Portal:Current events/2023 April 26: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Smeagol 17 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Fairly significant sports news as the Milwaukee Bucks, projected to enter into the finals, have lost by a large margin in the first round |
||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
**The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] passes the [[Illegal Migration Bill]] by a vote of 289–230 despite opposition from some members of the ruling [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65397710 (BBC News)] |
**The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] passes the [[Illegal Migration Bill]] by a vote of 289–230 despite opposition from some members of the ruling [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65397710 (BBC News)] |
||
*[[Zooey Zephyr]], the first openly [[transgender]] member of the [[Montana House of Representatives]], is censured by the [[Montana Republican Party|Republican]]-led chamber on a party-line vote following her protest of anti-transgender legislation. Zephyr will be barred from debate until the May legislative session. [https://www.kxlh.com/news/68th-session/montana-house-votes-to-ban-transgender-representative-from-the-house-floor (KXLH-TV)] |
*[[Zooey Zephyr]], the first openly [[transgender]] member of the [[Montana House of Representatives]], is censured by the [[Montana Republican Party|Republican]]-led chamber on a party-line vote following her protest of anti-transgender legislation. Zephyr will be barred from debate until the May legislative session. [https://www.kxlh.com/news/68th-session/montana-house-votes-to-ban-transgender-representative-from-the-house-floor (KXLH-TV)] |
||
'''Politics and elections''' |
|||
*[[2023 NBA playoffs]] |
|||
**In [[basketball]], the eight seed [[Miami Heat]] defeat the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] in five games in what was described as one of the greatest upsets in NBA history. [https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36300795/jimmy-butler-heat-stun-bucks-ot-oust-top-seeded-milwaukee (ESPN)] |
|||
<!-- All news items above this line -->}} |
<!-- All news items above this line -->}} |
||
Revision as of 05:56, 27 April 2023
April 26, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Russia uses its T-14 Armata main battle tanks in combat against Ukrainian forces for the first time. (Reuters)
- China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with both countries announcing the dispatch of representatives to establish a diplomatic presence after the call. (NPR)
- Battle of Donbas
- Iranian ayatollah and Assembly of Experts member Abbas-Ali Soleimani is assassinated in a shooting at a bank in Babolsar, Mazandaran province. The perpetrator, a security guard at the bank, has been arrested by police. (BBC News)
- Six Iranian demonstrators are injured in clashes in Fanuj, Sistan and Baluchistan province, after a teen died when his motorcycle collided with a police car. (RFE/RL)
Business and economy
- Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft
- The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority blocks Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying that the deal will leave video gamers with less choice and will reduce innovation. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
- Pakistan reports their first case of mpox. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Singapore
- Singapore executes Tangaraju Suppiah for plotting to smuggle 1 kilogram of cannabis into the country. His execution, the country's first this year, drew significant pleas for clemency, including from the United Nations. (BBC News)
- Salvadoran gang crackdown
- El Salvador opens a trial against former president Mauricio Funes for initiating a truce with street gangs during his presidency. Funes, who is currently living in Nicaragua, will not attend the trial. (AP)
- A Brazilian judge orders a temporary shutdown of social media app Telegram over its failure to provide information on Neo-Nazi chat groups to the Federal Police of Brazil. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis
- By a vote of 217–215, the United States House of Representatives passes a bill that would raise the United States debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for spending restrictions. (AP)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Illegal Migration Bill by a vote of 289–230 despite opposition from some members of the ruling Conservative Party. (BBC News)
- Zooey Zephyr, the first openly transgender member of the Montana House of Representatives, is censured by the Republican-led chamber on a party-line vote following her protest of anti-transgender legislation. Zephyr will be barred from debate until the May legislative session. (KXLH-TV)
Politics and elections
- 2023 NBA playoffs
- In basketball, the eight seed Miami Heat defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in five games in what was described as one of the greatest upsets in NBA history. (ESPN)