Portal:Current events/May 2020
May 2020 was the fifth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Sunday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from May 2020.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- ISIL claims responsibility via its Amaq News Agency for a bombing that killed and wounded several Egyptian Army personnel near the city of Bir al-Abd in North Sinai Governorate. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- the government to secure emergency funding from the International Monetary Fund, saying they were not consulted and the plan will "further destroy confidence" in the country's financial system. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- All five crew members declared missing after the crash of a Canadian CH-148 Cyclone helicopter two days earlier are now presumed dead. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- South Hedland stabbing attack
- A Police shot the attacker dead. (The Guardian)
- A
- A riot over food shortages at the overcrowded Los Llanos prison in Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela, leaves at least 46 people dead and dozens more injured, including the prison's director, according to the military. (BBC News) (Inquirer)
Politics and elections
- Gun control in Canada
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a ban on assault-style weapons, which includes buying, selling, transporting, importing or using the designated weapons. The legislation is said to be motivated by last month's killing spree in Nova Scotia. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arif Wazir, a prominent PTM leader, dies of injuries from an attack that was carried out in a drive-by shooting in Wanna, Pakistan, a day earlier. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
- At least 10 members of the ISIL militants in attacks in the town of Mekeeshfa and the city of Balad. Iraq and the paramilitary forces' official media report that scores of others were wounded. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 10 members of the
- Mali War, Operation Barkhane
- A insurgents in Mali. (The Star)
- A
International relations
- Foreign relations of Palau
- President of Palau Thomas Remengesau Jr. condemns the exclusion of Taiwan from the World Health Organization, saying that it "endangers, not only Taiwanese people, but people everywhere". Palau remains one of Taiwan's few political allies in the Pacific. (RNZ)
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Brazil's Supreme Federal Court issues a 10-day injunction against President Jair Bolsonaro's demand that all 30 members of Venezuela's diplomatic team leave the country. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Inmates take seven guards hostage at a prison in Manaus, Brazil, during an attempted escape. A raid later frees the guards and ends the prisoners' rebellion. (Global News)
Politics and elections
- Kim Jong-un attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for a fertilizer plant today, in his first official appearance since his disappearance from public focus last month. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Korean conflict
- North and South Korean soldiers exchange gunfire across the DMZ at a South Korean guard post in Cheorwon, but no injuries are reported. South Korean and U.S. officials suspect the initial shots from the north to be accidental. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
- Unidentified forces attack two fishing vessels near the Gabonese capital of Libreville and abduct six crewmen (3 Indonesian, 2 Senegalese, and a South Korean). It is the second pirate attack reported this year off the coast of Gabon. (The Korea Herald)
- Sinai insurgency
- Macuto Bay raid, Crisis in Venezuela
- Former "Operation Gideon". Goudreau claims 60 troops have successfully entered Venezuela by "land and sea" and fighting is underway. (The Washington Post)
- speedboats. (Al Jazeera)
- State television broadcasts images it says are captured high-calibre weapons, Peruvian documents, and uniforms emblazoned with an American flag. (Canberra Times)
- Former
Business and economy
- Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia launches a security investigation after a hacker said they stole the information of 91 million users and plans to release it on the dark web. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Sergei Sobyanin says the peak has still not been reached, warning residents to remain indoors. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- The
- Ituri conflict
- The Democratic Republic of Congo announce that 12 soldiers were killed in an attack by militants in Ituri Province over the weekend. (Anadolu Agency)
- The
- Macuto Bay raid
- Opposition leader Juan Guaidó denies any involvement with the Silvercorp USA operation. Jordan Goudreau claims his company signed a contract with Guaidó to remove Nicolás Maduro from power by force, but says he has only been paid "a tiny share of the amount agreed upon." (AP via Toledo Blade)
Arts and culture
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The 2008 financial crisis. (BBC News)
- The
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extends the national state of emergency to May 31. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand reports no new cases of COVID-19 for the first day in almost two months. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado
- A Colorado man who organized planned armed protests against the state’s stay-at-home orders is arrested after pipe bombs were discovered at his house. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- UK Trade Minister Conor Burns resigns after a watchdog group recommended suspending him from parliament for making "veiled threats" towards a company his father had financial disputes with. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- A team of parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria. While acknowledging they need to understand how the microbe spreads and how it blocks the disease, the team believes it has potential to be used in malaria control. (BBC News) (Nature)
