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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 90733" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_clashes" target="_blank">2023 Sudan clashes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a> cancels all flights in and out of the country for all of its citizens, also closing the country's airspace. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a> likewise suspends all flights to and from Sudan. <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/sudanese-airspace-closed-as-armed-conflict-erupts/152865.article" target="_blank">(Flight Global)</a> <a href="https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/88216-kenya-airways-adjusts-flight-schedules-over-khartoum-fighting" target="_blank">(Kenyans Co-Ke)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" target="_blank">Malaysia</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> urge their citizens in Sudan to hide, find shelter, or evacuate the country. <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3217317/chinese-embassy-sudan-issues-high-alert-notice-tells-citizens-stay-indoors-away-windows" target="_blank">(SCMP)</a><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/04/17/foreign-ministry-looks-for-ways-to-get-malaysians-out-of-sudan/" target="_blank">(FMT)</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-military-factions-at-war-civilians-cower-death-toll-tops-100/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_European_Union" target="_blank">ambassador</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_O%27Hara" target="_blank">Aidan O'Hara</a> is assaulted at his home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum" target="_blank">Khartoum</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy" target="_blank">EU Foreign Affairs High Representative</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Borrell" target="_blank">Josep Borrell</a> calls it a &quot;gross violation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic_Relations" target="_blank">Vienna Convention</a>&quot;. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65306695" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">De facto leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_al-Burhan" target="_blank">Abdel Fattah al-Burhan</a> declares the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> to be a rebel group, and orders it dissolved. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/17/sudan-army-declares-rsf-a-rebel-group-orders-dissolution" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japanese</a> citizen becomes the second foreign death of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_clashes" target="_blank">2023 Sudan clashes</a> reported in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum" target="_blank">Khartoum</a> during the Battle of Khartoum. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65284945" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" target="_blank">Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" target="_blank">Slovakia</a> transfers all 13 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" target="_blank">MiG-29 fighter jets</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Slovakia%29" target="_blank">Slovak Defence Ministry</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovakia-hands-over-all-13-promised-mig-fighter-jets-ukraine-2023-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Australia" target="_blank">Recycling in Australia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Further sites of illicit soft plastic storage are found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" target="_blank">Sydney</a> after the collapse of commercial plastic recycler REDcycle. After taking $20 million from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coles_Supermarkets" target="_blank">Coles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Supermarkets" target="_blank">Woolworths</a> to recycle soft plastics at 2,000 locations, the company instead stored 12,000 tonnes of plastics at least 44 locations all over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a>, with more still being found. <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/supermarket-news-woolworths-plastic-shopping-bag-pile-discovered-from-failed-recycling-scheme/74e29291-4ee2-4948-b716-e5085f8a9167" target="_blank">(9 News)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/10/more-stockpiles-of-soft-plastics-from-failed-redcycle-recycling-scheme-uncovered" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The provincial health ministry of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Province%2C_Argentina" target="_blank">Santa Fe</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a>, asks to &quot;not underestimate&quot; the current situation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever" target="_blank">dengue fever</a> after surpassing 10,000 cases and reporting the third death from the disease amid a national outbreak. <a href="https://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-ciudad/ante-el-tercer-caso-fatal-dengue-santa-fe-salud-pide-no-subestimar-los-sintomas-n10058597.html" target="_blank">(La Capital)</a> <a href="https://www.infobae.com/salud/2023/04/17/confirmaron-dos-muertes-por-dengue-en-caba-y-suman-35-las-victimas-fatales-en-todo-el-pais/" target="_blank">(Infobae)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" target="_blank">Slovakia–Ukraine relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slovakia bans the import of food from Ukraine, following a similar decision by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" target="_blank">Poland</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" target="_blank">Hungary</a> on 15 April. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/slovakia-joins-poland-hungary-halting-ukraine-grain-imports" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" target="_blank">Myanmar</a>'s junta leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing" target="_blank">Min Aung Hlaing</a> pardons 3,015 prisoners on the occasion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_New_Year" target="_blank">Buddhist New Year</a>. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230417-myanmar-junta-pardons-3-000-prisoners-to-mark-buddhist-new-year" target="_blank">(AFP via France 24)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup" target="_blank">2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a> is confirmed as the host of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_U-20_World_Cup" target="_blank">FIFA U-20 World Cup</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" target="_blank">FIFA</a>, following the suspension of the tournament in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>, which refused to host the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_national_under-19_football_team" target="_blank">Israeli team</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/argentina-replace-indonesia-under-20-world-cup-host-fifa-2023-04-17" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_World_Snooker_Championship" target="_blank">2023 World Snooker Championship</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Snooker_Championship" target="_blank">World Snooker Championship</a> match between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Milkins" target="_blank">Robert Milkins</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Perry_%28snooker_player%29" target="_blank">Joe Perry</a> is abandoned, while another match between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Allen_%28snooker_player%29" target="_blank">Mark Allen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Zhengyi" target="_blank">Fan Zhengyi</a> is delayed after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil" target="_blank">Just Stop Oil</a> activists storm the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_Theatre" target="_blank">The Crucible</a>. Two people are arrested by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Police" target="_blank">South Yorkshire Police</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/65305903" target="_blank">(BBC Sport)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_17" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 90733, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_clashes']2023 Sudan clashes[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL] cancels all flights in and out of the country for all of its citizens, also closing the country's airspace. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya']Kenya[/URL] likewise suspends all flights to and from Sudan. [URL='https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/sudanese-airspace-closed-as-armed-conflict-erupts/152865.article'](Flight Global)[/URL] [URL='https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/88216-kenya-airways-adjusts-flight-schedules-over-khartoum-fighting'](Kenyans Co-Ke)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia']Malaysia[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] urge their citizens in Sudan to hide, find shelter, or evacuate the country. [URL='https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3217317/chinese-embassy-sudan-issues-high-alert-notice-tells-citizens-stay-indoors-away-windows'](SCMP)[/URL][URL='https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/04/17/foreign-ministry-looks-for-ways-to-get-malaysians-out-of-sudan/'](FMT)[/URL] [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-military-factions-at-war-civilians-cower-death-toll-tops-100/'](CBS News)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_European_Union']ambassador[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_O%27Hara']Aidan O'Hara[/URL] is assaulted at his home in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum']Khartoum[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy']EU Foreign Affairs High Representative[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Borrell']Josep Borrell[/URL] calls it a "gross violation of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Diplomatic_Relations']Vienna Convention[/URL]". [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65306695'](BBC News)[/URL] [*][I]De facto[/I] leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_al-Burhan']Abdel Fattah al-Burhan[/URL] declares the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] to be a rebel group, and orders it dissolved. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/17/sudan-army-declares-rsf-a-rebel-group-orders-dissolution'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan']Japanese[/URL] citizen becomes the second foreign death of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Sudan_clashes']2023 Sudan clashes[/URL] reported in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum']Khartoum[/URL] during the Battle of Khartoum. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65284945'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_aid_to_Ukraine_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War']Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia']Slovakia[/URL] transfers all 13 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29']MiG-29 fighter jets[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], according to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Slovakia%29']Slovak Defence Ministry[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovakia-hands-over-all-13-promised-mig-fighter-jets-ukraine-2023-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Australia']Recycling in Australia[/URL] [LIST] [*]Further sites of illicit soft plastic storage are found in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney']Sydney[/URL] after the collapse of commercial plastic recycler REDcycle. After taking $20 million from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coles_Supermarkets']Coles[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Supermarkets']Woolworths[/URL] to recycle soft plastics at 2,000 locations, the company instead stored 12,000 tonnes of plastics at least 44 locations all over [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL], with more still being found. [URL='https://www.9news.com.au/national/supermarket-news-woolworths-plastic-shopping-bag-pile-discovered-from-failed-recycling-scheme/74e29291-4ee2-4948-b716-e5085f8a9167'](9 News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/10/more-stockpiles-of-soft-plastics-from-failed-redcycle-recycling-scheme-uncovered']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The provincial health ministry of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Province%2C_Argentina']Santa Fe[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina']Argentina[/URL], asks to "not underestimate" the current situation of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever']dengue fever[/URL] after surpassing 10,000 cases and reporting the third death from the disease amid a national outbreak. [URL='https://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-ciudad/ante-el-tercer-caso-fatal-dengue-santa-fe-salud-pide-no-subestimar-los-sintomas-n10058597.html']([I]La Capital[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.infobae.com/salud/2023/04/17/confirmaron-dos-muertes-por-dengue-en-caba-y-suman-35-las-victimas-fatales-en-todo-el-pais/']([I]Infobae[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations']Slovakia–Ukraine relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]Slovakia bans the import of food from Ukraine, following a similar decision by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland']Poland[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary']Hungary[/URL] on 15 April. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/slovakia-joins-poland-hungary-halting-ukraine-grain-imports']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar']Myanmar[/URL]'s junta leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing']Min Aung Hlaing[/URL] pardons 3,015 prisoners on the occasion of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_New_Year']Buddhist New Year[/URL]. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230417-myanmar-junta-pardons-3-000-prisoners-to-mark-buddhist-new-year'](AFP via France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup']2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina']Argentina[/URL] is confirmed as the host of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_U-20_World_Cup']FIFA U-20 World Cup[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA']FIFA[/URL], following the suspension of the tournament in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia']Indonesia[/URL], which refused to host the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_national_under-19_football_team']Israeli team[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/sports/argentina-replace-indonesia-under-20-world-cup-host-fifa-2023-04-17'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_World_Snooker_Championship']2023 World Snooker Championship[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Snooker_Championship']World Snooker Championship[/URL] match between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Milkins']Robert Milkins[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Perry_%28snooker_player%29']Joe Perry[/URL] is abandoned, while another match between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Allen_%28snooker_player%29']Mark Allen[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Zhengyi']Fan Zhengyi[/URL] is delayed after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil']Just Stop Oil[/URL] activists storm the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_Theatre']The Crucible[/URL]. Two people are arrested by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire_Police']South Yorkshire Police[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/65305903'](BBC Sport)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_17"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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