Portal:Current events/2024 April 29
April 29, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Four people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike in Odesa. (Reuters)
- Odesa strikes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- 2024 Kenya dam failure
- At least 42 people are killed and dozens others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid continuing heavy rains and flash floods, whose total death toll has increased to more than 120. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Kenya dam failure
- Two people die in a heatwave in South India. (The Straits Times)
Law and crime
- Killing of two Ukrainian soldiers may have had political motive, German prosecutors say. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Scottish government crisis
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Columbia University threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters after talks fail. (Reuters)
- Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says that he will not resign following a court opening preliminary proceedings against his wife, María Begoña Gómez. (AP)