- A previously undetected Apollo group asteroid 2020 JJ passes 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometres) away from Earth. It is the closest near-Earth object since 2019 UN13. (CNET)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Macuto Bay raid, United States–Venezuela relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump denies any involvement by the U.S. government in Silvercorp USA's armed incursion into Venezuela on May 3, which left eight people dead and several others captured, including two U.S. citizens. (Reuters)
- Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
- Gunmen kill three
Disasters and accidents
- At least two miners are killed in a mine collapse in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. The mayor of the county's administrative centre says scores of others are unaccounted for and feared dead. (Reuters)
- A massive fire breaks out at the 48-storey residential skyscraper Abbco Tower in Al Nahda, Sharjah, UAE. At least 12 people are injured. (Gulf News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
- The government in the south reports nine new infections. (Reuters)
- The
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 6,935 new cases of COVID-19 and 600 more deaths, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 7,921 and 114,715 total cases. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The Department of Health and Social Care reports that the death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom stands at 29,427, which is now the highest in Europe, after surpassing Italy. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
Law and crime
- The cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise granted in 1995. The network signed off at 7:52 PM, Philippine Standard Time. The last time the network was shut down was upon the declaration of martial law by the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. (Al Jazeera) (ABS-CBN News) (Rappler)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Indian Army troops kill Riyaz Naikoo, a commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist group, after launching an offensive that resulted in the death of at least three other militants in Kashmir's Pulwama district. (Reuters)
- Macuto Bay raid, United States–Venezuela relations
- mercenaries accused of organizing an armed incursion into Venezuela will be tried in the country by its civil courts. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. government will "use every tool that we have available to try to get them back." (France24)
- Iraqi insurgency
- Three Katyusha rockets, fired from the Bakriya neighborhood, land in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport but cause no damage or casualties. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least two people are killed and two others seriously injured after a plane carrying vital medical supplies crashes near
Law and crime
- Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
- A cellphone video of the shooting of an burglar and then got into a fight with him when he was fatally shot. The case is subsequently taken to a grand jury. (CNN) (CBS News)
- A cellphone video of the shooting of an
Politics and elections
- 2020 Polish presidential election
- The Polish governing coalition announces the presidential election, scheduled for May 10, is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new election date will be announced later. (AP)
Science and technology
- The
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The U.S. removes four U.S. Navy presence in the Persian Gulf. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia withdraws its troops from the Yemeni island of Socotra amid separatist unrest. (Middle East Monitor)
Disasters and accidents
- Visakhapatnam gas leak
- Eleven people die and over 5,000 fall ill from a styrene gas leak from an LG Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. (Times of India)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- The COVID-19 at the religious order’s long-term care facility. (Crux)
- The
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
International relations
- China–Indonesia relations
- Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi summons Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian to express concerns about the alleged human rights violation of Indonesian workers aboard Chinese fishing vessels. This comes after a video showing Chinese sailors throwing the body of a dead Indonesian crew member overboard went viral. (The Jakarta Post)
Law and crime
- Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
- Gregory and Travis McMichael are arrested for African American man in Brunswick, Georgia. (ABC News)
- Gregory and Travis McMichael are arrested for
- Prime Minister Tom Thabane from dissolving parliament and calling an election in the event of a vote of no confidence. (Reuters)
- Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigation
- The lying to the FBI. He previously pleaded guilty to the charges during the investigation led by Robert Mueller. (Politico)
- The
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- A roadside bombing in Kech, Pakistan, struck a patrol vehicle, killing six soldiers, including an army major. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack. (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession
- The U.S. unemployment rate hits 14.7%, the highest since the Great Depression, mainly due to job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. (The Washington Post)
- Microsoft announces a $1.5 billion investment in Italy, as part of its expansion of cloud computing services around the world. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Visakhapatnam gas leak
- The death toll from a styrene gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, rises to 13. (The Weather Channel)
