< Portal:Current events
April 5, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes
- Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in response to rioting, injuring seven Palestinians and resulting in clashes in the West Bank and in Gaza, where nine rockets were launched. (Arab News)
- 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes
Disasters and accidents
- Tornadoes of 2023
- At least five people are killed and many others are injured when a tornado strikes Glen Allen and Marble Hill, Missouri, United States. (ABC News) (The New York Times)
- Five people are killed when a helicopter crashes near Hạ Long Bay, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. (Vietnam Plus)
- An international human development agency says that 13 Jiye/Jie people have died from conditions related to famine in Kapoeta, South Sudan, while hundreds of others are on the verge of starvation. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign visits by Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes an official visit to Poland. During his meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Zelenskyy receives the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest order. (Reuters) (European Pravda)
- Taiwan–United States relations
- President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen meets with Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, despite Chinese diplomatic pressure in response to the meeting. (AP)
Law and crime
- Blumenau school attack
- Four children are killed and four others are injured in a hatchet attack at a kindergarten in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- Discoveries of exoplanets
- Scientists discover bursts of radiation in radio wavelengths on the exoplanet YZ Ceti b, which is part of the YZ Ceti system. The studies are published in the Nature Astronomy journal. (The Jerusalem Post)
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