The edition of
Friday 4 April 2025
17 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
A Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills 19 people, including nine children, and injures more than 50 others. The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces were targeting a military gathering in the city.
Five people are killed, including a child, and 35 are injured in a Russian drone attack on a residential area in Novobavarskyi District of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Groups of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants withdraw from the two neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Achrafieh in Aleppo, Syria, as part of a deal with the Syrian government, which will eventually merge the SDF and the Syrian Armed Forces under one command.
The Congolese media reports that M23 rebels retreating from Walikale have arrived in Kibua in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Politics
United States federal judge for the District Court of Maryland Paula Xinis orders the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national from Maryland who was mistakenly deported and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.
Thousands of people demonstrate in Bangui, Central African Republic, to protest against President Faustin-Archange Touadéra's plans to run for a third term with the backing of the Russian-led Wagner Group, who has killed indiscriminately in the country.
Business
Multiple companies, including Klarna, StubHub, Nintendo, and Professional Sports Authenticator, pause price-sensitive business actions in the U.S. to evaluate the impact of the recent tariff announcements.
China responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs with a 34% reciprocal tariff on imports of American goods. The tariffs will take effect on April 10.
Stocks fall for the second consecutive day following Trump's recent tariff announcements. Over the past two days, the S&P 500 is down over 10%, while the FTSE 100 is down 6.97% for the week.
Lamuka opposition coalition spokesperson Prince Epenge criticizes the proposed minerals-for-security deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States, describing it as a "sell-off."
The Law
The Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upholds former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment in an 8–0 vote, removing him from office.
Environment
A bus carrying students and faculty from the Federal University of Santa Maria veered off a highway in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, killing seven and injuring 20.
The death toll from the fire at a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, in March increases to 60 as a burn victim dies in the hospital.
Ten people are killed when a landslide caused by torrential rains buries two vehicles in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia.
A van fell off a 50-meter ravine into a river in Sadanga, Mountain Province, Philippines, killing five and injuring nine.
Sport
In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scores his 894th career goal, tying the all-time goals record held by Wayne Gretzky.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 4 April 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.