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May 2024 is the fifth month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, will end on a Friday after 31 days. It is the current month.

Portal:Current events

May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • Two Russian ballistic missiles strike the port city of Odesa, killing three people and injuring sixteen others. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Kyiv Post)
  • Russia displays captured NATO military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Among the captured vehicles are a German Leopard 2 tank and an American M1 Abrams tank. (BBC News) (Fox News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Amid pressure from the United States, Israel reopens the Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Guangdong floods
  • Forty-eight people are killed and 30 more injured as twenty-three vehicles fell down during a highway collapse in Meizhou, Guangdong, China. (AP)
• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed. (Reuters)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (ABC News)
• At least nine people are killed in an ongoing heatwave in eastern India. (Reuters)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Colombia–Israel relations
    • President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Rwanda asylum plan
  • British authorities begin detaining migrants ahead of deportation flights to Rwanda. (Reuters)
  • Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the border with Northern Ireland amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. (The Telegraph) (BBC News)
• Abortion in North Carolina
  • U.S. federal judge Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
• A student is fatally shot by police officers outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States, after the police received reports of someone carrying a weapon. (AP)
• At least 217 people are detained by Turkish police during May Day rallies in Istanbul, after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. (Reuters)
• At least 45 people are arrested and 12 police officers are injured at May Day protests in Paris. French police use tear gas and batons to disperse several protests. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Pro-Israel counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. (Reuters)
    • The administration of Shiraz University in Southern Iran offers free tuition to college students in the United States who have been expelled for participating in anti-Israel campus protests. (Arutz Shiva)
• 2024 Scottish government crisis
  • The Scottish National Party administration survives the vote of no confidence earlier this week, prompting the party to seek a replacement for outgoing First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Al Jazeera)
• Homosexuality and Methodism
  • The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy while additionally prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)

May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Syria, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Alliance of Sahel States
  • Nigerien crisis
    • Russian military personnel enter the United States–operated Niger Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian forces take control of the village of Berdychi in Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
  • At least nine people, including eight children, are injured in a Russian guided airstrike in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. (AFP via Barron's) (Reuters)
• A Palestinian National Security Forces patrol kills a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
  • Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza and demands that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip uninterrupted, after previously suspending some exports to Israel in April. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • Trinidad and Tobago formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Middle East Eye)
• Korean conflict
  • South Korea raises its terrorism alert level to the second-highest level, citing strong chances of an attack from North Korea on its overseas diplomatic offices. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
      • Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • Protests occur in Batumi, Georgia, against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (OC Media)
• 2024 Solomon Islands general election
  • Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
• 2024 United Kingdom local elections
  • The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Blackpool South constituency. The Labour Party wins most councils. (BBC News)

May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • The mining town of Rubaya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is seized by the March 23 Movement. (AP)
  • Twelve people are killed and more than 20 others are injured during explosions caused by bombs at two camps for displaced people in Lac Vert and Mugunga, in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two people are killed and two others are injured by Russian shelling in the city of Kurakhove in the Donetsk oblast. (The Moscow Times)
  • British Foreign Secretary David Cameron promises £3 billion of annual military aid to Ukraine for "as long as it takes." (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • The United States tells Qatar to evict Hamas if the latter obstructs an Israeli hostage deal. (The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

