Current events: 2023-04-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The European Council agrees to donate one billion euros worth of ammunition to Ukraine through an EU financing instrument. (tagesschau)
    • The German government approves a request by Poland for the export of former GDR MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. (tagesschau)
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • In the battle of Bakhmut, Russian forces are able to reach the centre of the city according to Ukrainian and Russian information. (Spiegel)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Four peple are killed and 12 others are injured when a series of car bombs explode in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar, during a Thingyan festival. (WION)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022–23 Australian region cyclone season
  • Cyclone Ilsa
    • Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall near between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse in Western Australia, Australia, as a category five cyclone. (ABC News Australia)

Health and environment

• South Korea announces that it will conduct radiation tests on 89 defectors from North Korea from May. (Yonhap)

International relations

• Japan–North Korea relations
  • 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
    • North Korea launches a ballistic missile towards northern Japan, prompting evacuation orders in Hokkaido, before the missile fell into the sea. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2023 Pentagon document leaks
  • The U.S. FBI arrests a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman for leaking the documents to a Discord gaming group. (NBC News)
• The Ugandan military kills notorious criminal Tom Lopusi, who led a massive jailbreak in Moroto District in September 2020. (Xinhua)
• A 38-year-old tech consultant from Emeryville, California, United States, is arrested for killing Cash App founder Bob Lee earlier in the month. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• The parliament of Malawi approves a new defence act, expanding its Defence Force with the creation of a fourth service. (NyasaTimes)
• The government of Bolivia calls on the armed forces to tighten border controls to prevent smuggling of state-subsidized fuel. (Reuters)

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