- Aurangabad railway accident
- A train kills 16 migrant workers who were sleeping on the tracks in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. According to initial inquiries, the engineer tried to stop the freight train when he saw the workers. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
- COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase to date. (Gulf News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
International relations
- Macuto Bay raid, United States–Venezuela relations
- JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their involvement in the armed incursion earlier this week, known as "Operation Gideon". (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Former Ethiopian minister of communication Bereket Simon is sentenced to six years in prison for corruption and mismanagement of public funds. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- The Supreme Court of Malawi rejects a bid from President Peter Mutharika and upholds a lower court ruling that annulled last year's elections, paving the way for a new election that will be held on July 2. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- The National Oil Corporation of Libya reports that LNA forces loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar fired multiple rockets toward Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli's only functioning airport. The rockets hit jet fuel tanks and damaged a plane. (Al Jazeera)
- 2020 East African Express Airways shootdown
- private aircraft, killing all six on board. The Ethiopian National Defense Force says it believed the plane was on a "potential suicide mission". (Al Jazeera)
- At least 20 people are killed when a group of gunmen storm villages in Niger. The militants also loot shops, steal cattle and order villagers to flee. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
- Four civilians are killed in protesters who grew angry at the local distribution of food, which they said favored those with political connections. Two policemen also are killed. Police say they responded when protesters tried to enter the governor's house. (Reuters)
- Four civilians are killed in
- COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
Sports
- Live sports returned as UFC 249 occurred. In the Co-main event Henry Cejudo defeated Dominick Cruz to retain his Bantamweight Championship and retired after the win. In the main event Justin Gaethje defeated Tony Ferguson to win the Interim UFC lightweight title. This set up a fight with undisputed UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. (The New York Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, carries out massive artillery bombardment of Tripoli, Libya's capital, in a push to capture the city from Turkish-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) forces. Turkey says Haftar's forces are now "legitimate targets" if attacks on its interests continue. (Reuters)
- Mali War
- A Chadian peacekeepers. (Voice of America)
- A
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession
- Peruvian subsidiary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Konarak, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others onboard the vessel. (The Guardian)
International relations
- Iran–United States relations
- Ali Rabiei says that Iran is prepared for a full prisoner exchange with the United States but that the American authorities had not yet responded. The swap could include Iranian university professor Sirous Asgari who is in U.S. custody and Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran in Iranian custody. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- An altercation between Indian and Chinese soldiers near the Naku La sector in Sikkim, India, leaves eleven soldiers wounded. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- At least 27 Afghan soldiers have been killed during a Taliban attack at a convoy in the Alishing District of Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (Tolo News)
Arts and culture
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on The Walt Disney Company
- Shanghai Disneyland reopens with new social distancing rules. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
- Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in California
- Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, United States, in defiance of an Alameda County shutdown order. Governor Gavin Newsom voiced his support for the reopening of the factory. (CNN)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- New coronavirus clusters are reported in Wuhan—where the virus first emerged—and the north-eastern province of Jilin, after confirming its first case since April 3. (BBC News)
- Wuhan plans to test all 11 million of their residents for the coronavirus. (Washington Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 80,000. (Reuters)
- The death toll from
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
- movement control order. (The Straits Times)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the Macuto Bay raid, Venezuelan presidential crisis
- JJ Rendón and Sergio Vergara, over their roles in "Operation Gideon". Rendón and Vergara admitted signing a contract with Jordan Goudreau's Silvercorp USA in October 2019 to help remove Nicolás Maduro from office, and install Guaidó as President. (Bloomberg)
- government collapses in parliament. He is due to resign on May 22 amid accusations that he and his wife are involved in his ex-wife's murder. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- The Homo sapiens instead of Neanderthal, indicates that modern humans may have arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought. (DW)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2020 Major League Baseball season
- Major League Baseball team owners approve a proposal by Commissioner Rob Manfred to start the season in early July. It still needs to be approved by the Major League Baseball Players Association. (ESPN)
