air warfare branch of Japan's armed forces
de facto state, considered internationally to be part of Ukraine, 2014–2022
The Australian Parliament passes a law which makes it illegal for Internet platforms and service providers to host videos of "abhorrent violent conduct" without "expeditiously" removing them.
Israelis go to the polls to elect the new members of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) and a new Prime Minister.
The suspected shooter was wrestled to the ground by churchgoers, police say.
U.S. district judge Richard Seeborg halts the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases are pending in the United States. The national injunction will take effect Friday.
ISIL claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka that took place on Easter Sunday.
In basketball, the Virginia Cavaliers defeat the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 85–77 in overtime, to win their first national title.
Former Senator and Vice President Joe Biden announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35 Lightning II jet disappears from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific Ocean. Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya subsequently grounds Japan's fleet of F-35s.
Autonomous Region of Portugal in the archipelago of Madeira
agreement between Greece and North Macedonia ending the Macedonia naming dispute
George Vella is sworn in as the new President of Malta succeeding Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca.
Under the plans, Russian state-owned Rostec will train Venezuelan pilots to operate Mi-35M gunships and transport helicopters.
provisional institution serving the purposes of the head of state of Libya
China announces that it will add fentanyl to a list of regulated narcotic drugs on May 1, 2019, in an effort to curtail its manufacturing.
one of the three island groups of the Philippines
The Constitutional Court of Korea rules that the 1953 abortion ban is unconstitutional.
Eight families file a lawsuit against Washington Hebrew Congregation for allowing what they say was a lack of action over an assistant teacher who stands accused of sexually abusing several children in the day care program.
Emperor Akihito abdicates the Chrysanthemum Throne in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito.
Israel's Beresheet lunar lander crashes at Mare Serenitatis on the surface of the Moon. The crash resulted from a failure in the lander's main engine, resulting in the total loss of the spacecraft.
Moroccan authorities arrest a jihadist preparing to commit a terrorist attack in Seville, Spain, during the Holy Week processions.
Russia and the United States veto a British-sponsored United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire between the Libyan National Army and forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord.
The United States federal government charges 24 in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the billing of Medicare for nearly $1.2 billion in unnecessary back braces and other medical braces pitched via telemarketing through durable medical equipment companies.
The European Union calls for "free and fair" elections in Venezuela to end the standoff.
Two people are dead, and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Melbourne, Australia.
List of notable tornadoes occurring in 2019
Juan Guaidó, accompanied by members of the Venezuelan armed forces, speaks in front of La Carlota Air Base in Caracas, stating that Leopoldo López, a political prisoner since 2014, is freed by defecting soldiers who have renounced their loyalty to Nicolás Maduro, prompting people to take to the streets.
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
A large methane explosion at a coal mine in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine leaves 17 miners dead.
upper house of the United States Congress
David Saint-Jacques becomes the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he begins a roughly seven-hour mission.
era of Japanese history, starting 1 May 2019
The Government of National Accord in Tripoli formally announces the start of a counteroffensive to reclaim all parts of the capital held by the Libyan National Army.
Four attackers are killed in a failed attack on a police station in Zulfi, Saudi Arabia. The attackers had machine guns, bombs, and petrol bombs.
Google starts deleting consumer accounts from its social network Google+ due to low user engagement and the discovery of security vulnerabilities which potentially exposed user data to developers.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
LNA forces say they have seized control of Tripoli International Airport.
Five people are killed and 13 others injured in an arson and stabbing attack in an apartment complex in Jinju, South Korea.
The death toll in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38, as aid workers struggle to reach the worst-affected areas. Seven people were also killed by the cyclone in Comoros.
2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The Iranian government announces an emergency in southwestern provinces threatened by flooding and worked to evacuate dozens of villages as forecasters predicted more of the heavy rains that have killed at least 45 people last week.
Sudanese politician, 1st and current President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
This means that the UK will participate in next month's European Parliament election.
The Sri Lankan government temporarily blocks access to all social media platforms to stop the spread of "false media reports" about the attacks.
Asia Press reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the execution by firing squad of four foreign ministry officials following the failure of his February Hanoi summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, after accusing them of "selling information to the U.S." before the summit.
Greek riot police clash with hundreds of migrants near the Diavata refugee camp, attempting to enter North Macedonia, after rumours were circulated on social media that the border would be open.
General Khalifa Haftar has ordered the LNA to seize control of Tripoli, prompting the Tripoli-based Presidential Council to declare a general mobilization.
sovereign state in northern South America
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
Schools in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area are closed as the FBI searched for an 18-year-old Miami Beach Senior High School student described as "infatuated" with the Columbine High School massacre. She traveled to Colorado and purchased a shotgun and ammunition upon arriving, and was deemed a "credible threat" to area schools. She was later confirmed dead.
A series of explosions at churches and hotels in four cities in Sri Lanka, including the nation's commercial capital and largest city Colombo, kills at least 359 people and wounds around 500 others. ISIL has since claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Former Peruvian President Alan García dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident happened moments after judicial authorities had served him with an arrest warrant on corruption charges.
The death toll in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38, as aid workers struggle to reach the worst-affected areas.
formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state
A federal district court in Washington State issues a preliminary injunction against enforcement of an initiative by the Donald Trump administration ("gag order") that would have restricted doctor-patient communications about abortion in family planning clinics that receive U.S.
A fire breaks out at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, resulting in the collapse of its roof and spire and considerable damage to the building's interior.
one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR); founding member of the United Nations Organization in 1945; now Belarus
The Blackstone Group, a multinational private equity and asset management firm, has agreed to buy Geo-Young, a wholesale drug distributor in South Korea, in a deal that will retain Geo-Young's CEO, Cho Sun-hae, in her leadership role.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
The Sudanese military surrounds the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, and takes over state media buildings amid protests against President Omar al-Bashir. Several senior ministers are reportedly arrested, including former Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein.
Emperor Akihito abdicates the Chrysanthemum Throne in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito. He is the first Emperor to abdicate in over two hundred years, since Emperor Kōkaku in 1817.
first occasion on which an aircraft or spacecraft leaves the ground under its own power
A construction crane in the South Lake Union of Seattle collapses onto Mercer Street, killing four people.
Four family members, three women and one man, were found shot to death in an apartment in West Chester Township, Ohio. The suspect remains at large.
Nationwide protests against animal cruelty take place in Australia.
Police in Louisiana arrest Holden Matthews, a suspect in arson at three historically African-American churches in the past weeks which the NAACP flagged as hate crimes.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches successfully from Kennedy Space Center carrying Arabsat-6A to orbit. All three boosters landed successfully, marking the first time that all three boosters of a Falcon Heavy landed without failure.
unicameral national legislature of Israel
Christian festival and holiday the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Several houses are ruptured, trees uprooted and vehicles overturned in Bara district and Parsa district.
A propaganda video featuring Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is released, in which he references the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, indicating that he is still alive and that the video was shot very recently. It is the first time he's been seen on video since July 2014, when he addressed a crowd at the now destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul.
The United States demands that all countries cease purchasing oil from Iran by May 1 or face sanctions, in a move aimed at reducing Iran's income.
Eric Holder (not to be confused with the former U.S. Attorney General of the same name) is arrested and charged with the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
2017 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela
2018–19 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team
position in the United States Department of Justice
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the source of E. coli O103, that has infected 72 people in five states, has not been identified.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
A major power outage occurs in Sudan, leaving almost the entire country without electricity amid ongoing anti-government protests.
