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Revision as of 23:18, 23 April 2022
April 23, 2022 (2022-04-23) (Saturday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Six people in Hirske die after being hit by Russian shelling.(France 24)
- 2022 bombing of Odessa
- Infrastructure in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odessa is hit by airstrikes, killing at least five people, including a baby, and injuring 18 more. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
- The Investigative Committee of Russia announces they are investigating allegations by RIA Novosti that sabotage troops from the British SAS have been deployed to western Ukraine. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War in Darfur, Darfur genocide
- Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid from Thursday to Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur. (AP)
- 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict, Kivu conflict
- Kenya says that the East African Community plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- At least three people are killed by an explosion at the Gaisky ore mine in Orenburg, Russia. (Reuters)
- A sightseeing boat with 26 people on board is reported missing by the Japanese coast guard off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. (Reuters)
- Ten people are missing after an accident in a coal mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. (AP)
- Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Rivers State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
- One person has died and forty people have been rescued after a boat sinks in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- In baseball, the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-0, marking it the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history since 1901. (CBS News) (Chicago Sun Times)
- Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
- Tyson Fury retains the WBC world heavyweight title after defeating Dillian Whyte via technical knockout in round 6 in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, a post-war British record. Post-match, Fury suggests he may now retire from professional boxing. (BBC)