Portal:Current events/2023 April 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claims "legal control" of Bakhmut, although Ukraine denies this, stating that its troops continue to remain in the city's western districts. (CNBC)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A Lions' Den militant and a Fatah member are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two other Palestinians are arrested and dozens more are hospitalized due to tear gas. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2021–2023 inflation surge
  • Brent crude oil prices increase by $4.30 to $84.19 per barrel after OPEC announces an unexpected reduction in the output of oil exports by about 1.16 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil prices increase by $4.17 to $79.84 per barrel in response to the announcement. (Al Jazeera)
• Acquisition of WWE by Endeavor
  • Endeavor Group Holdings, owners of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), announce that they will acquire World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. in a deal estimated to be worth US$9.3 billion. The two entities will be merged and spun off, with Endeavor controlling 51% of the combined company, and WWE shareholders controlling the remaining 49%. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Papua New Guinea earthquake
  • A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, killing eight people, injuring several others, and causing damage. (Papua New Guinea Today)
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, Russia, with damage reported in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down. (KAM24)
• Four people are injured in a fire at a hospital in Berlin, Germany. One person has been arrested on suspicion of arson. (AP)
• Six people are killed and 64 others are missing after a boat capsizes in the Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)

International relations

• Armenia–Russia relations
  • Russia announces a ban on Armenian dairy imports amid a continued worsening of relations between the two countries. (Eurasianet)

Science and technology

• Artemis 2
  • NASA announces the four members of Artemis 2, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program which will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, and Victor J. Glover. (The New York Times)
• The National Hurricane Center releases a report announcing that Hurricane Ian, which made landfall last year in most of southwest Florida, has been reanalyzed and recategorized as a Category 5 hurricane. (The Washington Post)

Sports

• 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
  • In basketball, the UConn Huskies rout the San Diego State Aztecs 76–59 to win the championship, making it the fifth national championship for the Huskies. (ESPN)
• 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Peru is removed as a host for the FIFA U-17 World Cup after failing to meet the requirements for staging the tournament. (AP)