The day

Sunday 20 April 2025

6 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   News

   Three people are killed and ten others are injured, including one critically and four firefighters, in a large house fire in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York, United States.

2. 2

   NewsMarch–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen

   The Houthis report that twelve people are killed and thirty others are injured in airstrikes on a market and a residential zone in Farwa District, Sanaa, Yemen.

3. 3

   News

   The death toll from drownings during the week across Australia increases to seven after a fisherman dies after being swept off rocks near Sydney. Three people remain missing and one other was injured.

4. 4

   News

   The death toll of the capsized Hong Hai 16 off Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, rises to nine. Two others are still missing.

5. 5

   Crime

   At least one person, the perpetrator, is killed and six others are injured, in an arson attack when a man sets fire to an apartment building with a flamethrower in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

6. 6

   Sport

   In table tennis, Hugo Calderano of Brazil defeats Lin Shidong of China 4–1 sets, winning the ITTF World Cup and becoming the first athlete from the Americas to win the competition.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 20 April 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.