Sunday, May 21st, 2023
A group of “climate eco-anarachists” attacked the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, turning the water black.(The Guardian)
Three men in their twenties are killed in a Kalashnikov shooting in the 11th arrondissement of Marseille, France. The suspects are still at large. (BFMTV)
Five Iranian border guards are killed and two others are injured in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, during a confrontation with an armed group at the border with Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
Two people are killed when an MD-530 helicopter crashes into power lines in Samangan Province, Afghanistan. (AP)
Two pilots are killed when a private DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes 54 kilometres off the coast of California, United States. NTSB are investigating the accident. (KRON-TV)
Greek citizens head to the polls to elect the 300 seats of the Hellenic Parliament. (AP)
Saturday, May 20th, 2023
Gunmen open fire during a car racing show in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, killing ten people and injuring nine others. (Reuters)
The 2023 Preakness Stakes is won by National Treasure, who was trained by Bob Baffert, who had returned after a two-year absence caused by a suspension due to Medina Spirit‘s disqualification and subsequent death in 2021. The 2023 Kentucky Derby winner, Mage, finishes third. (WGAU-FM)
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says that they have captured all of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry rejects this claim, saying that its forces still control a district on the westernmost edge of the city. (CNN)
Pope Francis appoints Italian Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi as the Vatican’s special envoy and peace envoy for the Russian-Ukrainian war. (Tagesschau)
Fighting in Khartoum between rival factions intensifies, with damage reported at the embassy of Qatar. (AFP via France 24)
At least twelve people are killed and dozens more are injured in a crowd crush at the Estadio Cuscatlán football stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador. (BBC News)
Manchester City win their third consecutive Premier League title after title contenders Arsenal lose 1–0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. (BBC Sport)
Friday, May 19th, 2023
Three men are executed in Iran for killing three security officials during protests in Isfahan in November and for links to the MEK Shia terrorist organization. Western human rights organizations say that the convictions were based on forced confessions. (Al Jazeera)
Three men are executed in Iran for participating in the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from Cyclone Mocha‘s landfall in Myanmar increases to 463 people. (BBC News)
The United States confirms a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, in a slaughter plant in South Carolina. (Reuters)
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia announces that Greenpeace is now considered an undesirable organization. In response, Greenpeace Russia announces that it will close all of its offices. (The Moscow Times)
Zimbabwe releases over 4,000 prisoners to address prison overcrowding. The country, with a maximum prison capacity of 17,000 inmates, currently has more than 20,000 people in prison. (AP)
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso says he will not run in the upcoming election. (The Washington Post)
A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia in the South Pacific, causing tsunami warnings in Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and other countries, and generating a 60 cm tsunami in Lenakel, Vanuatu. (The Guardian)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for an Arab League summit, bringing 12 years of isolation to an end, after Syria was readmitted following its suspension due to Assad’s crackdown during the civil war. (Reuters)
Eleven people are killed in Guangxi, China, when a vehicle carrying 14 passengers falls off a cliff into a pool of water. (Al Arabiya)
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
The French Senate votes to recognize the 1932 Holodomor famine as a “genocide” of Ukrainians. (Al Jazeera)
Sayfullo Saipov is given ten life sentences and an additional 260 years in prison for killing eight people and injuring 12 others in a 2017 vehicle-ramming attack in New York City, United States. (BBC News)
Three people are killed and three others are injured after an armed ambush on a convoy near the Kivandya village, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. One person is also reported missing. (Reuters)
The death toll from the floods in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, increases to thirteen, as five more people are killed in Ravenna. (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global temperature will temporarily pass the threshold of 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, with a likelihood of 66%, by the year 2027, due to a combination of climate change and El Niño. (BBC News)
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs a bill banning TikTok, making Montana the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-owned social media app. (Reuters)
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deploys 5,000 soldiers and 500 police officers to the northwestern town of Nueva Concepción in order to arrest suspects in connection with the killing of a policeman on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Amid ongoing impeachment proceedings, Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso uses the muerte cruzada provision of the Constitution to dissolve the National Assembly. New presidential and legislative elections will be held within six months, during which time Lasso will be able to rule by decree. (BBC News)
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
The United Nations announces a $3 billion plan for the humanitarian and refugee crisis in Sudan. (Barron’s)
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