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In NCAA Division I basketball, the Michigan Wolverines win the men's championship and the UCLA Bruins win the women's championship.
- The 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by the UConn Huskies from the Big East Conference and the Michigan Wolverines from the Big Ten Conference. The game was played on April 6, 2026, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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- The 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the No. 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the No. 1 seed UCLA Bruins from the Big Ten Conference. The game was played on April 5, 2026, at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first time that Phoenix hosted the national championship game. The Bruins won the game 79–51 for the program's first NCAA title, and Lauren Betts was named the Most Outstanding Player. The Gamecocks lost their second straight title game.
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The emperor penguin is added to the endangered species category by the IUCN due to the effects of climate change.
- The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches.
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Afghanistan–Pakistan war (ongoing)
- War between Afghanistan and Pakistan began in late February 2026 following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces. Pakistan said the strikes targeted militant camps and hideouts linked to the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) and Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K), and described them as retaliation for recent terrorist attacks in Islamabad, Bajaur, and Bannu. Taliban officials and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), however, said the attacks caused civilian casualties, although they reported different figures.
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Iran war (ongoing)
- On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and inflicting civilian casualties. The surprise attacks were launched during negotiations between Iran and the US. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US-allies in the Middle East, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade.
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Russo-Ukrainian war (ongoing)
- On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of April 2026, Russian troops occupy roughly 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and 6–7 million have fled the country, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.
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Sudanese civil war (ongoing)
- Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and consisting of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Republican Guard; and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Hemedti, who leads the broader Janjaweed coalition. Smaller armed groups have taken part. Fighting began on 15 April 2023 after a power struggle within the government that had taken power following the 2021 coup. As of 5 February 2025, the conflict has caused 12 million people to be forcibly displaced, 9 million internally, and 3.5 million have fled the country as refugees, making it one of the largest displacement crises in recent history.
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