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**[[Bolivia]] and [[Chile]] agree a deal to return home hundreds of Bolivian migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in [[Santiago]]. The migrants will be transported to [[Iquique]] where they will spend 14 days in quarantine before finally returning to Bolivia. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-chile-bolivia/bolivia-chile-strike-deal-to-return-stranded-bolivian-migrants-home-idUKKCN22A36L?il=0 (Reuters)] |
**[[Bolivia]] and [[Chile]] agree a deal to return home hundreds of Bolivian migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in [[Santiago]]. The migrants will be transported to [[Iquique]] where they will spend 14 days in quarantine before finally returning to Bolivia. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-chile-bolivia/bolivia-chile-strike-deal-to-return-stranded-bolivian-migrants-home-idUKKCN22A36L?il=0 (Reuters)] |
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*[[Colombia]] formalizes its membership with the [[OECD|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] becoming the 37th nation in the organization. [https://www.oecd.org/countries/colombia/global-oecd-welcomes-colombia-as-its-37th-member.htm (OECD)] |
*[[Colombia]] formalizes its membership with the [[OECD|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) becoming the 37th nation in the organization. [https://www.oecd.org/countries/colombia/global-oecd-welcomes-colombia-as-its-37th-member.htm (OECD)] |
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Revision as of 02:10, 29 April 2020
April 28, 2020 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- A suicide bombing, involving a fuel tanker, detonates at a busy market killing at least 42 civilians, including 11 children, in Turkish-occupied Afrin, Aleppo Governorate. The Turkish defense ministry has accused the People's Protection Units (YPG) of carrying out the attack. No group has claimed responsibility. (Rudaw)
Health and environment
- 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina
- A pug in Chapel Hill, North Carolina becomes the first dog in the United States to test positive for COVID-19. Three of the humans it lives with have also tested positive for the disease. (WRAL-TV)
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina
- 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
International relations
- Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) becoming the 37th nation in the organization. (OECD)
Law and crime
- Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus 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. (Reuters)
Sports
- Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in France
- France officially ends the 2019–20 Ligue 1 and 2019–20 Ligue 2 football seasons after banning all sporting events in the country until September. It not yet known whether the governing body Ligue de Football Professionnel will void the seasons. (BBC)