- 2020 Major League Baseball season
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- In suicide bomber kills at least 32 people at a funeral. (BBC News)
- In response, President Ashraf Ghani orders that the armed forces switch to the "offensive" and to "start operations against the enemy". (Reuters)
- In
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An Kalandia shoot and wound a Palestinian man attempting to stab officers. (Reuters)
- An
Disasters and accidents
- At least five intensive care ward they are treated in. (DW)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- COVID-19. (AP)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Brazil's Ministry of Health reports 881 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 12,400 and 177,589 total cases. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
International relations
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
- novel coronavirus. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Forest of Dean unidentified body
- A man and woman are arrested in the Forest of Dean in connection with the discovery of the remains of a woman found in two suitcases. (The Guardian)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli-Palestinian attacks
- rock thrower who killed a soldier yesterday. (Ynetnews)
- Israeli-Palestinian attacks
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
- New York City goes 58 consecutive days without a fatal pedestrian traffic collision, the most since tracking began in 1983. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland
- Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announces that the stay-at-home order will be lifted on May 15, except for Prince George's and Montgomery counties. Groups of over ten will remain forbidden. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
- COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
- COVID-19. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho
- Lesotho reports its first case, an asymptomatic person who returned from Saudi Arabia. Eighty others test negative. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- Due to a spike in cases, the government announces a total lockdown in Santiago. (The New York Times)
- Due to a spike in cases, the
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Politics and elections
- 2020 California's 25th congressional district special election
- Democrat Christy Smith concedes defeat to Republican Mike Garcia in yesterday's special election for California's 25th congressional district after vote returns showed Garcia in the lead. The results are the first time since 1998 that Republicans flipped a Democratic-held House seat in California. (CNN) (The Hill)
- Prime Minister of Lesotho following investigations into his third wife's alleged murder of his second wife, Lipolelo Thabane. (Reuters)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2020 Australian Football League season
- Plans to restart the 2020 AFL season on June 11 have been halted after the South Australian government announced it would not allow the Adelaide and Port Adelaide clubs to be exempt from the 14-day mandatory quarantine. Western Australian-based teams Fremantle and West Coast have plans to temporarily relocate to Gold Coast, Queensland. (News.com.au)
- 2020 Australian Football League season
Armed conflicts and attacks
- May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- A truck bomb explodes near a court in Gardez, Paktia, Afghanistan, killing five civilians. The Taliban claims responsibility, calling it a retaliation to statements by President Ashraf Ghani blaming the group for an attack on a maternity hospital two days ago. (Reuters)
- A
- Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
- The insurgents have been killed in recent operations in Cabo Delgado Province. (Reuters)
- The
- Second Libyan Civil War
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is "ready to support" the UN-recognized Government of National Accord. (Libya Observer)
- Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance. (Greek Reporter)
- Colombian conflict
- An air force raid kills a senior National Liberation Army (ELN) commander and three others in a rural area of Bolívar. (Reuters)
- An
- Gunmen opened fire against two social workers delivering aid for people amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Van Province, Turkey, killing them at the scene. (Xinhua)
Arts and culture
- The Vatican announces that Pope Francis is sending a donation to Lebanon for 400 scholarships in an expression of his concern for the country’s young people. Lebanon is experiencing a “severe crisis” that is robbing younger generations of hope. (Catholic News Agency)
Business and economy
- oil exploration in ecologically sensitive areas. (Reuters)
- The New York Stock Exchange is expected to partially reopen following Memorial Day. (Forbes)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in the Philippines. (CNN)
- The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul in Sheffield, England, suffers damage due to a fire. There were no injuries. A 40-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with arson, burglary and assault of an emergency worker. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
- Governor Phil Murphy announces that their beaches will reopen for Memorial Day, but with restrictions. (Politico)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
- COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
- coronavirus-like symptoms in Aden, with at least 380 in the last week. Officially, Yemen has only reported 13 COVID-19 deaths. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China marks a month without announcing new deaths. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Seychelles
- The Seychelles bans cruise ships until the end of 2021 effective immediately, amid fears over COVID-19. (NPR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- China–United States relations
