Monday,  April 3rd, 2023 

Four people are killed by a storm in Syria. (AP) 

Brent crude oil prices surge by $4.30 to $84.19 per barrel after OPEC announced a surprise cut in the output of oil exports by about 1.16 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil surges by $4.17 to $79.84 per barrel in response. (Al Jazeera) 

NASA announces the four members of the first crewed mission of the Artemis program: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, and Victor J. Glover. (NY Times) 

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, claims “legal control” of Bakhmut, although Ukraine denies this with its troops present in the city’s western districts. (CNBC) 

A Lions’ Den militant and a Fatah member are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two other Palestinians are arrested and dozens more are hospitalized due to tear gas. (Al Jazeera) 

After a magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Kamchatka Krai, Russia, cracked walls and collapsed ceilings occur in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Mutnovskaya Power Station is also temporarily shut down. (KAM24) 

Four people are injured after a fire breaks out in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. One person has been arrested on suspicion of arson. (AP) 

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Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 

Professor Alan Jamieson of the University of Western Australia‘s Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre announces that his team has captured footage of a snailfish species, Pseudoliparis belyaevi, swimming at 8,336 metres (27,349 ft) in the Izu–Ogasawara Trench off Japan’s southern coast. This is the lowest depth recorded for any fish, and closest to the estimated maximum depth possible for fish to survive. (BBC News) 

Russian pro-government war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky is killed by a bombing at a café in Saint Petersburg owned by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sixteen others are injured. (TASS) 

Russia assumes the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council as part of the standard monthly rotation among the council’s 15 members. (BBC News) 

Bulgarians head to the polls to elect the 240 members of the parliament. Exit polls show former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov‘s party GERB narrowly defeating former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov‘s party We Continue the Change by 0.2%. (DW) 

Finns head to the polls to elect the 200 members of the parliament. Centre-right National Coalition Party wins the most votes at 20.7%, while the ruling Social Democratic Party places third with 19.9%. (Euronews 1) (Euronews 2) 

Former economic minister Jakov Milatović defeats incumbent Milo Đukanović to become the new President of Montenegro, with 60.1% of the vote. (Reuters) 

Russian forces shell Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing six civilians and injuring eight others, according to the Ukrainian government. (Reuters) 

Saturday, April 1st, 2023 

Two people are killed and another is injured after a hot air balloon catches fire near Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico. (AP) 

In India, a new income tax law comes into effect. It is a significant change on the old 1961 statute, and contains a controversial “angel tax” provision seeking to capture some of the income entering the country from foreign investors funding India’s start-ups. (Bloomberg Tax) 

The toll from yesterday’s tornado outbreak rises to 32 people dead and at least 90 injuries, especially in the states of Arkansas and Illinois. (CNN) 

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Sabbra Caddabra into Supernaut – Asbury Park, August 5th, 1975