American engineer and computer scientist
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
A man carrying lighters, canisters filled with gasoline and lighter fluid is arrested at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral. A police source states Lamparello is a CUNY student seeking his Ph.D. in philosophy and occasional adjunct lecturer at Lehman College.
A small 5-200 kilometer planetesimal, with a similar mineral composition to Earth, is found orbiting in the debris disk of a white dwarf star. This discovery is among the first of its kind and expected to provide insight into the future of our own planetary system.
In Kabul, seven are killed after suicide bombers and gunmen attack the communications ministry.
A mass shooting at a bar in Minatitlán, Veracruz, kills 13 people and injures 4 others.
French President Emmanuel Macron pledges to rebuild the Cathedral after the fire.
The Nicolás Maduro-aligned Constituent National Assembly formally strips opposition leader and National Assembly President Juan Guaidó of his immunity from prosecution, potentially paving the way for his arrest.
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell from California announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.
West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio
Oliver North steps down as president of the National Rifle Association as New York attorney general Letitia James opens an investigation against the NRA.
when a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence
The owners had planned to start a community of at least 20 houses in the area.
Avengers: Endgame breaks numerous box office records, including the biggest opening weekend in cinematic history, grossing over $1 billion worldwide.
Head of state and chief executive of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
The death toll from thunderstorms in southern Nepal rises to 30.
The first death due to cholera is confirmed in Mozambique, with confirmed cases rising to 517.
Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee is shot dead by dissident republicans on the Creggan estate in Derry.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The 2019 inter-Korean summit will be held in South Korean capital of Seoul.
The U.S. House of Representatives approves a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen.
Egyptians vote on a number of amendments to the Constitution of Egypt, which, among other things, allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030, increase the president's powers over Egypt's judiciary, and increase the power of Egypt's military over all other state institutions.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Cagayan
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Annapolis, Maryland daily newspaper The Capital is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a mass shooting inside its own offices on June 28, 2018, that left five of its employees dead.
Singapore's non-oil exports slumped in March, according to numbers released by Enterprise Singapore. This was the biggest year-on-year monthly drop since October 2016. The slump in the export of electronics was especially marked.
Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
city in San Diego County, California, United States
Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his entire cabinet resigns, being succeeded by Boubou Cisse.
An inquest finds that Jennifer and Sarah Hart intentionally killed themselves. In 2018, a vehicle with the couple and their six adopted children drove off a cliff in California, killing all of them.
2019 North Macedonian presidential election
The Washington Post reports that in June 2017 President Donald Trump secured the release of Otto Warmbier, a dying prisoner of North Korea, by agreeing to pay the regime in that country $2 million, described as a payment for hospital bills.
Suspected jihadist militants attack a Malian military base in the town of Guiré, Koulikoro Region, killing ten soldiers.
Customs and Border Protection commissioner Kevin McAleenan will serve in her stead until a new secretary is confirmed by Congress.
Media reports indicate former United States Vice President and Senator Joe Biden has decided that next week he will announce his participation in the race for Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Two children are killed and twenty are injured in China after a dust devil lifts an inflatable castle off the ground.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expels former ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal Party of Canada.
international organization of states in the Americas
Russia announces it will fast-track citizenship applications from people living in conflict areas in eastern Ukraine. The European Union calls the move an attack on Ukraine's sovereignty that would undermine any peace agreement.
Sri Lankan investigators believe that the bombings were revenge for attacks on New Zealand mosques in March.
former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
The chairman for the Republican Party in North Carolina, Robin Hayes, is charged with bribery and other corruption charges, along with Republican donor Greg Lindberg.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
head of the United States Department of Justice
Tornadoes spawned by severe weather in Texas and Louisiana cause at least five deaths and over 17,000 power outages.
In an election marred by electoral fraud, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party wins with 44% of the vote while Republican People's Party comes in second with 30% of the vote. Overall, People's Alliance gets 51% of the vote while Nation Alliance receives 37% of the vote. Voter turnout was 84%.
Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed 31 people in Indonesia while 13 others are missing.
The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli, with reports of clashes in the city of Gharyan. The LNA say their operation, ordered by General Khalifa Haftar, is aimed at "cleansing the western zone from terrorist groups".
The redacted version of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is released by U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
272 election workers in Indonesia die, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses, caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand.
political and economic union of 27 European states
A house deck collapses in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, injuring 40 people, 20 of them severely.
Israel's Beresheet lunar lander crashes at Mare Serenitatis on the surface of the Moon.
One of the vice chairmen of the GNA Presidential Council, Ali Faraj Qatrani, defects to the Tobruk-based government.
bicameral national legislature of Australia
consolidated city-county in Richmond County, Georgia, United States
The army forms an interim council, with First Vice President Lt.
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary approves a subpoena to obtain, in its full and unredacted form, the final report written as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's recently concluded investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announces an architectural competition to redesign and rebuild the spire of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after it was destroyed by fire.
Voters in Indonesia go to the polls to elect members of the parliament, the President and Vice President.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
revenue service of the United States federal government
Volodymyr Zelensky wins the first round of Ukraine's presidential election with 30 percent of the vote, with President Petro Poroshenko coming in second with 15 percent of the vote. Since no candidate reached the required number of votes to achieve the office of the presidency, a runoff election between the two candidates will be held on April 21. Voter turnout was 63 percent.
Date: 15 March 2019 3 years ago c. 1:40 – 1:59 pm (NZDT; UTC+13)
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Afghanistan)
The International Monetary Fund denies Venezuela access to its money as there is no majority of member states recognizing either Maduro or Guaidó, describing the situation as "political chaos" and asking for debate between its members on the nation.
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
legislative branch of the Libyan government
city in and county seat of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and Maryland federated state capital city
The Ethiopian government releases a preliminary report on the investigation into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
An ammonia leak in a Chicago suburb hospitalizes 37 people.
Libyan Air Force jets loyal to Khalifa Haftar strike GNA positions in Tripoli for first time since the offensive began, including four airstrikes near the Bab al-Azizia military barracks.
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signs a bill into law, legalizing the recreational use of cannabis.
2019 song by Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2013 to 2019
April 2019 fire at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, France
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Massachusetts
The victims are the pastor, two of his sons and three other worshippers.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte insists Canada remove tons of mislabeled, misdirected trash from Manila that arrived in 2013 and 2014. Duterte threatens to retaliate, up to declaring war, if the trash is not removed.
Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing nine people and leaving fifteen others missing.
Reuters reports that an uneasy peace returned by the afternoon. There do not appear to be any immediate attempts by the opposition to take power through force, and there are no reports of defections from the armed forces leadership.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
overview about the Internet censorship in India
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces he will resign, effective May 11.
Sixteen people are killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes the municipalities of Porac and Lubao, Pampanga province, Philippines at 17:11 Philippine Standard Time.
Five people are killed and 13 others injured in an arson and stabbing attack in an apartment complex in Jinju, South Korea. The attacker tells the police he was angry because of back pay.
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya subsequently grounds Japan's fleet of F-35s.
However, there were no signals from the brains that would indicate awareness or consciousness.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May gives a speech after seven hours of continuous meetings, saying that a further extension to the withdrawal from the European Union is needed, and asking for talks with Jeremy Corbyn.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifies Alphabet Inc.-owned delivery drone service Wing to operate as an airline in the United States.
The parliament of Ukraine passes a language law in a vote of 278 to 38 that will secure the use of Ukrainian as the country's only official language.
