A major prisoner swap of nearly 900 prisoners begins between rival factions in Yemen.
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April 14, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Russian missile strike on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least eight civilians and injures 21 others.
The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara encircles the strategic town of Ménaka in Ménaka Region, Mali.
At least 42 people are killed by suspected CODECO militants during a raid at a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from a boat that sank off the coast of Tunisia increases to 33 after eight more bodies are found.
At least four people are killed and thirteen others are injured after a fire breaks out in a shelter in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
One person is killed and 70 others are injured after a bridge collapses in Udhampur District, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Health and environment
Law and crime
Tanzanian members of parliament call on the government to tighten laws against homosexual sex with the death penalty.
The Supreme Court of Canada upholds Quebec's provincial ban on homegrown cannabis despite a 2018 federal ruling which allowed small quantities of cannabis to be grown at home.
Science and technology
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival date of 2031.
The United Kingdom's Department for Transport approves Ford Motor Company's hands-free driving vehicles on 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. The UK becomes the first European country to approve hands-free driving technology on public roads.
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