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April 27, 2023 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Girma Yeshitilla, the leader of the Amhara Prosperity Party, the ruling party in Ethiopia, is shot dead by unknown gunmen in North Shewa, Amhara Region.
The Iranian Navy seizes a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in international waters of the Gulf of Oman, according to the United States Navy.
An attack on a Burkinabé military base in Burkina Faso's Est region by jihadists kills 33 Burkinabé soldiers. During the attack, the soldiers say they killed 40 of the jihadists before government reinforcements arrived.
Arts and culture
The Spanish Parliament votes to ban the decades-old tradition of "bullfighting with costumed dwarfs" in line with "EU Directives concerning discrimination against people with disabilities". This decision is welcomed by disability organizations.
Business and economy
The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, officially opens the new Warsaw Radom Airport in Radom, which has been under construction since May 2019. It is estimated that the airport will initially be able to serve around 1 million passengers per year, and in the future around three million passengers per year.
Disasters and accidents
One person is injured after multiple bombings in Weare, New Hampshire, United States. The perpetrator is still at large.
At least 23 houses are severely damaged by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake in Bajura District, Nepal.
Eleven people are killed and one person is missing when a boat capsizes in the waters off Indonesia's western province of Riau.
Three United States Army personnel are killed and another is injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collide over Healy, Alaska, near Fort Wainwright, in the United States.
International relations
In a resolution drafted by the UAE and Japan, the UN Security Council unanimously condemns the Taliban administration's ban on Afghan women working, including for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and calls on Taliban leaders to lift the ban immediately.
Law and crime
The Moscow City Court orders the closure of the SOVA Center, which monitored nationalist and racist movements in Russia.
Politics and elections
The Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia begins the recruitment of women for the military, allowing both genders to join for the first time.
Sports
In American football, the NFL Draft is held with the Carolina Panthers taking Bryce Young as the first overall pick.
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