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;Armed conflicts and attacks
;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[2020 Afrin bombing]]
*[[2020 Afrin bombing]]
**A [[suicide bombing]], [[car bomb|using a]] [[fuel tanker]], detonates at a busy market killing at least 53 [[civilian]]s, including 11 children, in [[Turkish occupation of northern Syria|Turkish-occupied]] [[Afrin, Syria|Afrin]], [[Syria]]. The Turkish defense ministry accused the [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG) of "carrying out the attack." [https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/280420201 (Rudaw)] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/fuel-truck-bomb-blast-kills-dozens-syria-afrin-turkey-200428170837725.html (Al Jazeera)]
**A [[suicide bombing]], [[car bomb|using a]] [[fuel tanker]], detonates at a busy market killing at least 53 civilians, including 11 children, in [[Turkish occupation of northern Syria|Turkish-occupied]] [[Afrin, Syria|Afrin]], [[Syria]]. The Turkish defense ministry accused the [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG) of "carrying out the attack." [https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/280420201 (Rudaw)] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/fuel-truck-bomb-blast-kills-dozens-syria-afrin-turkey-200428170837725.html (Al Jazeera)]


;Business and economy
;Business and economy
*American [[movie theater]] chain [[AMC Theatres]] states it will no longer host movies produced by [[Universal Studios]], in response to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reporting that [[NBCUniversal]] plans to release its movies simultaneously in cinemas and [[Streaming media|streaming]] moving forward. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-amc-entertainment-universal-studios/amc-will-no-longer-play-universal-studios-films-idUKKCN22B01S (Reuters)]
*American [[movie theater]] chain [[AMC Theatres]] states it will no longer host movies produced by [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], in response to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reporting that [[NBCUniversal]] plans to release its movies simultaneously in cinemas and [[Streaming media|streaming]] moving forward. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-amc-entertainment-universal-studios/amc-will-no-longer-play-universal-studios-films-idUKKCN22B01S (Reuters)]


;Health and environment
;Health and environment
*[[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]]
*[[COVID-19 pandemic]]
**[[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States]]
**[[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]
***The United States surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html (CNN)]
***[[2020 coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina]]
***[[COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina]]
****A [[pug]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], becomes the first dog in the United States to test positive for [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]. Three of the humans it lives with have also tested positive for the disease. [https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/chapel-hill-pug-tests-positive-for-virus-that-causes-covid-19-first-known-case-in-a-dog-in-the-us/19074499/ (WRAL-TV)]
****A [[pug]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], becomes the first dog in the United States to test positive for [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]. Three of the humans it lives with have also tested positive for the disease. [https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/chapel-hill-pug-tests-positive-for-virus-that-causes-covid-19-first-known-case-in-a-dog-in-the-us/19074499/ (WRAL-TV)]


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;Law and crime
;Law and crime
*[[Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on prisons]]
*[[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons]]
**A [[prison riot]] at the Lurigancho jail over demands for better sanitary measures and COVID-19 medical care in [[San Juan de Lurigancho]], [[Peru]], leaves nine inmates dead, according to the [[National Penitentiary Institute (Peru)|National Penitentiary Institute]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-prison/death-toll-in-peru-prison-riot-over-coronavirus-demands-rises-to-nine-idUSKCN22A25W?il=0 (Reuters)]
**A [[prison riot]] at the Lurigancho jail over demands for better sanitary measures and COVID-19 medical care in [[San Juan de Lurigancho]], [[Peru]], leaves nine inmates dead, according to the [[National Penitentiary Institute (Peru)|National Penitentiary Institute]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-prison/death-toll-in-peru-prison-riot-over-coronavirus-demands-rises-to-nine-idUSKCN22A25W?il=0 (Reuters)]


;Politics and elections
;Politics and elections
*[[2019–2020 Lebanese protests]]
*[[2019–2020 Lebanese protests]]
**Protests erupt in major cities across [[Lebanon]] for the second day over the country's continuing economic problems. Banks and vehicles are set on fire, and clashes between the protestors and [[Lebanese Armed Forces|the army]] in [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] leave around 40 soldiers wounded. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/lebanon-cities-erupt-against-economic-hardship-one-protester-killed-in-tripoli-idUKKCN22A00V?il=0 (Reuters)]
**Protests erupt in major cities across [[Lebanon]] for the second day over the country's continuing economic problems. Banks and vehicles are set on fire, and clashes between the protestors and [[Lebanese Armed Forces|the army]] in [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] leave around 40 soldiers injured. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/lebanon-cities-erupt-against-economic-hardship-one-protester-killed-in-tripoli-idUKKCN22A00V?il=0 (Reuters)]


;Science and technology
;Science and technology
*A [[fast radio burst]] is detected from the [[Magnetar]] [[SGR 1935+2154]], the first ever detected inside the Milky Way, and the first to be linked to a known source. [http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13681 (Astronomer's Telegram)]
*A [[fast radio burst]] is detected from the [[Magnetar]] [[SGR 1935+2154]], the first ever detected inside the [[Milky Way]], and the first to be linked to a known source. [http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13681 (''Astronomer's Telegram'')]


;Sports
;Sports
*[[Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports]], [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in France]]
*[[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports]], [[COVID-19 pandemic in France]]
**[[France]] officially ends the [[2019–20 Ligue 1]] and [[2019–20 Ligue 2]] [[association football|football]] seasons after banning all sporting events in the country until September. It is not yet known whether the [[Sports governing body|governing body]] [[Ligue de Football Professionnel]] will void the seasons. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52460468 (BBC)]
**[[France]] officially ends the [[2019–20 Ligue 1]] and [[2019–20 Ligue 2]] [[association football|football]] seasons after banning all sporting events in the country until September. It is not yet known whether the [[Sports governing body|governing body]] [[Ligue de Football Professionnel]] will void the seasons. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52460468 (BBC News)]


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