< Portal:Current events
April 14, 2013 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- At least 20 people are killed in a series of bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times) (AP via Fox News)
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- A drone attack conducted by the United States kills at least five people in Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (NBC News) (AP via CBS News) (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 33 people die when a bus tumbles into a river near Trujillo, Peru. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) (The Nation)
- Five people are killed, including the driver, and five are injured when a tourist bus carrying Russian and Ukrainian teenagers plummets off a bridge and rolls down an embankment near Ranst outside of Antwerp, Belgium. (The Telegraph) (Reuters) (Euronews)
- At least 11 people are killed and 50 people are injured after a fire destroys a hotel in Xiangyang, Hubei, China. (AP via The Times of India) (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- 2013 Korean crisis:
- North Korea rebuffs an offer of dialogue by South Korea. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia) (Sahara Samay)
- Professor Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics, calls on the BBC to pull a scheduled edition of its Panorama documentary strand, North Korea Undercover in which three journalists travelled undercover to the country with a group of students. Calhoun argues that the group was placed at risk by the BBC's actions. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Venezuela go to the polls for a snap presidential election, which was called after the death of President Hugo Chávez on March 5. (BBC)
- In Croatia, people go to the polls to elect the first ever European MPs of the country, anticipating the formal entry of Croatia in the European Union, in July. (BBC)
- Justin Trudeau, son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is chosen as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. (CBC News)
Sport
- Manchester City will meet Wigan Athletic in the 2012–13 FA Cup Final after winning the semi-final against Chelsea 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. (BBC)
- In the 2012–13 Serie A, Milan and Napoli play out an entertaining 1–1 draw at San Siro in a battle for an automatic Champions League spot. (Goal.com)
- In the 2013 Formula One season, Fernando Alonso of Scuderia Ferrari wins the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton. (BBC)
- France's Sébastien Ogier at the wheel of his Volkswagen Polo R WRC wins the 2013 Rally de Portugal, the fourth stage of the 2013 WRC season. (WRC) (Autosport)
- In road bicycle racing, Czech racer Roman Kreuziger wins 2013 Amstel Gold Race, the 11th race of the 2013 UCI World Tour. (Cycling News)
- In weightlifting, Russia wins the medal table of the 2013 European Weightlifting Championships that ended in Tirana, Albania. (EWF)
- In golf, Adam Scott becomes the first Australian to win the Masters Tournament by defeating Ángel Cabrera in a sudden-death final. (AP via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- In figure skating, the United States win the 2013 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating in Tokyo ahead of Canada and Japan. (AP via TSN)
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