Template:In the news
- Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.
- Microsoft announces its forthcoming acquisition, pending regulatory approvals, of video game company Activision Blizzard.
- A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Badghis Province, Afghanistan, kills at least 28 people.
- The Hunga Tonga volcano erupts (satellite animation shown), causing damage in Tonga and tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean.
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