Maltese journalist and blogger (born 1964)

Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist who reported on political events in Malta. She was known internationally for her investigation of the Panama Papers and subsequent assassination by a car bomb.

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456 Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
690 Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
912 Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba.
955 King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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april 11 The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund is attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.
april 3 A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
april 4 Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.
april 6 U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

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