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Former President of Peru Alan García (pictured) commits suicide after a warrant is issued for his arrest.
At the Boston Marathon, Lawrence Cherono and Worknesh Degefa win the men's and women's foot races, respectively.
A fire heavily damages Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Tiger Woods wins the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
The Scaled Composites Stratolaunch, the largest aircraft by wingspan, makes its maiden flight.

April 19, 2019 (Friday)

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Politics and elections

2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign
- Media reports indicate former United States Vice President and Senator Joe Biden has decided that, next week he will announce his participation in the race for Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. (The Atlantic) (NBC News)
Special Counsel investigation
- House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler issues a subpoena to the Justice Department for, by May 1, a full, unredacted version of the Mueller Report, and for the underlying grand jury evidence and testimony. The Attorney General's offer to allow committee members a chance to view a less-redacted version of the report does not meet the committee's needs and was not accepted. (Politico)

April 18, 2019 (Thursday)

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Disasters and accidents

At least 13 people are killed and 29 others are injured when a wall collapses in Empangeni, South Africa, at the start of an Easter service at a Pentecostal church. (BBC)
Mountain climbers Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer are suspected dead after an avalanche on Howse Peak in Canada's Banff National Park. (MSN.com)

Law and crime

Dissident Irish Republican campaign
- Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee is shot dead by dissident republicans on the Creggan estate in Derry. (The Irish News)
The Royal Thai Navy is planning to remove a house that was allegedly constructed illegally 12 mi (19.31 km) off the Thai coastline to promote seasteading. The owners had planned to start a community of at least 20 houses in the area. Thai authorities have filed a complaint, which if prosecuted could carry a death sentence for "threatening the sovereignty of a state, and erosion of a state's independence". (Time via MSN)
Aftermath of the Bishop International Airport attack
- Amor Ftouhi is sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a police officer at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, United States in June 2017. (MLive)

Politics and elections

Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019), Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- The redacted version of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is released by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. The investigation did not find any conspiracy between President Donald Trump and the Russian government regarding the accusation that they collaborated to win the 2016 presidential election. The report did not rule out if the Trump administration committed obstruction of justice. The Department of Justice also stated some members of Congress will received a less-redacted version of the report in the near future. (The New York Times) (USA Today)

April 17, 2019 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian military intervention in Ukraine
- The Security Service of Ukraine claims to have captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on 21 April. (Daily Express)

Arts and culture

French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announces an architectural competition to redesign and rebuild the spire of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral after it was destroyed by fire. (ABC News) (MassLive)

Business and economy

Singapore's non-oil exports slumped in March, according to numbers released by Enterprise Singapore. This was the biggest year-on-year monthly drop since October 2016. The slump in the export of electronics was especially marked. (The Strait Times)

Disasters and accidents

2019 Madeira bus crash
- At least 29 people, all German tourists, are killed in a bus crash in Caniço, Madeira Islands. (BBC)

Law and crime

Operation Car Wash § Peru
- Former Peruvian President Alan García dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident happened moments after judicial authorities had served him with an arrest warrant on corruption charges. (CNN) (Infobae)
Schools in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area are closed as the FBI searched for an 18-year-old Miami Beach Senior High School student described as "infatuated" with the Columbine High School massacre. She traveled to Colorado and purchased a shotgun and ammunition upon arriving, and was deemed a "credible threat" to area schools. She was later confirmed dead. (CNN) (NBC News) (The New York Times)
Moroccan authorities arrest a jihadist preparing to commit a terrorist attack in Seville, Spain, during the Holy Week processions. (El País)
Aftermath of the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
- Former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is transferred from house arrest to a maximum security prison, reports say. His whereabouts had been unknown since the coup against him earlier this month. Al-Bashir has been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2009 for war crimes in Darfur. (BBC)
2019 Guatemalan general election
- Presidential candidate Mario Estrada [es] is captured in the United States because of his alleged connections with the international drug trafficking Sinaloa Cartel. The United States Department of Justice says in a statement that Estrada had requested the murder of political rivals to win the presidency in exchange for granting control of airports and ports in the country to these groups. The presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 16. (Prensa Libre)
A man carrying lighters, canisters filled with gasoline and lighter fluid is arrested at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral. (The Hill)

