Sunday, May 12th, 2024 

The Russian Defence Ministry states that its forces have captured several villages in Kharkiv Oblast. (CNN) 

At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured when pieces of a downed Ukrainian Tochka missile hit an apartment block in Belgorod, Russia, Russian officials said. (AP) (Reuters) 

President of Russia Vladimir Putin reassigns Defence minister Sergei Shoigu to the National Security Council and replaces him as Defense minister with Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov. (The Washington Post) 

Fighting during RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher, Sudan, over the weekend kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city. (The Washington Post) 

The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured, and more than 1,000 houses destroyed. (Reuters) 

The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern Brazil increases to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced R$12.1 billion in emergency spending in response to the crisis. (Reuters) 

A shopping mall in Warsaw, Poland, is destroyed in a suspected arson. (Puls Biznesu) 

Western Canada wildfires force thousands to evacuate. (CNN) 

Egypt announces it will intervene on South Africa’s side in the South Africa v Israel case in response to Israel’s growing assault on Rafah. (Reuters) 

The Socialists’ Party of Catalonia wins the regional election with its best result since 2003. Pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the Parliament. (Reuters) 

Lithuanians elect the President of Lithuania and vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow dual citizenship. (ABC News) (lnk.lt) 

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is sworn in as the first female President of North Macedonia. (Bloomberg Macedonia) 

Forty-nine Vatican Museums employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission. (Reuters) 

Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. (Reuters) 

Bayer Leverkusen extend their record unbeaten streak in European football to fifty matches. (Bundesliga) 

Saturday, May 11th, 2024 

Three people are killed in a Ukrainian strike in Donetsk. Separately, two people are killed in Ukrainian strikes in Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts, Russia. (Reuters) 

Switzerland‘s entry, “The Code” by Nemo, wins this year’s Eurovision contest. (DW) 

Dutch musician Joost Klein is disqualified from the Eurovision final over reported verbal threats, which are under investigation by Swedish authorities. This is the first time that a performer has been disqualified during the festival. (Aftonbladet) 

The Norwegian announcer for Eurovision, Alessandra Mele, announces that she will withdraw from announcing votes while declaring support for Palestine in the ongoing war. (Times of Israel) 

The death toll from the ongoing flooding in northern Afghanistan increases to 300, with more than 1,000 houses destroyed. (AP) 

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) 

At least 28 people are killed after heavy rains in the Agam and Tanah Datar districts in West Sumatra, Indonesia, which triggered a flash flood and cold lava flow from Mount Marapi. (Al Jazeera) 

Eleven people are killed and 53 others are injured when a bus crashes in West Java, Indonesia. (AP) 

Fifty thousand people march in Tbilisi, Georgia, in protest of the proposed Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence. (Reuters) 

Friday,  May 10th, 2024 

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) 

Hundreds of Islamic State-linked fighters attack the town of Macomia, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. (Al Jazeera) 

Indian security forces kill 12 Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh. (Reuters) 

Over 200 people are killed by floods in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (NDTV) 

The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 126, with 141 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) 

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) 

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 opposed the resolution were Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea and the United States. (AP) (The National) 

A Colombian court in Bogota grants conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. He was held at La Picota prison while being accused of war crimes and human rights violations. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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