Portal:Current events/2014 April 5
April 5, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 Aswan tribal clashes:
- Twenty-three people are killed in a gunfight between feuding tribes near the Egyptian city of Aswan. (Al-Ahram) (The Hindu)
- Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Business and economy
- Tyson Foods recalls 75,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets due to complaints that pieces of plastic were found in its products. (KTVU)[permanent dead link] (USDA)
Disasters and accidents
- At least three are killed and seven injured when a passenger train derails in the Tasikmalaya District, in Indonesia's West Java Island after hitting mounds of mud following a downpour of rain. (MSN)
Politics and elections
- Afghan presidential election, 2014:
- Amidst violence, voters in Afghanistan elect a new President in what is the country's first democratic transfer of power. (BBC News) (HuffPost)
- Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2014:
- Voters in the Australian state of Western Australia go to the polls for a Federal Senate election. (AAP via News Limited)
- Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland accepts an invitation to attend several events during the forthcoming State visit of Irish President Michael D. Higgins to the United Kingdom, including a banquet to be held by Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. (RTÉ News)
Religion
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory announces he will sell his recently-acquired $2.2 million mansion amid criticism amongst parishioners. (KATC)
Sports
- In horse racing, Pineau De Re, trained by Dr. Richard Newland and ridden by 37-year-old Leighton Aspell, who returned to racing after coming out of retirement, wins the 2014 Grand National at Aintree racecourse with the odds of 25/1. (BBC Sport)