Portal:Current events/2018 May 20
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- Lava continues spewing from fissures on
- Cyclone Sagar
- Cyclone Sagar makes landfall in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, killing at least 16 people. (The Weather Channel)
Law and crime
- Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, is hospitalized after being assaulted by a group of nationalists at a Greek genocide remembrance event. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Quim Torra appointed government. (HuffPost)
- The Spanish government blocks the appointment of the new councilors. (El País)
- Crisis in Venezuela (2012–present)
- Venezuelan presidential election, 2018
- Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro wins the presidential election amidst allegations of massive irregularities by his main rivals. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2017–18 NHL season
- 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
- The Vegas Golden Knights become the first expansion team to make the Stanley Cup Finals in their first season since 1968, a season in which one of the six teams that entered the league was guaranteed to reach the final. (CBS Sports)
- 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs