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April 30, 2023
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2023-04-30
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Sudan (2023)
Evacuation of foreign nationals during the War in Sudan (2023)
Iran
evacuates 65 nationals from
Sudan
with
Saudi Arabian
assistance.
(Arab News)
(Tasnim News)
War against the Islamic State
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
announces that the
Turkish National Intelligence Organization
has tracked down and killed the Caliph of the
Islamic State
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi
in
Syria
.
(Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
2023 Ludhiana gas leak disaster
Eleven people are killed and nine others are injured in a gas leak in
Ludhiana
,
Punjab
,
India
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
A man in
Setúbal
,
Portugal
, shoots and kills three men during a dispute at a
pigeon race
, before killing himself.
(AP)
2023 Bodmin mass stabbing
A
mass stabbing
outside a nightclub in
Bodmin
,
Cornwall
,
United Kingdom
, leaves one person dead and seven others injured. A suspect has been arrested and charged with
murder
by
Devon and Cornwall Police
.
(
The Telegraph
)
Major Alireza Shahraki, chief of the
Iranian Law Enforcement Command
,
Organization Criminal Investigation Department
of
Saravan County
,
Sistan and Baluchistan
,
Iran
is killed in an armed attack.
(Tehran Times)
Politics and elections
2023 French Polynesian legislative election
Citizens of
French Polynesia
head to the polls to elect the 57 members of the
Assembly
.
(Paudal)
2023 Paraguayan general election
Paraguayans
head to the polls to elect the next
president
.
(AFP via France 24)
Sports
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs
The
Boston Bruins
, who had previously set new NHL records for wins and points in a single season, are
upset
in the first round of the playoffs by the
Florida Panthers
, losing game 7 in overtime after having led the series 3 games to 1.
(ESPN)
2023 World Chess Championship
Ding Liren
defeats
Ian Nepomniachtchi
in tiebreak games, becoming the 17th
World Chess Champion
.
(Reuters)
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