Portal:Current events/2023 May 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces shell Ukrainian-held areas of Kherson Oblast, killing at least five civilians, including a child, while 17 others are reportedly injured. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods
  • Eight people are killed in
    floods in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Twenty-three rivers have overflowed their banks across the region. (AP)
  • The
    Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola from May 19–21, is cancelled because of the floods. (BBC News)
• Lu Peng Yuan Yu sinking
  • The
    capsized in the central Indian Ocean on Tuesday. China and other countries are conducting search operations for 39 sailors, including Chinese, Indonesian, and Filipino nationals. (AP via NBC News) (DW)

• According to the
  El Niño. (BBC News)

• France–Ukraine relations
  • The French Senate votes to recognize the 1932 Holodomor famine as a "genocide" of Ukrainians. (Interfax) (Al Jazeera)
• Iran–Russia relations
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin signs an investment program deal that will make an investment of 1.6 billion euros in Iranian railroad projects, which are expected to begin operation within 48 months. (Tasnim)

Law and crime

• Censorship of TikTok, Restrictions on TikTok in the United States
  • Montana Assembly Bill 419
    • Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signs a bill banning TikTok, making Montana the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-owned social media app. (Reuters)
• Capital punishment in Thailand
  • A court in
    hitman received a sentence of life imprisonment. (The Thaiger)
• Siege of Nueva Concepción
  • Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deploys 5,000 soldiers and 500 police officers to the northwestern town of Nueva Concepción in order to arrest suspects in connection with the killing of a policeman on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
  • Amid ongoing impeachment proceedings, Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso uses the muerte cruzada provision of the Constitution to dissolve the National Assembly. Fresh presidential and legislative elections will be held within 97 days, during which time Lasso will be able to rule by decree. (BBC News)