**Brazil: Venezuelan migrants find refuge in forest shantytown**
An acute housing crisis in Sao Paulo is fuelling the rise of precarious settlements in environmentally protected areas.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/brazil-venezuelan-migrants-find-refuge-in-forest-shantytown
**Ukraine calls on world to pressure Russia over grain deal**
The Black Sea grain deal will expire on May 18 unless Russia agrees to its renewal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/ukraine-calls-on-world-to-pressure-russia-over-grain-deal
**Pakistan police say electrical shorts caused blasts, toll hits 17**
Police rule out a 'terror attack' in the two explosions at a counterterrorism facility in the northwest.
**Anchor Don Lemon says he is ‘stunned’ after CNN fires him**
Lemon faced criticism this year for saying presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not 'in her prime'.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/anchor-don-lemon-says-he-is-stunned-after-cnn-fires-him
**Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido expelled from Colombia**
Juan Guaido says he was expelled hours after he arrived. Bogota says he arrived 'irregularly'.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/venezuelan-opposition-leader-guaido-expelled-from-colombia
**Photos: Ukraine forces hold out in devastated Bakhmut**
Ukraine has been making a determined last stand against Russia in the longest and bloodiest battle of the war.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/4/25/photos-ukraine-forces-hold-out-in-devastated-bakhmut
**Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon to do ‘all he can’ for peace in Myanmar**
Ban calls for path to end violence and establish a 'peaceful, democratic and legitimate government'.
**China breaks silence over status of Mars rover Zhurong**
Zhurong should have woken from planned hibernation in December but a dust build-up has likely affected power generation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/china-breaks-silence-over-status-of-mars-rover-zhurong
**Nepal issues record 454 Mount Everest climbing permits**
More than 900 climbers to head up world's highest peak four years after at least four deaths blamed on overcrowding.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/nepal-issues-record-454-mount-everest-climbing-permits
**Muslim ex-MP’s live TV murder in India raises rights concerns**
Killing in police's presence sparks allegations of targeted 'political' assassinations in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh state.
**US Republican presidential hopefuls head to Taiwan, Japan**
The visits come amid heightened tension over self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/us-republican-presidential-hopefuls-head-to-taiwan-japan
**Sudan fighting in its 11th day: A list of key events**
Warring factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday as other countries race to get citizens out of Sudan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/sudan-fighting-in-its-11th-day-a-list-of-key-events
**Netflix to drop $2.5bn on Korean content after ‘Squid Game’ mania**
Announcement comes as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is on a six-day visit to the United States.
**India to pass China this week as world’s most populous nation: UN**
India's population is expected to match China's by the end of April and then surpass it, the UN says.
**Suspected Haiti gang members stoned, set on fire by crowd**
An Associated Press reporter at the scene in Port-au-Prince counted 13 bodies burning in a street.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/suspected-haiti-gang-members-stoned-set-on-fire-by-crowd
**EU slaps sanctions on relatives of Syria’s al-Assad over drugs**
European Council says production and trafficking of amphetamine has become 'a regime-led business model' in Syria.
**Family begs for clemency as Singaporean set to hang for drugs**
Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted in the city-state in 2018 but his family says he did not have adequate legal counsel.
**South Korea’s economy barely avoids recession amid rocky outlook**
Asia's fourth-largest economy grows 0.3 percent during first quarter amid improvements in exports and consumption.
**US launches first deportation flight to Cuba since COVID-19**
The US anticipates an increase in arrivals across its southern border with Mexico as COVID-19 restrictions expire.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/us-launches-first-deportation-flight-to-cuba-since-covid-19
**US elections 2024: Who is running for president?**
As the US presidential campaign heats up, Al Jazeera looks at confirmed and likely candidates ahead of November 2024.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/24/us-elections-2024-who-is-running-for-president