• US President Joe Biden gives Presidential Medals of Freedom to 19 people. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The U.S. Federal Trade Commission gives ExxonMobil approval in the acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion. (CNBC)
• Panama bans First Quantum Minerals from extracting copper following the closure of its Cobre Panamá mine last year. (Reuters) (The Globe and Mail)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the heavy rains in southern Brazil increases to 39 people, with more than 70 others missing. (Reuters)
• A bus plunges into a ravine in Diamer District, Pakistan, killing 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others. (AP)
• Thirteen people are killed and 2,000 homes are flooded during heavy rains in Haiti, mainly in the city of Cap-Haitien. Rains occurs also in Puerto Rico, where planes are landed in San Juan to reroute. (AP)
• Mexican authorities locate the bodies of three tourists, one American and two Australians, in Baja California, where they were reported missing in April. Three people have been arrested and are being questioned in relation to the case. (Reuters) (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Canada–India diplomatic row
  • Three Indian men are arrested in Canada and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year. The Canadian government is investigating whether the men had ties to the Indian government. (Reuters) (Toronto Star)
• Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other crimes. (AP)
• U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar is indicted for accepting nearly $600,000 worth of bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled company and a Mexican bank. (AP)
• The International Criminal Court warns against outside interference, saying that efforts to undermine the court's work must "cease immediately". (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • 2024 Sciences Po pro-Palestinian occupation protest
      • French police evacuate Sciences Po University in Paris and close the university in response to pro-Palestine protests and building occupations by students. (Reuters) (Le Monde)
    • The Houthis offer American students who have been suspended in pro-Palestine protests education at Sanaa University in Yemen. (Reuters)
    • Students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico hold pro-Palestine solidarity encampments and protests. (France24)

Science and technology

• Chinese space program
  • The China National Space Administration launches the Chang'e 6 spacecraft from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. (Reuters) (AP)

May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Two people are killed and six others are injured in Russian overnight drone strikes on the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions of Ukraine. (Reuters) (VOA)
• Terrorism in Germany
  • German MEP Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" in Dresden, Germany, in what is suspected to be a politically-motivated attack against the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from ongoing heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 56, with 67 people still missing and nearly 25,000 displaced. The airport in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, suspends all flights until further notice. (Reuters)
• At least 14 people are killed by floods and landslides in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)

International relations

• Greece–Israel relations
  • Israeli police forcibly removes and arrests a guard of the Greek consulate inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem, during Holy Saturday. (Al Jazeera) (Anadolu Ajansı)
• India–United States relations
  • Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar rejects comments made by US President Joe Biden saying that India's economic growth was being held back by "xenophobia". (Reuters)
• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Palestinian doctor and rector at the University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu-Sittah is denied entry into France after landing at Charles de Gaulle airport on his way to speak at the French Senate. Last month, he was denied entry into Germany. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Russian state media reports that a number of officials from Ukraine and NATO countries have been placed on Russia's wanted list, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former president Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Pavlyuk, and Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas. The Ministry of Internal Affairs neither states what crimes the wanted individuals are being charged with, nor clarifies the allegations that are being brought against them. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 London mayoral election
  • Sadiq Khan wins re-election as mayor of London, England, with 43.8% of the vote, becoming the first London mayor to be elected to a third term. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2023–24 La Liga
  • Real Madrid are crowned champions of La Liga after Barcelona's 4–2 defeat at Girona. (BBC News)
• 2023–24 Liga F
  • Barcelona are crowned champions of Liga F after winning 1–4 at Granada. (Mundo Deportivo)
• 2024 Kentucky Derby
  • The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is held, with American thoroughbred racehorse Mystik Dan winning in a photo finish. (AP)
• The International Olympics Committee (IOC) bans Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from all positions within the committee for 15 years over ethics breaches. Sheik Ahmad was previously banned by the IOC for three years in 2023 over his alleged interference in the Olympic Council of Asia elections, as well as for forgery and a fake arbitration procedure. (Reuters)

May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon, cause "massive destruction" according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and injuring three others. In response, Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (Reuters)
  • Three Israeli soldiers are killed and ten civilians are injured when Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. (Times of Israel) (Reuters) (Jerusalem Post)
  • Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks held in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • A woman is killed and 17 other people are injured in Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Terrorism in Australia
  • A man is injured in a stabbing at a car park in Perth, Australia. The 16-year-old perpetrator is killed by police officers and is described as a "religious radicalized individual". A possible Islamist motive is behind the attack. (DW)

