Thursday, May 9th, 2024
Steward Health Care, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (CBS News)
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)
President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if it launches a major invasion of Rafah. (Reuters)
A US-flagged ship carrying aid to the United States-built floating pier in Gaza sets sail from Cyprus. (Reuters)
Israeli tanks and warplanes strike eastern Rafah, killing more than 65 civilians and causing 80,000 people to flee. (Reuters)
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)
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march in Malmö, Sweden, against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and the contest’s ban of pro-Palestinian content and imagery. Among the protesters is Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. (AP)
The Houthis claim responsibility for attacks on two container ships in the Gulf of Aden and one in the Indian Ocean. (Al Jazeera)
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. (Reuters)
Iran warns that it will build a nuclear weapon if Israel continues to target its nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)
Iran warns it will build a nuclear weapon if Israel continues to target its nuclear facilities. (Al Jazeera)
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 India Express cancels 85 flights due to staff calling in sick last minute, linked to a protest against working conditions imposed by the 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)
Two Boeing 737 planes are involved in accidents involving takeoff and landing in Senegal and Turkey. (Al Jazeera)
Australia and Tuvalu sign a new security agreement, where Australia vows to protect Tuvalu in cases of natural disasters, pandemic or military aggression. (AP)
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)
Eight people are killed, 29 others are injured and 44 others are missing after a building collapses in George, South Africa. (Reuters)
Former Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in prison for perverting the course of justice. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Bayer Leverkusen breaks Benfica‘s record of 48 undefeated games in modern European men’s club association football. (The Athletic)
Argentine unions launch a general strike against President Javier Milei‘s planned reforms and budget cuts. (Reuters)
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, the UN states that no aid has entered. (AP)
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)
Al Jazeera reports that a third mass grave holding at least 49 bodies was discovered in Gaza City‘s al-Shifa Hospital. (Al Jazeera) (The Hill)
At least seven people, including four children, are injured in a Russian airstrike on Kharkiv. (Reuters)
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)
A motorcycle bombing kills three Taliban security personnel in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters)
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)
Siemens Energy brings in a new CEO for its troubled wind turbine division, Vinod Philip. (Reuters)
Dozens of tornadoes strike the United States, killing five people and leaving multiple others injured. (The New York Times)
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)
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. (Reuters)
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 to force 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)
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)
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)
The ship Belem arrives in Marseille, France, with the Olympic flame. (AP)
Tuesday, May 7th, 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)
At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six-year term. (Reuters)
Israeli forces enter Rafah in a “limited” operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border. (Reuters)
At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
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)
The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia’s Federal Security Service who were plotting an assassination of Ukrainian 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)
The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 18. (Reuters)
The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. (Reuters)
A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado. (Detroit Free Press)
The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Eyewitness News Bahamas)
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)
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 more injured during a mass stabbing at a hospital in Yunnan province, China. A suspect has been detained. (AP)
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)
Dutch police end a pro-Palestinian occupation at the University of Amsterdam. (Reuters)
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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)
John Swinney is elected leader of the Scottish National Party following the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. (The Guardian)
Israeli forces enter Rafah in a “limited” operation, coming within 200 meters of the Rafah Border Crossing. (Haaretz)
Monday, May 6th, 2024
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)
Israel tells civilians to evacuate parts of eastern Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion. (BBC News)
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)
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)
Six people are killed and 35 others are injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents. (Reuters)
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85. (Reuters)
Chad holds presidential elections under its junta. Mahamat Déby, holding the position following 30 years of rule by his father Idriss Déby, aims to confirm his authority. The other candidate is his current Prime Minister Succès Masra. (Reuters)
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