Portal:Current events/2010 April 26
April 26, 2010 (Monday)
- Belgium's King Albert accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme, ending his government's term and leading to early elections in June 2010. (BBC)
- In elections marred by boycotts and fraud allegations, Omar al-Bashir is re-elected president of Sudan despite facing war crimes charges and an international arrest warrant. (USA Today)
- 2010 Thai political protests:
- Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. (Bangkok Post)
- Red shirt protesters set up roadblocks to prevent police reinforcements from reaching the capital Bangkok. (BBC) (Thai News Agency)
- Yellow shirt protesters say they will take action against the red shirts if the authorities do not deal with the protests. (Al Jazeera)
- Robotic submarines attempt to stop leaking oil in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. (The Globe and Mail)
- The British ambassador to Yemen, Timothy Torlot, survives an attempted suicide bombing. (Washington Post)
- Former dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega is extradited from the United States to France. (CNN)
- Noma, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, is named as the "world's best restaurant" in Restaurant magazine's annual survey. (The Guardian)
- A 6.5~6.9 earthquake strikes near Taitung, south east of Taiwan. (Focus Taiwan) (Xinhua)
- By a 6-5 margin, a United States federal appeals court rules that a sex-discrimination lawsuit, the largest employment discrimination case in history, against Wal-Mart can continue. (NY Times)
- The United States Supreme Court agrees to hear a case challenging laws that forbid the selling of violent video games to minors. (LA Times)
- A Hamas militant is killed in Hebron after a shootout with the Israeli Defense Forces. (Jerusalem Post) (Sydney Morning Herald) (BBC)
- South Koreans pay tribute to the victims of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan in March. (Yonhap) (Xinhua) (Al Jazeera)
- The Government of South Korea announces the completion of the world’s longest seawall in a reclaimed tidal flat in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. (Korea Herald)