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;Business and economy
*The [[Blackstone Group]], a multinational [[private equity]] and [[asset management]] firm, has agreed to buy Geo-Young, a wholesale drug distributor in [[South Korea]], in a deal that will retain Geo-Young's CEO, Cho Sun-hae, in her leadership role. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-geoyoung-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-acquires-south-korean-pharma-wholesaler-geo-young-with-cos-founder-idUSKCN1S606Z (Reuters)]
;Politics and elections
*[[2019 Japanese imperial transition]]
**[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Akihito]] abdicates the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]] in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince [[Naruhito]]. He is the first Emperor to abdicate in over two hundred years, since [[Emperor Kōkaku]] in 1817. [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/29/national/history/defining-heisei-era-just-peaceful-past-30-years/#.XMezhDjsaM8 (''The Japan Times'')] [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/world/asia/japan-emperor-women.html (''The New York Times'')]
*[[2019 Venezuela coup d'état attempt]], [[2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis]]
**A military coup is underway in Venezuela by soldiers who have renounced their loyalty to [[Nicolás Maduro]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/apr/30/venezuela-opposition-leader-juan-guaido-claims-coup-underway-live-news (The Guardian)] [https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/juan-guaido-venezuela-operation-freedom-live-updates/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/venezuela-latest-juan-guaido-military-uprising-called-coup-attempt-by-president-nicolas-maduro/ (CBS News)]
** [[Juan Guaidó]], accompanied by members of the Venezuelan armed forces, speaks in front of [[Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base|La Carlota Air Base]] in [[Caracas]], prompting people to take to the streets. [https://apnews.com/0153cace08c84c8fbf34f9c6a7bdd4dd (Associated Press)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-guaido-says-troops-join-him-for-coup-government-says-it-is-firmly-in-control-idUSKCN1S60ZQ (Reuters)]
**[[Leopoldo López]], a political prisoner since 2014, is freed by defecting soldiers. [http://www.lapatilla.com/2019/04/30/guaido-le-habla-a-venezuela-desde-la-base-aerea-la-carlota-video/ (''La Patilla'')]
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