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Portal:Current events/2017 April 25

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq
  • Turkish air strikes kill 18 Kurdish YPG fighters and media officials in northeastern Syria. Also five Peshmerga fighters are killed during a Turkish attack on Sinjar in Iraq. Turkey also claims to have destroyed "terror hubs". Iraq denounces the strike as a violation of its sovereignty. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-toll-idUSKBN17R0WE (Reuters)] [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-hits-pkk-targets-in-iraq-syria-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=112396&NewsCatID=352 (Hurriet Daily News)]

;Arts and culture

  • Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announces plans for a crowdfunded news website, Wikitribune, that will publish stories by journalists, with contributions, including fact checking, by volunteers to, among other goals, counter the recent spread of so-called "fake news". [http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-launches-project-fix-news-n750591?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma (NBC News)] [http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/04/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-launches-wikitribune-news-by-the-people-and-for-the-people/ (Nieman Foundation for Journalism)]

;Business and economy

  • United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke says that Donald Trump plans to review U.S. national monuments. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/25/zinke-to-review-large-national-monuments-created-since-1996-to-make-sure-the-people-have-a-voice/ (The Washington Post)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • Twenty-seven people are killed in Kenya's Makueni County when a bus and a truck collide on the Nairobi–Mombasa Road. [https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001237570/27-people-die-in-fatal-accident-along-mombasa-nairobi-highway (The Standard)]

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • India is to provide every cow with a biometric dog tag, in an effort to prevent cattle smuggling. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/soon-aadhaar-like-id-for-cattle/articleshow/58352347.cms (Times of India)]
  • The United States announced it will end a six-year Central-African hunt for Joseph Kony the following day. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170426143322/http://pulse.ng/world/joseph-kony-us-troops-end-hunt-for-lra-warlord-after-6-years-id6579489.html (AFP via Pulse.ng)]
  • Gun politics in the United States
  • An affiliate of the NRA sues California for alleged discrimination. [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/25/nra-sues-california-over-gun-control-laws-that-demonize-firearm-owners.html (Fox News)]
  • Immigration policy of Donald Trump
  • U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick rules that President Donald Trump's executive order withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities is unconstitutional. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/25/california-is-in-a-war-with-trump-on-sanctuary-cities-and-it-just-won-its-first-major-battle/ (The Washington Post)]

;Sports

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