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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 133860" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">War in Sudan (2023–present)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqaddum_%28Sudan%29" target="_blank">Taqaddum</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalla_Hamdok" target="_blank">Abdalla Hamdok</a> meets with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" target="_blank">Emmanuel Macron</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" target="_blank">Paris</a>. <a href="https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/former-sudan-pm-hamdok-meets-macron-in-paris/" target="_blank">(Dabanga Sudan)</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/April_2024_Chernihiv_missile_strike" target="_blank">Chernihiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 17 people are killed and 60 injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> missile strike, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernihiv" target="_blank">Chernihiv</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68833833" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-people-ukraines-chernihiv-hits-infrastructure-governor-says-2024-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" target="_blank">Vietnam</a> mounts a $24 billion rescue for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Gon_Joint_Stock_Commercial_Bank" target="_blank">Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank</a>, which is currently involved in a massive fraud case. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/vietnam-mounts-unprecedented-24-billion-rescue-bank-engulfed-giant-fraud-2024-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Persian_Gulf_floods" target="_blank">2024 Persian Gulf floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai" target="_blank">Dubai</a> suffers flooding as it is hit with the heaviest rainfall in 75 years; at least one person dies. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubai-international-airport-says-it-is-experiencing-significant-disruption-due-2024-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hundreds of people are evacuated after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ruang" target="_blank">Ruang volcano</a> erupts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sulawesi" target="_blank">North Sulawesi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" target="_blank">Indonesia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-after-indonesias-ruang-volcano-erupts-2024-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Alejandro_Mayorkas" target="_blank">Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" target="_blank">United States Senate</a> votes to dismiss both impeachment articles against <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>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-expected-swiftly-end-mayorkas-impeachment-2024-04-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Croatian_parliamentary_election" target="_blank">2024 Croatian parliamentary election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Voters go to the polls to elect members to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Parliament" target="_blank">Sabor</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/croatia-parliamentary-election-ukraine-russia-andrej-plenkovic-zoran-milanovic" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scientists find in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_Formation" target="_blank">Westbury Formation</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil" target="_blank">fossil</a> remains of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyotitan" target="_blank">Ichthyotitan</a>, the largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_reptile" target="_blank">marine reptile</a> ever. <a href="https://nos.nl/artikel/2517167-wetenschappers-vinden-fossiele-resten-van-grootste-zeereptiel-ooit" target="_blank">(NOS)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" target="_blank">NBA</a> announces that it has banned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jontay_Porter" target="_blank">Jontay Porter</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_contract" target="_blank">two-way player</a> under contract to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" target="_blank">Toronto Raptors</a> and their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_G_League" target="_blank">G League</a> affiliate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptors_905" target="_blank">Raptors 905</a>, for multiple major violations of the league's gambling policy. <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/jontay-porter-banned-from-nba" target="_blank">(NBA)</a> <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39962406/nba-bans-raptors-jontay-porter-gambling-violations" target="_blank">(ESPN)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_17" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 133860, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']War in Sudan (2023–present)[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqaddum_%28Sudan%29']Taqaddum[/URL] leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalla_Hamdok']Abdalla Hamdok[/URL] meets with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron']Emmanuel Macron[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris']Paris[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/former-sudan-pm-hamdok-meets-macron-in-paris/'](Dabanga Sudan)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2024_Chernihiv_missile_strike']Chernihiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 17 people are killed and 60 injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] missile strike, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernihiv']Chernihiv[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68833833'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-people-ukraines-chernihiv-hits-infrastructure-governor-says-2024-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam']Vietnam[/URL] mounts a $24 billion rescue for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Gon_Joint_Stock_Commercial_Bank']Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank[/URL], which is currently involved in a massive fraud case. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/vietnam-mounts-unprecedented-24-billion-rescue-bank-engulfed-giant-fraud-2024-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Persian_Gulf_floods']2024 Persian Gulf floods[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai']Dubai[/URL] suffers flooding as it is hit with the heaviest rainfall in 75 years; at least one person dies. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubai-international-airport-says-it-is-experiencing-significant-disruption-due-2024-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Hundreds of people are evacuated after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ruang']Ruang volcano[/URL] erupts in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sulawesi']North Sulawesi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia']Indonesia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hundreds-evacuated-after-indonesias-ruang-volcano-erupts-2024-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Alejandro_Mayorkas']Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate']United States Senate[/URL] votes to dismiss both impeachment articles against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Secretary']Homeland Security Secretary[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas']Alejandro Mayorkas[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-expected-swiftly-end-mayorkas-impeachment-2024-04-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Croatian_parliamentary_election']2024 Croatian parliamentary election[/URL] [LIST] [*]Voters go to the polls to elect members to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Parliament']Sabor[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/croatia-parliamentary-election-ukraine-russia-andrej-plenkovic-zoran-milanovic']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*]Scientists find in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_Formation']Westbury Formation[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil']fossil[/URL] remains of the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyotitan']Ichthyotitan[/URL][/I], the largest [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_reptile']marine reptile[/URL] ever. [URL='https://nos.nl/artikel/2517167-wetenschappers-vinden-fossiele-resten-van-grootste-zeereptiel-ooit'](NOS)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association']NBA[/URL] announces that it has banned [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jontay_Porter']Jontay Porter[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_contract']two-way player[/URL] under contract to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Raptors']Toronto Raptors[/URL] and their [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_G_League']G League[/URL] affiliate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptors_905']Raptors 905[/URL], for multiple major violations of the league's gambling policy. [URL='https://www.nba.com/news/jontay-porter-banned-from-nba'](NBA)[/URL] [URL='https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39962406/nba-bans-raptors-jontay-porter-gambling-violations'](ESPN)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_April_17"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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