## [2025-04-7](/feed/2025/04/7/index.md)

##### 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
### [In college basketball, the Florida Gators rally from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Houston Cougars, 65–63, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., to win their first championship since 2007. ](/feed/2025/04/7/in-college-basketball-the-florida-gators-rally-from-a-12-point-deficit-to-defeat-the-houston-cougars-65-63-at-the-ala.md)
##### United Kingdom
### [The first birth of a baby in the United Kingdom to a woman with a transplanted womb is announced. The baby girl, delivered at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London to a 36-year-old woman, is reported to be healthy. ](/feed/2025/04/7/the-first-birth-of-a-baby-in-the-united-kingdom-to-a-woman-with-a-transplanted-womb-is-announced-the-baby-girl-deliver.md)
##### Colossal Biosciences
### [Colossal Biosciences announce they have bred three genetically modified wolf pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi which have approximate anatomical features of extinct dire wolves. ](/feed/2025/04/7/colossal-biosciences-announce-they-have-bred-three-genetically-modified-wolf-pups-named-romulus-remus-and-khaleesi-whi.md)
##### 2025 South Korean presidential election
### [South Korea announces a snap presidential election after the dismissal of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, scheduled for June 3. ](/feed/2025/04/7/south-korea-announces-a-snap-presidential-election-after-the-dismissal-of-former-president-yoon-suk-yeol-scheduled-for.md)
##### Duisburg
### [At least fifteen schools are closed in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, due to violent threats from unknown far-right extremist individuals, totaling at least 17,000 children affected. ](/feed/2025/04/7/at-least-fifteen-schools-are-closed-in-duisburg-north-rhine-westphalia-germany-due-to-violent-threats-from-unknown-fa.md)
##### Algeria–Mali relations
### [Algeria bans flights to and from Mali in response to "recurrent violations" of Algerian airspace by Malian military drones. ](/feed/2025/04/7/algeria-bans-flights-to-and-from-mali-in-response-to-recurrent-violations-of-algerian-airspace-by-malian-military-dron.md)
##### Tariffs in the second Trump administration
### [President Trump announces plans to impose a 50% tariff on China, escalating to a total of 104% if China does not revoke its 34% reciprocal tariff on all American goods within a day. China rejects the ultimatum, maintains its reciprocal tariffs, and states its intention to match any further escalation. ](/feed/2025/04/7/president-trump-announces-plans-to-impose-a-50-tariff-on-china-escalating-to-a-total-of-104-if-china-does-not-revoke.md)
### [Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te states that he does not intend to implement retaliatory tariffs against the United States. He instead expressed Taiwan's intent to import more American exports and increase its investments in the U.S. economy, beginning with a proposal for a Taiwan–U.S. bilateral zero-tariff deal. ](/feed/2025/04/7/taiwanese-president-lai-ching-te-states-that-he-does-not-intend-to-implement-retaliatory-tariffs-against-the-united-stat.md)
### [European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen offers to negotiate with Trump to avoid a trade war and further economic panic, including a zero-for-zero tariff deal on all industrial goods. ](/feed/2025/04/7/european-commission-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-offers-to-negotiate-with-trump-to-avoid-a-trade-war-and-further-econo.md)
### [The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower. ](/feed/2025/04/7/the-nikkei-225-sse-composite-index-and-hang-seng-index-experience-substantial-losses-following-friday-s-losses-on-the.md)
##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
### [A Pakistan Army raid on a Pakistani Taliban militant hideout in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills nine militants, including a high-profile Taliban leader who coordinated recent attacks on Pakistani military facilities in the region. ](/feed/2025/04/7/a-pakistan-army-raid-on-a-pakistani-taliban-militant-hideout-in-dera-ismail-khan-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kills-nine-militan.md)
##### Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
### [The National Emergency Management Agency reports that at least 52 people have been killed and over 2,000 others have been displaced from their homes in recent days in tit for tat attacks by rival herders over control of arable land in Plateau State, Nigeria. ](/feed/2025/04/7/the-national-emergency-management-agency-reports-that-at-least-52-people-have-been-killed-and-over-2000-others-have-bee.md)
##### Gaza war
### [An Israeli airstrike near a charity kitchen in Gaza where displaced Palestinians gather for food, kills more than 30 people. ](/feed/2025/04/7/an-israeli-airstrike-near-a-charity-kitchen-in-gaza-where-displaced-palestinians-gather-for-food-kills-more-than-30-peo.md)
### [Israel reportedly controls over half of the territory of the Gaza Strip after razing multiple Palestinian properties to expand its buffer zone. ](/feed/2025/04/7/israel-reportedly-controls-over-half-of-the-territory-of-the-gaza-strip-after-razing-multiple-palestinian-properties-to.md)
##### Syrian civil war
### [The number of mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians killed in ongoing sectarian reprisal massacres by pro-Syrian government forces and Sunni parties since March 6 rises to 1,767. ](/feed/2025/04/7/the-number-of-mainly-alawite-syrian-civilians-killed-in-ongoing-sectarian-reprisal-massacres-by-pro-syrian-government-fo.md)
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