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News As Facts
04-26-2026 22:00 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 +0.80% $7,165 BTC +1.47% $78,424 OIL (WTI) + $94
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian African Corps
to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260426-new-fighting-erupts-in-
north-mali-s-kidal-as-army-clashes-with-rebels
Malian troops and Russian mercenaries withdraw from Kidal after
yesterday’s attacks. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/mali-attack-tuareg-
separatists-jnim-a945998cb00044e8c52db0362baaed10
== Disasters and accidents ==
Japan deploys 1,400 firefighters to fight wildfires in Ōtsuchi, Iwate
Prefecture, Tōhoku region. Another three wildfires have been spotted in
Nagaoka and Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, and Kitakata, Fukushima
Prefecture. (Reuters), (NHK), (NHK), (NHK)
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-
deploys-1400-firefighters-battle-raging-wildfires-north-2026-04-26/
Fourteen people are killed in lightning strikes amid heavy rain across
Bangladesh. (The Business Standard)
https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/14-killed-lightning-strikes-across-
seven-districts-1422241
A minor earthquake struck the southeast of Norway with a 3.6 on richters
scale. No injuries are reported. (Sweden Herald)
https://swedenherald.com/article/earthquake-outside-oslo-shook-varmland
== Health and environment ==
The National Parks and Wildlife Service and Surf Life Saving close
several beaches in the Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia,
after sharks gather around a washed-up whale carcass, increasing shark
activity. (AFP via The Manila Times)
https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/04/27/world/asia-oceania/australian-
beaches-close-as-sharks-feed-on-whale-carcass/2328841
== Law and crime ==
The first public trial of officials linked to former Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad opens in Damascus with Atef Najib, former head of
security in Daraa Governorate, the only one present to stand trial.
Bashar and his brother Maher al-Assad are to be tried in absentia.
(Associated Press) https://apnews.com/article/syria-trial-transitional-
justice-assad-atef-najib-aff2f6c36a44d85006be6a15a4d6447f
== Politics and elections ==
Exiled Tibetans vote in a global election organized by the Central
Tibetan Administration to choose representatives to its parliament, with
polling held in multiple countries outside China. (AFP via France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260426-exiled-tibetans-to-elect-
government-in-vote-condemned-by-china
== Sports ==
Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha become the first people to run a
marathon in under two hours, with Sawe setting a new world record of
1:59:30. Tigst Assefa also sets a new world record for a women-only
marathon at 2:15:41. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/marathon-record-
sawe-london-under-two-hours-8481a99809f19e0dd2cafca36bd3676a
== End News As Facts 04-26-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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