News Round Up – April 2024

Ukraine News

02 Apr: Ukraine uses drones in what appears to be its deepest strike yet inside Russia

03 Apr: Ukraine military draft age lowered to boost fighting force

06 Apr: Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv

06 Apr: At least seven dead in two Russian strikes on Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv

07 Apr: IAEA confirms drone attack damages Zaporizhzhia power plant

11 Apr: Russian missiles hit Odesa on WWII anniversary

13 Apr: DragonFire: UK laser could be used against Russian drones on Ukraine front line

13 Apr: Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here’s how that might look

14 Apr: ‘Their tactics have changed’: Russia’s bid to blow apart Ukraine’s power grid

14 Apr: Russian Tactics: Double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too

17 Apr: More than 50,000 Russians killed in Ukrainian ‘meat grinder’

18 Apr: Russian strike kills at least 18 as Ukraine’s air defences struggle again to protect cities

18 Apr: Poland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelenskyy assassination plot

20 Apr: Kyiv claims bomber shot down at 308km range after crash in Russia

24 Apr: Europeans locked in Patriot games as Ukraine pleads for more air defence

24 Apr: Russian deputy defense minister dismissed after arrest on corruption charges

25 Apr: Ukraine welcomes delayed US aid but few say they expect Russia’s defeat

25 Apr: US secretly sent long-range ATACMS weapons to Ukraine

26 Apr: Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine amid mounting pressure from EU and NATO allies, report says

27 Apr: Russian missiles strike four Ukrainian thermal power stations

Middle East

31 Mar: Car bomb kills seven at crowded market in Syrian town near Turkish border

01 Apr: A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears

01 Apr: Israeli strike on Iranian Consulate in Damascus kills key commander, Iran says

04 Apr: How might Iran seek to hurt Israel after general’s killing?

13 Apr: Iran’s IRGC seizes ‘Israeli-linked’ ship near Strait of Hormuz

13 Apr: Iran launches hundreds of missiles, drones in first direct attack on Israel

25 Apr: See the UK destroyer crew that scored the Royal Navy’s first missile kill since the Gulf War

27 Apr: Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone

News

01 Apr: Three arrested after ‘suspicious package’ found near Trentham Gardens

01 Apr: Unravelling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU’s assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families

02 Apr: Rare human case of bird flu contracted in Texas following contact with dairy cattle

02 Apr: Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban geoengineering, with allusions to ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory

03 Apr: Unexploded bombs and gases found at RAF Scampton

04 Apr: Four emergency workers in Croydon hospital for chemical exposure after woman ‘ingests poison’

04 Apr: French court sentences Christmas market attack plotter to 30 years in jail

05 Apr: Horsham teenager appears in court over terrorism offences

05 Apr: Denmark shuts shipping lanes after warning one of their missiles could launch unintentionally

05 Apr: Argentina: Dengue fever outbreak leads to shortage of a must-have item

05 Apr: Idaho teen arrested for allegedly plotting to attack church in name of ISIS

07 Apr: Police release images of guns found buried in Crossmaglen hedge

08 Apr: Chichester hospital visitors banned but critical incident stood down

09 Apr: Measles outbreak declared in Gwent as two new cases confirmed

09 Apr: Arrest warrant reveals Russian infiltration in Austria

11 Apr: Zambia uncovers ‘sophisticated’ Chinese cybercrime syndicate

11 Apr: How Will EPA’s New Rule about ‘Forever Chemicals’ Protect Your Drinking Water?

12 Apr: Germany: 3 teens held over suspected Islamist attack plans

12 Apr: Swansea: Teenager denies sharing terrorist publications

12 Apr: UK’s nuclear deterrent ‘bedrock’ of Labour’s plan to keep Britain safe – Starmer

12 Apr: Belgium opens probe into Russian ‘interference’ in European Parliament

12 Apr: Russia sends military trainers, air defence system to Niger: State media

12 Apr: Victor Manuel Rocha, ex-U.S. ambassador who spied for Cuba for decades, sentenced to 15 years

13 Apr: SS Richard Montgomery: Explosives-filled shipwreck has safety work delayed as objects found

18 Apr: M Club back open today after ‘chemical’ scare put 13 gym-goers in Royal Stoke

18 Apr: Chris Oyakhilome: Nigerian pastor pushing malaria vaccine conspiracy theories

18 Apr: German police arrest 2 suspected of spying for Russia

18 Apr: Suffolk man, 64, jailed for hoax terror threats in Essex and London

19 Apr: Police arrest man carrying fake grenades at Iran’s consulate in Paris

20 Apr: Two men charged after explosive device found at an address in Liverpool

22 Apr: Germany arrests 3 suspected China spies

22 Apr: Two men in UK charged with spying for China

25 Apr: Two men charged over ‘corrosive substance’ attack in York

26 Apr: Measles spreading in community as cases rise – Public Health Wales

26 Apr: UK summons Russian ambassador as British man allegedly recruited as spy is charged over arson plot

26 Apr: Arsenic-laced books removed from National Library of France

26 Apr: Neo-Nazi, 19, planned attack on synagogue in Hove

27 Apr: Germany norovirus: Eight hundred fall sick at Stuttgart spring festival

27 Apr: MDH and Everest: US health officials probe Indian spice mix pesticide claims

28 Apr: Tenth person charged over Wakeley church riot, say NSW police

30 Apr: Mali forces kill senior figure in Islamic State affiliate

30 Apr: Explosions heard as emergency services attend fire at chemical plant

Technology

26 Mar: Venus Aerospace Achieves Successful Inaugural Supersonic Drone Flight

31 Mar: Oppenheimer: Monaghan man who captured nuclear devastation

01 Apr: Georgia Tech Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine

03 Apr: Could microbes be the answer to detoxifying Scottish water sources?.

03 Apr: Drawing Inspiration from Plants: A Metal-Air Paper Battery for Wearable Devices

03 Apr: Lockheed Martin Conducts Historic  Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) Flight Test

04 Apr: Attack and defence in the microverse: How small RNA molecules regulate viral infections of bacteria

04 Apr: Good as gold – improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles

04 Apr: AWE creates data apprenticeships in Reading

05 Apr: Electronic medical record tool helps clinicians diagnose mpox

05 Apr: Rapid, simultaneous detection of multiple bacteria achieved with handheld sensor

08 Apr: Northrop Grumman Completes Assembly of Manta Ray Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle

17 Apr: Silver-based micromotors that eliminate bacteria moving freely in aqueous media

17 Apr: Air Combat Evolution (ACE) Program Achieves World First for AI in Aerospace

18 Apr: New study finds that nasal cells protect against Covid-19 in children

18 Apr: Anduril unveils Ghost Shark XL-AUV prototype in Australia

19 Apr: New compound from blessed thistle promotes functional nerve regeneration

22 Apr: Rise seen in use of antibiotics for conditions they can’t treat – including COVID-19

23 Apr: Deforestation pushes animals in Uganda forest to eat virus-laden bat poo

25 Apr: Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas

26 Apr: Scientists discover higher levels of CO2 increase survival of viruses in the air and transmission risk

28 Apr: British Army rolls out its most lethal tank for live fire exercises

30 Apr: Patch to protect against measles in children shows promise

30 Apr: Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct

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