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**[[South Korea]]n President [[Moon Jae-in]] meets [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-un]]. Moon and Kim agree to officially end the [[Korean War]]. Kim becomes the first North Korean leader to cross the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] since the war. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-summit-crossing/kim-becomes-first-north-korean-leader-to-cross-border-into-south-since-war-idUSKBN1HY01L (Reuters)], [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245065 (Israel National News)], [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/27/asia/korean-summit-intl/index.html (CNN)]

*[[Germany–United States relations]]

**Germany chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] hold joint news press conferences. Merkel states she believes that there can be a bilateral trade deal between EU and US. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-trade/germanys-merkel-says-she-could-see-a-bilateral-eu-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN1HY2PQ (Reuters)] [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/04/27/Watch-live-Trump-Germanys-Merkel-hold-joint-news-conference/3601524848936/?spt=rrs&or=6 (UpiUPI)]

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**Scientific studies have offered evidence that a geothermal plant may have caused the earthquake in [[South Korea]]. [https://phys.org/news/2018-04-evidence-geothermal-pohang-earthquake.amp (Phys.org)]

*[[Astrophysics]]

**A photograph from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] reveals a companion star that survived the explosion of a [[supernova]] in galaxy [[NGC 7424]]. This brings strong evidence to a theory according to which [[Type_II_supernova#Type_IIb_supernovae|Type IIb "stripped-envelope" supernovae]] are due to stellar companions capturing hydrogen from the progenitor star's envelope before its explosion. [https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/04/27/Hubble-spots-surviving-companion-to-supernova-17-years-later/3291524836842/ (UpiUPI)]

*[[De-extinction]]

**Biologists at the [[University of Melbourne]] announce plans to clone the extinct [[thylacine]] (Tasmanian tiger). [http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/not-science-fiction-any-more-the-tasmanian-tiger-could-soon-be-back-from-extinction/news-story/b26dcb89e8c28f1232b5153e2c2c07e7 (News Corp Australia)]