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Armed conflicts and attacks
Indonesia indicates that it is ready to temporarily accept the "first wave" of around 1,000 Palestinian evacuees from the Gaza Strip until conditions improve. (Haaretz) (Tempo)
- https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/asia-and-australia/2025-04-09/ty-article/indonesia-willing-to-temporarily-take-in-palestinians-until-safe-to-return-to-gaza/00000196-19b3-d412-abd7-79b37e530000
- https://en.tempo.co/read/1995662/foreign-minister-palestinian-evacuation-to-indonesia-needs-more-dialogue
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Business and economy
China states that it will not respond to any further U.S. tariff increases, as U.S. goods have already been priced out of the Chinese market by existing tariffs, but may still impose other economic measures. (CNBC)
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Disasters and accidents
A Cessna 310 crashes into Interstate 95 near Boca Raton Airport in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, killing all three occupants of the plane and injuring one other on the ground. (NBC News) (Boca News Now)
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Law and crime
Twenty-six-year-old Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves is sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment for her part in a people smuggling operation that killed 16 and injured two Cuban undocumented migrants in a shipwreck in South Florida, United States, on November 16, 2024. (CTV News)
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Law and crime
The Italian government sends 40 asylum seekers to an internment camp in Albania after their asylum applications were rejected, preparing them to be deported. Migrants can be held for a maximum of 18 months under Italian law. (DW)
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Law and crime
American spree killer Mikal Mahdi, who killed three people, including an off-duty police officer, in July 2004, is executed by firing squad at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. (NBC News)