Russian artillery and glide bombs target Kherson, Ukraine, killing one person and injuring nine others. A sports facility, a supermarket, and residential buildings were among those hit.
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April 16, 2025 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Al-Shabaab militants capture the Adan Yabal District in Middle Shabelle, Somalia, as the group continues to advance towards the capital Mogadishu.
A large-scale drone attack on Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills two people and injures 16 others.
Business and economy
California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over the tariffs, making California the first U.S. state to do so. The lawsuit also targets the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the law used by Trump to impose tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico.
Disasters and accidents
Authorities recover the remains of a Filipino crew member from the sand barge Hong Hai 16 that capsized off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, yesterday, bringing the total death toll to two. Nine others are reportedly still missing.
The HB Kongolo traveling from Matankumu to Bolomba, carrying around 400 people, catches fire and capsizes on the Congo River near Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 50 people and leaving hundreds more missing.
Three people are killed and two others are injured when two boats collide on Lewis Smith Lake in Cullman County, Alabama, United States, during a Major League Fishing tournament.
Health and environment
The United Kingdom suspends the import of cheese and meat products from the European Union to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
International relations
Following her sentencing to 15 years in prison, former First Lady of Peru Nadine Heredia and her son Samin flee to Brazil's capital BrasĂlia after the country grants their right of asylum.
Law and crime
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that legal gender is based upon biological sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.
A German palliative care doctor is charged for allegedly killing fifteen patients between 2021 and 2024 in Berlin. He is being investigated in an additional 75 suspected cases and also accused of trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires in their homes.
The Slovak government passes a law requiring non-governmental organizations to disclose their funding sources and the names of major donors. Opposition groups criticize the law as it could restrict civil society institutions.
The Lebanese military detains a group of people, including several Palestinians, for firing rockets towards Israel in two separate attacks. Hezbollah denies their involvement in the rocket attacks.
Politics and elections
The leader of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, announces the establishment of the Government of Peace and Unity, a rival government to the country's armed forces.
Science and technology
A colossal squid is filmed in the Southern Atlantic Ocean for the first time since the species was discovered in 1925. The 30 cm (12 in)-long juvenile was filmed by a team of scientists led by the University of Essex near the South Sandwich Islands at a depth of 600 m (2,000 ft).
A research team at the University of Cambridge announces that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected dimethyl sulfide, a chemical thought to be produced in nature only by living organisms, on exoplanet K2-18b, a sub-Neptune planet around 124 light-years (38 pc) away from Earth.
Sports
Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun wins her fifth consecutive Women's World Chess Championship title after defeating fellow Chinese grandmaster Tan Zhongyi with a score of 6.5–2.5. Ju becomes the first Chinese player to win the championship five times.
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