News Round Up – April 2023

Ukraine News

01 Apr: Russia runs the UN Security Council this month. Ukraine says it’s the worst April Fools’ joke

02 Apr: Ukraine war: Where are Russia’s opposition leaders now?

02 Apr: Russian pro-war military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe

02 Apr: Russian missile strike kills at least six people in city near Bakhmut, Ukraine says

03 Apr: Russian forces claim to ‘legally’ control Bakhmut, but Ukraine says fighting is still raging

06 Apr: The cost of the Ukraine war for one Russian regiment

11 Apr: Ukraine war: The deadly landmines killing hundreds

11 Apr: How makers of the Switchblade suicide drone are changing the Ukraine war

11 Apr: Pentagon leak: Spring offensive downplayed and other key takeaways

13 Apr: More leaked documents reveal U.S. insight into Russian infighting, threat from China, candid views of allies

14 Apr: At least eight civilians killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian town

14 Apr: Ukraine war: ‘I’m going back to the frontline with my bionic arm’

15 Apr: Meet the hacker armies on Ukraine’s cyber front line

19 Apr: Implications of the Ukraine War for UK Munitions Supply Arrangements

21 Apr: Russian jet accidentally drops bomb on Russian city of Belgorod, state media says

24 Apr: Analysts say Kyiv may be launching long-awaited counteroffensive as Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military

26 Apr: Ukraine launches war tech innovation initiative to improve, expand its ‘Army of Drones’

27 Apr: Czech teacher on trial over Ukraine war misinformation

27 Apr: Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support

27 Apr: Ukraine war: Partisan attack kills police chief in Russian-occupied Melitopol

28 Apr: Russia launches air strikes on Ukrainian cities, killing at least 25 civilians

30 Apr: Crimean oil depot still on fire after it was attacked by two drones

News

31 Mar: CDC team falls sick probing Ohio train derailment

02 Apr: Masked gang break into homes and spray victims with chemicals in string of attacks

03 Apr: Finland doubling NATO’s border with Russia in blow to Putin

04 Apr: U.S. says drone strike kills senior ISIS leader who plotted attacks in Europe

04 Apr: Chinese spy balloon may have collected and sent sensitive US data in real time

05 Apr: Reforms urged to protect Parliament from ‘hostile foreign actors’

05 Apr: Grenade found in residential area destroyed in ‘controlled explosion’

06 Apr: Rare encephalitis tick disease found in England

06 Apr: COVID-19 spread in households linked to virus on hands and surfaces

07 Apr: Northern Ireland police warn of Easter terror plot ahead of Joe Biden’s visit

07 Apr: Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

08 Apr: China military rehearses ‘encircling’ Taiwan after US Speaker visit

10 Apr: Massive anti-government protest in Georgia, thousands join

11 Apr: Petrol bombs thrown at Northern Ireland police on 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

11 Apr: Philippines, US start largest ever drills in South China Sea

12 Apr: Pipe bombs in Derry City Cemetery ‘were to be used on police’

12 Apr: Richmond fire at Indiana recycling plant could burn for days after thousands asked to evacuate

13 Apr: Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying

13 Apr: More than 18,000 cows are dead after dairy farm explosion in Texas Panhandle

14 Apr: Man convicted of preparing acts of terrorism after travelling to Syria.

14 Apr: North Korea tests new inter-continental missile thought to be its most powerful

14 Apr: British woman infected with dengue fever on holiday to France

16 Apr: German politicians split as last nuclear plants close.

16 Apr: Sudan conflict: why is there fighting and what is at stake in the region?

16 Apr: Japanese leader vows to tighten security for G7 after smoke bomb

17 Apr: Australian businessman accused of supplying suspected Chinese spies with AUKUS information

18 Apr: Army eyewitness arrested for murder of 4 jawans at Bathinda Military Station

18 Apr: Terrorism funding arrest made as part of coordinated UK/US action

18 Apr: Hikvision: Chinese surveillance tech giant denies leaked Pentagon spy claim

19 Apr: Russian hackers want to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure, minister warns

20 Apr: Russian ships ‘mapping North Sea targets as part of sabotage plan’, report claims

21 Apr: Bomb squad conducts controlled explosion after ordnance found in shed

22 Apr: Argentina dengue: Record fever outbreak kills over 40

22 Apr: Nuclear weapons: Why South Koreans want the bomb

22 Apr: Serving Armed Forces member charged under Official Secrets Act for sharing information that could ‘facilitate the targeting of personnel’

24 Apr: Defence force shifts posture to ready Australia for ‘missile age’, and combat threats further from shore

24 Apr: Vaccine uptake among children in England has fallen since start of pandemic

25 Apr: Three arrested in Sutton Coldfield as bomb disposal team called

25 Apr: Warrenpoint: Controlled explosion after WW2 mortar found

25 Apr: ISIL leader behind Kabul airport bombing killed, Taliban says

26 Apr: ‘Very serious’: Sweden accidentally fires rocket into Norway

27 Apr: London’s emergency services are facing “capacity pressures” that may impact their ability to respond to major terrorist incidents

28 Apr: Philippines reports ‘confrontation’ with China in South China Sea

28 Apr: Vaughn Dolphin: White supremacist who blew up family kitchen convicted of terrorism charges

29 Apr: Sensitive submarine documents found Wetherspoons pub

29 Apr: North Korea warns of more provocative military displays after US-South Korea deterrence deal

30 Apr: Pings signal closure of NHS Covid-19 app

Technology

01 Apr: Lockheed Martin’s hypersonic ‘Arrow’ misses bull’s eye, US ends deal

05 Apr: Carl-Gustaf M4: All you need to know about the recoilless rifle bought for the British Army

07 Apr: Future is bright for gold-based antibiotics

07 Apr: Mask Wearing in Hospitals Had Little Impact on COVID-19 Omicron Transmission.

07 Apr: Study assesses risk of mutation due to residual radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster

11 Apr: New approach targets norovirus, world’s leading cause of foodborne infection

13 Apr: R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine cleared for use in Ghana

13 Apr: T-cell vaccine for COVID-19 may last longer than current vaccines

13 Apr: Why did the mpox epidemic wane? Belgian researchers offer a theory

13 Apr: ECCMID research highlights diphtheria outbreaks in migrants to Europe

15 Apr: Targeting ‘viral footprints’ in our DNA could boost cancer treatment

16 Apr: UK strep A research shows highest incidence of invasive disease has shifted from the most deprived groups to the second most ffluent group.

17 Apr: JACKAL VTOL drone fires advanced multi-role missiles in successful trial

18 Apr: Natural treatment developed that could make you almost invisible to mosquito bites

19 Apr: The wound dressing that can reveal infection

19 Apr: Wearable patch can painlessly deliver drugs through the skin

21 Apr: Gut bacteria use super-polymers to dodge antibiotics

25 Apr: Testing antibiotic resistance with a fast, cheap, and easy method

25 Apr: Even as SARS-CoV-2 mutates, some human antibodies fight back

26 Apr: Researchers use AI to explore potential zoonotic diseases

26 Apr: University of Liverpool begins first human trial of new Zika vaccine

26 Apr: Researchers create antimicrobial ‘superfoam’

27 Apr: New study investigating extent of antimicrobial resistance in healthy people launches

27 Apr: Scientists discover antibiotic resistance genes in clouds

27 Apr: How dormant bacteria come back to life

27 Apr: Pulling the plug on viral infections: CRISPR isn’t just about cutting

27 Apr: US should begin laying the foundation for new and advanced nuclear reactors, says new report

28 Apr: U.S. Army grounds all non-critical aircraft after latest fatal mid-air collision

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