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**[[Fox News]] and [[Dominion Voting Machines]] reaches a [[United States dollar|$]]787.5 settlement in the defamation lawsuit, which was initially filed against the network in March 2021 for spreading false claims about the company regarding the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/04/18/fox-news-settles-dominion-defamation-case-for-7875-million-dominion-lawyer-says/?sh=7dac07541509 (Forbes)] |
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*At least four people have been severely injured in a stabbing attack at a gym in [[Duisburg]], [[Germany]]. The police are investigating the incident. [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gym-attack-germany-duisburg-casualties-b1075007.html (''Evening Standard'')] |
*At least four people have been severely injured in a stabbing attack at a gym in [[Duisburg]], [[Germany]]. The police are investigating the incident. [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/gym-attack-germany-duisburg-casualties-b1075007.html (''Evening Standard'')] |
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Revision as of 21:59, 18 April 2023
April 18, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan clashes
- Battle of Khartoum
- A U.S. convoy is deliberately attacked in Khartoum, amid U.S. efforts to mediate a ceasefire. (Associated Press)
- India tells its citizens to find shelter or stay indoors immediately. (Devids Course)
- Canada closes its embassy in Sudan fully, advises its citizens to not leave the country for Sudan and puts a Level 4 warning on travel. (Government of Canada)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleh Barna is killed in combat. (UNIAN)
- Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts
- Russian president Vladimir Putin makes a rare visit to Russian-occupied Kherson and Luhansk Oblast, meeting military commanders in charge of the invasion. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Argentine debt restructuring
- The United States says that it is ready to "constructively assist" Argentina in its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, of which the US is the main creditor. (EFE via SwissInfo)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Beijing hospital fire
- Twenty-one people are killed during a fire at a hospital in Beijing, China. (Xinhua) (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Torkham landslide
- Two people are killed and dozens are feared missing after a landslide struck the Khyber Pass in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters)
International relations
- Brazil–Ukraine relations
- The Ukrainian government invites Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to visit Ukraine and criticizes Lula for his approach to the conflict. The US defends Ukraine's stance and accused Brazil of "parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda" whereas Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed Lula's position on peace efforts. (Reuters)
- Mexico–United States relations
- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accuses the The Pentagon of spying and says that he would classify information from the armed forces. (Reuters)
- Palestine–Saudi Arabia relations
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas chairman Ismail Haniyeh arrive in the Saudi capital of Riyadh to discuss the rise in violence in the West Bank, the detainment of Hamas-affiliated Palestinians in Saudi Arabia, and about improving relations between Hamas and Saudi Arabia. Haniyeh's visit is the first time that Hamas meets with the Saudi royal family since 2015. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network
- Fox News and Dominion Voting Machines reaches a $787.5 settlement in the defamation lawsuit, which was initially filed against the network in March 2021 for spreading false claims about the company regarding the 2020 United States presidential election. (Forbes)
- At least four people have been severely injured in a stabbing attack at a gym in Duisburg, Germany. The police are investigating the incident. (Evening Standard)