- The U.S. Senate unanimously passes a bill placing visa and property sanctions on Chinese officials involved in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi
- government says they are persona non grata and must leave Burundi. They accused them of "interfering with the government response to the pandemic". (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- UFO sightings in the United States
- The Naval Safety Center discloses "hazard reports" of Navy pilot encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena, including an incident in March 2014, in which a fighter jet pilot encountered an "unknown aircraft", which was "approximately the size of a suitcase, and silver in colour." (Sky News)
- The
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- The Houthi militiamen were killed in clashes and that scores of others were wounded in the central Al Bayda Governorate. (Anadolu Agency)
- The
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- The insurgents are killed in the clash. (Tolo News)
- The
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Economy of the United States
- The United States House passes a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package. The bill will head to the United States Senate. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Economy of the United States
- Coronavirus recession
- American retail chain J. C. Penney files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating $4.2 billion in debt. It will also close an unspecified number of stores. (USA Today)
- American retail chain
Disasters and accidents
- A United States Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter crashes outside of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the pilot safely ejects. (Business Insider)
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 strikes near Tonopah, Nevada, with several aftershocks reported, though no injuries are reported. The earthquake is the largest in the state since 1954. (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extends the stay-at-home order for New York until June 13. (Business Insider)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- Michigan passes 50,000 cases of COVID-19, the seventh state in the U.S. to do so. As of this date, this state has 50,079 reported cases, causing 4,825 deaths. (MLive.com)
- United States President Donald Trump announces the officials for Operation Warp Speed in an effort to develop a vaccine by the end of 2020. (Politico)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
- The Dubai Road Transport Authority announces that the elevators on the Dubai Metro will be restricted to two people at a time. (Gulf News)
- The death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300,000 worldwide. (TimesnowNews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- Afghanistan–United States relations, May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Colombian Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Health meet with their Brazilian counterparts to coordinate a joint response to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the border region between both countries. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Gigi Ugulava and ex-defense minister Irakli Okruashvili. (Reuters)
- £5 million bribery scandal over the sale of military planes, and asks he be turned over for questioning. (The Times)
- German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the Alternative for Germany. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- Nelson Teich resigns as Brazil's Minister of Health less than a month into office amid disagreements with President Jair Bolsonaro over the federal government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (BBC News)
- 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey
- New Jersey primary will primarily be conducted via vote-by-mail. (CBS News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Rwandan genocide
- Hutus in 1994. Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years and was living under a false identity. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession
- Air Canada announces it will lay off 20,000 employees starting June 7. (The Associated Press)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Arthur
- The first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is presently off the United States eastern coast. Arthur has sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), is moving north-northeast at 13 mph (20 km/h), and will move near or east of the North Carolina coast on Monday. The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1. (Weather Channel) (National Hurricane Center)
- Tropical Storm Arthur
- At least 11 firefighters, who had gone inside a hash oil manufacturing building in downtown Los Angeles after an initial report of a fire, are injured following an explosion. (NBC News) (The Associated Press)
International relations
- South China Sea dispute, China–Malaysia relations
- The United States Navy sends three warships in support of Malaysian oil exploration against diplomatic pressure from China in the South China Sea. (Wall Street Journal)
- Israel–Jordan relations, Trump peace plan, Annexation of the Jordan Valley
- King Abdullah II warns Israel of a "massive conflict" if it annexes parts of the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A court in Iran sentences French–Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison for breaching national security laws. Her lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Statehood movement in Puerto Rico
- Amid growing disillusionment with Puerto Rico's territorial status, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announces a referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a U.S. state. (The Associated Press)
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2019–20 Bundesliga
- Bundesliga becomes the first major sports league to resume its season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. (NBC News)
