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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153729" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" target="_blank">Red Sea crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Houthi_attack_on_Tel_Aviv_airport" target="_blank">2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_weapon" target="_blank">hypersonic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missile</a> launched from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi-controlled_territory_of_Yemen" target="_blank">Houthi-controlled Yemen</a> hits near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport" target="_blank">Ben Gurion International Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_District_%28Israel%29" target="_blank">Central District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, injuring eight people. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-working-intercepting-missile-launched-yemen-2025-05-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/04/houthi-missile-strikes-israel-main-airport/" target="_blank">(The Telegraph)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese Civil War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">Rapid Support Forces</a> launch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone attacks</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan" target="_blank">Port Sudan</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan_New_International_Airport" target="_blank">international civilian</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan_Military_Airport" target="_blank">military airport</a>. Drones also hit an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition_depot" target="_blank">ammunition depot</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Digna" target="_blank">Osman Digna</a> Air Base, causing damage but no casualties. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/4/sudans-rsf-carries-out-drone-attack-near-port-sudan-airport-army" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_%28yacht%29%23Sinking_and_aftermath" target="_blank">Sinking of the Bayesian</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marine salvage experts begin operations to recover the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superyacht" target="_blank">superyacht</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_%28yacht%29" target="_blank">Bayesian</a> which sank in August 2024 killing seven people, including British billionaire tech magnate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lynch_%28businessman%29" target="_blank">Mike Lynch</a> and members of his family, while fifteen others were rescued. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/experts-start-complex-recovery-of-a-superyacht-that-sank-off-sicily-killing-7/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed, sixty others are hospitalized and fourteen are missing after two passenger boats carrying a total of around seventy people, including tourists, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsizing" target="_blank">capsize</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_River_%28Yangtze_tributary%29" target="_blank">Wu River</a> in near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianxi%2C_Guizhou" target="_blank">Qianxi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou" target="_blank">Guizhou</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/three-dead-60-hospitalised-in-china-boat-disasters-state-media-1ac9c226" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a> <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/2-boats-capsized-in-chinas-southwest-after-sudden-storm-leaving-20-missing/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a> <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3309038/2-boats-capsize-heavy-rain-southwest-china-dozens-plunged-river" target="_blank">(SCMP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_explosion" target="_blank">gas explosion</a> at an apartment block in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" target="_blank">Moscow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://unn.ua/en/news/a-gas-explosion-in-a-residential-building-in-moscow-two-dead-6-injured" target="_blank">(UNN)</a> <a href="https://news.az/news/powerful-blast-rocks-residential-building-in-moscow-video" target="_blank">(News.AZ)</a> <a href="https://www.cagliarilivemagazine.it/russia-esplosione-in-palazzo-a-mosca-almeno-3-morti-e-15-feriti" target="_blank">(Cagliari Live Magazine)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed and three others are injured after a car crashes into an entrance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino_International_Airport" target="_blank">Ninoy Aquino International Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila" target="_blank">Metro Manila</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippines</a>. The driver of the car is in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" target="_blank">police</a> custody. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/manila-airport-crash-vehicle-suv-deaths-philippines-91d3ff57b8f8f2082730c20cf52115c0" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/several-injured-car-crashes-into-entrance-manila-airport-local-media-say-2025-05-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are arrested after planning to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Brazil" target="_blank">carry out attacks</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" target="_blank">improvised explosive devices</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga" target="_blank">Lady Gaga</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_promotional_concerts" target="_blank">concert</a> with more than two million attendees on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro" target="_blank">Copacabana Beach</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" target="_blank">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a>, to gain notoriety on social media. The suspects spread hate speech, mainly against children, adolescents and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQIA%2B" target="_blank">LGBTQIA+</a> community. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c209r5pqzneo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people, including four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iranian</a> citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">terrorist attack</a> at a single location in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/uk-police-arrest-several-iranian-men-over-alleged-attack-plot/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The bodies of thirteen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peruvian</a> gold mine security guards that were abducted in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush" target="_blank">ambush</a> in April, likely by people with links to criminal gangs according to the mining company, are found dead. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/13-workers-kidnapped-from-a-peruvian-gold-mine-are-found-dead/" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Romanian_presidential_election" target="_blank">2025 Romanian presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The first round of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" target="_blank">Romanian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Romania" target="_blank">presidential</a> election is held with eleven candidates on the ballot. If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-round_system" target="_blank">run-off</a> between the first two candidates will be held. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0zl1702ego" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_4" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153729, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis']Red Sea crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Houthi_attack_on_Tel_Aviv_airport']2025 Houthi attack on Tel Aviv airport[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_weapon']hypersonic[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missile[/URL] launched from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi-controlled_territory_of_Yemen']Houthi-controlled Yemen[/URL] hits near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport']Ben Gurion International Airport[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_District_%28Israel%29']Central District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL], injuring eight people. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-working-intercepting-missile-launched-yemen-2025-05-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/04/houthi-missile-strikes-israel-main-airport/']([I]The Telegraph[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese Civil War[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']Rapid Support Forces[/URL] launch [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone attacks[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan']Port Sudan[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan_New_International_Airport']international civilian[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Sudan_Military_Airport']military airport[/URL]. Drones also hit an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition_depot']ammunition depot[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Digna']Osman Digna[/URL] Air Base, causing damage but no casualties. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/4/sudans-rsf-carries-out-drone-attack-near-port-sudan-airport-army'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_%28yacht%29%23Sinking_and_aftermath']Sinking of the [I]Bayesian[/I][/URL] [LIST] [*]Marine salvage experts begin operations to recover the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superyacht']superyacht[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_%28yacht%29'][I]Bayesian[/I][/URL] which sank in August 2024 killing seven people, including British billionaire tech magnate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lynch_%28businessman%29']Mike Lynch[/URL] and members of his family, while fifteen others were rescued. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/experts-start-complex-recovery-of-a-superyacht-that-sank-off-sicily-killing-7/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Three people are killed, sixty others are hospitalized and fourteen are missing after two passenger boats carrying a total of around seventy people, including tourists, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsizing']capsize[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_River_%28Yangtze_tributary%29']Wu River[/URL] in near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianxi%2C_Guizhou']Qianxi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizhou']Guizhou[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL]. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/three-dead-60-hospitalised-in-china-boat-disasters-state-media-1ac9c226'](Barron's)[/URL] [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/2-boats-capsized-in-chinas-southwest-after-sudden-storm-leaving-20-missing/'](CTV News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3309038/2-boats-capsize-heavy-rain-southwest-china-dozens-plunged-river'](SCMP)[/URL] [*]At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_explosion']gas explosion[/URL] at an apartment block in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow']Moscow[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://unn.ua/en/news/a-gas-explosion-in-a-residential-building-in-moscow-two-dead-6-injured'](UNN)[/URL] [URL='https://news.az/news/powerful-blast-rocks-residential-building-in-moscow-video'](News.AZ)[/URL] [URL='https://www.cagliarilivemagazine.it/russia-esplosione-in-palazzo-a-mosca-almeno-3-morti-e-15-feriti'](Cagliari Live Magazine)[/URL] [*]Two people are killed and three others are injured after a car crashes into an entrance of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino_International_Airport']Ninoy Aquino International Airport[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Manila']Metro Manila[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL]. The driver of the car is in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_National_Police']police[/URL] custody. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/manila-airport-crash-vehicle-suv-deaths-philippines-91d3ff57b8f8f2082730c20cf52115c0'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/several-injured-car-crashes-into-entrance-manila-airport-local-media-say-2025-05-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]Two people are arrested after planning to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Brazil']carry out attacks[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device']improvised explosive devices[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga']Lady Gaga[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_promotional_concerts']concert[/URL] with more than two million attendees on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro']Copacabana Beach[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro']Rio de Janeiro[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL], to gain notoriety on social media. The suspects spread hate speech, mainly against children, adolescents and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQIA%2B']LGBTQIA+[/URL] community. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c209r5pqzneo'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]Five people, including four [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iranian[/URL] citizens, are arrested for planning to carry out a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom']terrorist attack[/URL] at a single location in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London']London[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL]. Separately, three other Iranian men are arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/uk-police-arrest-several-iranian-men-over-alleged-attack-plot/'](CTV News)[/URL] [*]The bodies of thirteen [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peruvian[/URL] gold mine security guards that were abducted in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush']ambush[/URL] in April, likely by people with links to criminal gangs according to the mining company, are found dead. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/13-workers-kidnapped-from-a-peruvian-gold-mine-are-found-dead/'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Romanian_presidential_election']2025 Romanian presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The first round of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania']Romanian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Romania']presidential[/URL] election is held with eleven candidates on the ballot. If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-round_system']run-off[/URL] between the first two candidates will be held. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0zl1702ego'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_4"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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