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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 133750" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" target="_blank">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">Israeli military</a> conducts an airstrike and assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a>'s coastal sector in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1780289681524998627" target="_blank">(Israel Defense Forces)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Benjamin_Achimeir" target="_blank">Killing of Benjamin Achimeir</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A mob of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement" target="_blank">Israeli settlers</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqraba%2C_Nablus" target="_blank">Aqraba</a> kills two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> in revenge for the killing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis" target="_blank">Israeli</a> teenager Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnoreligious_group" target="_blank">ethnoreligious</a> violence in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/israel-settlers-kill-palestinians-west-bank-gaza" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
<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/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>'s President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" target="_blank">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a> signs a new army draft law. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-signs-new-army-draft-law-reinforce-exhausted-troops-2024-04-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wakeley_church_stabbing" target="_blank">2024 Wakeley church stabbing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a> says the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_as_a_terrorist_tactic" target="_blank">stabbing attack</a> at the Assyrian church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" target="_blank">Sydney</a> was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" target="_blank">Islamic terrorist</a> act. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/knife-attack-sydney-church-terror-incident-australia-police-say-2024-04-15/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping_operations_in_Nagorno-Karabakh" target="_blank">Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping" target="_blank">peacekeepers</a> begin withdrawing from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" target="_blank">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>, leaving the region under the full control of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" target="_blank">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="https://caliber.az/post/234168/" target="_blank">(Caliber.az)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" target="_blank">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">Indian</a> security forces kill at least 29 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoism" target="_blank">Maoist</a> insurgents in a major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterinsurgency" target="_blank">counterinsurgency</a> operation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanker_district" target="_blank">Kanker district</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh</a>. A large quantity of weapons are also seized. <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/several-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-chhattisgarh-5455181" target="_blank">(NDTV)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" target="_blank">Denmark</a> sign a 2.1 billion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_krone" target="_blank">kroner</a> (US$300 million) deal for the sale of 24 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" target="_blank">Royal Danish Air Force</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" target="_blank">F-16 Fighting Falcons</a> to Argentina. No date for the F-16s to be handed over to Argentina has been announced. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/denmark-argentina-f16-jets-a47a12400a3d3e69d4ae3f2e95fd0b89" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">{{ill|2024 Børsen fire|da|Branden i Børsen}}<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A fire breaks out in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" target="_blank">Copenhagen</a>'s 17th-century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen" target="_blank">Stock Exchange Building</a>, leading to the collapse of its iconic {{lang|da|Dragespir}} spire. Important Danish artworks including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Copenhagen_Stock_Exchange" target="_blank">From Copenhagen Stock Exchange</a> are carried to safety. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-breaks-out-copenhagens-historic-stock-exchange-spire-collapses-2024-04-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/spire-collapses-fire-copenhagen-historic-stock-exchange" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heavy rains and flash <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">floods</a> have swept parts of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf" target="_blank">Persian Gulf</a>, killing at least 18 people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" target="_blank">Oman</a> and causing travel disruption in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" target="_blank">United Arab Emirates</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/16/heavy-rains-kill-18-in-oman-as-flash-floods-lash-uae" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels" target="_blank">Brussels</a> police shut down the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics" target="_blank">right-wing</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservatism_Conference" target="_blank">National Conservatism Conference</a> attended by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage" target="_blank">Nigel Farage</a> and expected to host <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary" target="_blank">Hungarian Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n" target="_blank">Viktor Orbán</a>. <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-police-shut-down-nigel-farage-viktor-orban-right-wing-jamboree/" target="_blank">(Politico)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The U.S. House of Representatives send impeachment articles of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Secretary" target="_blank">Homeland Security Secretary</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas" target="_blank">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> to the Senate. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-seen-swiftly-ending-impeachment-bidens-top-border-official-2024-04-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" target="_blank">European Space Agency</a> scientists announce the discovery of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_BH3" target="_blank">Gaia BH3</a>, the second-largest known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole" target="_blank">black hole</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way" target="_blank">Milky Way</a>. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2517012-astronomen-stuiten-op-slapende-reus-op-een-na-grootste-zwarte-gat-in-de-melkweg" target="_blank">(NOS)</a> <a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Sleeping_giant_surprises_Gaia_scientists" target="_blank">(ESA)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is suspected Chinese marathon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_records_in_athletics" target="_blank">record holder</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jie_%28runner%29" target="_blank">He Jie</a> won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" target="_blank">Beijing</a> half marathon due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing" target="_blank">match fixing</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics" target="_blank">World Athletics</a> expresses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity" target="_blank">integrity</a> concerns and the organization starts an investigation. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2516965-ophef-na-opvallende-finish-halve-marathon-peking-integriteit-hoogste-prioriteit" target="_blank">(NOS)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/online-videos-show-chinese-runner-being-gifted-win-beijing-half-marathon-2024-04-15/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_16" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 133750, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict']Israeli–Palestinian conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']Israeli military[/URL] conducts an airstrike and assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL]'s coastal sector in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL]. [URL='https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1780289681524998627'](Israel Defense Forces)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Benjamin_Achimeir']Killing of Benjamin Achimeir[/URL] [LIST] [*]A mob of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement']Israeli settlers[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqraba%2C_Nablus']Aqraba[/URL] kills two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] in revenge for the killing of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis']Israeli[/URL] teenager Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnoreligious_group']ethnoreligious[/URL] violence in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/israel-settlers-kill-palestinians-west-bank-gaza']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]'s President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy']Volodymyr Zelenskyy[/URL] signs a new army draft law. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-signs-new-army-draft-law-reinforce-exhausted-troops-2024-04-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wakeley_church_stabbing']2024 Wakeley church stabbing[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia']Australia[/URL] says the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_as_a_terrorist_tactic']stabbing attack[/URL] at the Assyrian church in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney']Sydney[/URL] was an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism']Islamic terrorist[/URL] act. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/knife-attack-sydney-church-terror-incident-australia-police-say-2024-04-15/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping_operations_in_Nagorno-Karabakh']Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping']peacekeepers[/URL] begin withdrawing from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh']Nagorno-Karabakh[/URL], leaving the region under the full control of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan']Azerbaijan[/URL]. [URL='https://caliber.az/post/234168/'](Caliber.az)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency']Naxalite–Maoist insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']Indian[/URL] security forces kill at least 29 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maoism']Maoist[/URL] insurgents in a major [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterinsurgency']counterinsurgency[/URL] operation in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanker_district']Kanker district[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh']Chhattisgarh[/URL]. A large quantity of weapons are also seized. [URL='https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/several-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-chhattisgarh-5455181'](NDTV)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina']Argentina[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark']Denmark[/URL] sign a 2.1 billion [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_krone']kroner[/URL] (US$300 million) deal for the sale of 24 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force']Royal Danish Air Force[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon']F-16 Fighting Falcons[/URL] to Argentina. No date for the F-16s to be handed over to Argentina has been announced. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/denmark-argentina-f16-jets-a47a12400a3d3e69d4ae3f2e95fd0b89'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]{{ill|2024 Børsen fire|da|Branden i Børsen}} [LIST] [*]A fire breaks out in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen']Copenhagen[/URL]'s 17th-century [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen']Stock Exchange Building[/URL], leading to the collapse of its iconic {{lang|da|Dragespir}} spire. Important Danish artworks including [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Copenhagen_Stock_Exchange']From Copenhagen Stock Exchange[/URL][/I] are carried to safety. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-breaks-out-copenhagens-historic-stock-exchange-spire-collapses-2024-04-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/16/spire-collapses-fire-copenhagen-historic-stock-exchange']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Heavy rains and flash [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']floods[/URL] have swept parts of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf']Persian Gulf[/URL], killing at least 18 people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman']Oman[/URL] and causing travel disruption in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates']United Arab Emirates[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/16/heavy-rains-kill-18-in-oman-as-flash-floods-lash-uae'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels']Brussels[/URL] police shut down the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics']right-wing[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Conservatism_Conference']National Conservatism Conference[/URL] attended by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage']Nigel Farage[/URL] and expected to host [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Hungary']Hungarian Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n']Viktor Orbán[/URL]. [URL='https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-police-shut-down-nigel-farage-viktor-orban-right-wing-jamboree/'](Politico)[/URL] [*]The U.S. House of Representatives send impeachment articles of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Secretary']Homeland Security Secretary[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas']Alejandro Mayorkas[/URL] to the Senate. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-seen-swiftly-ending-impeachment-bidens-top-border-official-2024-04-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency']European Space Agency[/URL] scientists announce the discovery of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_BH3']Gaia BH3[/URL], the second-largest known [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole']black hole[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way']Milky Way[/URL]. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2517012-astronomen-stuiten-op-slapende-reus-op-een-na-grootste-zwarte-gat-in-de-melkweg'](NOS)[/URL] [URL='https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Sleeping_giant_surprises_Gaia_scientists'](ESA)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*]It is suspected Chinese marathon [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_records_in_athletics']record holder[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jie_%28runner%29']He Jie[/URL] won the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing']Beijing[/URL] half marathon due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing']match fixing[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics']World Athletics[/URL] expresses [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity']integrity[/URL] concerns and the organization starts an investigation. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2516965-ophef-na-opvallende-finish-halve-marathon-peking-integriteit-hoogste-prioriteit'](NOS)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/online-videos-show-chinese-runner-being-gifted-win-beijing-half-marathon-2024-04-15/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_16"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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