A police source states Lamparello is a CUNY student seeking his Ph.D.
inaugural and only season of the Alliance of American Football (AAF)
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
Former Peruvian President Alan García dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
LIGO detects a second neutron star merger using its gravitational wave signal after the first such detection in August 2017.
The ruling party, Democrats for Andorra, loses the majority in the chamber.
This will be the first time the United States has designated a part of another government as a terrorist organization.
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
semi-desert coastal region in Iran and Pakistan
The United Kingdom and European Union agree to delay Brexit until October 31, 2019.
writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure
American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea
Militias loyal to the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord launch a counterattack on Libyan National Army troops in the southern outskirts of Tripoli.
100th season of the National Football League (NFL)
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the United Kingdom releases a white paper proposing to set up an independent regulatory body which would require Internet companies to remove content and block websites considered harmful.
Mountain climbers Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer are suspected dead after an avalanche on Howse Peak in Canada's Banff National Park.
Miami native Todd Leininger is released from a Venezuelan prison after being detained for five years for allegedly aiding the opposition.
ISIL militants kill 50 Syrian soldiers in two days of clashes in the Syrian desert.
In an effort led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans vote 51-48 to approve new Senate rules to limit the in-session debate time for most of President Donald Trump's appointed political nominees to two hours instead of the previously required 30 hours.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Hyundai plans to roll such cars out commercially by 2030.
Libyan National Army troops reach the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli, securing a key military checkpoint known as "Bridge 27".
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces the designation of the entirety of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective April 15. This will be the first time the United States has designated a part of another government as a terrorist organization.
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
The ruling left-wing alliance led by PSPV-PSOE wins a majority.
According to PHIVOLCS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Castillejos, Zambales.
district judge Richard Seeborg halts the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases are pending in the United States.
Twenty-one people are killed and about fifty others injured in a suicide bombing at a market in Quetta, Pakistan.
Overall, People's Alliance gets 51% of the vote while Nation Alliance receives 37% of the vote.
Fars Province Golestan Province Mazandaran Province Khuzestan Province Lorestan Province Ilam Province and 20 other provinces.
Russia opens a helicopter training facility in Venezuela. Under the plans, Russian state-owned Rostec will train Venezuelan pilots to operate Mi-35M gunships and transport helicopters. The move comes after the White House warned Moscow against sending troops or military equipment to the country.
The suspect, Michael Cummins, is in police custody.
act of taking another's property without permission or consent
Aguila Saleh, the chairman of the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament that rivals the Government of National Accord, stated that the parliament's Libyan National Army will continue advancing on Tripoli in spite of international calls for them to stop the offensive.
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
The redacted version of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is released by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. The investigation did not find any conspiracy between President Donald Trump and the Russian government regarding the accusation that they collaborated to win the 2016 presidential election. The report did not rule out if the Trump administration committed obstruction of justice. The Department of Justice also stated some members of Congress will receive a less-redacted version of the report in the near future.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces at an NRA meeting that he will be withdrawing the country's signature from the Arms Trade Treaty.
At least eight people are killed in the Southern United States amid severe storms bringing floods and tornadoes.
North Korea appoints Choe Ryong-hae as President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's nominal head of state, replacing Kim Yong-nam after 21 years. Kim Jae-ryong becomes premier.
Libyan National Army forces continue to advance on the Libyan capital Tripoli, capturing the city of Gharyan, with only light resistance reported.
The judge had earlier declined the defense's motion of a re-trial due to what they alleged to be police and juror misconduct.
AT&T Inc. sells its 10% stake in Hulu to Hulu LLC for $1.43 billion.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Canadian politician, served as Minister of Justice, Attorney General, and Minister of Veterans Affairs
A spokesperson for the European Union Forest Fire Information System says wildfires in northern Europe "are way above the average" for this time of year.
Middle East, especially Syria, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces the designation of the entirety of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective April 15.
Fan Wei, a Canadian citizen in China, is sentenced to death following his conviction for producing and trafficking methamphetamine.
Russia blocks a United Nations Security Council statement calling on Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to immediately halt the Libyan National Army's offensive on Tripoli, because it wants the UN statement to also apply to pro-GNA forces, including Islamist militias from Misrata.
Pope Francis speaks words of solidarity to the Christian community of Sri Lanka, lamenting that the attacks have wrought grief and sorrow.
lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority (United States)
One person is killed when his car is hit by more than eighty shots by the Brazilian army after his car was mistaken for another one, in which were supposed to be criminals, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
British politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1963)
Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar declares a no-fly zone for military aircraft over western Libya, after LNA forces were targeted by airstrikes from GNA warplanes that took off from Misrata Airport.
The Nation's editor Katrina vanden Heuvel announces that she will step down as editor after 24 years, on June 15, 2019.
American actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other defendants involved in a conspiracy regarding admission to prestigious colleges have agreed to plead guilty in the matter, prosecutors say. The 14 individuals are among 50 people accused of engaging in schemes that involved cheating on college entrance exams and paying $25 million in bribes to secure their children admission to well-known colleges.
The last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, the world's largest species of freshwater turtle and one of the most endangered species on the planet, dies at Suzhou Zoo in China.
2020 United States presidential election
A series of explosions at churches and hotels in four cities in Sri Lanka, including the nation's commercial capital and largest city Colombo, kills at least 359 people and wounds around 500 others.
bilateral relations between Russia and Venezuela
The United States Africa Command evacuates a contingent of U.S. troops from Libya due to the unrest. India also withdraws a contingent of peacekeepers from Tripoli.
PHIVOLCS originally records the earthquake, which is tectonic in origin, at magnitude 5.7, but later upgrades it to 6.1.
The Organization of American States votes 18 to 9, with six abstentions, to accept Gustavo Tarre Briceño as the ambassador from Venezuela. Tarre is the envoy from Juan Guaidó's government; Nicolás Maduro's Foreign Ministry calls Tarre a "political usurper".
claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled
The Royal Thai Navy is planning to remove a house that was allegedly constructed illegally 12 mi (19.31 km) off the Thai coastline to promote seasteading.
India also withdraws a contingent of peacekeepers from Tripoli.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has decided to recuse himself from deliberations about whether the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department ought to challenge the planned merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, says a Reuters source "familiar with the decision". Barr is invested in both of the firms involved.
Jakarta, home to over 10 million people, is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world; almost half of its area is below sea level.
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
City in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
The Valencian regional election is held concurrently. The ruling left-wing alliance led by PSPV-PSOE wins a majority.
A warplane loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, reported to be a MiG-23, strikes Mitiga International Airport, the only functional airport in Tripoli.
In American football, Tom Dundon, principal owner of the Alliance of American Football, announces that the league has suspended operations effective immediately, before the end of its first season.
most populous city in the United States of America
According to PHIVOLCS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of San Julian, Eastern Samar. PHIVOLCS originally records the earthquake, which is tectonic in origin, at magnitude 6.2, but later upgrades it to 6.5.
Yale University researchers led by professor Nenad Sestan announce, through the Nature journal, that they successfully partly revived the brains of deceased pigs, four hours after death occurred. However, there were no signals from the brains that would indicate awareness or consciousness.
U.S. President Donald Trump terminates the employment of Randolph Alles, the Director of the United States Secret Service.
