2025-04-07 — Hefoki

Armed conflicts and attacks

The number of mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians killed in ongoing sectarian reprisal massacres by pro-Syrian government forces and Sunni parties since March 6 rises to 1,767. (SOHR)
- https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%b4%d9%87%d8%b1-%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%b0%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b8/755870/
Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel reportedly controls over half of the territory of the Gaza Strip after razing multiple Palestinian properties to expand its buffer zone. (AP) (CNN)
- https://apnews.com/article/gaza-buffer-zone-ceasefire-b7dada19483a3f8ef2fdecbc745ee6b5
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/middleeast/israel-gaza-buffer-zone-troops-intl/index.html
Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike near a charity kitchen in Gaza where displaced Palestinians gather for food, kills more than 30 people. (AP)
- https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-04-07-2025-1ef0696b9c12bf18b5123ccd5b384a02
Armed conflicts and attacks

The National Emergency Management Agency reports that at least 52 people have been killed and over 2,000 others have been displaced from their homes in recent days in tit for tat attacks by rival herders over control of arable land in Plateau State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
- https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gunmen-kill-least-52-people-nigerias-plateau-state-2025-04-07/
Armed conflicts and attacks

A Pakistan Army raid on a Pakistani Taliban militant hideout in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills nine militants, including a high-profile Taliban leader who coordinated recent attacks on Pakistani military facilities in the region. (AP)
- https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-security-raid-militants-killed-northwest-9c73a1b91b3697b4928870c7e4645671
Business and economy

The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower. (BBC News)
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c934qzd094wo
Business and economy

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen offers to negotiate with Trump to avoid a trade war and further economic panic, including a zero-for-zero tariff deal on all industrial goods. (Politico) (Euronews)
- https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-offers-trump-removal-of-all-tariffs/
- https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/07/von-der-leyen-offers-trump-zero-for-zero-tariffs-deal-on-all-industrial-goods
Business and economy

Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te states that he does not intend to implement retaliatory tariffs against the United States. He instead expressed Taiwan's intent to import more American exports and increase its investments in the U.S. economy, beginning with a proposal for a Taiwan–U.S. bilateral zero-tariff deal. (NBC News)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-netanyahu-tariffs-live-updates-rcna199871/rcrd76472?canonicalCard=true
Business and economy

President Trump announces plans to impose a 50% tariff on China, escalating to a total of 104% if China does not revoke its 34% reciprocal tariff on all American goods within a day. China rejects the ultimatum, maintains its reciprocal tariffs, and states its intention to match any further escalation. (CNBC) (NBC News) (AFP via Barron's) (Reuters)
International relations

Algeria bans flights to and from Mali in response to "recurrent violations" of Algerian airspace by Malian military drones. (Reuters)
- https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/algeria-bars-flights-mali-due-recurrent-violations-air-space-state-tv-says-2025-04-07/
Law and crime

At least fifteen schools are closed in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, due to violent threats from unknown far-right extremist individuals, totaling at least 17,000 children affected. (DW)
- https://www.dw.com/en/germany-schools-closed-over-extremist-right-threats/a-72158604
Politics and elections

South Korea announces a snap presidential election after the dismissal of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, scheduled for June 3. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
- https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04-07/national/politics/Govt-sets-snap-presidential-election-for-June-3/2279095
Science and technology

Colossal Biosciences announce they have bred three genetically modified wolf pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi which have approximate anatomical features of extinct dire wolves. (TIME) (Bloomberg News)
- https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-07/-de-extinction-startup-with-10-billion-valuation-revives-dire-wolf
Science and technology

The first birth of a baby in the United Kingdom to a woman with a transplanted womb is announced. The baby girl, delivered at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London to a 36-year-old woman, is reported to be healthy. (BBC News)
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jd517z87o
Sports

In college basketball, the Florida Gators rally from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Houston Cougars, 65–63, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., to win their first championship since 2007. (Tampa Bay Times)
- https://www.tampabay.com/sports/gators/2025/04/07/florida-gators-ncaa-champions-walter-clayton-will-richard-houston/