Template:In the news
- Sidney Poitier (pictured), the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, dies at the age of 94.
- Anti-government protests triggered by an increase in fuel prices result in at least 160 deaths and 5,800 arrests across Kazakhstan.
- Peter Wright wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
- American actress and comedian Betty White dies at the age of 99.
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