The official video for Taylor Swift's "Me!", which premiered Thursday night, breaks Vevo's record for the biggest debut of all time, with at least 56.9 million views in 24 hours.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs a bill that restricts abortion after a detectable heartbeat. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said it was preparing a constitutional challenge to the law.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches successfully from Kennedy Space Center carrying Arabsat-6A to orbit.
national intelligence and law enforcement agency of Ukraine
grave containing multiple number of human corpses, usually buried anonymously
Aguila Saleh, speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament which Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army is loyal to, states that no peace agreement or UN-backed conference is possible while Tripoli "is occupied by armed groups".
The Organization of American States votes 18 to 9, with six abstentions, to accept Gustavo Tarre Briceño as the ambassador from Venezuela.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The bulldozing is widely condemned in Belarus.
Former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is transferred from house arrest to a maximum security prison, reports say. His whereabouts had been unknown since the coup against him earlier this month. Al-Bashir has been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2009 for war crimes in Darfur.
Bangladesh celebrates Easter as national holiday for first time in 30 years.
A warplane loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, reported to be a MiG-23, strikes Mitiga International Airport, the only functional airport in Tripoli. A LNA spokesman says civilian planes were not targeted in the air raid.
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
2019 U.S. government report on Russian interference in the 2016 election
Singapore's non-oil exports slumped in March, according to numbers released by Enterprise Singapore.
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
overview about the censorship in South Asia
Boeing delays the availability of the software update for its 737 Max airliners. The Federal Aviation Administration anticipates the update to be rolled out "in the coming weeks."
Earth-crossing asteroid that has an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (> 1 AU) but perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)
Seven people were also killed by the cyclone in Comoros.
A mudslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar caused by the collapse of a nearby lake kills three miners and leaves 51 missing.
cave and archaeological site in the Philippines
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that several United States citizens were killed in the attacks and Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry officials have stated that at least five of the victims were of British nationality.
The European Union calls the move an attack on Ukraine's sovereignty that would undermine any peace agreement.
meetings between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea in the 21st century
An inquest finds that Jennifer and Sarah Hart intentionally killed themselves.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
He has ties to black metal music and commented on memes about musician Varg Vikernes, a neo-Nazi who boasted about burning churches in Norway and was imprisoned for arson and murder, but researchers are unsure if they prove hate was his motive.
John William King is executed by lethal injection by the state of Texas, 21 years after the murder of James Byrd Jr., for which he was sentenced.
An armored car runs over supporters of Guaidó, escalating violence. At least 71 injured people, including two with gunshot wounds, were taken to Salud Chacao Medical Center in Caracas, according to the president of the center.
The attackers had machine guns, bombs, and petrol bombs.
Voters are called to the polls to elect the new members of the People's Majlis.
The Libyan National Army says it has shot down a pro-GNA L-39 Albatros over Tripoli.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifies Alphabet Inc.-owned delivery drone service Wing to operate as an airline in the United States. Wing is the first delivery drone company to receive FAA air carrier certification.
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) utilized to transport packages, food or other goods
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Voters also reject adopting mixed-member proportional representation as the province's election system in a referendum held simultaneously with the election.
former US American telecommunication company
overview of Internet censorship in Australia
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
college in The Bronx, New York; part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system
Michael Avenatti is charged by a federal grand jury in California on 36 counts, including embezzlement, wire fraud, tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and bank fraud connected to his alleged theft of tens of millions of dollars from several clients.
customs service of the United States since 2003
Matthews is the son of a local deputy sheriff.
The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means formally requests six years of President Donald Trump's personal and business tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
An armored car runs over supporters of Guaidó, escalating violence.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal accepts the nullity recourses against the candidacy of Thelma Aldana and temporarily leaves her out of the general elections. However, an appeal will be filed before the Supreme Court of Justice and ultimately, the Constitutional Court. All three top candidates face serious legal challenges that may prevent them from running.
Presidential candidate Mario Estrada [es] is captured in the United States because of his alleged connections with the international drug trafficking Sinaloa Cartel. The United States Department of Justice says in a statement that Estrada had requested the murder of political rivals to win the presidency in exchange for granting control of airports and ports in the country to these groups. The presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 16.
A US Army veteran was planning to bomb a white nationalist rally in retribution for the shooting in New Zealand. He was also planning attacks on Jews.
JAXA space probe Hayabusa2 successfully fires a bullet at Apollo asteroid 162173 Ryugu, forming a crater which will be used to collect underground samples.
A LNA spokesman says civilian planes were not targeted in the air raid.
During the call, Trump recognised Haftar's efforts to combat Islamic terrorism and secure Libya's oil reserves.
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Gangwon Province, South Korea, kills two people, injures 11 others, and forces the evacuation of thousands of civilians.
Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Debenhams, one of the largest department stores in the United Kingdom which employs 25,000 people, collapses into administration.
According to exit polls, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins Ukraine's presidential run-off election over incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with more than 70 percent of the votes.
North Carolina authorities have ordered evacuations covering a half-mile radius because of air quality, possibly including harmful sulfuric acid, from a massive fire at a metal recycling plant in Mooresboro. Officials say the blaze has been extinguished, as of 7:15 a.m.
Eight pedestrians in Sunnyvale, California, are injured when a car is intentionally driven into them.
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
Thai authorities have filed a complaint, which if prosecuted could carry a death sentence for "threatening the sovereignty of a state, and erosion of a state's independence".
Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, his first major golf win in 11 years and his first win at the Masters since 2005.
top tier of association football in Turkey
violence and instability after the 2010–12 Arab Spring
Four people are killed in a string of shootings in Penticton, British Columbia, in what police are calling targeted killings.
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Zambales
LIGO and Virgo detect a gravitational wave from a galaxy 6 billion light-years away in the direction of Cassiopeia, with further details being released on April 10.
Seven people are found dead in Sumner County, Tennessee.
According to PHIVOLCS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Castillejos, Zambales. PHIVOLCS originally records the earthquake, which is tectonic in origin, at magnitude 5.7, but later upgrades it to 6.1.
General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan.
Apple Inc. and Google remove TikTok from their app stores in India after a high court in Madras ruled the app could expose children to sexual content and cyberbullying.
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
U.S. government list of designated entities
Amor Ftouhi is sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a police officer at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, United States, in June 2017.
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Russian security services kill two ISIL-affiliated terrorists who were planning an attack in the city of Tyumen.
In 2018, a vehicle with the couple and their six adopted children drove off a cliff in California, killing all of them.
The report did not rule out if the Trump administration committed obstruction of justice.
According to a criminal complaint filed in a U.S. District Court, a Chinese woman is arrested and charged with making a false statement to the United States Secret Service after illegally entering U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on 30 March 2019 while carrying multiple passports, four mobile phones and a thumb drive containing malware.
upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales
Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
presiding officer of the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament
2016 United States presidential election
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
2018–19 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team
American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
South Korea's Hyundai Motor reaches an agreement with Tencent to partner on research and development of self-driving cars. Hyundai plans to roll such cars out commercially by 2030.
Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue, Seattle, Washington, United States
sovereign state situated on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa
2019 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
golf tournament held in Augusta, Georgia, United States
Andorrans head to the polls to elect the new members of the General Council that will choose the new Prime Minister. The ruling party, Democrats for Andorra, loses the majority in the chamber.
Several senior ministers are reportedly arrested, including former Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein.
Homo luzonensis is identified as a new species of human beings discovered in the Callao Cave, Northern Philippines.
military coup against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 April 2019
2019 shooting in San Diego County, California
The Canadian ten-dollar note, featuring Canadian civil rights activist Viola Desmond, wins the International Bank Note Society award.
