Portal:Current events/2023 April 24

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• War in Sudan (2023)
• Battle of Khartoum
• Switzerland suspends all diplomatic operations at its embassy in Khartoum. [https://www.reuters.com/world/switzerland-shuts-embassy-sudan-security-reasons-2023-04-24/ (Reuters)]
• Evacuation of foreign nationals during the War in Sudan (2023)
• Brazil, South Africa, Niger and Mexico evacuate more than 100 citizens from Sudan. [https://www.rm.co.mz/africa-do-sul-evacua-seus-cidadaos-do-sudao/ (Radio Mozambique)] [https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/ansa/2023/04/24/brasil-evacua-cerca-de-20-cidadaos-do-sudao.htm (Universo Online)] [https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-04-24/la-cancilleria-evacua-a-11-mexicanos-de-sudan-debido-al-conflicto-armado.html (El País)] [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/countries-evacuating-citizens-sudan-98799524 (ABC News)]
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
• 2022–2023 Crimea attacks
• Russian forces in Crimea repel a drone attack on Sevastopol, according to governor Mikhail Razvozhaev, in the first attack on the peninsula since February. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-live-drone-attack-on-crimea-repelled-russia-says-moscow-threatens-to-scrap-grain-deal (The Guardian)]

Business and economy

• Fox News and host Tucker Carlson part ways. Less than an hour later, CNN fires host Don Lemon. [https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news-00093485 (Politico)]

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Kabal explosions
• Seventeen people are killed and more than 50 others are injured after explosive material in the basement of a police station in Kabal Tehsil, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, catches fire, causing explosions. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/pakistan-police-say-electrical-shorts-caused-blasts-toll-hits-17 (Al Jazeera)]

Law and crime

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
• Five people are injured when a 39-year-old Palestinian terrorist rams his car into a crowd of people on a street in Jerusalem. He is later killed by an armed citizen. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-west-bank-raid-palestinian-official-says-2023-04-24/ (Reuters)]
• Thirteen suspected gang members are lynched and set on fire by residents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/4/25/suspected-haiti-gang-members-stoned-set-on-fire-by-crowd (Al Jazeera)]

Politics and elections

• 2023 British Virgin Islands general election
• Citizens of the British Virgin Islands head to the polls to elect the 13 members of the House of Assembly. [https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/british-virgin-islanders-electing-new-government/ (Jamaica Observer)]
• Iranian workers in major industries continue their strike for a third day. [https://www.iranintl.com/en/202304242738 (Iran International)]

Science and technology

• Solar Cycle 25
• A geomagnetic storm hits Earth, causing auroras as far south as Alabama and southern England. The storm registers at a G4. [https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/geomagnetic-storm-aurora-borealis-17913963.php (San Francisco Chronicle)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/science/northern-lights-aurora-borealis.html (New York Times)] [https://www.foxnews.com/science/northern-lights-potentially-visible-dozens-states-sunday-powerful-solar-storm (Fox News)]

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