Portal:Current events/2024 April 23

April 23, 2024 (2024-04-23) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea claims it has tested a new command-and-control system in a simulated nuclear counterstrike. (CNN)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The United States announces it is preparing a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine in an Israel-Ukraine aid bill yet to be signed. (Reuters)
• Israel-Hamas war
  • Nasser Hospital mass graves
    • United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk calls for an international investigation after hundreds of bodies are discovered in mass graves around Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. (New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Lumut mid-air collision
  • Two helicopters of the Royal Malaysian Navy collide mid-air during a rehearsal parade in Lumut, Malaysia, killing ten people on board. (CNA)
• 21 migrants die after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti. (Reuters)
• Five migrants drown in the English Channel and 49 are rescued. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to raise the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around 85 billion pounds. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

Science and technology

• After five months with communication problems, NASA receives decipherable data from Voyager 1. (CNN)

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