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20 April 2024 –
2024 Bangui river disaster A
river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the
Mpoko River in
Bangui ,
Central African Republic , killing at least 58 people.
(DW)
15 April 2024 – Fifty-eight people have been killed in
Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in
Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of
East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen
dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods.
(AP)
4 April 2024 –
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula , the
Speaker of the
National Assembly of
South Africa , is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from office.
(VOA)
31 March 2024 – An ongoing severe
drought in
southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger.
(AP)
(The Independent )
20 April 2024 –
2024 Bangui river disaster A
river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the
Mpoko River in
Bangui ,
Central African Republic , killing at least 58 people.
(DW)
15 April 2024 – Fifty-eight people have been killed in
Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in
Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of
East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen
dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods.
(AP)
4 April 2024 –
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula , the
Speaker of the
National Assembly of
South Africa , is arrested and charged with corruption one day after resigning from office.
(VOA)
31 March 2024 – An ongoing severe
drought in
southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger.
(AP)
(The Independent )
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22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
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22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
20 April 2024 –
2024 Bangui river disaster A
river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the
Mpoko River in
Bangui ,
Central African Republic , killing at least 58 people.
(DW)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
15 April 2024 – Fifty-eight people have been killed in
Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in
Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of
East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen
dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods.
(AP)
22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
20 April 2024 –
2024 Bangui river disaster A
river boat en route to a funeral capsizes in the
Mpoko River in
Bangui ,
Central African Republic , killing at least 58 people.
(DW)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
15 April 2024 – Fifty-eight people have been killed in
Tanzania and 13 people have been killed in
Kenya in the past two weeks by flooding caused by torrential rains, with more than 125,000 people in coastal areas of
East Africa affected by the flooding. Tanzania announces plans to construct fourteen
dams in an attempt to reduce the damage from future floods.
(AP)
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22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
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22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
22 April 2024 –
China–Japan relations
Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
China objects to an offering that
Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida made at
Tokyo 's
Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
Iran–Israel proxy conflict
2024 Iranian strikes in Israel ,
Iran–Japan relations
Japan increases its four-stage danger ranking level for most of
Iran , including
Tehran , to Level 3, which urges Japanese citizens to
avoid all travel to Iran.
(The Japan News )
3 April 2024 –
2024 Hualien earthquake A magnitude 7.4
earthquake strikes off the coast of
Taiwan , prompting
tsunami warnings for
Okinawa Prefecture ,
Japan . A large section of the uninhabited
Guishan Island collapses into the ocean. Nine people are killed in Taiwan, including four by
rockfalls , with more than 930 others injured.
(AP)
(Al Jazeera)
1 April 2024 –
North Korea fires a
ballistic missile into the
Sea of Japan near
South Korean territory.
(AP)
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19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
12 April 2024 –
War in Sudan
Canada pledges $132.2 million dollars to
Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing
humanitarian crisis .
(Global News)
9 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak A
Federation University Australia expedition confirms that
bird flu is currently spreading across
Antarctica , with outbreaks confirmed in wild bird populations in
Beak Island ,
Hope Bay ,
Devil Island , and
Paulet Island .
(El Pais )
19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
12 April 2024 –
War in Sudan
Canada pledges $132.2 million dollars to
Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing
humanitarian crisis .
(Global News)
9 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak A
Federation University Australia expedition confirms that
bird flu is currently spreading across
Antarctica , with outbreaks confirmed in wild bird populations in
Beak Island ,
Hope Bay ,
Devil Island , and
Paulet Island .
(El Pais )
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19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
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19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
9 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak A
Federation University Australia expedition confirms that
bird flu is currently spreading across
Antarctica , with outbreaks confirmed in wild bird populations in
Beak Island ,
Hope Bay ,
Devil Island , and
Paulet Island .
(El Pais )
4 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak Scientists from the
Federation University Australia report that thousands of
Adélie penguins have been found dead in
Antarctica amid an increase in
bird flu cases among wild bird populations.
(Reuters)
3 April 2024 – Businesswoman
Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next
Governor General of Australia and will succeed
David Hurley on 1 July.
(Canberra Times )
1 April 2024 –
Israel–Hamas war Seven volunteers from the
World Central Kitchen , including six
British ,
Polish ,
Australian and
Palestinian nationals and a dual
American -
Canadian citizen, are killed in an
Israeli
airstrike south of
Deir el-Balah .
(Al Jazeera)
19 April 2024 –
2024 Iran–Israel conflict The
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave
Israel , citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
(Times of Israel )
16 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
Australian police say that the
stabbing attack at an
Assyrian church in
Sydney was an
Islamic terrorist act.
(Reuters)
15 April 2024 –
2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former
Australian political staffer
Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against
Network 10 and journalist
Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker
Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her.
(The Guardian )
15 April 2024 –
2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including
bishop
Mar Mari Emmanuel , in a
mass stabbing at a
church in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect.
(Sky News Australia)
13 April 2024 –
2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a
mass stabbing at a
shopping center in
Sydney ,
Australia . The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
(The Guardian )
(The Sydney Morning Herald )
13 April 2024 –
2024 Cook by-election
Simon Kennedy of the
Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of
Cook , succeeding former Prime Minister
Scott Morrison .
(ABC News Australia)
9 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak A
Federation University Australia expedition confirms that
bird flu is currently spreading across
Antarctica , with outbreaks confirmed in wild bird populations in
Beak Island ,
Hope Bay ,
Devil Island , and
Paulet Island .
(El Pais )
4 April 2024 –
2020–2024 H5N1 outbreak Scientists from the
Federation University Australia report that thousands of
Adélie penguins have been found dead in
Antarctica amid an increase in
bird flu cases among wild bird populations.
(Reuters)
3 April 2024 – Businesswoman
Sam Mostyn is appointed as the next
Governor General of Australia and will succeed
David Hurley on 1 July.
(Canberra Times )
1 April 2024 –
Israel–Hamas war Seven volunteers from the
World Central Kitchen , including six
British ,
Polish ,
Australian and
Palestinian nationals and a dual
American -
Canadian citizen, are killed in an
Israeli
airstrike south of
Deir el-Balah .
(Al Jazeera)
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