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts Seth Moulton announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 US presidential election.
However, an appeal will be filed before the Supreme Court of Justice and ultimately, the Constitutional Court.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Libyan National Army forces continue to advance on the Libyan capital Tripoli, capturing the city of Gharyan, with only light resistance reported. General Khalifa Haftar has ordered the LNA to seize control of Tripoli, prompting the Tripoli-based Presidential Council to declare a general mobilization.
The investigation did not find any conspiracy between President Donald Trump and the Russian government regarding the accusation that they collaborated to win the 2016 presidential election.
Spaniards go to the polls to elect all 350 members of the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of 266) seats in the Senate.
entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
overview of Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
Lt. General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf steps down as leader of the Transitional Military Council in favor of Lt. General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan.
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
28 people are killed and two others are missing after a landslide in the municipality of Rosas, in southwestern Colombia.
The United States Africa Command evacuates a contingent of U.S.
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
The LNA captures several more towns in the Tripoli District, including Qasr bin Ghashir, Wadi Rabie and Suq al-Khamis, as well as the town of ‘Aziziya in the Jafara District, to the west of Tripoli.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested in London after Ecuador withdraws asylum. He is later found guilty of breaching bail in 2012 by a British court, however he faces likely extradition to the United States over allegations he conspired with former US military analyst Chelsea Manning to acquire classified U.S. government files.
The UN cancels a planned Libyan National Conference that was due to take place later in April for negotiations between different political factions to organise new elections due to the ongoing fighting in Tripoli.
American multinational technology company
President al-Bashir is reported to have stepped down.
United States top collegiate-level basketball tournament for 2019
Six people are shot, two fatally, on the last day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The gunman was taken into custody after he ran out of ammunition.
Seven people are found dead in Sumner County, Tennessee. The suspect, Michael Cummins, is in police custody.
intelligence agency and or police agency, law enforcement office which operates in secrecy
77th & 85th United States Attorney General
U.S. President Donald Trump vetoes a Congressional resolution that sought to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen.
At least 13 people are killed and 29 others are injured when a wall collapses in Empangeni, South Africa, at the start of an Easter service at a Pentecostal church.
WikiLeaks says that a high-level source within the government of Ecuador has informed them that Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" and that Ecuador's government already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest.
Six people are killed when terrorists storm a church in the Soum Province, Burkina Faso.
distance from the tip of one limb such as an arm or wing to the tip of the paired limb, or analogically the same measure for airplane wings
14 people are killed in a gun attack on a bus in Pakistan.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Italy issue a joint statement calling on Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar to end the offensive.
1890 Prince Edward Island general election
Lopez and his family later seek refuge in Chile's diplomatic residence.
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
voting requirement above 50% for passage
a form of mass wasting involving very rapid to extremely rapid surging flow of debris
An indicative vote on holding more indicative votes for Brexit possibilities in the House of Commons achieves a vote of 310 Aye and 310 No, becoming the first British parliamentary vote to result in a draw in the 21st century; Speaker John Bercow breaks the tie by voting No.
2019 Prince Edward Island general election
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
Heavy gunfire is reported in the Sudanese capital Khartoum as Rapid Support Forces loyal to President Omar al-Bashir attempted to break-up an anti-government protest outside the military's headquarters, killing at least 14 people, including five Sudanese soldiers who defected to the opposition.
A minibus carrying Turkish Süper Lig Alanyaspor football players crashes near Alanya, Turkey, resulting in the death of Czech Republic national football team international Josef Šural, while several other players are seriously injured.
federal crimes in the United States that involve mailing or electronically transmitting something associated with fraud
The governing social democrat Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) wins, but short of an absolute majority.
Bangladesh celebrates Easter as national holiday for first time in 30 years. The South Asian nation of 159 million is 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh in 2017.
Six people are killed when terrorists storm a church in the Soum Province, Burkina Faso. The victims are the pastor, two of his sons and three other worshippers.
The presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 16.
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the source of E. coli O103, that has infected 72 people in five states, has not been identified. Bill Marler, a food safety lawyer in Seattle, notes this O103 outbreak is by far the largest in recent memory.
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the LNA visits Cairo for a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has supported the LNA in its military operation against the rival GNA in Tripoli.
The Security Service of Ukraine claims to have captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on 21 April.
spacecraft intended to land on the surface of the Moon
formal announcement by which one state goes to war against another
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker is investigated federally for a property tax break that netted him $331,000 in tax relief by taking toilets out of a Chicago mansion he owns. Pritzker stated he has "no concerns" about the report.
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
Protestant churches that currently or historically have ministered to predominantly black congregations in the United States
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
The earthquake happened less than 24 hours after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Luzon.
American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media and Internet live TV service
head of state and government of the Republic of Indonesia
political party in Prince Edward Island, Canada
He is later found guilty of breaching bail in 2012 by a British court, however he faces likely extradition to the United States over allegations he conspired with former US military analyst Chelsea Manning to acquire classified U.S.
North Korea appoints Choe Ryong-hae as President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's nominal head of state, replacing Kim Yong-nam after 21 years.
award for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States
Belarusian authorities begin demolishing crosses with bulldozers at the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic-era mass grave site Kurapaty on the outskirts of Minsk, where at least 30,000 people were executed by the NKVD's secret police in the 1930s and 1940s.
The attacker tells the police he was angry because of back pay.
The death toll from thunderstorms in southern Nepal rises to 30. Several houses are ruptured, trees uprooted and vehicles overturned in Bara district and Parsa district.
The gunman was taken into custody after he ran out of ammunition.
Nationwide protests against animal cruelty take place in Australia. In the city of Melbourne, protesters blocked a major intersection for four hours before it was dispatched by police; several people were arrested.
troops and one civilian contractor near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
Canada has requested clemency for Fan, who is the second Canadian citizen sentenced to death this year.
The LNA say their operation, ordered by General Khalifa Haftar, is aimed at "cleansing the western zone from terrorist groups".
In the United States, Chanel Lewis is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano while she was running in Queens, New York City.
commune and town in Koulikoro Region, Mali
6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Luzon
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte insists Canada remove tons of mislabeled, misdirected trash from Manila that arrived in 2013 and 2014.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants assault several Syrian Army positions in the northern Aleppo Governorate, killing 17 soldiers and wounding 30 others. HTS say the attacks were in response to recent Syrian government and Russian airstrikes on rebel-held areas.
The incident happened moments after judicial authorities had served him with an arrest warrant on corruption charges.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving the administration.
Barr is invested in both of the firms involved.
South Korea's Hyundai Motor reaches an agreement with Tencent to partner on research and development of self-driving cars.
Fan Wei, a Canadian citizen in China, is sentenced to death following his conviction for producing and trafficking methamphetamine. Canada has requested clemency for Fan, who is the second Canadian citizen sentenced to death this year. The application of the death penalty was condemned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland added, "Canada stands firmly opposed to the death penalty everywhere around the world."
Katie Bouman and scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope project release the first ever photograph of the event horizon of a black hole, that of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 galaxy, taken using a network of eight radio telescopes around the world.
type of assault that typically involves the perpetrator firing a weapon from within a motor vehicle and then fleeing
Reuters reports that an uneasy peace returned by the afternoon.
Eight pedestrians in Sunnyvale, California, are injured when a car is intentionally driven into them. The driver is arrested after crashing into a tree. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh in 2017.
She traveled to Colorado and purchased a shotgun and ammunition upon arriving, and was deemed a "credible threat" to area schools.
