
-attack-2024-04-02/)
Disasters and accidents

Gayrettepe nightclub fire

Twenty-nine people are
killed and eight others are
injured in a fire at a
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nightclub under renovation

in Istanbul, Turkey.
(Reuters) (https://www.reute
rs.com/world/middle-east/fir
e-istanbul-nightclub-kills-15-
people-mayor-says-2024-04
-02/)
Law and crime

2024 Mexican general election

A mayoral candidate is
assassinated in Celaya,
Guanajuato, ahead of
Mexico's upcoming general
election. (CNN) (https://editi
on.cnn.com/2024/04/02/am
ericas/bertha-gisela-gaytan-
assassinated-mexico-intl-lat
am)
Viertola school shooting
A student is killed and two
others are injured in a
shooting at a school in
Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland. A
12-year-old student is
detained. (AP) (https://apne
ws.com/article/finland-schoo
l-shooting-helsinki-viertola-8
f2e89a87bbea73f554f946ca
0b785af) (Yle) (https://yle.fi/
a/74-20081687)
Business and economy

General Electric finalizes split

into 3 independent companies:
GE Aerospace, GE Vernova
and GE HealthCare. (Reuters)
(https://www.reuters.com/marke
ts/us/ge-completes-three-way-s
plit-breaking-off-its-storied-past-
2024-04-02/).

April 1, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
World Central Kitchen drone
strikes

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Seven volunteers from

the World Central
Kitchen, including six
British, Polish, Australian
and Palestinian
nationals and a dual
American-Canadian
citizen, are killed in an
Israeli airstrike south of
Deir el-Balah. (Al
Jazeera) (https://www.alj
azeera.com/economy/20
24/4/2/australias-pm-de
mands-full-accountability
-over-death-of-gaza-aid-
worker)
The Islamic Resistance in
Iraq launches three drones
at Eilat, Southern Israel,
damaging a building. No
injuries are reported. (The
Times of Israel) (https://ww
w.timesofisrael.com/liveblo
g%20entry/army-says-buildi
ng-damaged-in-eilat-drone-
attack-apparently-launched-
from-iraq/)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–
Israel conflict during the Syrian
civil war
2024 Israeli bombing of the
Iranian embassy in
Damascus
An Israeli airstrike
targeting the Iranian
embassy in Damascus,
Syria, kills eight
members of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard
Corps, including Iranian
brigadier general
Mohammad Reza
Zahedi. (Reuters) (http
s://www.reuters.com/wor
ld/middle-east/building-cl
ose-iranian-embassy-hit-
syria-iranian-media-repo
rt-2024-04-01/) (SOHR)
(https://www.syriahr.co
m/%d8%a8%d9%87%d
8%ac%d9%88%d9%85-
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Disasters and accidents

Authorities in Amur Oblast,

Russia, end the rescue
operations for 13 workers who
were trapped in a deep gold
mine since March 18, and
declare the workers dead. (ABC
News) (https://abcnews.go.co
m/International/wireStory/russia
n-officials-end-efforts-reach-13-
workers-collapsed-108704288)
International relations

North Korea fires a ballistic

missile into the Sea of Japan
near South Korean territory.
(AP) (https://apnews.com/articl
e/north-korea-ballistic-missile-ki
m-jong-un-fdce94520f3ccb53b0
47f99d3df031bf)
Law and crime

Censorship in Israel
The Israeli government says
that it will ban Al Jazeera
from broadcasting in its
territory. (BBC News) (http
s://www.bbc.com/news/worl
d-middle-east-68708984)
Politics and elections

Politics of San Marino

Milena Gasperoni and
Alessandro Rossi are sworn
in as the new Captains
Regent of San Marino. (San
Marino RTV) (https://sanmar
inortv.sm/news/politica-c2/al
essandro-rossi-e-milena-ga
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i-reggenti-a256710)

March 31, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2024 Ecuadorian conflict

Eight people are killed and
at least ten others are
injured by armed gangs in
Guayaquil, Ecuador. (NOS)
(https://nos.nl/artikel/251490
3-zeker-dertien-mensen-doo
dgeschoten-door-gewapend
e-bendes-in-ecuador)
Haitian crisis
Canada deploys 70
members of its armed
forces to Jamaica to train
peacekeepers for a future
intervention in Haiti. (CBC
News) (https://www.cbc.ca/n
ews/caf-members-deploy-ja
maica-haiti-mission-1.71598
85)
Russian President Vladimir
Putin signs a decree for a larger
than normal spring conscription
campaign, calling up 150,000
citizens for military service.
(CNBC) (https://www.cnbc.com/
2024/03/31/russias-putin-signs-
decree-on-spring-military-consc
ription.html) (Reuters) (https://w
ww.reuters.com/world/europe/ru
ssias-putin-signs-decree-spring
-military-conscription-2024-03-3
1/)
Business and economy

The New York Times reports

that private records for millions
of AT&T customers have been
affected by a data breach and
leaked onto the dark web. (The
New York Times) (https://www.n
ytimes.com/2024/03/30/busines
s/att-passcodes-reset-data-brea
ch.html/)

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Disasters and accidents

2024 France floods

The town of Montmorillon in
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is hit by
severe flooding following
heavy rains. (Sky News) (htt
ps://news.sky.com/video/he
avy-rainfall-causes-severe-fl
ooding-in-french-town-1310
5255)
An ongoing severe drought in
southern Africa causes around
20 million people to experience
hunger. (AP) (https://apnews.co
m/article/southern-africa-drough
t-hunger-food-climate-2ef702ab
c386f7182dbc5f8f4192be3c)
(The Independent) (https://ww
w.independent.co.uk/news/worl
d/europe/zimbabwe-ap-south-af
rica-world-food-programme-mal
awi-b2521184.html)
Law and crime

In the largest heist in city

history, $30 million is stolen
from a GardaWorld money
storage facility in Sylmar, Los
Angeles, California, United
States. (Los Angeles Times) (ht
tps://www.latimes.com/californi
a/story/2024-04-03/sylmar-burgl
ary-money-storage-facility-30-m
illion) (KABC-TV) (https://abc7.c
om/la-heist-millions-stolen-from
-money-storage-facility-sylmar-
easter-sunday/14614219/)
(CNN) (https://www.cnn.com/20
24/04/04/us/la-bank-heist-mone
y-storage-facility/index.html)
Politics and elections

2024 Turkish local elections

2024 Istanbul mayoral
election
Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-
elected as mayor of
Istanbul. (The New York
Times) (https://www.nyti

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mes.com/2024/03/31/wo
rld/middleeast/istanbul-
mayor-race-turkey.html)
Voters in Turkey go to the
polls for their local elections.
(France 24) (https://www.fra
nce24.com/en/asia-pacific/2
0240331-all-eyes-on-istanb
ul-as-turkey-goes-to-local-p
olls-in-test-of-erdogan-s-pop
ularity)
Visa policy of the Schengen
Area
Bulgaria and Romania
partially join the Schengen
Area, allowing travel by air
and sea without border
checks, Austria vetoed
travel by land without border
checks over fears that non-
EU citizens could get easier
access to the European
Union. (France 24) (https://
www.france24.com/en/euro
pe/20240331-bulgaria-roma
nia-partially-join-european-u
nion-visa-free-schengen-zo
ne-austria-migrants-land-se
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