current Events/2024 April 17

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • April 2024 Chernihiv missile strike
    • At least 18 people are killed and 60 others are injured in a Russian missile strike which damaged an eight-storey building in a densely populated area of Chernihiv. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• War in Sudan
  • Taqaddum leader and former Prime Minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France. (Dabanga Sudan)

Business and economy

• Vietnam announces a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a fraud case. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Persian Gulf floods
  • The United Arab Emirates records its heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with significant flooding reported in Dubai. At least 20 people are killed by flooding in Oman and Ras Al Khaimah. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• Hundreds of people are evacuated after the Ruang volcano erupts in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)

International relations

• Sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis
  • The Biden administration announces that it will reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

• Switzerland's Federal Assembly votes to ban public displays of the Nazi swastika. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Croatian parliamentary election
  • Voters in Croatia elect the members of the Sabor. The ruling Croatian Democratic Union and its coalition win the most seats, but fail to obtain a majority. (Reuters)
• 2024 Solomon Islands general election
  • Voters in Solomon Islands elect a new National Parliament. (The Guardian)
• Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
  • The United States Senate votes to dismiss both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, by a vote of 51–48 on the first article and 51–49 on the second. (Reuters) (CNN)

Science and technology

• Scientists announce that they have identified fossil remains of the Ichthyotitan, the largest marine reptile currently known, in the Westbury Formation in England. (NOS)

Sports

• In basketball, the NBA announces that it has banned Jontay Porter, a two-way player under contract to the Toronto Raptors and their G League affiliate Raptors 905, for multiple major violations of the league's gambling policy. (NBA) (ESPN)