Kanye West's concert was canceled in Switzerland, following Poland, France and the UK. This was announced by the Basel football club, which organizes events at the St. Jakob-Park. “FC Basel received the request and studied it. However, after careful consideration, we have decided not to proceed with this project as, in line with our values, we are unable to provide a platform for this artist in this context,” a club spokesperson said.

In Russia and the occupied territories, as a result of night UAV attacks, several facilities related to the production and transportation of petroleum products caught fire. The governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, wrote in his Telegram channel that after the UAV attack, the Baltic port of Vysotsk caught fire. According to him, the fire has already been extinguished.

Tesla launches robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston. The company announced the start of introducing driverless taxis in these Texas cities on April 18. “Try Tesla Robotaxi in Dallas and Houston!” — wrote the head of the company, Elon Musk, on Twitter (X). The Tesla robotaxi project developed in stages. The first tests began in 2025 in Austin, where the service operated in a limited mode: access was provided by invitation, and the travel area was strictly limited.

The second service of the FSB is known for its program of poisoning and killings of Russian oppositionists. But, as The Insider found out, literally the same unit that poisoned Navalny and monitored Boris Nemtsov has been responsible for the state doping program in Russian sports over the past years. The doping itself is produced by the same Signal center that synthesized Novichok and epibatidine. Available in English Contents 1. FSB between poisons and doping 2. Family contract 3.

In Kyiv, an unknown person opened fire on people, there are dead and wounded. The shooter took hostages in the Walmart supermarket, Ukrainian media write. The store is located in the Goloseevsky district of the city, it is surrounded by police and special forces. The police are conducting a special operation to apprehend the shooter. Units and soldiers of the special unit of the Corps of Surprise Action of the National Police of Ukraine (KORD) were sent to the site.

Donald Trump recently published a post on Truth Social attacking conservative journalists who criticize the war against Iran. He called Tucker Carlson a "low IQ man" who was easy to defeat. Trump classified Megan Kelly, Candace Owens and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in the same category.

Shipping monitoring service TankerTrackers has published a recording of a radio message from the tanker SANMAR HERALD (IMO: 9330563), which was fired upon while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. In the recording, the captain of the ship is allegedly trying to contact units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who have approached the tanker. “IRGC Navy, IRGC Navy, this is the motor vessel Sanmar Herald. You gave me permission to pass. My name is second on your list.

Iran has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, less than 24 hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the partial opening of the strait as part of a ceasefire. This was reported by the Iranian state agency Tasnim with reference to the press secretary of the Central Headquarters of the Iranian Army, Khatam al-Anbiy. Iran has accused the US of “piracy” because the US has maintained a blockade of Iranian ports despite the opening of the strait.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that the man who carried out the shooting in Kiev had previously been prosecuted, was born in Russia and lived in the Donetsk region for a long time. Ukrayinska Pravda writes that he was killed. “It is known that the attacker set fire to the apartment before going outside with a weapon. He had already been prosecuted before. He lived in the Donetsk region for a long time, was born in Russia.

Germany continues to record the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In 2025, among wild boars killed by hunters, 2,927 individuals were found with radiation levels exceeding the permissible level. Bild writes about this. The problem is that in some regions forest soil is still contaminated with cesium-137. Animals feed on fungi and plants that accumulate cesium-137 from the soil. The half-life of this substance is approximately 30 years.

The author of the Telegram channel “Voevoda Broadcasts” Alexey Zemtsov, who had previously published videos from which it appeared that he had committed suicide, stated that he was alive and had returned to his unit. Zemtsov could not be found for several days. “I returned to the unit voluntarily. Thanks to my parents, thanks to my friends who talked me out of doing the wrong thing - leaving this life. They promised that through the pre-trial detention center, but then [I’ll go] to fight.

The video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by French studio Sandfall Interactive, received three BAFTA Games Awards in the following categories: Debut Game, Best Leading Actor (Jennifer English) and Best Game. Le Parisien reports this. It became the third game from French developers to receive this award. Thus, Clair Obscur became the second video game in history (and the first from a debut studio) to receive five major gaming industry awards for best game of the year.

Two merchant ships reported being fired upon as they attempted to sail through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it was renewing its blockade of the sea route. According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO), an Indian-flagged VLCC tanker was fired upon by two Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boats. Radio communication between the vessels was not established. The incident occurred 20 nautical miles (about 37 km) northeast of Oman around 9:20 UTC (12:20 Moscow time).

FSB colonel Dmitry Kovalev has traveled the world to support Team Russia, sitting with his colleagues in the stands at hockey matches in South Korea and appearing before Swiss courts to argue, in his professional capacity, against the decisions of international authorities to punish Russian athletes over their state's systematic doping programs.

The Indian supertanker SANMAR HERALD (IMO: 9330563), which came under fire while trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, changed its name to INDIANSHIPINDIANCREW (“Indian ship, Indian crew”), The Insider found out using the Starboard Maritime Intelligence service. According to UKMTO, the incident occurred around 9:20 UTC (12:20 Moscow time) approximately 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman.