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Revision as of 20:35, 24 April 2022
April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24) (Sunday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian authorities say a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of its neutrality, the daily SonntagsZeitung reports. (Reuters)
- The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran was a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
- Family members of the ruling military junta in the commercial city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting intensifies between soldiers and insurgents. (MyanmarNews)
- 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Mali War
- Six soldiers are killed and twenty are injured after three attacks on military bases in Sévaré, Niono and Bapho, Mali. (Voice of America)
- Mali War
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are confirmed dead after the Kazu I sightseeing boat went missing off the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, with 26 on board; 16 are still missing. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 French presidential election
- The second round of the French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen takes place. (CNN)
- Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. He becomes the first incumbent President of France to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father. (France 24) (NBC News)
- Marine Le Pen concedes defeat to Macron, ensuring him a second term. However, she says that the results are nonetheless a significant improvement from the previous election and therefore a victory for her party. (Sky News) (BBC News)
- 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
- Slovenes head to the polls to elect members of their Parliament. (Xinhua News Agency)