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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 90936" 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/Battle_of_Khartoum_%282023%29" target="_blank">Battle of Khartoum</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a> announce their evacuation plans have failed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum" target="_blank">Khartoum</a> as both tried to evacuate at least 210 civilians and citizens from the embattled capital. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/world/africa/japan-evacuations-sudan.html" target="_blank">(New York Times)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/germany-forced-halt-evacuation-mission-sudan-spiegel-2023-04-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several thousand civilians flee the Sudanese capital, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum" target="_blank">Khartoum</a> breaking UN-given rules to stay at home and seek shelter, some are reported to have possibly died as most of the city's borders are embattled completely, according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRT_World" target="_blank">TRT World</a>, the thousands include a large group of women and children and men. <a href="https://www.trtworld.com/africa/thousands-flee-sudan-capital-as-clashes-rage-despite-scheduled-truce-67210" target="_blank">(TRT World)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thousands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudanese</a> civilians cross the (872 mile) long international closed border of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" target="_blank">Chad</a> as refugees and are detained, according to the Chadian Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim, who also states &quot;Today, thousands of refugees are crossing our border to seek protection. We have no choice but to welcome and protect them&quot;. <a href="https://www.trtworld.com/africa/hundreds-of-sudanese-troops-flee-to-chad-as-fighting-rages-67223" target="_blank">(TRT World)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_National_Army" target="_blank">Chad National Army</a> detain and disarm a contingent of 320 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Sudanese troops</a> who crossed the closed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%E2%80%93Sudan_border" target="_blank">border</a>, according to Chadian Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim who also announces &quot;The situation in Sudan is worrying and deplorable, we have taken all the necessary measures in the face of this crisis&quot;. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-disarmed-sudanese-contingent-which-entered-its-territory-monday-defence-2023-04-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> announces that sanctions will be imposed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a> in the future against both warring armies. <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/19/sudan-sanctions-violence-khartoum-burhan-hemeti-conflict/" target="_blank">(Foreign Policy)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japanese</a> Chief Cabinet Secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Matsuno" target="_blank">Hirokazu Matsuno</a> says that Japan will send a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Self-Defense_Forces" target="_blank">Self-Defense Forces</a> aircraft to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" target="_blank">evacuate</a> 60 Japanese nationals from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>. <a href="https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14889095" target="_blank">(Asahi Shimbun)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a> urge their citizens to seek shelter, hide or evacuate immediately as fighting rages in Sudan. <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/sudan-ceasefire-in-tatters-as-fighting-continues-around-khartoum-12861042" target="_blank">(Sky News)</a> <a href="https://theprint.in/world/germany-forced-to-halt-evacuation-mission-from-sudan-spiegel/1527675/" target="_blank">(The Print India)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a> announces one of its planes, an &quot;Egyptian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" target="_blank">MiG-29</a>&quot;, was destroyed at an air base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merowe%2C_Sudan" target="_blank">Merowe</a>. It also reports that one of them was captured along with two planes nearly destroyed. <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/egyptian-mig-29s-destroyed-in-sudan" target="_blank">(The Drive)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_National_Army" target="_blank">Libyan National Army</a> sends supplies to support the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> across the country. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/libyan-militia-and-egypts-military-back-opposite-sides-in-sudan-conflict-87206c3b" target="_blank">(Wall Street Journal)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War" target="_blank">Mali War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed and others are reported missing after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadism" target="_blank">jihadists</a> ambush a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Mali" target="_blank">Malian government</a> delegation, near the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara%2C_Mali" target="_blank">Nara</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koulikoro_Region" target="_blank">Koulikoro Region</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/four-dead-in-attack-on-mali-govt-convoy-officials-4c28b4f4" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over 155,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> federal workers go on strike, in the largest strike of its kind in 30 years, after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_Alliance_of_Canada" target="_blank">Public Service Alliance of Canada</a> failed to reach an agreement with the government over pay raises and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work" target="_blank">remote work</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65325863" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" target="_blank">Bulgaria–Ukraine relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria" target="_blank">Bulgaria</a> temporarily bans the import of grain from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, except for those in transit, following similar decisions by Poland and Hungary on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_15" target="_blank">15 April</a> and Slovakia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_17" target="_blank">17 April</a>. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-grains-bulgaria-idAFL8N36M2G7" target="_blank">Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves%232023" target="_blank">List of heat waves</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>, and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Prabang" target="_blank">Luang Prabang</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos" target="_blank">Laos</a>, recorded {{convert|42.7|C}}, while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_province" target="_blank">Tak</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>, recorded {{convert|44.6|C}}. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2023/apr/19/severe-heatwave-asia-deaths-schools-close-india-china" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A report by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" target="_blank">United Nations Population Fund</a> estimates that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a> will overtake <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" target="_blank">the most populated country in the world</a> by the middle of this year. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-overtakes-china-worlds-most-populous-country-rcna80364" target="_blank">(NBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Defunct <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" target="_blank">NASA</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_observatory" target="_blank">solar observatory</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Ramaty_High_Energy_Solar_Spectroscopic_Imager" target="_blank">Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager</a> reenters the atmosphere over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, triggering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense_siren" target="_blank">air raid sirens</a> in the capital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" target="_blank">Kyiv</a> after generating a bright flash. