April 24, 2024 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States announces a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine as part of a bill that was recently approved after being stalled in the US Congress for months. The package includes ammunition for artillery and air defense systems, along with armoured fighting vehicles.

(CNN)

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

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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov is arrested on suspicion of bribery.

(CNN)

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Business and economy

The union representing air traffic controllers in France cancels a planned 24-hour strike on Thursday, although a majority of flights have already been cancelled.

(Euronews)

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Disasters and accidents

Widespread flooding occurs in Nairobi, Kenya, with tens of thousands of people affected.

(BBC News)

2024 Kenya floods

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Law and crime

Argentina issues an arrest warrant via Interpol for Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to be in Sri Lanka.

(BBC News)

AMIA bombing

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The Government of Colombia issues a formal apology to the indigenous communities of the Amazon basin for their enslavement and mistreatment during the Amazon rubber boom in the 19th and 20th centuries.

(El Espectador)

Human rights in Colombia

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Three people are injured in a stabbing at the Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school in Ammanford, Wales. The suspect is arrested.

(ITV News), (The Guardian)

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Moldova announces that it has brought a criminal case against Gagauzia governor Evghenia Guțul for using Russian funds to finance the now-banned Șor Party.

(Reuters)

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US President Joe Biden signs the PAFACA Act into law. The act could result in video sharing platform TikTok being sold or banned in the United States.

(Reuters)

Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications ActNational Security Act, 2024

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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is sentenced to death for supporting the 2022 protests.

(BBC News)

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Politics and elections

Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against reductions in funding for universities made by President Javier Milei.

(BBC News)

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he is considering resigning from office after the launch of a judicial investigation into his wife after accusations by a right-wing legal platform.

(AP)

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The centre-right opposition candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, wins the first round of the presidential election and will face incumbent president Stevo Pendarovski in the second round on 8 May.

(Politico)

2024 North Macedonian presidential election

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