At least 29 people, all German tourists, are killed in a bus crash in Caniço, Madeira Islands.
Social Democratic Party takes a narrow victory with 40 seats, while Finns Party comes close second with 39 seats.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
United States Federal Law Enforcement Agency
domesticated omnivorous even-toed ungulate
Socialist Party of the Valencian Country
private university in New Haven, Connecticut
lower house of the Spanish legislative branch
Egyptians vote on a number of amendments to the Constitution of Egypt, which, among other things, allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to remain in power until 2030, increase the president's powers over Egypt's judiciary, and increase the power of Egypt's military over all other state institutions. The vote takes place over three days from 20 to 22 April.
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)
631 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City
Pritzker stated he has "no concerns" about the report.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signs a bill that restricts abortion after a detectable heartbeat.
A roadside bomb kills three U.S. troops and one civilian contractor near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Eastern Samar
In an election marred by electoral fraud, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party wins with 44% of the vote while Republican People's Party comes in second with 30% of the vote.
city and county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America
Police evacuate 148 homes in Sokndal, Norway.
Voters are called to the polls to elect the new members of the People's Majlis. Preliminary results give the victory to Maldivian Democratic Party, led by former President Mohamed Nasheed.
According to the report he is burned to death in a home he founded for indigenous students in Iquitos, in the northeastern Amazonian region.
The far-right Vox party finished fifth with 10% of the votes.
legality, use and culture of cannabis in Guam
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal accepts the nullity recourses against the candidacy of Thelma Aldana and temporarily leaves her out of the general elections.
Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord retake Tripoli International Airport from the Libyan National Army.
A judge in Miami orders the arrest of Guatemalan presidential candidate Roberto Arzú. Arzú is the second presidential candidate who has had legal problems with the United States.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
On April 2, 2019, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno accused WikiLeaks of leaking the INA Papers, a set of documents published in February 2019 which uncover the operations of INA Investment Corp, an offshore tax haven created by the brother of President Moreno and allegedly reveal government corruption.
At least 71 injured people, including two with gunshot wounds, were taken to Salud Chacao Medical Center in Caracas, according to the president of the center.
A Texas semi truck driver with no criminal record is arrested and faces 4 counts of vehicular homicide after he told police his brakes were failing on I-70 as it descended from the mountains in Colorado and caused a 28 vehicle crash.
Boeing 737 MAX groundings due to safety concerns, after two new airplanes crashed within five months
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.
men's national association football team representing the Czech Republic
American actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other defendants involved in a conspiracy regarding admission to prestigious colleges have agreed to plead guilty in the matter, prosecutors say.
272 election workers in Indonesia die, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses, caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand. 1,878 other staff fall ill.
This was the biggest year-on-year monthly drop since October 2016.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler issues a subpoena to the Justice Department for, by May 1, the full, unredacted version of the Mueller report, and for the underlying grand jury evidence and testimony.
In the United States, Chanel Lewis is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano while she was running in Queens, New York City. The judge had earlier declined the defense's motion of a re-trial due to what they alleged to be police and juror misconduct.
Since no candidate reached the required number of votes to achieve the office of the presidency, a runoff election between the two candidates will be held on April 21.
After the Organization of American States accepts an envoy from the government of President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Juan Guaidó as ambassador, United States Vice President Mike Pence asks for the United Nations to expel and replace the Nicolás Maduro-appointed Venezuelan envoy in its own chamber.
bilateral relations between United States and Libya
The vote takes place over three days from 20 to 22 April.
Scaled Composites Stratolaunch, an aircraft with the largest wingspan ever to fly, makes its maiden flight over California, United States.
One person is killed and multiple people are wounded in a shooting that occurred at a synagogue in Poway, California.
A 29-year-old man is charged with five counts of attempted murder after stabbing five people in "random attacks", including four people in a 10-hour period on March 30, in Edmonton, London.
a series of explosions in Sri Lanka across multiple cities on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019
deputy head of state of the Republic of Sudan
Officials say the blaze has been extinguished, as of 7:15 a.m.
additional period of play to bring a game to a decision
Israeli space probe which failed to land on the Moon in 2019
airport in Flint, Michigan, United States
Preliminary results give the victory to Maldivian Democratic Party, led by former President Mohamed Nasheed.
He is the first Emperor to abdicate in over two hundred years, since Emperor Kōkaku in 1817.
The governing social democrat Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) wins, but short of an absolute majority. The far-right Vox party finished fifth with 10% of the votes.
unsuccessful 2020 presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg
naval warfare branch of Thailand's military
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving the administration. Customs and Border Protection commissioner Kevin McAleenan will serve in her stead until a new secretary is confirmed by Congress.
U.S. President Donald Trump vetoes a Congressional resolution that sought to end U.S.
township in Butler County, Ohio, United States
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
men's college basketball championship game
Presidential candidate Mario Estrada [es] is captured in the United States because of his alleged connections with the international drug trafficking Sinaloa Cartel.
Alcon has completed a 100% spin-off from Novartis.
A 15-year-old suicide bomber attacks a market in Sheikh Zuweid, Egypt, killing four policemen and three civilians, and injuring 27 others.
Korean Central News Agency confirms North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon visit Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
defunct professional American football league
PHIVOLCS originally records the earthquake, which is tectonic in origin, at magnitude 6.2, but later upgrades it to 6.5.
Four people are killed in a string of shootings in Penticton, British Columbia, in what police are calling targeted killings. A man later turned himself in and was taken into custody.
groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings
According to exit polls, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins Ukraine's presidential run-off election over incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with more than 70 percent of the votes. Poroshenko concedes defeat.
The move comes after the White House warned Moscow against sending troops or military equipment to the country.
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
Peruvian authorities investigate the death of British De La Salle Brother Paul McAuley, age 71. According to the report he is burned to death in a home he founded for indigenous students in Iquitos, in the northeastern Amazonian region.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls an election for 18 May.
Former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is transferred from house arrest to a maximum security prison, reports say.
enteric, rod shaped, gram-negative bacterium
A judge in Miami orders the arrest of Guatemalan presidential candidate Roberto Arzú.
American writer, editor, publisher, activist
A federal district court in Washington State issues a preliminary injunction against enforcement of an initiative by the Donald Trump administration ("gag order") that would have restricted doctor-patient communications about abortion in family planning clinics that receive U.S. taxpayer funding.
2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Seville and the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain
American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997)
Colombian municipality of the department of Cauca
HTS say the attacks were in response to recent Syrian government and Russian airstrikes on rebel-held areas.
head of government of the United Kingdom
Reiwa (令和) is revealed as the new Japanese Era name set to start on May 1 upon Crown Prince Naruhito's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan.
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker is investigated federally for a property tax break that netted him $331,000 in tax relief by taking toilets out of a Chicago mansion he owns.
military base in Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
legal system of the Arab Republic of Egypt
parliamentary procedure of the United States Senate invoked to amend rules of discussion
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Arzú is the second presidential candidate who has had legal problems with the United States.
