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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 132411" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<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/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kharkiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russia</a> launches multiple <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shahed_drones" target="_blank">Shahed</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone strikes</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv" target="_blank">Kharkiv</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, killing at least five people and injuring five others. Several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_worker" target="_blank">rescue workers</a> are among the dead. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-rescue-workers-killed-russian-drone-attack-ukraines-kharkiv-officials-say-2024-04-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Russian-installed officials say that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> shelling has killed two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> and injured nine others in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk" target="_blank">Donetsk</a>. Four other people are killed in drone attacks in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Kherson_Oblast" target="_blank">Russian-occupied</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" target="_blank">Kherson Oblast</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-installed-officials-say-six-civilians-killed-ukrainian-attacks-2024-04-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eleven security forces, including five <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" target="_blank">Revolutionary Guards</a>, are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>, during an attack against the Revolutionary Guards' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters" target="_blank">headquarters</a> by members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaish_ul-Adl" target="_blank">Jaish ul-Adl</a>. Sixteen militants are killed in the ensuing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout" target="_blank">shootout</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/militants-kill-5-iranian-security-officers-southeast-state-media-says-2024-04-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shipping lanes and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace" target="_blank">airspace</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt" target="_blank">Great Belt</a> strait in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" target="_blank">Denmark</a> are closed for hours after a missile launcher malfunctions on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate" target="_blank">frigate</a> {{HDMS|Niels Juel|F363|2}}. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2515458-belangrijke-deense-zeestraat-weer-open-na-problemen-met-raket-op-marineschip" target="_blank">(NOS)</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/europe/denmark-shipping-strait-missile-launcher-intl/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/europe/denmark-shipping-strait-missile-launcher-intl/index.html</a></li>
</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932024_H5N1_outbreak" target="_blank">2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scientists from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_University_Australia" target="_blank">Federation University Australia</a> report that thousands of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_penguin" target="_blank">Adélie penguins</a> have been found dead in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" target="_blank">Antarctica</a> amid a surge in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza" target="_blank">bird flu</a> cases among wild bird populations. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/scientists-investigate-thousands-dead-antarctic-penguins-bird-flu-2024-04-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bird flu spreads to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle" target="_blank">cattle</a> herds in at least six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">U.S.</a> states, while a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_farming" target="_blank">dairy farm</a> worker is infected in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" target="_blank">Texas</a>, becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-04/bird-flu-in-cows-and-a-human-worries-scientists-time-for-vigilance" target="_blank">(Bloomberg)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosiviwe_Mapisa-Nqakula" target="_blank">Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">Speaker</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">National Assembly</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" target="_blank">South Africa</a>, is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from her office. <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/south-african-parliament-speaker-resigns-charged-with-corruption/7556627.html" target="_blank">(VOA)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A man stabs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Murmansk_Oblast" target="_blank">Governor of Murmansk Oblast</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Chibis" target="_blank">Andrey Chibis</a> at a local meeting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatity" target="_blank">Apatity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk_Oblast" target="_blank">Murmansk Oblast</a>, Russia. The attacker has been arrested by police. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/man-stabs-governor-russias-murmansk-region-with-knife-2024-04-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Maltese_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 Maltese presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriam_Spiteri_Debono" target="_blank">Myriam Spiteri Debono</a> is sworn in as the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Malta" target="_blank">president</a>, succeeding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vella" target="_blank">George Vella</a> and becomes the third woman to hold the office. <a href="https://timesofmalta.com/article/watch-myriam-spiteri-debono-arrives-sworn-11th-president-malta.1090397" target="_blank">(Times of Malta)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Researchers at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Energy_Spectroscopic_Instrument" target="_blank">Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument</a> release the largest 3D map of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" target="_blank">universe</a> featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, they are able to measure the acceleration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe" target="_blank">expansion rate of the universe</a> with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that it has been changing over time. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/04/biggest-ever-3d-map-universe-dark-energy-data-scientists" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a> <a href="https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/desi-first-results-make-most-precise-measurement-of-expanding-universe/" target="_blank">(Berkeley Lab)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_4" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 132411, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kharkiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russia[/URL] launches multiple [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Shahed_drones']Shahed[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone strikes[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv']Kharkiv[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], killing at least five people and injuring five others. Several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_worker']rescue workers[/URL] are among the dead. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-rescue-workers-killed-russian-drone-attack-ukraines-kharkiv-officials-say-2024-04-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Russian-installed officials say that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] shelling has killed two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] and injured nine others in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk']Donetsk[/URL]. Four other people are killed in drone attacks in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Kherson_Oblast']Russian-occupied[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast']Kherson Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-installed-officials-say-six-civilians-killed-ukrainian-attacks-2024-04-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency']Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]Eleven security forces, including five [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps']Revolutionary Guards[/URL], are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province']Sistan and Baluchestan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL], during an attack against the Revolutionary Guards' [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters']headquarters[/URL] by members of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaish_ul-Adl']Jaish ul-Adl[/URL]. Sixteen militants are killed in the ensuing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout']shootout[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/militants-kill-5-iranian-security-officers-southeast-state-media-says-2024-04-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Shipping lanes and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace']airspace[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt']Great Belt[/URL] strait in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark']Denmark[/URL] are closed for hours after a missile launcher malfunctions on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate']frigate[/URL] {{HDMS|Niels Juel|F363|2}}. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2515458-belangrijke-deense-zeestraat-weer-open-na-problemen-met-raket-op-marineschip'](NOS)[/URL][URL]https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/europe/denmark-shipping-strait-missile-launcher-intl/index.html[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932024_H5N1_outbreak']2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak[/URL] [LIST] [*]Scientists from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_University_Australia']Federation University Australia[/URL] report that thousands of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lie_penguin']Adélie penguins[/URL] have been found dead in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica']Antarctica[/URL] amid a surge in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza']bird flu[/URL] cases among wild bird populations. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/scientists-investigate-thousands-dead-antarctic-penguins-bird-flu-2024-04-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Bird flu spreads to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle']cattle[/URL] herds in at least six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']U.S.[/URL] states, while a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_farming']dairy farm[/URL] worker is infected in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas']Texas[/URL], becoming the second person to ever become infected with the virus in the United States. [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-04/bird-flu-in-cows-and-a-human-worries-scientists-time-for-vigilance'](Bloomberg)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosiviwe_Mapisa-Nqakula']Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_South_Africa']Speaker[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_South_Africa']National Assembly[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa']South Africa[/URL], is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from her office. [URL='https://www.voanews.com/a/south-african-parliament-speaker-resigns-charged-with-corruption/7556627.html'](VOA)[/URL] [*]A man stabs the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Murmansk_Oblast']Governor of Murmansk Oblast[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Chibis']Andrey Chibis[/URL] at a local meeting in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatity']Apatity[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk_Oblast']Murmansk Oblast[/URL], Russia. The attacker has been arrested by police. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/man-stabs-governor-russias-murmansk-region-with-knife-2024-04-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Maltese_presidential_election']2024 Maltese presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriam_Spiteri_Debono']Myriam Spiteri Debono[/URL] is sworn in as the new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Malta']president[/URL], succeeding [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vella']George Vella[/URL] and becomes the third woman to hold the office. [URL='https://timesofmalta.com/article/watch-myriam-spiteri-debono-arrives-sworn-11th-president-malta.1090397']([I]Times of Malta[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]Researchers at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Energy_Spectroscopic_Instrument']Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument[/URL] release the largest 3D map of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe']universe[/URL] featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, they are able to measure the acceleration of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe']expansion rate of the universe[/URL] with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that it has been changing over time. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/04/biggest-ever-3d-map-universe-dark-energy-data-scientists']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/desi-first-results-make-most-precise-measurement-of-expanding-universe/'](Berkeley Lab)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_4"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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