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News As Facts
04-29-2026 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 -0.04% $7,135 BTC -0.58% $75,788 OIL (WTI) +8.57% $108
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
A Lebanese soldier and his brother are killed in an Israeli airstrike in
Bint Jbeil. (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-
east/lebanese-soldier-brother-killed-israeli-strike-lebanon-army-
says-2026-04-29/
Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green,
London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-
old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated. (The
Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/apr/29/two-
people-stabbed-golders-green-says-jewish-group-latest-
updates?page=with:block-69f1f4758f08e0584d89b2b5
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai,
Russia, causing a large fire at the facility. (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-perm-oil-facility-fire-
drones-3b1ca5805ccfb4f97494643369a610b0
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian
drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast,
Russia. (The Star)
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/04/30/ukrainian-drone-attack-
kills-3-in-russia039s-belgorod-region
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass
shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and
Baluchestan province, Iran. (Al Jazeera English)
https://aje.news/bfd6r6?update=4532840
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian
offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the
naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an
agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program. (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/29/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-blockade
== Business and economy ==
Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone announces the acquisition of its
German competitor, TK Elevator, in a €29.4 billion (US$34.4 billion)
deal, described by Bloomberg L.P. as one of Europe's largest private
equity-related takeovers and the largest corporate acquisition in
Finland. (AFP via Barron's) https://www.barrons.com/news/finnish-lift-
maker-kone-acquires-german-rival-tke-creating-giant-eb949be6
American technology company Alphabet Inc. announces a $40 billion
investment into artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic.
(Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/google-plans-invest-
up-40-billion-anthropic-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-24/
== Disasters and accidents ==
Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when a Diamond DA42 Twin
Star crashes into a hangar at Parafield Airport in South Australia. (BBC
News) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9pzlvyvejo
At least 12 people are killed and 35 others are injured, including 10
critically, after a pickup truck collides with an SUV in Dhar, Madhya
Pradesh, India. (Hindustan Times) https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-
news/12-dead-several-injured-after-a-pickup-truck-collides-with-suv-in-
bhopal-101777486051084.html
== Health and environment ==
A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off
Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the
North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of
good health. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/germany-denmark-timmy-
humpback-whale-north-sea-cbc279b8e77acecca8161eb375af3455
== International relations ==
A local board in the Auckland Region of New Zealand rejects a proposal
to install a memorial statue for World War II-era comfort women in
Takapuna following public consultation and diplomatic representations
from Japan. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) https://www.abs-
cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/29/new-zealand-officials-reject-statue-
remembering-comfort-women-1203
== Law and crime ==
The Seoul High Court increases former South Korean president Yoon Suk
Yeol's sentence to seven years in prison for obstruction of justice and
abuse of power, citing his use of presidential security personnel to
interfere with his arrest and other actions. (AFP via France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260429-south-korean-court-hikes-
ex-president-s-sentence-for-obstructing-justice
The Thai corrections department approves the early release of former
prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a one-year prison
sentence for corruption, citing his age and the limited time remaining
on his sentence, with his release subject to probation conditions. (AFP
via France 24) https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260429-thai-ex-
pm-thaksin-to-be-released-from-prison-next-month
Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, arrest 276 individuals linked to
a transnational fraud network in a joint operation with the U.S. Federal
Bureau of Investigation and Chinese police, targeting multiple criminal
groups and dismantling several scam centers involved in investment and
cryptocurrency scams. (AFP via Arab News)
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2641769/middle-east
A 21-year-old is detained in Rome, Italy, for shooting and wounding two
people with a non-lethal airsoft gun during the celebrations for
Liberation Day four days ago. The suspect claims to be affiliated with
the Jewish Brigade, whose representatives deny his involvement with the
group. (Il Messaggero in Italian) https://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/centr
o_storico/spari_25_aprile_arrestato_eitan_bondi_chi_e_brigata_ebraica-
9502521.html
== End News As Facts 04-29-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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