Portal:Current events/2022 April 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Siege of Mariupol
      • The Russian Armed Forces give an ultimatum to the last remaining holdout of Ukrainian troops and "foreign fighters" at the Azovstal iron and steel works plant in Mariupol to surrender. Defenders of the Azov Sea port ignore the ultimatum. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
    • 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
      • For the first time since the invasion began, more Ukrainians entered Ukraine from Poland than left, according to the Polish Border Guard. (BBC News)
    • Six people are killed by Russian missile strikes on Lviv. (Independent)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • More than 70 Islamic State – West Africa Province militants are killed during airstrikes by Niger and Nigeria at the border between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• American conspiracy theorist website InfoWars files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to mounting legal fees from lawsuits over its spread of conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (NPR)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • The government withdraws its ban on foreign cruise ships. (South China Morning Post)

International relations

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea says that it tested a new weapon to boost their tactical nuclear capabilities. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2022 Pittsburgh shooting
  • Two people are killed and 13 more injured in a mass shooting at a party in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
• Myanmar's military junta pardons 1,619 prisoners in an annual tradition. However, no political prisoners were pardoned. (France 24)
• Around 70 Extinction Rebellion members, including canoeist Etienne Stott and sailor Laura Baldwin, are detained after gluing themselves to a Shell oil tanker truck near the Marble Arch at Hyde Park in London, UK. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Citizen Lab's research reveals at least 65 pro-independence Catalan figures - including Pere Aragonès and Carles Puigdemont - have been targeted using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Rōki Sasaki's perfect game
  • Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki is taken out after throwing 102 pitches and eight perfect innings to end his attempt for a second consecutive perfect game, one week after completing his first one. (MLB.com)