April 22, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Russian Ministry of Defence claims control over the village of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast.

(Reuters)

Eastern Ukraine campaignRussian invasion of Ukraine

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The United Kingdom announces its largest ever military support package for the Ukrainian military, pledging 400 vehicles, including 162 MXT-MVs, 60 boats, 1,600 air defence missiles, 4 million rounds of firearm ammunition, and an additional £500 million in funding.

(The Guardian)

Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian WarRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Russia strikes the Kharkiv TV Tower with a Kh-59 cruise missile, causing the upper half of the tower to collapse and disrupting the broadcasting signal in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

(Reuters)

Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructureRussian invasion of Ukraine

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Twelve Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed and seven soldiers are wounded during a shootout in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.

(AP)

Moro conflict

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Two police officers are killed and another is injured during a mass shooting of a police squad in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia.

(Tass)

Aftermath of the Insurgency in the North Caucasus

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Israeli troops and tanks raid Khan Yunis in Gaza after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier this month.

(Reuters)

Siege of Khan YunisIsrael–Hamas war

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Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed and ten are missing during floods caused by heavy rain in Guangdong Province, China. Around 110,000 people are evacuated.

(BBC News)

2024 Guangdong floods

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International relations

China objects to an offering that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.

(Reuters)

Controversies surrounding Yasukuni ShrineChina–Japan relations

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Politics and elections

President Mohamed Muizzu's party, the People's National Congress, is declared the winner of the election.

(Reuters)

2024 Maldivian parliamentary election

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The head of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Israel Aharon Haliva resigns for failing to prevent the Hamas offensive on Israel on October 7, 2023.

(AP)

2023 Hamas-led offensive on IsraelIsrael–Hamas war

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Vito Bardi is re-elected president of the Italian region of Basilicata.

(RAI News)

2024 Basilicata regional election

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Science and technology

NASA announces that it has received decipherable data from the Voyager 1 space probe for the first time in five months.

(CNN)

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