Portal:Current events/2023 April 9
Appearance
April 9, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes on Syrian territory after several rockets were launched toward the Golan Heights. (The Guardian)
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia destroys a residential building and damages dozens of other buildings, killing two civilians dead and injuring another. Russian attacks are also reported in other settlements, including Orikhiv, Huliaipole. (Reuters) (Anadolu Agency)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
Arts and culture
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a computer animated adventure film based on the Mario franchise, earns $377 million during its opening weekend, making it the highest grossing opening weekend of an animated film. (Variety)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are injured and as many as ten people are thought to be missing after a gas explosion causes two buildings to collapse in Marseille, France. (Reuters)
- At least four people are killed and many others are injured in an avalanche near Mount Blanc, in the French Alps. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Estonian parliamentary election
- Three parties, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, agree to a new government coalition, five weeks after the parliamentary elections in Estonia. (AP)