Pope Francis passed away at age 88, on April 21, 2025, 7:35 a.m. local time in Vatican City. His death followed a five-week stay in hospital a month earlier, where he suffered from a respiratory tract infection and double pneumonia. The cause of his death was officially registered as a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest.
On Friday night, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Baltimore Orioles in American Major League Baseball at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. The score was 8-3.
On Wednesday, April 16, University of Essex, England, has reported that researchers have captured the footage of colossal squid, a member of the glass squid family (Cranchiidae), in its natural habitat, the deep sea, for the first time ever. The sighting of the 30-centimetre juvenile squid took place on March 9 near the uninhabited South Sandwich Islands, part of a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.
On Friday morning, at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and chief creative officer Dave Filoni announced an upcoming film in the Star Wars franchise titled Star Wars: Starfighter with Canadian actor Ryan Gosling being cast in a lead role.
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