The day

Thursday 10 April 2025

17 stories, biggest first.

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   News2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites

   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports a marked re-escalation of extrajudicial killings of civilians in Alawite-dominated coastal Syrian regions, with sixteen civilians executed in 72 hours. Several civilian homes in Tartus Governorate are seized by government-affiliated forces.

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   News2025 Hudson River helicopter crash

   A Bell 206 sightseeing helicopter crashes into the Hudson River off Lower Manhattan, New York, United States, killing Siemens Spain CEO Agustín Escobar, his family of four, and the pilot.

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   PoliticsPresidency of Javier Milei

   Argentines organize a 24-hour nationwide general strike against the Javier Milei administration for the third time. According to the government, this constitutes an "attack against the republic".

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   NewsWar crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

   A video leaked by Ukrainian officials and verified by the Associated Press shows Russian soldiers summarily executing four Ukrainian prisoners of war last month in Piatykhatky, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

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   NewsPapua conflict

   Seventeen people are killed by West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) militants in Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The TPNPB alleges that they attacked Indonesian Army soldiers disguised as gold miners, while the Indonesian government rejects the claim.

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   NewsJet Set nightclub roof collapse

   The number of deaths caused by the roof collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, rises to 221, as rescue operations reach the end.

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   NewsRussia–United States relations

   A Russian-American citizen arrested in Yekaterinburg in early 2024 and a dual German-Russian citizen arrested in Cyprus in 2023 are released in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States.

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   Politics

   The German governing coalition announces it will abolish the expedited 3-year naturalization path for "integrated" immigrants who are spouses of German citizens or have completed the Integrationskurs. The path requiring 5 years of continuous residency will remain.

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   Crime2025 Turkish protests

   The government of Turkey releases 127 people on bail, most of which are university students, after they were arrested for taking part in protests calling for the release of Istanbul mayor and opposition figure Ekrem İmamoğlu.

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    MoneyChina–United States trade war

    The White House clarifies the tariff rate on China, stating that a 145% tariff on all imports to the United States is in effect. The 20% addition came from China's alleged role in supplying synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, to the United States.

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    Crime2025 Turkish protests

    Turkish police detain two journalists, one from BirGün and one from Cumhuriyet, and raid their offices, accusing them of making threats and blackmail after they reported on the arrest of İmamoğlu. Reporters Without Borders condemn the arrests as an infringement on freedom of information.

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    MoneyLand reform in Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe begins issuing the first financial compensation payments to White Zimbabwean farmers whose farms were seized by Robert Mugabe's government between 2000 and 2002. A total of 740 farmers will be compensated as per the 2020 agreement with the Commercial Farmers' Union.

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    NewsSouth Korea–Syria relations

    South Korea formally establishes diplomatic relations with Syria.

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    Money

    The United Kingdom's Cabinet Office announces it will cut around 2,100 jobs from its department, about a third of its total workforce, as part of wider government spending cuts.

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    Politics

    Brigitte Haas is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Liechtenstein.

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    MoneyTariffs in the second Trump administration

    The European Union announces a 90-day pause on counter measures against the U.S. tariffs on European goods.

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    Science

    Hungary's Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Gergely Gulyás suggests a biological attack could be the source of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the country.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 10 April 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.