Portal:Current events/2012 April 19

Summary

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters

International relations
  • An agent at the centre of the U.S. prostitution scandal in Colombia denied one of his escorts $770 from an agreed fee of $800, according to The New York Times, thus prompting the row that revealed the scandal to the public. (BBC)
  • India test launches its long-range Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile. (Times of India)
  • South Korea deploys new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea. (AFP via Google)

Law and crime

Science

Sport