- 2019–20 Bundesliga
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Taliban militants attack a checkpoint in Logar, Afghanistan, killing eight security personnel and wounding five others. (Xinhua)
- Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- The Government of National Accord reports that seven civilians are killed, including a child, after Khalifa Haftar's forces fire heavy artillery on a shelter in Tripoli. (Al Jazeera)
- Somali Civil War
- The Governor of Somalia's Mudug region, Ahmed Muse Nur, and three of his bodyguards are killed in a suicide car bombing. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the assassination. (Reuters)
- Ituri conflict
- A militia kills 20 villagers in an overnight attack in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession, Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell says U.S. economic recovery from the recession could take until the end of 2021. (The New York Times) (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- A jet from the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds crashes into a house in Kamloops, British Columbia, killing one pilot and injuring another. (CTV News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar
- high blood pressure. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- India extends its lockdown, which was set to expire today, until May 31. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar
International relations
- China–United States relations
- United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns China that the expulsion of 13 U.S. journalists could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kong’s status. (Reuters)
- Chinese ambassador to Israel Du Wei is found dead in his home in Tel Aviv, aged 57. (Haaretz)
Law and crime
- Investigators launch a criminal probe into yesterday's fire and subsequent explosion at a hash oil manufacturing building in downtown Los Angeles, which injured a dozen responding firefighters. (The Associated Press)
Politics and elections
- Thirty-fifth government of Israel
- Israel's new unity government is sworn in, after 18 months of rule by a caretaker government. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah sign a power-sharing deal to end a months long political turmoil that hampered the peace process. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station via an Atlas V rocket. Though little is known about the classified program, the spacecraft is expected to deploy a satellite into orbit, and test the "power-beaming technology". (BBC News)
Sports
- 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
- NASCAR becomes the first major American sports league to resume its season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. (The Washington Post)
- The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, his 50th career Cup series victory. The race took place behind closed doors. (NBC Sports)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- al-Watiya airbase from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, and seize a Russian Pantsir missile system. (Al Jazeera) (Libyan Express)
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- A car bombing at an intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni kills at least seven people and wounds another 40. The Taliban claims responsibility. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 East Africa floods
- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia. (CTV)
- In Sweden, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 strikes near Kiruna. No injuries are reported. (The Local)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- In an unprecedented move, the World Health Organization holds its annual World Health Assembly using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings. (NPR)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
- government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
- Fifteen HK$1000 bail. Notable political figures, including Benny Tai, University of Hong Kong academic and one of the Occupy Central founders; Civil Human Rights Front convener Jimmy Sham; former Democratic Party chairwoman Emily Lau; and others, flock to the court to show support for the activists. (The Standard Hong Kong)
- Fifteen
- 2019–20 Chilean protests; COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- Protests against the
- Politics of Monaco
- The office of Minister of State announces that Serge Telle will leave the Headship of the Monegasque government on 31 August. (L'Observateur de Monaco)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Six roadside bomb in Balochistan. In another attack, a soldier is shot dead by separatists. (Al Jazeera)
- Six
- Second Libyan Civil War
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Gunmen storm a mosque in Afghanistan's central Parwan Province, killing seven people and wounding 12 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Afghan troops repel a Taliban attack on the northern city of Kunduz, killing up to 40 insurgents. (The Hindu)
Disasters and accidents
- One day after former Marina Del Rey beach in Venice Beach, California while swimming, the United States Coast Guard calls off the search. The Los Angeles Police Department is still searching for him. (CNN)
- Amid heavy flooding in the Tittabawassee River caused by three straight days of heavy rainfall, the Edenville Dam in central Michigan partially collapses, prompting evacuations downstream. Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares a state of emergency for Midland County and the Michigan Army National Guard has been called in to assist. (AccuWeather)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- Michigan becomes the fourth state in the U.S. to pass 5,000 deaths from COVID-19. The state has 5,017 reported deaths and 52,350 total cases. (MLive.com)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports 17,408 new confirmed cases and 1,179 more deaths from COVID-19, their highest daily death toll to date, bringing Brazil's death toll to 17,971 and 271,628 total cases. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan
- Vice President of self-isolate. (Reuters)
- Vice President of
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- Trump peace plan, Israel–Palestine relations, Palestine–United States relations
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with Israel and the United States in response to Israel's plans to annex the Jordan Valley. (WAFA)
- United Kingdom–Venezuela relations
- The
Law and crime
- 2020 Toronto machete attack
- The Toronto Police declares a machete attack that occurred at an erotic massage parlor in February to be an act of terrorism driven by incel ideology. The attack left one woman dead and another injured. (Global News)
- Capital punishment in the United States
- In the first murdering an elderly woman in 1991. (The Associated Press)
- In the first
Politics and elections
- The Prime Minister. (Reuters)
International relations
- Afghan peace process
- Afghan forces since February. Akhundzada also urged the U.S. "to not afford anyone the opportunity to obstruct, delay and ultimately derail this internationally recognised bilateral agreement". (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia
- Bolivian Minister of Health Marcelo Navajas is dismissed and arrested in graft probe over ventilators bought in a Spanish company. (Bloomberg)
- Crime in Arizona, gun violence in the United States
- A gunman opens fire near the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Arizona. Three people are injured, one of them seriously. The gunman is then taken into custody. (CBS News)
- In a hearing conducted over Zoom, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a court in Singapore sentences a 37-year-old Malaysian man to death for a 2011 heroin transaction. It is the first time that a death sentence has been imposed via teleconferencing in Singapore. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Missing WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard's body is found on a California beach. (CNN)
- U.S. authorities in Massachusetts arrest a father and son, aged 59 and 27, who have been charged in Japan with helping Carlos Ghosn, former Chairman of Nissan, to escape from Japan to Lebanon last year. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2020 Burundian general election
- Citizens of election observers have been blocked from monitoring the election, raising doubts about its fairness. (DW)
- Citizens of
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi attack
- A motorist opens fire and attempts to breach the perimeter of
Disasters and accidents
- Three women are killed in a stampede in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an US$8 cash handout at a businessman's warehouse. (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. President Donald Trump approves Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration in Midland County which experienced mass flooding after the Edenville Dam failed two days ago. The order authorizes FEMA to assist state and local officials with the emergency response. (WEYI-TV)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses five million. The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 31% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world. (CNN)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations
- The Trump administration announces it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty within six months, alleging continuous violations by Russia. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- European migrant crisis
- The European Court of Justice rules that Hungarian authorities circumvented EU law by holding Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers in unlawful detention at a camp near the Serbian border. (DW)
- A military court in Navy to private investors. He is also stripped of his Communist Party credentials. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession
- Europe's largest coach operator Shearings collapses into administration with 2,460 immediate job losses and thousands of holidays cancelled. (The Guardian)
- American car rental company Hertz files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to accumulating nearly $19 billion in debt. (CBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
- An Airbus A320 carrying 99 people crashes in a residential area near Karachi Airport, Pakistan. Ninety-seven people onboard are killed; the other two survive with injuries. Another person died on the ground. Some people on the ground were also injured when the plane crashed near houses. (BBC News)
- An
- Arenac counties due to the Edenville Dam failure and subsequent flooding of the Tittabawassee River earlier this week. (WJRT-TV)
- A tractor-trailer and a truck carrying passengers crash head-on on a highway in Darfur, Sudan, causing 57 deaths and 20 injuries. (Associated Press via ABC News)
- Hooghalen train crash
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer extends her state's stay-at-home order until June 12 and its state of emergency until June 19. (The Detroit News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan
Law and crime
- A gunman kills seven people in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast after a drunken quarrel during a fishing trip. The perpetrator is arrested afterwards. (MSN)
Politics and elections
- May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election
- Todd Muller defeats Simon Bridges to become the new leader of the National Party, and the Leader of the Opposition. (Newshub)
- 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
- Hongkongers". (The Standard Hong Kong)
- Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
- Following accusations by former Federal Police investigations. (Al Jazeera)
- The footage also shows Environment Minister Ricardo Salles calling for the deregulation of environmental policies while the press is "distracted" by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)
