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Total eclipse path
- A total solar eclipse (path shown) is visible across North America.
- In NCAA Division I basketball, the South Carolina Gamecocks win the women's championship.
- A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near Hualien City, Taiwan.
- 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.
April 9, 2024 (Tuesday)
April 8, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Chasiv Yar
- Heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops occurs around the city of Chasiv Yar, with Ukraine describing the situation as "difficult" and "tense". (Al Jazeera)
- Shelling kills three civilians in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (Al Jazeera)
- Battle of Chasiv Yar
- War in Sudan
- Humanitarian impact of the war in Sudan
- Khartoum, Sudan, reports 384 cases of dengue fever which are attributed to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. (Al Taghyeer)
- Over 100 civilians in South Kordofan, Sudan, are killed after allies of the Rapid Support Forces launch attacks in villages across the state. (Dabanga Sudan)
- Humanitarian impact of the war in Sudan
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Mozambique boat disaster
- A ferry travelling from Lunga in Mossuril District to the Island of Mozambique capsizes off the coast of Nampula Province, Mozambique, killing at least 94 people and leaving 26 others missing. (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
- Millions of people across North America witness a total solar eclipse for the first time since 2017. It will be the last solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until 2044. (FOX Weather)
April 7, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Israel withdraws all ground forces from the southern Gaza Strip, including Khan Yunis, leaving just one IDF brigade, the 933rd Nahal Brigade, remaining in the enclave. (Times of Israel)
- Siege of Khan Yunis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- The IAEA reports that Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 6 was targeted by a drone strike, although nuclear safety has not been compromised, according to the statement. (IAEA)
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- War in Sudan
- Battle of Khartoum
- A Rapid Support Forces attack kills 28 civilians and injures 240 more in the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan. (Daily Sabah) (Voice of America)
- Battle of Khartoum
Politics and elections
- 2024 Polish local elections
- Polish opposition party Law and Justice comes first in local elections while the ruling coalition retains a majority of the votes. (Politico) (Reuters)
April 6, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kills eight civilians and injures ten others. At least nine high-rise buildings and a petrol station are badly damaged. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Myanmar civil war, Karen conflict
- The Karen National Union captures the town of Myawaddy in Kayin State as hundreds of junta troops surrender and hand over their weapons to rebel forces. (BBC News)
- Syrian civil war
- Seven children are killed and two more injured by a roadside bomb in Daraa Governorate, Syria. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Central Asian floods
- 2024 Orsk Dam collapse
- Around 2,500 houses are flooded and at least four people are killed after the Orsk dam in Orenburg, Russia, bursts due to maintenance errors following heavy rainfall. Around 47,000 people in Russia and Kazakhstan are evacuated. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev calls it one of the "worst natural disasters in the past 80 years". (The Independent) (Het Laatse Nieuws) (Tass)
- 2024 Orsk Dam collapse
International relations
- 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
- Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador. (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- Mass shootings in the United States
- 2024 Doral shooting
- Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Doral, Florida, United States. (Reuters) (WFOR-TV)
- 2024 Doral shooting
Politics and elections
- 2024 Slovak presidential election
- Slovaks vote in the second round of the presidential election between Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini. Peter Pellegrini wins with over 53% of the vote. (France 24) (BBC News)
Sports
- 2023–24 Copa del Rey
- In association football, Athletic Bilbao win their first major trophy in 40 years after defeating Mallorca in the Copa del Rey final. (The Guardian)
April 5, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Doctors Without Borders office in Pokrovsk is completely destroyed by a Russian missile strike. Five civilians are injured in the attack. (The Guardian)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine's SBU claims to have destroyed six Russian military aircraft and heavily damaged eight others in a drone attack on Morozovsk Air Base in Rostov Oblast. (Reuters) (NOS)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes
- At least three people are killed and at least 13 others are injured in a Russian double-tap missile strike in Zaporizhzhia. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- Zimbabwe launches a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, backed on gold reserves and foreign currencies amid depreciation of its current currency. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 New Jersey earthquake
- A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northwestern New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the East Coast of the United States. (ABC News)
International relations
- Ecuador–Mexico relations
- 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
- After local police arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas at its embassy in Quito in violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Mexico suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador. (The Guardian)
- 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
- Armenia–European Union relations
- Armenia and the European Union agree a landmark deal to support the Armenian economy over the next four years following high-level talks in Brussels. The €270m support package is designed to help Armenia become less dependent on Russia. (Politico)
- Belarus–NATO relations
- President Alexander Lukashenko announces that Belarus will suspend its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Argentina–Venezuela relations
- The Venezuelan government announces that it will give safe passage to Argentina to six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who are taking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas. (Reuters)
April 4, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russia launches multiple Shahed drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing at least five people, including three rescue workers, and injuring five others. (Reuters)
- Russian appointed officials claim that Ukrainian shelling has killed two civilians and injured nine others in Donetsk. Separately, four people are killed in drone attacks in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. (Reuters)
- U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Ukraine will eventually become a NATO member. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Eleven security forces, including five Revolutionary Guards, are killed in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, during an attack against the Revolutionary Guards' headquarters by members of Jaish ul-Adl. Sixteen militants are killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war
- Former Al-Nusra Front emir Abu Maria al-Qahtani is assassinated in a suicide bombing in Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria. The Islamic State are accused of being behind the attack, which also injured several others at his house. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 99 Cents Only Stores announces an orderly wind-down, closing all of its 371 stores in the United States beginning April 5. (Newsweek)
Disasters and accidents
- Shipping lanes and airspace in the Great Belt strait in Denmark are closed for several hours after a missile launcher malfunctions on the frigate Niels Juel. (NOS) (CNN)
- Fourteen people are killed in a collision between a bus and a truck in Bolivia. (AFP via Barron's)
Health and environment
- 2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak
- Scientists from the Federation University Australia report that thousands of Adélie penguins have been found dead in Antarctica amid an increase in bird flu cases among wild bird populations. (Reuters)
- Bird flu spreads to cattle herds in at least six U.S. states, while a dairy farm worker is infected in Texas, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. (Bloomberg)
Law and crime
- Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from office. (VOA)
- A man stabs the Governor of Murmansk Oblast Andrey Chibis at a meeting in Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The attacker is arrested by police. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Maltese presidential election
- Myriam Spiteri Debono is sworn in as President of Malta, succeeding George Vella and becoming the third woman to hold the office. (Times of Malta)
Science and technology
- Researchers at the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona, United States, release the largest 3D map of the universe featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, researchers are able to measure the acceleration of the expansion rate of the universe with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that the rate of expansion has been increasing over time. (The Guardian) (Berkeley Lab)
April 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Hualien earthquake
- A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan, prompting tsunami warnings for Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A large section of the uninhabited Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by rockfalls, with more than 930 others injured. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Philippines says that it will respond to any Chinese attempts to interfere with its resupply of troops in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
- Cross-Strait relations
- The National Defense Ministry of Taiwan says that more than 30 Chinese PLA Air Force warplanes have entered Taiwanese airspace and that at least nine PLA Navy warships have been detected around Taiwan. The ROC Armed Forces are deployed in response to the violation. (Times Now News)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Uganda
- Uganda's Constitutional Court upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts. (South China Morning Post)
Politics and elections
- Businesswoman Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next Governor General of Australia and will succeed David Hurley on 1 July. (Canberra Times)
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