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Portal:Current events/2022 April 28

April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Transnistria conflict
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
    • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Two major explosions hit Kyiv after Russia conducts missile strikes during a high-level visit to the city by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. At least ten civilians are injured and a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist is killed. (Reuters) (VOA)
  • Syrian civil war
  • Afghanistan conflict
    • Nine people are killed and 13 others are injured after two bombs explode on a pair of Shia-majority buses in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. (Reuters)
  • Mapuche conflict

Disasters and accidents

  • A bridge collapses in Loay, Bohol, Philippines, killing four people and injuring 23 others. (ABC News)
  • Two possibly intentional explosions are heard in southern Belgorod, Russia. (Reuters)

Health and environment

Law and crime

Politics and elections

  • Dritan Abazović is elected by the Parliament of Montenegro as the new Prime Minister, succeeding Zdravko Krivokapić, who was ousted by a motion of censure on 4 February. (Reuters)

Science and technology

  • A small meteor travelling at an estimated 55,000 mph (88,514 km/h) explodes above western Mississippi, United States, causing several sonic booms. (NBC News)

Sports

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