Politics and elections

2019 Indonesian general election
- Voters in Indonesia go to the polls to elect members of the parliament, the President and Vice President. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

Yale University researchers led by professor Nenad Sestan announce, through the Nature journal, that they successfully partly revived the brains of deceased pigs, four hours after death occurred. However, there were no signals from the brains that would indicate awareness or consciousness. (NPR)

April 16, 2019 (Tuesday)

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Business and economy

Apple Inc. and Google remove TikTok from their app stores in India after a high court in Madras ruled the app could expose children to sexual content and cyberbullying. (CNN)

International relations

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Saudi Arabia–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump vetoes a Congressional resolution that sought to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Five people are killed and 13 others injured in an arson and stabbing attack in an apartment complex in Jinju, South Korea. The attacker tells the police he was angry because of back pay. (The Korea Times)
Eight families file a lawsuit against Washington Hebrew Congregation for allowing what they say was a lack of action over an assistant teacher who stands accused of sexually abusing several children in the day care program. (USA Today) (CNN)

April 15, 2019 (Monday)

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Arts and culture

2019 Pulitzer Prize
- Annapolis, Maryland daily newspaper The Capital is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a mass shooting inside its own offices on June 28, 2018, that left five of its employees dead. (BBC)

Business and economy

AT&T Inc. sells its 10% stake in Hulu to Hulu LLC for $1.43 billion. (Variety)

Disasters and accidents

Notre-Dame de Paris fire
- A fire breaks out at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, resulting in the collapse of its roof and spire and considerable damage to the building's interior. (AJC) (BBC)
- French President Emmanuel Macron pledges to rebuild the Cathedral after the fire. (BBC)

International relations

Inter-Korean summits, North Korea–South Korea relations
- South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The 2019 inter-Korean summit will be held in South Korean capital of Seoul. (Time) (SFGate)

Law and crime

Four people are killed in a string of shootings in Penticton, British Columbia, in what police are calling targeted killings. A man later turned himself in and was taken into custody. (CBC News)

Politics and elections

2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, Bill Weld 2020 presidential campaign
- Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announces he is running for the Republican Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election, the first Republican to officially challenge incumbent President Donald Trump. (CNN)

April 14, 2019 (Sunday)

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Disasters and accidents

Tornadoes of 2019
- At least eight people are killed in the Southern United States amid severe storms bringing floods and tornadoes. (ABC News)

International relations

Second Libyan Civil War
- Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the LNA visits Cairo for a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has supported the LNA in its military operation against the rival GNA in Tripoli. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

At least one person is killed and three others wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Melbourne, Australia. (News.com.au)
One person is killed and another injured in a shooting in a church in the British Columbia city of Salmon Arm. The suspected shooter was wrestled to the ground by churchgoers, police say. (CBC)

Politics and elections

2019 Finnish parliamentary election
- Social Democratic Party takes a narrow victory with 40 seats, while Finns Party comes close second with 39 seats. (Yle)
2020 United States presidential election, 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
- Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. (NBC News)

Sports

2019 Masters Tournament
- Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, his first major golf win in 11 years and his first win at the Masters since 2005. (WGHP) (The New York Times)

April 13, 2019 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Second Libyan Civil War, 2019 Western Libya offensive
- Aguila Saleh, the chairman of the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament that rivals the Government of National Accord, stated that the parliament's Libyan National Army will continue advancing on Tripoli in spite of international calls for them to stop the offensive. (Reuters)

Health and environment

The last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, the world's largest species of freshwater turtle and one of the most endangered species on the planet, dies at Suzhou Zoo in China. (Sohu.com)

Science and technology