Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 26 people are killed when a truck hits a roadside bomb in Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/29/roadside-bomb-blast-kills-26-in-nigerias-restive-northeast

Armed conflicts and attacks

A 38-year-old man suspected of seriously injuring two women on Saturday in a shooting and crossbow attack on the Otley Run pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, succumbs to a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the hospital. It is confirmed that the perpetrator's motive was misogyny. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3evygw383eo

Business and economy

At least five fatalities are reported in Spain as a consequence of the power outage that affected the Iberian Peninsula the day before. (ABC.es)

• https://www.abc.es/sociedad/apagon-cobra-cinco-vidas-espana-20250429171025-nt.html

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-two people are killed and three others are injured after a fire breaks out in a restaurant in Liaoyang, Liaoning, China. (CNA)

• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/northeast-china-liaoyang-city-beijing-fire-restaurant-kills-injured-5096696

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and over 400000 lose power due to severe storms in Western Pennsylvania, United States. (CBS)

• https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-power-outages-storm-damage

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed, including two children, and thirteen others are injured in a fire at a hotel in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Business Standard) (The Telegraph)

• https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/kolkata-hotel-fire-falpatti-machhua-rituraj-hotel-kolkata-fire-death-toll-125043000105_1.html
• https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/kolkata-hotel-fire-three-of-chennai-family-among-14-dead-minister-blames-management/cid/2096803

Disasters and accidents

Eighteen Russians are injured in a bus crash in Side, Turkey. (Telegrafi)

• https://telegrafi.com/en/Russian-tourist-bus-overturns-in-Turkey--at-least-18-injured/

Law and crime

Alejandro Gertz Manero, Attorney General of Mexico, concluded that the Izaguirre Ranch was used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as a recruitment camp between 2021 and 2024, but found no evidence that it served as an extermination site. (AP)

• https://www.borderreport.com/regions/mexico/mexicos-attorney-general-says-ranch-was-used-for-cartel-training-but-no-mass-graves-found/

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Three people are killed in a shooting at a hair salon in Uppsala, Sweden, with the perpetrator still at large. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4n9x3yyq5o

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Three people are killed and two others are seriously injured in a mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota Public Radio)

• https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/30/minneapolis-shooting-multiple-people-dead

Politics and elections

President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs a decree restoring the "Stalingrad" name to the Volgograd Airport. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-names-regional-russian-airport-stalingrad-2025-04-29/