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Business and economy Volkswagen emissions scandal Volkswagen reaches a deal with the United States government that includes vehicle buybacks and cash compensation. (AP via Fox News) The Vatican suspends PricewaterhouseCoopers' audit of its finances over questions whether proper procedures were followed when the December 2015 contract, reportedly worth $3 million, was enacted. Analysts say this ...
The 2016 United States women's college basketball national championship will be decided when two former Big East Conference foes meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis at 8:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Connecticut topped Oregon State 80–51, and Syracuse claimed an 80–59 win over Washington in Sunday's semifinals.
Disasters and accidents 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes A second earthquake hits southern Japan with a magnitude of 7.1 killing at least 32 people with the death toll from both earthquakes rising to 42. The new quake traps even more people. In Kumamoto a landslide occurs as well as a bridge collapse. (AFP via Yahoo! News) [permanent dead link ] (AP) (AP via Yahoo! News) A new aftershock with a ...
Business and economics Creditors, including 800 sacked workers, vote to place Queensland Nickel into liquidation allowing creditors to pursue its owner, Australian politician Clive Palmer, for costs. (Australia) Fiat Chrysler announces plans to withdraw 1.1 million vehicles worldwide due to problems with the gearshift confusing drivers. (BBC) Valeant, a Canada based pharmaceutical company ...
International relations The People's Republic of China urges North Korea to abide by a United Nations Security Council resolution that bans the North from conducting ballistic missile tests, two days after Pyongyang claimed it conducted a test from a submarine. (Yonhap) Belarus–United States relations The top U.S. diplomat in Belarus Scott Rauland and Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer ...
On April 3, 2018, at approximately 12:46 p.m. PDT, a shooting occurred at the headquarters of the American video-sharing website YouTube in San Bruno, California.The shooter was identified as 38-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam, an Iranian-American woman, who entered through an exterior parking garage, approached an outdoor patio, and opened fire with a Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol.
April 21 is the 111th day of the year ... (d. 2016) 1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004) 1919 ... 1970 – Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian [24]
Disasters and accidents 2016 Kumamoto earthquake The death toll from yesterday's earthquake rises to nine with eight dead in the town of Mashiki. Eight hundred people have been injured including over 50 seriously injured. (AP) At least two people are killed and five missing after a building collapses in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. (France 24) [permanent dead link ] A tornado hits the ...