40: Just 40 minutes after authorities acquired indications of an eruption, lava shot from a huge fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula close to Grindavik and the famed Blue Lagoon late Saturday. The fourth — and possibly the largest — eruption to have hit right here since December practically took companies unexpectedly. The city and resort had been each evacuated shortly after the eruption.

960 million: The largest-ever democratic train is about to start on April 19 with India’s parliamentary elections, with a whopping 960 million voters. Indians will head to the polls for seven electoral phases via June 1, with the rely set to happen on June 4. Populist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is predicted to safe one other 5 years on the helm of an more and more religiously divided India — however one which can also be tipped to turn into the third-largest world economy by 2027. For GZERO’s information to world elections in 2024, click here.

7.4 billion: The EU has agreed to ship Cairo a funding package of €7.4 billion ($8.06 billion) between now and 2027 to assist stabilize Egypt’s economic system and wean it off Russian fuel. The Egyptian economic system has been arduous hit by latest financial crises – most notably, the Israel-Hamas battle in Gaza, which is impacting tourism and delivery within the Suez Canal.

113: Children in South Sudan are unable to attend faculty beginning right this moment, owing to an excessive warmth wave that might increase the mercury as excessive as 113 levels Fahrenheit. All colleges have been ordered to shut down, and oldsters are being suggested to maintain children indoors with the scorching temps set to final for as much as two weeks.