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<ul><li>In retaliation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Iranian_embassy_in_Damascus" title="Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus">an Israeli airstrike</a> on the Iranian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consulate" title="Consulate">consulate</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, Iran <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iranian_strikes_in_Israel" title="2024 Iranian strikes in Israel">conducts missile and drone strikes</a></b> against Israel.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a></b> becomes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> of Ireland after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Varadkar" title="Leo Varadkar">Leo Varadkar</a>'s resignation.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a>–winning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics" title="Theoretical physics">theoretical physicist</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs" title="Peter Higgs">Peter Higgs</a></b> dies at the <span class="nowrap">age of 94</span>.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024" title="Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024">A total solar eclipse</a></b> appears across parts of North America.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Mozambique_boat_disaster" title="2024 Mozambique boat disaster">A ferry sinks</a></b> off the northern coast of Mozambique, leaving more than 100 people dead.</li></ul><p><b>Ongoing: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E2%80%93present)" title="Myanmar civil war (2021–present)">Myanmar civil war</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">Red Sea crisis</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Sudan (2023–present)">War in Sudan</a>
<br><b>Recent deaths: </b><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Ardanza" title="José Antonio Ardanza">José Antonio Ardanza</a></span>; <span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_Macintosh_Geddes" title="Alasdair Macintosh Geddes">Alasdair Macintosh Geddes</a></span>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melitha_Sidabutar" title="Melitha Sidabutar">Melitha Sidabutar</a>; <span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_Fraser" title="John Allen Fraser">John Allen Fraser</a></span>; <span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryssie_Lytton_Cobbold,_Baroness_Cobbold" title="Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold">Chryssie Lytton Cobbold</a></span>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Cee" title="Mister Cee">Mister Cee</a></p>
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