Arts and culture

• With the closing performance of the Celebration Tour at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, American singer Madonna attracts 1.6 million people in a free concert and breaks the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist. (Billboard)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kenya floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 228. (Reuters)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 78, with more than 100 people still missing. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • Virginia State Police dismantle a pro-Palestine encampment on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, and arrest more than 15 students. (The Daily Progress)
• 2024 Panamanian general election
  • Panamanians elect their President and members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
  • José Raúl Mulino, the stand-in for former president Ricardo Martinelli, wins the presidential election with more than 35% of the vote, after his three nearest opponents conceded. He will assume office in July. (AP)
• 2024 Togolese parliamentary election
  • The ruling Union for the Republic party wins 108 out of 113 seats in the National Assembly. (AP)
• Censorship in Israel
  • The Israeli Cabinet votes to close all Al Jazeera offices in Israel, with Israeli authorities later raiding these offices. (AP) (Reuters)
• Thousands of Hungarians protest in Debrecen, Hungary, against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's rule and policies. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
  • 2024 Miami Grand Prix
    • In auto racing, McLaren driver Lando Norris wins his first Formula One race at the Miami Grand Prix. (DW)
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
  • 2024 AdventHealth 400
    • Kyle Larson edges out Chris Buescher in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, winning a photo finish by one-thousandth (0.001) of a second. (AP)

May 6, 2024 (2024-05-06) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israel tells civilians to evacuate parts of eastern Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
  • Hamas states that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal negotiated by Egypt and Qatar. Israel rejects the proposal, claiming that the deal does not meet its "core demands", but confirms that it will continue negotiations in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters) (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Six people are killed and 35 others are injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
    • The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme "The Garden of Time", celebrating the Met's exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. (Vanity Fair)
• The 2024 Pulitzer Prize ceremony is held, with 16 awards in Journalism and 10 in Letters, Drama, & Music. (NPR)

Business and economy

• Steward Health Care, a for-profit hospital chain in the United States, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85. (Reuters)
• Tornado outbreak of May 6–8, 2024
  • The U.S. Storm Prediction Center issues a rare high risk convective outlook ahead of an expected significant tornado outbreak in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. (Storm Prediction Center)
• An under construction apartment complex collapses in George, South Africa, killing seven people and leaving dozens more missing. (AP)
• Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo, Italy. (Palermo Today)

Law and crime

• An American soldier is arrested in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct. According to US officials, the soldier was based in South Korea and had been accused of stealing from a woman. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • Japanese students at the University of Tokyo, Sophia University, Tama Art University, International Christian University, and Hiroshima University hold solidarity encampments. (Arab News Japan)
    • Belgian and Dutch students hold solidarity encampments and occupy parts of the Ghent University, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. (Reuters)
• 2024 Chadian presidential election
  • Chad holds presidential elections under its junta, contested between incumbent Mahamat Déby and Prime Minister Succès Masra. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election
  • John Swinney is elected leader of the Scottish National Party following the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. (The Guardian)

May 7, 2024 (2024-05-07) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
    • The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service who were planning an assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials. (Reuters)
  • Ukrainian forces launch a missile strike on an oil terminal in Luhansk, causing a large fire and injuring at least five workers. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border. (Haaretz) (AP) (Reuters)
    • At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• M23 offensive
  • The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 18. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• The Boy Scouts of America announces the renaming of the organization to Scouting America on February 8, 2025, in an effort to make girls feel more welcome. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornadoes of 2024
  • Tornado outbreak of May 6–8, 2024
    • A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado. (Detroit Free Press)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Eyewitness News Bahamas)

Law and crime

• Russian undesirable organizations law
  • Russia declares American nonprofit organization Freedom House an "undesirable organization", effectively outlawing the group, after accusing the group of "discrediting the Russian Army" and advocating sanctions against Russia. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, China. A suspect has been detained. (AP)
• TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sue the United States government over the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, alleging that the law is unconstitutional. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • Dutch police end a pro-Palestinian occupation at the University of Amsterdam. (Reuters)
• Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six-year term. (Reuters)
• Premiership of John Swinney
  • The Scottish Parliament votes to elect John Swinney as First Minister of Scotland with 64 votes in favour and seven abstentions from the Scottish Greens. (BBC News)

