Portal:Current events/2020 April 30

• A Texas man opens fire with an AK-47 style rifle at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a suspected hate crime. No one is injured, and the shooter is arrested and charged. (The Washington Post) (Associated Press)

• Syrian businessman and Syriatel owner Rami Makhlouf makes an "unprecedented" public appeal to his cousin, President Bashar al-Assad, on Facebook, saying a "cadre of officials" are seeking to seize his assets. Makhlouf, who was a part of President al-Assad's inner circle, says he will pay the President himself but not the state. (The Washington Post)

• Tornadoes of 2020
  • The 2020 tornado season in the United States is named the deadliest tornado season since 2011, particularly due to the outbreaks on March 2–3 and Easter Sunday. (Fox News)

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
      • Officials in Yemen report the country's first deaths from COVID-19 in the port city of Aden. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan
      • Tajikistan reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar. (Al Jazeera)

• 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
    • Armed protesters storm the House chamber of the Michigan State Capitol to demand that Governor Gretchen Whitmer lifts the stay-at-home order. (Forbes) (New York Daily News)
• COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
  • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin temporarily steps down after being diagnosed with COVID-19; he will be replaced by Andrey Belousov. (Reuters)
• The government of Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation. (The New York Times)

• Artemis program
  • NASA officially selects SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build its next-generation lunar lander to carry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024. (Reuters)

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in France
  • The Ligue de Football Professionnel awards Paris Saint-Germain F.C. the 2019–20 Ligue 1 title after ending the season early. It is PSG's ninth Ligue 1 title. Amiens SC and Toulouse FC are subsequently relegated to Ligue 2. (BBC Sport)