Wikinews:2023/April

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April 1

• White House: attacks in Syria 'won't deter' US mission

April 2

• Manhattan grand jury indicts former United States President Donald Trump
• Russia's FSB arrests US reporter for 'espionage'

April 3

• UK government unveils £8 million initiative to replace late Queen's portrait with King Charles'

April 4

• Finland becomes member of NATO

April 5

• Russia charges peace activist in assassination of pro-war blogger in Saint Petersburg
• US Senate votes to repeal authorizations of use of force against Iraq

April 6

• Avalanche in Sikkim, India kills seven, injures twelve

April 7

• US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California
• British boxer Amir Khan receives ban for doping

April 9

• China sanctions US, Asian entities after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits US

April 10

• Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges in Manhattan

April 11

• Maryland, US attorney general's office alleges historic child sexual abuse by Catholic Church officials
• Japanese military helicopter goes down at sea, 10 missing

April 12

• Russian authorities charge US reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage

April 13

• Australian broadcaster projects Liberal win in Ryde district, New South Wales, two weeks after state election

April 14

• Ukraine decries videoed beheadings as committed by Russian 'beasts'

April 15

• Russian missiles strike buildings in Sloviansk, Ukraine, killing at least 11
• President Tsai says Chinese military drills in Taiwan Strait create instability in region

April 16

• China's Foreign Ministry sanctions US Representative Michael McCaul

April 21

• Paris judge acquits Airbus, Air France of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 crash that killed 228

April 22

• Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in penal colony

April 23

• Prisoner exchange in Yemen ends after freeing over 800
• EU agrees €43 billion Chips Act to boost semiconductor production

April 24

• US political commentator Tucker Carlson, Fox News separate
• Expedition locates wreck of World War II-sunk ship Montevideo Maru

April 27

• 'Let's finish this job': US President Joe Biden announces 2024 reelection bid

April 28

• Reports: US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk redacted name of corporation he owned stock in on disclosure forms
• US National Park Service announces part of Yosemite National Park to close for days as flooding forecast