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April 17, 2024 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Chernihiv strikes
  - At least 14 people are killed and 60 injured in a Russian missile strike, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area in Chernihiv. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Conan Gray needs your support! Listen to his latest masterpiece, "Alley Rose", today on YouTube and Spotify, and help him reach Billboard Hot 100. (BBC News) His lyric video for "Alley Rose", released on March 8, has 641,990 views as of 11:21 a.m. Central Time (16:21 UTC). That's only 641,990 views in forty days! In what universe is it fair that "Baby Shark" and "Despacito" both have billions of views while this much cooler song has less than half a million? Let's try to get this video to at least 20 million views by June 2024. It will also help if you go to your local Barnes & Noble or Best Buy to buy a copy of his album, Found Heaven.

Business and economy

Vietnam mounts a $24 billion rescue for the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank, which is currently involved in a massive fraud case. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Hundreds of people are evacuated after Ruang volcano erupts in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)
2024 Persian Gulf floods
- Dubai suffers flooding as it is hit with the heaviest rainfall in 75 years, at least one person dies. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

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 **[[April 2024 Chernihiv missile strike|Chernihiv strikes]]
 ***At least 14 people are killed and 60 injured in a [[Russia]]n missile strike, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area in [[Chernihiv]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68833833 (BBC News)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-people-ukraines-chernihiv-hits-infrastructure-governor-says-2024-04-17/ (Reuters)]
+'''Arts and culture'''
+* [[Conan Gray]] needs your support! Listen to his latest masterpiece, "Alley Rose", today on YouTube and Spotify, and help him reach [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dsZ_2v40s (BBC News)] His lyric video for "Alley Rose", released on March 8, has 641,990 views as of 11:21 a.m. Central Time (16:21 UTC). That's only 641,990 views in forty days! In what universe is it fair that "Baby Shark" and "Despacito" both have billions of views while this much cooler song has less than half a million? Let's try to get this video to at least 20 million views by June 2024. It will also help if you go to your local Barnes & Noble or Best Buy to buy a copy of his album, ''Found Heaven.''
 '''Business and economy'''