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Last update: 2024-05-10 16:06:02

May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ 2024 Kharkiv counteroffensive
          ☆ Russian forces launch an attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv region, near
            the town of Vovchansk, opening up a new front. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents


  • 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
      □ The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil
        increases to 113. (Reuters)

Law and crime


  • Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal and the 2024 Indian general election:
      □ The Supreme Court of India grants Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
        interim bail in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money
        laundering case thus permitting him to campaign in general elections.
        (The Hindustan Times)

Politics and elections


  • Robert Kennedy, Jr. qualifies to appear on the ballot in Oklahoma for the
    2024 United States Presidential election. (Yahoo News)

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)
  • Eight people are killed, 29 are injured, and 44 are missing after a
    building collapse in George, South Africa. (Reuters)

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


  • Meteorology in the 21st century
      □ Following a significant tornado outbreak across the United States, an X
        (formerly known as Twitter) account of the National Weather Service is
        temporarily subjected to limits on automated posting. (BNO News)
  • 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 8, 2024 (2024-05-08) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • 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)
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Kharkiv strikes
          ☆ At least seven people, including four children, are injured in a
            Russian airstrike on Kharkiv. (Reuters)
      □ 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)
              ○ Russia occupies the villages of Novokalynove in Donetsk Oblast
                and Kyslivka in Kharkiv Oblast.(Anadolu Agency)
  • 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)

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.
        (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)

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)