April 17, 2024 Earth Day was founded over 50 years ago, putting a heightened focus on the environment ever since Over 50 years ago, a senator from Wisconsin came up with an idea that was focused on educating others on the health and betterment of the environment, and now we call it Earth Day.
April 17, 2024 Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest to have strict security due to heightened threat of terrorism, police say Security will be tight during next month's Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, due to potential unrest and terrorism threats, according to local police.
April 17, 2024 US intends to monitor North Korean nuclear weapons with or without UN, ambassador says Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution, effective ending the monitoring of weapons program sanctions against North Korea. The U.S. is determined to continue monitoring these sanctions.
April 17, 2024 European far-right conference resumes after judge rules its shutdown unconstitutional A Belgian judge rules the cancelation of the National Conservative conference in Brussels unconstitutional, and the conference resumed on April 17, 2024.
April 17, 2024 Burmese military government moves deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest due to heat Burma's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. The military government said on Wednesday the move was made due to a heat wave.
April 17, 2024 Maui Fire Department releases report explaining unique challenges of the historic wildfires Maui's fire department its assessment of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, to be followed by another shortly. The report details what occurred during the August 2023 blaze.
April 17, 2024 Georgia parliament advances controversial 'Russian law' targeting media organizations Georgia's parliament has approved a law requiring media organizations to register being under foreign influence if they receive over 20 percent of their funding from abroad.
April 17, 2024 Human rights group alleges widespread abuse in Syrian detention centers holding suspected ISIS members A human rights group has reported widespread abuse, including torture, in Syrian detention facilities holding thousands of suspected ISIS members and their relatives.
April 17, 2024 Connecticut's top public defender faces termination over misconduct allegations Connecticut's chief public defender is under scrutiny for potential termination due to several alleged misconduct issues, including unauthorized access to emails.
April 17, 2024 G7 to meet in Italy, expected to call for sanctions on Iran Iran's attack on Israel gave new urgency to the meeting of the Group of Seven in Italy. The member countries are expected to call for sanctions on Iran and restraint from Israel.