May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring three people and damaging critical infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 drones. (AP) (Bloomberg News)
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • At least seven people, including four children, are injured in a Russian airstrike on Kharkiv. (Reuters)
  • Russia occupies the villages of Novokalynove in Donetsk Oblast and Kyslivka in Kharkiv Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Al-Shifa Hospital siege
    • A third mass grave holding at least 49 bodies is discovered in Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital. (Al Jazeera) (The Hill)
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, the UN states that no aid has entered. (AP)
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israeli troops reach the outskirts of Rafah with Hamas saying that heavy fighting is underway. The Israeli military says that it has "uncovered terrorist infrastructure" and killed a number of Hamas militants as it advances. (BBC News)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • A motorcycle bombing kills three Taliban security personnel in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• A statue of the late African American civil rights leader Daisy Bates is unveiled at the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., representing the state of Arkansas. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornadoes of 2024
  • Tornado outbreak of May 6–8, 2024
    • Dozens of tornadoes strike the United States over the past three days, killing five people and leaving multiple others injured. (The New York Times)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 100, with 128 people still missing and 163,000 people displaced. (Reuters)
• Rolling blackouts occur in several cities in Mexico amid an ongoing heatwave in the country. (The New York Times)
• A Boeing 767 operated by FedEx is forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after the front landing gear fails to deploy. (The Guardian)
• A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C fighter jet crashed at Tengah Air Base after the pilot experienced issues during take-off. The pilot ejected successfully and is receiving medical attention. The RSAF has temporarily suspended training for the F-16 fleet until investigations show that it is safe to resume. (The Straits Times) (MINDEF Singapore)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 vaccine
  • AstraZeneca withdraws its marketing authorizations in Europe and withdraws its COVID-19 vaccines worldwide due to low demand, after finding that the vaccines can very rarely lead to blood clots. (The Telegraph)

Law and crime

• Human trafficking in India
  • The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation arrests four people linked to a network of human traffickers who have been luring young men to go to Russia with the promise of jobs or university admission, then forcing them to fight in the war in Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs is working with Russia to secure discharges for 20 Indian nationals in the Russian Army. (Al Jazeera)
• Two Cambodian and Chinese people are deported from Singapore after being convicted of laundering over S$3 billion (US$2.2 billion), Singapore's largest ever money laundering case. (VnExpress)

Politics and elections

• Elected British politicians who have changed party affiliation
  • British Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke defects to the opposition Labour Party, citing the Sunak government's failure to stop the English Channel migrant crisis. (Reuters)
• The United States House of Representatives vote 359–43 to keep Mike Johnson as House Speaker, defeating an initiative by Marjorie Taylor Greene to have him removed. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Researchers at Google DeepMind announce the development of AlphaFold 3, an AI model that can predict the structures of almost all biological molecules and model the interactions between them. (Time) (Nature)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics torch relay
  • The ship Belem arrives in Marseille, France, with the Olympic flame. (AP)

