Portal:Current events/2010 April 30
April 30, 2010 (Friday)
- Expo 2010:
- Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, China. (Financial Times)(Xinhua) (China.org) (Sina) (People) (China.com) (Shanghai Daily)
- Maltese President George Abela is hospitalised after sustaining an injury in his China hotel and has to cancel his appearance at the official inauguration. (The Times of Malta)
- At least eight villagers die following a landslide in Kenya, with others hospitalised or missing and homes destroyed. (BBC)
- At least eight people die in an attack on an army base in South Sudan. (BBC)
- French senator Charles Pasqua is convicted and sentenced on charges of corruption which occurred whilst he was interior minister in the 1990s. (France24) (BBC) (China Post)
- Tonga's Attorney-General suddenly resigns amidst allegations the government is trying to take over his judiciary. (TVNZ)
- Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion aftermath:
- The oil spill resulting from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico reaches the Louisiana coast. (CBS News)
- Landfall of the giant oil spill will result in widespread environmental harm to animals, birds and coastline areas. (The Washington Post) (CNN)
- Weather threatens to impede cleanup efforts. (Houston Chronicle)
- Former Pakistani spy Khalid Khawaja is murdered; a previously unknown militant group - Asian Tigers - claims responsibility. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Protesters in Thailand storm a hospital amid rising tension between pro- and anti-government factions. (NY Times)
- The United States Justice Department opens a criminal investigation into alleged fraud by Goldman Sachs. (Washington Post)
- The Nigerian House of Representatives announces the creation of ten new states, five in the north and five in the south, by 2011. (AllAfrica.com)
- China and South Korea discuss the potential security threat presented by North Korean aggression. (Washington Post)
- The United States announces it will begin mediating indirect peace talks between Israel and Palestine. (NY Times)
- Iran threatens to "cut off Israel's feet" if Israel attacks Syria. (Jerusalem Post)
- China moves to increase classroom security after a series of unrelated attacks on schools injure dozens of children and kill ten. (LA Times)
- One of Ireland's most recognisable broadcasters, Gerry Ryan, who co-presented Eurovision Song Contest 1994 sixteen years ago today, is discovered dead at his Dublin home after failing to present this morning's edition of The Gerry Ryan Show on national radio station RTÉ 2fm. (The Guardian) (BBC) (esctoday.com) (Vancouver Sun) (Sky News)
- Russian businessman Vasily Bukhtienko, who established a Joseph Stalin museum in Volgograd, is beat to death by electric shocks. (BBC)