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**[[President of Algeria|President]] [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] resigns amid pressure from the public and the military, having ruled the country since 1999. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47795108 (BBC)] |
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**[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]] [[Theresa May]] gives a speech after seven hours of continuous meetings, saying that a further extension to the withdrawal from the European Union is needed, and asking for talks with [[Jeremy Corbyn]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47794235 (BBC)] |
**[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]] [[Theresa May]] gives a speech after seven hours of continuous meetings, saying that a further extension to the withdrawal from the European Union is needed, and asking for talks with [[Jeremy Corbyn]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47794235 (BBC)] |
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Revision as of 16:44, 3 April 2019
April 2, 2019 (Tuesday)
Business and economy
- Google starts deleting consumer accounts from its social network Google+ after seven years due to low user engagement and the discovery of security vulnerabilities which potentially exposed user data to developers. (The Verge)
Disasters and accidents
- Boeing 737 MAX groundings
- Boeing delays the availability of the software update for its 737 Max airliners. The Federal Aviation Administration anticipates the update to be rolled out "in the coming weeks." (CBC)
International relations
- Russia–Venezuela relations
- Russia opens a helicopter training facility in Venezuela. Under the plans, Russian state-owned Rostec will train Venezuelan pilots to operate Mi-35M gunships and transport helicopters. The move comes after the White House warned Moscow against sending troops or military equipment to the country. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- According to a criminal complaint filed in a U.S. District Court, a Chinese woman named Yujing Zhang was arrested and charged with making a false statement to the United States Secret Service after illegally entering U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on 30 March 2019 while carrying multiple passports, four mobile phones and a thumb drive containing malware. (BBC), (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019 Algerian protests
- President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns amid pressure from the public and the military, having ruled the country since 1999. (BBC)
- Brexit negotiations
- UK Prime Minister Theresa May gives a speech after seven hours of continuous meetings, saying that a further extension to the withdrawal from the European Union is needed, and asking for talks with Jeremy Corbyn. (BBC)
- The chairman for the Republican Party in North Carolina, Robin Hayes, is charged with bribery and other corruption charges, along with Republican donor Greg Lindberg. (Yahoo)
- SNC-Lavalin affair
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expels former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal party caucus. (BBC), (Reuters)
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- The Nicolás Maduro-aligned Constituent National Assembly formally strips opposition leader and National Assembly President Juan Guaidó of his immunity from prosecution, potentially paving the way for his arrest. (Brisbane Times)
Sports
- In American football, Tom Dundon, principal owner of the Alliance of American Football, announces that the league has suspended operations effective immediately, before the end of its first season. (ESPN)