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Portal:Current events/2016 April 28

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Moro conflict
  • Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines agree on joint naval patrols after an increase in kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf militants. [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/04/28/indonesia-malaysia-philippines-join-forces-on-maritime-security-amid-increasing-threats.html (Jakarta Post)]
  • Syrian Civil War
  • A wave of airstrikes on Aleppo, Syria, kills at least 61 people, including children. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/28/at-least-27-killed-as-wave-airstrikes-hit-near-hospital-in-contested-syrian-city.html (FOX News)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/28/middleeast/syria-aleppo-hospital-airstrike/ (CNN)]
  • Médecins Sans Frontières claims that victims of a strike on a hospital include 14 patients and doctors. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2016/04/28/doctors-without-borders-14-patients-medical-workers-killed-in-airstrikes/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-world%252Bnation (Washington Post)]
  • According to sources from the Turkish military, they returned fire into Syria, killing 11 ISIL militants, after its artillery near the border town of Karkamış was hit by mortars. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-idUSKCN0XP24O (Reuters)]

;Arts and culture

;Business and economy

  • The Japanese government announces that it will start testing mileage figures of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles following recent revelations that testing data had been manipulated over a 25-year period. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mitsubishimotors-scandal-idUSKCN0XP04G (Reuters)]
  • Comcast's NBCUniversal acquires Dreamworks Animation for $3.8 billion. [http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/28/media/comcast-dreamworks-nbcuniversal/ (CNN)]
  • American billionaire Carl Icahn, in an interview on the cable network CNBC says he has closed his position in Apple. [https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/28/the-associated-press-carl-icahn-sells-apple-stake-citing-china-worries.html (AP)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;Disasters and accidents

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • LGBT rights in Colombia
  • Colombia becomes the fourth state in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36166888 (BBC)]
  • Filipino domestic helper Mary Jane Veloso commemorates the first anniversary of her being spared from the death penalty in Indonesia for allegedly smuggling controlled substances. A trial to determine her innocence is ongoing. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/mary-jane-veloso-indonesia-execution-reprieve (The Guardian)]

;Politics and elections

  • The new government of Kyrgyzstan is sworn in with Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov taking the oath of office. [http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan-new-government-oath-of-office/27704204.html (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)]
  • Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is suspended by the Labour Party for claiming that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/28/ken-livingstone-suspended-labour-party-anti-semitism/ (The Daily Telegraph)]
  • The Parliament of Finland holds a debate on whether or not to abandon the Euro as its currency following a petition that garnered enough signatures to force the issue into parliament. This comes as Finland as dealing with a weakening economy but the petition is unlikely to lead to the country leaving the Eurozone. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-finland-exit-idUSKCN0XP2FP (Reuters)]
  • Elections in Equatorial Guinea
  • Africa's longest serving leader Teodoro Obiang, the President of Equatorial Guinea is declared the winner of the recent election with 93.7 per cent of the vote. His government has been heavily criticised by human rights group. [http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/usworld/ap/africa-s-longest-serving-leader-extends-rule-in-eq-guinea/article_8497b48a-0785-5c9a-b4a0-fcb579d0479b.html (AP via Tulsa World)]

;Science and technology

  • India launches IRNSS-1G, the seventh and final series of satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NAVIC). [http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/isro-launches-rocket-carrying-india-s-seventh-navigation-satellite-116042800308_1.html (Business Standard)]

;Sport

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