May 9, 2024 (2024-05-09) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Rafah offensive
      • Israeli tanks and warplanes strike eastern Rafah. 80,000 people have fled Rafah throughout the week. (Reuters)
    • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
      • U.S. President Joe Biden threatens to withhold weapons from Israel if it launches a major invasion of Rafah. (Reuters)
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • Red Sea crisis
      • The Houthis claim responsibility for attacks on three container ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israeli far-right extremists launch two arson attacks on the perimeter of the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem, forcing it to temporarily close down. (The Guardian)
• Russo–Ukrainian war
  • Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires the head of the state guards Serhiy Rud after allegations that two members of the guards were involved in an assassination plot against Zelenskyy. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran–Israel relations
  • Iran warns that it will build a nuclear weapon if Israel continues to target its nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Air India Express cancels 85 flights due to staff calling in sick at the last minute, which is related to a protest against working conditions imposed by the airline's new owner Tata Group. (Al Jazeera)
• Air Vanuatu cancels all of its flights as the Vanuatu Government considers putting the airline into voluntary administration. (ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 107, with at least 136 people still missing and 165,000 people displaced. (Reuters)
• Two Boeing 737 planes are involved in accidents involving takeoff and landing in Senegal and Turkey. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Australia–Tuvalu relations
  • Australia and Tuvalu sign a new security agreement, whereby Australia agrees to protect Tuvalu during natural disasters, pandemics, or military aggression. (AP)

Law and crime

• Former Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in prison for perverting the course of justice. (ABC News Australia)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Malmö, Sweden, against Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Among the protesters is Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. (AP)
• Trade unions in Argentina launch a general strike against President Javier Milei's planned reforms and budget cuts. (Reuters)

Sports

• Bayer Leverkusen breaks Benfica's record of 48 undefeated games in modern European men's club association football. (The Athletic)

May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
    • Russian forces launch an attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, near the town of Vovchansk, opening up a new front. (Reuters)
  • A Ukrainian strike against oil infrastructure kills three in Luhansk. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Hundreds of Islamic State-linked fighters attack the town of Macomia, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. (Al Jazeera)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Indian security forces kill 12 Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • Over 200 people are killed by floods in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (NDTV)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 113, with 146 still missing and more than 300,000 people displaced. (Reuters)
• Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus plunges from the Potseluev Bridge into the Moyka river in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Reuters)
• At least 60 people are injured when a passenger train collides with a locomotive in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Demographics of Italy
  • Amid record low birth rates and an aging population, Pope Francis urges Italians to have more children. The Italian government also expands a campaign to encourage at least 500,000 births annually by 2033. (AP)

International relations

• Palestine and the United Nations
  • United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/24
    • The United Nations General Assembly votes 143–9 with 25 abstentions to approve a resolution granting Palestine new rights and privileges, and to reconsider Palestine's request to become a UN member. The nine countries that voted against the resolution are Israel, the U.S., Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Papua New Guinea. (AP) (The National)

Law and crime

• Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, 2024 Indian general election
  • The Supreme Court of India grants Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail for 21 days in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case, thereby permitting Kejriwal to campaign in the ongoing general election. (The Hindustan Times)
• A Pennsylvania jury orders ExxonMobil to pay $725.5 million to a former mechanic who claimed that the company's gasoline and solvents caused him to develop leukemia. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • Police dismantle encampments and arrest dozens of students protesting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Reuters)
    • Academic staff of The New School in New York City hold the first faculty-led solidarity encampment in the United States. (The Guardian)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
    • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. qualifies to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma for the 2024 United States presidential election as an independent candidate. (Yahoo! News)
• 2024 Polish farmers' protests
  • Thousands of protesters march through Warsaw, Poland, against the European Union's environmental regulations. (Euronews)
• Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolves the National Assembly and suspends some articles of the Constitution. (Reuters)
• Eight hundred protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide, Germany, in protest of the environmental impact of the company's expansion. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• May 2024 solar storms
  • A geomagnetic storm hits Earth, reaching G5 intensity and causing widespread aurorae, with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issuing its first G4-level storm watch since 2005. (NOAA)

May 11, 2024 (2024-05-11) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
    • Russia claims to have captured five villages in northeastern Ukraine, as 1,700 Ukrainian civilians are forced to flee. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Eurovision Song Contest 2024
  • Dutch performer Joost Klein is disqualified from the Eurovision final over reported verbal threats and is under investigation by the Swedish authorities, being the first time someone has been disqualified during the festival itself. (Aftonbladet)
  • The Norwegian announcer for Eurovision declares she withdraws from announcing votes "due to the “inflamed situation” around the contest". (Eurovoix)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing floods in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan has increased to 300, with 100 others injured. (France 24)
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
  • The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 136, with 125 still missing and more than 300,000 people displaced. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Peruvian authorities launch an investigation into President Dina Boluarte for disbanding a police force that was investigating her brother Nicanor Boluarte, who was arrested for alleged influence peddling. (Reuters)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Sudanese refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Texas border and immigration enforcement efforts

