Friday
The people of 25 April
5 people in 5 stories, 28 deaths recorded, 2025
Pope Francis
Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
Cardinals seal the coffin of Pope Francis in a private liturgical rite led by Camerlengo Kevin Farrell at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
Culture · 25 Apr · with Kevin Farrell
Yaroslav Moskalik
Russian military officer (1966–2025)
Lieutenant general Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is assassinated in a car bombing in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Conflict · 25 Apr
Robert Habeck
German former politician (born 1969)
The German government cuts its economic growth forecast to zero, with the Deutsche Bundesbank estimating a future recession. Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck accuses U.S. President Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs of being the primary reason for Germany's continued economic crisis.
Business · 25 Apr · with Donald Trump
Fernando Collor de Mello
President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992
Former Brazilian president Fernando Collor de Mello is arrested following a corruption conviction by Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Crime & Justice · 25 Apr · with Alexandre de Moraes
Hannah Dugan
American former judge (born 1959)
Wisconsin circuit court judge Hannah Dugan is arrested by United States federal law enforcement on obstruction charges after allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.
Crime & Justice · 25 Apr
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