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Portal:Current events/2018 April 10

April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
  • List of Japanese supercentenarians
    • Japanese supercentenarian Masazo Nonaka is confirmed as the world's oldest living man. (Sky News)
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
  • Shipwrecks in 2018
    • Firefighters contain a fire on FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. The ongoing blaze, which broke out yesterday, has injured three people. (The New Zealand Herald)
    • A court in Istanbul issues a warrant for the seizure of MV Vitaspirit, a Maltese tanker that crashed into a historic waterfront mansion on the Bosphorus on April 7, until the mansion's owners receive US$50 million. (Hurriyet Daily News)
  • Humboldt Broncos bus crash
    • The Alberta Transportation Ministry suspends operations by Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd pending investigation into a crash with a bus which killed 15 people. (Global News)
  • US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
  • Two buses collide head-on in Luton, England, resulting in thirteen people injured. (Sky News)
  • A French military jet accidentally drops an inert bomb on a car factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France. Two are injured and gendarmes evacuate 150. (The Express)
  • Thousands are left without power and flights are grounded after a powerful storm hits Auckland, New Zealand. (Radio New Zealand)
  • A 53-metre (174 ft) tower collapses the wrong way during demolition in Vordingborg, Denmark, severely damaging many buildings, including a cultural centre. (The Independent)
  • 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
    • Poland's ruling Law and Justice unveils a new monument on the eighth anniversary of the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński near Smolensk, Russia. Initial investigations primarily blamed errors on the flight crew but Poland is conducting a new investigation with a new report expected to claim Russian air traffic controllers purposely misled the jet about its location before it was destroyed in an explosion. (Radio Poland)
    • Law and Justice's Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of ex-President Lech, calls off Marches of Remembrance held in Warsaw every month since the disaster, saying they are not needed owing to the new monument. (Poland Radio)
International relations
  • Israel–Russia relations
    • Representatives of Russia and Israel meet in Moscow to discuss the Middle East, particularly recent developments in Syria and Gaza. (TASS)
  • 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis
    • U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and praises the nation's efforts to combat terrorism, reversing his previous stance that Qatar funded terrorists at a "high level". Qatar and its neighbours are presently disputing the level and nature of terrorism in Qatar. (Fox News)
  • Terrorism in Malaysia, Terrorism in the United States
    • Judges from the United States meet with counterparts in Malaysia to discuss strategies for prosecuting terrorists. (The New Straits Times)
  • Israel extends the area fishermen from southern Gaza are allowed to operate in from six miles offshore to nine miles offshore for three months. Restrictions remain unaffected in northern Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
Law and crime
  • Indonesia announces the capture of MV STS-50, a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase. MV STS-50 previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China. Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board. (Channel NewsAsia) (The Independent)
  • Inn Din massacre
    • Seven Myanmar Army soldiers are convicted of murder and sentenced to ten years in prison for their participation in the execution of ten Rohingyas in Inn Din. (Reuters)
  • Ukraine detains a Russian ship in Odesa suspected of illegally extracting sand. (TASS)
  • An Italian judge says a mafia clan has been plotting the murder of Spia.it journalist Paolo Borrometi. Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni voices his support to the journalist. (ANSA)
  • Terrorism in Iraq
Politics and elections
Science and technology
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