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
Abortion law in the United States by state
termination of pregnancy in states of the United States
mixed-member proportional representation
city in Santa Clara County, California, United States
Julian Assange's asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy
Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
termination of a pregnancy in the United States
Maldivian politician, 4th president of the second republic of Maldives
company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight
This discovery is among the first of its kind and expected to provide insight into the future of our own planetary system.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and in debris disks
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
head of the United States Department of Homeland Security
flight between Addis Ababa and Nairobi crashed on 10 March 2019
United States House Committee on Ways and Means
chief tax-writing comittee of the United States House of Representatives
Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation
head of the United States Department of State
Police in Louisiana arrest Holden Matthews, a suspect in arson at three historically African-American churches in the past weeks which the NAACP flagged as hate crimes. Matthews is the son of a local deputy sheriff. He has ties to black metal music and commented on memes about musician Varg Vikernes, a neo-Nazi who boasted about burning churches in Norway and was imprisoned for arson and murder, but researchers are unsure if they prove hate was his motive.
Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing nine people and leaving fifteen others missing. The buildings were irregularly built.
According to PHIVOLCS, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of San Julian, Eastern Samar.
In an effort led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans vote 51-48 to approve new Senate rules to limit the in-session debate time for most of President Donald Trump's appointed political nominees to two hours instead of the previously required 30 hours. Senate Republicans invoke the so-called "nuclear option" to approve the new rules, a procedure that allows the Senate to amend rules with a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to do so.
The South Asian nation of 159 million is 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
Belarusian authorities begin demolishing crosses with bulldozers at the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic-era mass grave site Kurapaty on the outskirts of Minsk, where at least 30,000 people were executed by the NKVD's secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. The bulldozing is widely condemned in Belarus.
Thirty firefighters die in southwestern China after a forest fire trapped them due to a sudden shift in winds.
country or place with low taxes for foreign investors
highest political office in Ecuador; head of state and head of government of Ecuador
sells its 10% stake in Hulu to Hulu LLC for $1.43 billion.
Russia announces it will fast-track citizenship applications from people living in conflict areas in eastern Ukraine.
Japan's national aero-space agency as JAXA
Russia opens a helicopter training facility in Venezuela.
The White House says President Donald Trump has spoken to Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar about recent developments in Libya. During the call, Trump recognised Haftar's efforts to combat Islamic terrorism and secure Libya's oil reserves.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
12th Indonesian Legislative Election and 4th Indonesian Presidential Election
Boeing delays the availability of the software update for its 737 Max airliners.
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
NASA reports the first detection of a likely Marsquake by the InSight Mars lander.
U.S. Presidential election campaign in 2020
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli, with reports of clashes in the city of Gharyan.
Bacterial infection of the small intestine
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler issues a subpoena to the Justice Department for, by May 1, the full, unredacted version of the Mueller report, and for the underlying grand jury evidence and testimony. Attorney General William Barr's offer to allow committee members a chance to view a less-redacted version of the report does not meet the committee's needs and was not accepted.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
use of potentially illegal means to obtain money, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution
16 people are indicted on new charges in the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal, one day after it was announced that 13 of the defendants charged in the case would plead guilty for conspiracy.
security weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance
point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocentre or focus in an earthquake
Macedonians go to the polls to elect the next President of North Macedonia in an election dominated by divisions over the Prespa agreement, which resolved the naming dispute between North Macedonia and Greece.
The application of the death penalty was condemned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 17 August 2017
National Football League franchise in Kansas City, Missouri
The Royal Thai Navy is planning to remove a house that was allegedly constructed illegally 12 mi (19.31 km) off the Thai coastline to promote seasteading. The owners had planned to start a community of at least 20 houses in the area. Thai authorities have filed a complaint, which if prosecuted could carry a death sentence for "threatening the sovereignty of a state, and erosion of a state's independence".
Mali's Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his entire cabinet resigns, being succeeded by Boubou Cisse. No reason is addressed.
constitutional court of the Republic of Korea
In the city of Melbourne, protesters blocked a major intersection for four hours before it was dispatched by police; several people were arrested.
Bill Marler, a food safety lawyer in Seattle, notes this O103 outbreak is by far the largest in recent memory.
2018 Mass shooting in Annapolis, Maryland
civil rights organization in the United States
A man carrying lighters, canisters filled with gasoline and lighter fluid is arrested at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral.
School shooting that occurred at UNCC on April 30, 2019
All three top candidates face serious legal challenges that may prevent them from running.
circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes the islands of Visayas in the Philippines at 13:37 Philippine Standard Time.
capital and largest city of Colorado, United States
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
city in and county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announces he is running for the Republican Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election, the first Republican to officially challenge incumbent President Donald Trump.
video-focused social media and social networking service owned by ByteDance
territory where aircraft aren't allowed to fly over
The Kansas City Chiefs suspend wide receiver and return specialist Tyreek Hill from team activities for an alleged child abuse case.
WikiLeaks says that a high-level source within the government of Ecuador has informed them that Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" and that Ecuador's government already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest. On April 2, 2019, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno accused WikiLeaks of leaking the INA Papers, a set of documents published in February 2019 which uncover the operations of INA Investment Corp, an offshore tax haven created by the brother of President Moreno and allegedly reveal government corruption.
Director of the United States Secret Service
support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen.
legislative branch in Indonesia's political system
Peruvian authorities investigate the death of British De La Salle Brother Paul McAuley, age 71.
3425 W. Bristol Road Flint, Michigan, 48507 United States
A propaganda video featuring Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is released, in which he references the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, indicating that he is still alive and that the video was shot very recently.
marketing of goods or services by means of telephone calls, typically unsolicited, to potential customers
Russian city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai
social-democratic political party in Turkey
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Illinois
The army forms an interim council, with First Vice President Lt. General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf as the leader. President al-Bashir is reported to have stepped down.
His whereabouts had been unknown since the coup against him earlier this month.
National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
One person is killed and another injured in a shooting in a church in the British Columbia city of Salmon Arm. The suspected shooter was wrestled to the ground by churchgoers, police say.
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns amid pressure from the public and the military, having ruled the country since 1999.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Pampanga
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The U.S. House of Representatives approves a resolution to end U.S.
election for the 46th Parliament of Australia
astronomical object so massive, that anything falling into it, including light, cannot escape its gravity
Four attackers are killed in a failed attack on a police station in Zulfi, Saudi Arabia.
All three boosters landed successfully, marking the first time that all three boosters of a Falcon Heavy landed without failure.
Secondary school in Florida, United States
The United Kingdom and European Union agree to delay Brexit until October 31, 2019. This means that the UK will participate in next month's European Parliament election.
The Department of Justice also stated some members of Congress will receive a less-redacted version of the report in the near future.
process of getting coal out of the ground
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio said it was preparing a constitutional challenge to the law.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island wins its first minority government since the Island's 1890 general election; while the Green Party of Prince Edward Island has beaten the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party by taking most of all their seats and becoming the province's new Official Opposition party, a first for any Green Party in North America. Voters also reject adopting mixed-member proportional representation as the province's election system in a referendum held simultaneously with the election.
President Donnie Duane Jackson General Company
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
American government official and national security expert
(RSF) are national military troops working under the command of the Commander in Chief
The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island wins its first minority government since the Island's 1890 general election; while the Green Party of Prince Edward Island has beaten the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party by taking most of all their seats and becoming the province's new Official Opposition party, a first for any Green Party in North America.
The crash resulted from a failure in the lander's main engine, resulting in the total loss of the spacecraft.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
American businessman, and former president, chairman, and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company
bilateral relations between the Philippines and Canada
Yale University researchers led by professor Nenad Sestan announce, through the Nature journal, that they successfully partly revived the brains of deceased pigs, four hours after death occurred.
