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April 8, 2024
(
2024-04-08
)
(Monday)
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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)
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