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Revision as of 22:19, 19 April 2023
April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan clashes
- Battle of Khartoum
- Germany and Japan announce their evacuation plans have failed in Khartoum as both tried to evacuate at least 210 civilians and citizens from the embattled capital. (New York Times) (Reuters)
- The United States announces that sanctions will be imposed in Sudan in the future against both warring armies. (Foreign Policy)
- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says that Japan will send a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to evacuate 60 Japanese nationals from Sudan. (Asahi Shimbun)
- The United Kingdom, Germany and Japan urge their citizens to seek shelter, hide or evacuate immediately as fighting rages in Sudan. (Sky News) (The Print India)
- Egypt announces one of its planes, an "Egyptian MiG-29", was destroyed at an air base in Merowe. It also reports that one of them was captured along with two planes nearly destroyed. (The Drive)
- The Libyan National Army sends supplies to support the Rapid Support Forces across the country. (Wall Street Journal)
- Battle of Khartoum
Business and economy
- Over 155,000 Canadian federal workers go on strike, in the largest strike of its kind in 30 years, after the Public Service Alliance of Canada failed to reach an agreement with the government over pay raises and remote work. (BBC)
International relations
Health and environment
- List of heat waves#2023
- A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in India, and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. Luang Prabang, Laos, recorded 42.7 °C (108.9 °F), while Tak, Thailand, recorded 44.6 °C (112.3 °F). (The Guardian)
- A report by the United Nations Population Fund estimates that India will overtake China as the most populated country in the world by the middle of this year. (NBC News)
Science and technology
- Defunct NASA solar observatory Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager reenters the atmosphere over Ukraine, triggering air raid sirens in the capital Kyiv after generating a bright flash. (Al Arabiya) (USA Today)