Protests and strikes

• Georgian protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

Elections and referendums

Recent

• April

• 29: DR Congo, Senate (indirect)
• 29: Togo, National Assembly

• May

• 05: Panama, President, National Assembly
• 06: Chad, President
• 07: India, Lok Sabha (3rd phase)
• 08: North Macedonia, President (run-off), Assembly
• 10: Iran, Majlis (2nd round)

Upcoming

• 12: Lithuania, President, Constitutional referendum
• 13: India, Lok Sabha (4th phase)
• 19: Dominican Republic, President, Senate,
         Chamber of Deputies
• 20: India, Lok Sabha (5th phase)

Trials

Recently concluded

• Vietnam:0Trương Mỹ Lan

Ongoing

• Hong Kong:0Jimmy Lai
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• Sudan:0Omar al-Bashir
• Sweden:0Mohammed Hamo
• United States:0Donald Trump (NY)
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb

Upcoming

• United States:0Bob Menendez

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• Association football

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024 Copa Sudamericana
• 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
• 2023–24 Premier League
• 2023–24 La Liga
• 2023–24 Serie A
• 2023–24 Bundesliga
• 2023–24 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2023–24 Women's Super League
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 NBA playoffs

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship
• 2024 IPL season

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
• 2023–24 PWHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby union

• 2023–24 Premiership Rugby
• 2023–24 United Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

• Other sports seasons

• 2023–24 curling season
• 2023–24 snooker season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

May

• 11: Ron Ellis
• 10: Sam Rubin
• 10: Jim Simons
• 10: Corey Williams
• 09: Sean Burroughs
• 09: Rex Murphy
• 08: Chris Cannon
• 08: Ramón Fonseca Mora
• 08: Jimmy Johnson
• 08: Pete McCloskey
• 07: Steve Albini
• 06: Kristin Hallenga
• 06: Bernard Pivot
• 06: Brian Wenzel
• 05: Jeannie Epper
• 05: Obi Ezeh
• 05: Bernard Hill
• 05: César Luis Menotti
• 05: David Shapiro
• 04: Frank Stella
• 03: Dick Rutan
• 02: Sjoukje Dijkstra
• 02: Darius Morris
• 02: Peter Oosterhuis
• 01: Richard Tandy

April

• 30: Paul Auster
• 30: Duane Eddy
• 28: Brian McCardie
• 28: Vincent O'Sullivan
• 27: C. J. Sansom
• 25: Marla Adams
• 25: Laurent Cantet
• 24: Bob Cole
• 24: Terry Hill
• 24: Donald Payne Jr.
• 24: Mike Pinder
• 23: Terry Carter
• 23: Ray Chan
• 23: Frank Field
• 23: Helen Vendler
• 21: Terry A. Anderson
• 20: Andrew Davis
• 20: Roman Gabriel
• 20: Lourdes Portillo
• 19: Daniel Dennett
• 18: Mandisa
• 18: Dickey Betts
• 16: Carl Erskine
• 16: Bob Graham
• 15: Whitey Herzog
• 15: Josip Manolić
• 15: Derek Underwood
• 14: Ken Holtzman
• 14: Beverly LaHaye
• 13: Faith Ringgold
• 12: Roberto Cavalli
• 12: Eleanor Coppola
• 12: Olga Fikotová
• 12: Robert MacNeil

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas war

• Regional spillover

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Red Sea crisis

• Syrian civil war

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemeni civil war

• Saudi−led intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain