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Current events of April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23) (Sunday)

North Korea–United States relations
- Yonhap reports that North Korea has detained an American citizen as he sought to leave the country. (BBC)

French presidential election, 2017
- Voters in France go to the polls to elect a new President. Opinion polls predict that the two major parties' candidates will receive fewer votes than Emmanuel Macron of the centrist En Marche! and Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front, and that a second round will be needed, to be held on 7 May. (The Wire)
Accession of Turkey to the European Union
- Referring to European governments' continued criticism of his government, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns that "If Europe continues this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets". (The Independent)