Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Chasiv Yar
    • Heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops occurs around the city of Chasiv Yar, with Ukraine describing the situation as "difficult" and "tense". (Al Jazeera)
  • Shelling kills three civilians in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. (Al Jazeera)
  • Ukraine claims to have damaged the Russian Navy missile ship Serpukhov [ ru] in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad. (Kyiv Independent)
• War in Sudan
  • Humanitarian impact of the war in Sudan
    • Khartoum reports 384 cases of dengue fever which are attributed to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. (Al Taghyeer)
  • Over 100 civilians in South Kordofan are killed after allies of the Rapid Support Forces launch attacks in villages across the state. (Dabanga Sudan)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Rafah offensive
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered an invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with a date "being set" for the ground offensive. (The Telegraph) (NU.nl)

Business and economy

• 99 Cents Only Stores files for bankruptcy in the U.S. state of Delaware, with the intention to liquidate. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Protesters set fire to government buildings and dozens of vehicles in the Mexican state of Guerrero amid anger over the police killing of a college student in March and the kidnapping of 43 students in 2014. Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda's office in Chilpancingo is ransacked. (AP)

Science and technology

• Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
  • A total solar eclipse occurs in North America for the first time since 2017. It is the last total solar eclipse to be visible in the contiguous United States until 2044. (Fox Weather)

Sports

• 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
  • In college basketball, Connecticut repeats as national champions, becoming the first program to do so since the Florida Gators did so in 2006 and 2007. (Patch)