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May 10, 2024 

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.

May 9, 2024 

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.
• * 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.
• 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.
• Israeli far-right extremists launch two arson attacks on the perimeter of the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem, forcing it to temporarily close down.

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.

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.

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.

• Air Vanuatu cancels all of its flights as the Vanuatu Government considers putting the airline into voluntary administration.

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.

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

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.

Law and crime

Meteorology in the 21st century

• Following a significant tornado outbreak across the United States, X

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

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.

• Trade unions in Argentina launch a general strike against President Javier Milei's planned reforms and budget cuts.

Sports

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

May 8, 2024 

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Kharkiv strikes
• * At least seven people, including four children, are injured in a Russian airstrike on Kharkiv.
• 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.
• * Russia occupies the villages of Novokalynove in Donetsk Oblast and Kyslivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• Rolling blackouts occur in several cities in Mexico amid an ongoing heatwave in the country.

• A Boeing 767 operated by FedEx is forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after the front landing gear fails to deploy.

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

Sports

2024 Summer Olympics torch relay

• The ship Belem arrives in Marseille, France, with the Olympic flame.

May 7, 2024 

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
• * At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah.

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.
• Ukrainian forces launch a missile strike on an oil terminal in Luhansk, causing a large fire and injuring at least five workers.

M23 offensive

• The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 18.

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.

Disasters and accidents

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.

Tornadoes of 2024

• Tornado outbreak of May 6–8, 2024
• * A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado.

International relations

International recognition of the State of Palestine

• The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin

• Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six- year term.

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.

May 6, 2024 

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.
• 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.

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.

Kurdish–Turkish conflict

• Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
• * The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents.

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.

• The 2024 Pulitzer Prize ceremony is held, with 16 awards in Journalism and 10 in Letters, Drama, & Music.

Business and economy

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

Disasters and accidents

2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods

• The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85.

• An under construction apartment complex collapses in George, South Africa, killing seven people and leaving dozens more missing.

• Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo, Italy.

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.

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.

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.
• * Belgian and Dutch students hold solidarity encampments and occupy parts of the Ghent University, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

2024 Chadian presidential election

• Chad holds presidential elections under its junta, contested between incumbent Mahamat Déby and Prime Minister Succès Masra.

2024 Scottish National Party leadership election

• John Swinney is elected leader of the Scottish National Party following the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf.

May 5, 2024 

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.
• Three Israeli soldiers are killed and ten civilians are injured when Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
• Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks held in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

• A woman is killed and 17 other people are injured in Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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.

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.

Disasters and accidents

2024 Kenya floods

• The death toll from the ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 228.

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.

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.

2024 Panamanian general election

• Panamanians elect their President and members of the National Assembly.
• 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.

2024 Togolese parliamentary election

• The ruling Union for the Republic party wins 108 out of 113 seats in the National Assembly.

Censorship in Israel

• The Israeli Cabinet votes to close all Al Jazeera offices in Israel, with Israeli authorities later raiding these offices.

• Thousands of Hungarians protest in Debrecen, Hungary, against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's rule and policies.

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.

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

May 4, 2024 

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.

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.

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.

• At least 14 people are killed by floods and landslides in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

Sports

2023–24 La Liga

• Real Madrid are crowned champions of La Liga after Barcelona's 4–2 defeat at Girona.

2023–24 Liga F

• Barcelona are crowned champions of Liga F after winning 1–4 at Granada.

2024 Kentucky Derby

• The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is held, with American thoroughbred racehorse Mystik Dan winning in a photo finish.

The International Olympics Committee