Portal:Current events/2014 April 10
Accidents and disasters
- At least 10 people are killed after a tour bus collides with a FedEx truck on Interstate 5 near Orland, California. (CNN) (USA Today)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- 88 civilians are killed in Aleppo by barrel bombs dropped from Syrian government warplanes. (NOW Lebanon)
Arts and culture
- American comedian Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report is announced to replace David Letterman to host the Late Show on CBS in 2015. (CBS)
Politics and elections
- 2014 Crimean crisis:
- The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote and take part in election observations as a consequence to its annexation of Crimea. (Voice of Russia)
- Sunflower Movement in Taiwan:
- Protesters against a proposed trade deal with China peacefully ended their 24-day occupation of the legislature, as lawmakers prepare to review bills requiring greater oversight for such agreements. (Bloomberg)
- Five Prosecutor General of Russia, Yury Chaika, to investigate whether former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev should face charges for his role in the breakup of the Soviet Union. (BBC News)
- Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell is expected to be nominated to replace Sebelius. (Fox News)