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35 Lightning II jet disappears from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific Ocean.
systematic or threatened use of violence to create a general climate of fear
Japanese imperial abdication and transition
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Russia
John Earnest, a 19-year-old student at California State University, San Marcos, is arrested after Poway synagogue shooting.
Four family members, three women and one man, were found shot to death in an apartment in West Chester Township, Ohio.
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
theft of assets entrusted to another person by the person that the assets were entrusted to
project to create a global interferometric telescope array
It is the first time he's been seen on video since July 2014, when he addressed a crowd at the now destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul.
The CEO for Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, apologizes for the loss of lives in the two 737 MAX accidents, recognizing the role that the MCAS system played in the disasters.
and Google remove TikTok from their app stores in India after a high court in Madras ruled the app could expose children to sexual content and cyberbullying.
Floods and mudslides in the South African city of Durban and the wider KwaZulu-Natal province have killed at least 60 people.
bilateral relations between China and Canada
human settlement in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
The slump in the export of electronics was especially marked.
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Date: First phase: 4 April 2019 – 25 March 2020 (11 months and 3 weeks) Second phase: 26 March – 5 June 2020 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
governing body in the US department of Justice
The Valencian regional election is held concurrently.
House Committee on the Judiciary approves a subpoena to obtain, in its full and unredacted form, the final report written as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's recently concluded investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Pope Francis meets with Milorad Dodik, head of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina. They discuss bilateral relations, the presence of the Catholic community, coexistence and reconciliation, and the economic and social challenges facing Bosnia and Herzegovina.
naming dispute (1991–2019) between Greece (which has a region named Macedonia) and the Republic of Macedonia, ending with the latter being renamed North Macedonia
largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta, on the northwest coast of Java island. The new location and timing are not yet known. Jakarta, home to over 10 million people, is sinking at one of the fastest rates in the world; almost half of its area is below sea level.
Irish Republicans opposed to the 1998 peace agreement that ended the Troubles
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
The new location and timing are not yet known.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
One person is killed and another injured in a shooting in a church in the British Columbia city of Salmon Arm.
Eric Swalwell 2020 presidential campaign
borough in New York City and county in New York State, United States
According to a criminal complaint filed in a U.S.
Duterte threatens to retaliate, up to declaring war, if the trash is not removed.
Ongoing corruption scandal involving major universities in the U.S.
The White House says President Donald Trump has spoken to Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar about recent developments in Libya.
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
global international and intergovernmental organization
The driver is arrested after crashing into a tree.
Pope Francis meets with Milorad Dodik, head of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
British multinational retailer operating under a department store.
Terrorist mass shooting attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
District Court, a Chinese woman is arrested and charged with making a false statement to the United States Secret Service after illegally entering U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on 30 March 2019 while carrying multiple passports, four mobile phones and a thumb drive containing malware.
town in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District
ISIL has since claimed responsibility for the attacks.
former President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly
Attorney General William Barr's offer to allow committee members a chance to view a less-redacted version of the report does not meet the committee's needs and was not accepted.
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
Andorrans head to the polls to elect the new members of the General Council that will choose the new Prime Minister.
oldest federal political party in Canada
United States single-payer national social insurance program
Massacre perpetrated by baloch separatist
Tarre is the envoy from Juan Guaidó's government; Nicolás Maduro's Foreign Ministry calls Tarre a "political usurper".
Wildfires have burned through about 7.5 square kilometers (2.9 sq.
type of machine specialised in lifting objects
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
The 14 individuals are among 50 people accused of engaging in schemes that involved cheating on college entrance exams and paying $25 million in bribes to secure their children admission to well-known colleges.
There do not appear to be any immediate attempts by the opposition to take power through force, and there are no reports of defections from the armed forces leadership.
international airport serving Tripoli, Libya
megacity and capital of Tamil Nadu, India
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested in London after Ecuador withdraws asylum.
The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
The Sudanese military surrounds the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, and takes over state media buildings amid protests against President Omar al-Bashir.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
North Carolina authorities have ordered evacuations covering a half-mile radius because of air quality, possibly including harmful sulfuric acid, from a massive fire at a metal recycling plant in Mooresboro.
A small 5-200 kilometer planetesimal, with a similar mineral composition to Earth, is found orbiting in the debris disk of a white dwarf star.
sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
A man later turned himself in and was taken into custody.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has decided to recuse himself from deliberations about whether the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department ought to challenge the planned merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, says a Reuters source "familiar with the decision".
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
The national injunction will take effect Friday.
Two female suicide bombers attack a crowd on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing three civilians and injuring 33 others.
Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation
air warfare branch of Libya's armed forces
Schools in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area are closed as the FBI searched for an 18-year-old Miami Beach Senior High School student described as "infatuated" with the Columbine High School massacre.
General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf as the leader.
conservative-democratic political party in Turkey
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
A US Army veteran was planning to bomb a white nationalist rally in retribution for the shooting in New Zealand.
They discuss bilateral relations, the presence of the Catholic community, coexistence and reconciliation, and the economic and social challenges facing Bosnia and Herzegovina.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
American holding company and parent company of Google
public university system in New York City
interior ministry of the Soviet Union (1934–1946)
National U.S. historic landmark mansion estate
support for Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen.
heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle made by SpaceX
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives by train in Vladivostok, Russia, for his first talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expected to start Thursday.
head of state and government of the Maldives
centre-right political party in the Maldives
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta, on the northwest coast of Java island.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
The 2019 inter-Korean summit will be held in South Korean capital of Seoul.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
in philosophy and occasional adjunct lecturer at Lehman College.
attorney general for the U.S. state of New York
lower house of the United States Congress
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
United States space launch site in Florida
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
presiding officer (speaker) of the National Assembly, Venezuela's unicameral legislature
Norwegian musician, writer and convicted murderer
school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on 20 April 1999
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
Volodymyr Zelensky wins the first round of Ukraine's presidential election with 30 percent of the vote, with President Petro Poroshenko coming in second with 15 percent of the vote.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
25th Director of the United States Secret Service
cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants assault several Syrian Army positions in the northern Aleppo Governorate, killing 17 soldiers and wounding 30 others.
software that is intentionally hostile, intrusive, or damaging to a computer or network
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant
retail establishment; building which offers a wide range of consumer goods
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System
automated flight control feature of the Boeing 737 MAX to adapt its flying characteristics to new engines and their mounting position on the wings.
military junta of Sudan established after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
The United States Department of Justice says in a statement that Estrada had requested the murder of political rivals to win the presidency in exchange for granting control of airports and ports in the country to these groups.
Six people are shot, two fatally, on the last day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump
mountain on border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada
General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf steps down as leader of the Transitional Military Council in favor of Lt.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Wing is the first delivery drone company to receive FAA air carrier certification.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
capital and most populous city of France
any system that monitors and maintains things of value to an entity or group, including both tangible and intangible assets
Police evacuate 148 homes in Sokndal, Norway. Wildfires have burned through about 7.5 square kilometers (2.9 sq. miles) of land in the area. A spokesperson for the European Union Forest Fire Information System says wildfires in northern Europe "are way above the average" for this time of year.
Al-Bashir has been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2009 for war crimes in Darfur.
president of the United States since 2021
United Kingdom government ministerial department
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
campaign of Joe Biden for the election to President of the United States in 2020
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
highest electoral authority of Guatemala
Bishop International Airport 3425 W. Bristol Rd. Flint, Michigan 48507
Senate Republicans invoke the so-called "nuclear option" to approve the new rules, a procedure that allows the Senate to amend rules with a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to do so.