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/04/20/Flash-in-sky-over-Kyiv-due-to-NASA-satellite-falling-City-administration-" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a> <a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/19/dead-nasa-satellite-rhessi-crash-earth/11690217002/" target="_blank">(USA Today)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/19/flash-in-sky-over-kyiv-caused-by-satellite-reentering-atmosphere" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_19" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 90936, 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/Battle_of_Khartoum_%282023%29']Battle of Khartoum[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan']Japan[/URL] announce their evacuation plans have failed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum']Khartoum[/URL] as both tried to evacuate at least 210 civilians and citizens from the embattled capital. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/world/africa/japan-evacuations-sudan.html']([I]New York Times[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/germany-forced-halt-evacuation-mission-sudan-spiegel-2023-04-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Several thousand civilians flee the Sudanese capital, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum']Khartoum[/URL] breaking UN-given rules to stay at home and seek shelter, some are reported to have possibly died as most of the city's borders are embattled completely, according to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRT_World']TRT World[/URL], the thousands include a large group of women and children and men. [URL='https://www.trtworld.com/africa/thousands-flee-sudan-capital-as-clashes-rage-despite-scheduled-truce-67210'](TRT World)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Thousands of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudanese[/URL] civilians cross the (872 mile) long international closed border of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad']Chad[/URL] as refugees and are detained, according to the Chadian Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim, who also states "Today, thousands of refugees are crossing our border to seek protection. We have no choice but to welcome and protect them". [URL='https://www.trtworld.com/africa/hundreds-of-sudanese-troops-flee-to-chad-as-fighting-rages-67223'](TRT World)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_National_Army']Chad National Army[/URL] detain and disarm a contingent of 320 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces']Sudanese troops[/URL] who crossed the closed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%E2%80%93Sudan_border']border[/URL], according to Chadian Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim who also announces "The situation in Sudan is worrying and deplorable, we have taken all the necessary measures in the face of this crisis". [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-disarmed-sudanese-contingent-which-entered-its-territory-monday-defence-2023-04-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] announces that sanctions will be imposed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL] in the future against both warring armies. [URL='https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/19/sudan-sanctions-violence-khartoum-burhan-hemeti-conflict/'](Foreign Policy)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan']Japanese[/URL] Chief Cabinet Secretary [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Matsuno']Hirokazu Matsuno[/URL] says that Japan will send a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Self-Defense_Forces']Self-Defense Forces[/URL] aircraft to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation']evacuate[/URL] 60 Japanese nationals from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14889095']([I]Asahi Shimbun[/I])[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan']Japan[/URL] urge their citizens to seek shelter, hide or evacuate immediately as fighting rages in Sudan. [URL='https://news.sky.com/story/sudan-ceasefire-in-tatters-as-fighting-continues-around-khartoum-12861042'](Sky News)[/URL] [URL='https://theprint.in/world/germany-forced-to-halt-evacuation-mission-from-sudan-spiegel/1527675/'](The Print India)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt']Egypt[/URL] announces one of its planes, an "Egyptian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29']MiG-29[/URL]", was destroyed at an air base in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merowe%2C_Sudan']Merowe[/URL]. It also reports that one of them was captured along with two planes nearly destroyed. [URL='https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/egyptian-mig-29s-destroyed-in-sudan'](The Drive)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_National_Army']Libyan National Army[/URL] sends supplies to support the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] across the country. [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/libyan-militia-and-egypts-military-back-opposite-sides-in-sudan-conflict-87206c3b'](Wall Street Journal)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War']Mali War[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four people are killed and others are reported missing after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadism']jihadists[/URL] ambush a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Mali']Malian government[/URL] delegation, near the town of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara%2C_Mali']Nara[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koulikoro_Region']Koulikoro Region[/URL]. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/four-dead-in-attack-on-mali-govt-convoy-officials-4c28b4f4'](Barron's)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*]Over 155,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canadian[/URL] federal workers go on strike, in the largest strike of its kind in 30 years, after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Service_Alliance_of_Canada']Public Service Alliance of Canada[/URL] failed to reach an agreement with the government over pay raises and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_work']remote work[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65325863'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations']Bulgaria–Ukraine relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria']Bulgaria[/URL] temporarily bans the import of grain from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], except for those in transit, following similar decisions by Poland and Hungary on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_15']15 April[/URL] and Slovakia on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_17']17 April[/URL]. ([URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-grains-bulgaria-idAFL8N36M2G7']Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves%232023']List of heat waves[/URL] [LIST] [*]A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL], and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Prabang']Luang Prabang[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos']Laos[/URL], recorded {{convert|42.7|C}}, while [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_province']Tak[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand']Thailand[/URL], recorded {{convert|44.6|C}}. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2023/apr/19/severe-heatwave-asia-deaths-schools-close-india-china']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A report by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund']United Nations Population Fund[/URL] estimates that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL] will overtake [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL] as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population']the most populated country in the world[/URL] by the middle of this year. [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-overtakes-china-worlds-most-populous-country-rcna80364'](NBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]Defunct [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA']NASA[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_observatory']solar observatory[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Ramaty_High_Energy_Solar_Spectroscopic_Imager']Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager[/URL] reenters the atmosphere over [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], triggering [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense_siren']air raid sirens[/URL] in the capital [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv']Kyiv[/URL] after generating a bright flash. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/04/20/Flash-in-sky-over-Kyiv-due-to-NASA-satellite-falling-City-administration-'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [URL='https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/19/dead-nasa-satellite-rhessi-crash-earth/11690217002/'](USA Today)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/19/flash-in-sky-over-kyiv-caused-by-satellite-reentering-atmosphere']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_April_19"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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