- Following accusations by former
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan, Afghan peace process
- The Zabiullah Mujahid orders all attacks to cease and only use force "if any action is taken against you by the enemy". Afghan President Ashraf Ghani welcomes the ceasefire and orders the armed forces of Afghanistan to "comply with the three-days truce and to defend only if attacked". (National Post) (Reuters)
- The
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- Forces of the international-recognized Libyan government retake two military camps, Hamza and Yarmuk, from forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar south of Tripoli. (Anadolu Agency)
Disasters and accidents
- A USS Pampanito submarine, which had six war patrols from March 1944 through early 1945 in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. (KPIX) (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the National Health Commission. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
- The COVID-19, a 77-year-old woman. (Al Jazeera)
- The
Law and crime
- The Kiev with a gunshot wound to the head. (Kyiv Post)
Politics and elections
- Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Thousands of protesters, mostly supporters of the lockdown and the national government. (BBC News)
- Thousands of protesters, mostly supporters of the
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghan peace process
- President Ashraf Ghani pledges to speed up the release of more Taliban prisoners, and asks that the Taliban release more government prisoners in return. (Al Jazeera)
- War in Somalia
- At least five people are killed and twenty others injured by a car bomb during an Eid festival in Baidoa, Bay. No claims of responsibility have been reported. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- The jihadists at the border between the two countries, killing eight suspected militants and arresting fourteen more. The operation is ongoing. (Reuters)
- The
- Second Libyan Civil War
- 2019–20 Western Libya offensive
- Wagner Group fighters withdraw from the frontline near Tripoli, after the Libyan National Army suffers a series of defeats. The mayor of Bani Walid says the Russians, who are allied to Khalifa Haftar, retreated to his town then left Bani Walid Airport on three military planes to Al Jufra Airbase, while their heavy equipment were driven there. (Reuters)
- Papua conflict
- health workers affiliated with the local COVID-19 task force in Wandai district, Intan Jaya, Papua. (The Jakarta Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) of the coast of Western Australia is battered by a "once in a decade" storm. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
- Montenegro becomes the first European country to declare itself "coronavirus free". (Government of Montenegro)
International relations
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- In his first appearance in three weeks,
- Iran–Venezuela relations
- The first of five Navy. Both Iran and Venezuela warned the United States not to interfere with the delivery. (BBC News)
- The first of five
Law and crime
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. (Middle East Eye)
Politics and elections
- National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation
- Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong to oppose a controversial national security law expected to be passed by China's National People's Congress. (BBC News) (CNN) (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
- The pirates off the coast of Benin last month, is freed. The captain was kidnapped at the port of Cotonou in the Gulf of Guinea on April 19. (Reuters)
- The
Disasters and accidents
- List of earthquakes in 2020, list of earthquakes in New Zealand
- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes 60 miles (97 km) west of Wellington, New Zealand. No injuries are reported. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifts the state of emergency in all remaining parts of the country, including Tokyo. (Associated Press)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- The Coast Guard of Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, according to the office for migrants of the United Nations. (Reuters)
- The Coast Guard of
Law and crime
- The
- Murder of George Floyd
- A man dies after being restrained by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, subsequently triggering public outrage. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2020 Burundian general election
- Candidate for the ruling party, Evariste Ndayishimiye wins the election with 68.72% of votes cast amid an election preceded by political violence including the arrest, torture and murder of opposition activists, according to a local human rights group. (Reuters)
- Candidate for the ruling party,
- 2020 Surinamese general election
- Citizens of Suriname head to the polls in the country's latest general election. It is the first election after Suriname's president Dési Bouterse was convicted of murder for the December murders in 1982. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghan peace process
- The truce due to expire today. It also announces the government will release 900 Taliban prisoners today. (Reuters)
- The
- Second Libyan Civil War, Libya–Russia relations
- The air support to Russian mercenaries allied to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is locked in a civil war with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). (BBC News)
- The
- 2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo massacres
- The Allied Democratic Forces kill at least 17 people in a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of three massacres by the ADF this week. (Reuters)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Far North, Cameroon. Five militants also die in the attack. (Actu Cameroun)
Business and economy
- Coronavirus recession
- LATAM Airlines, the largest air carrier in Latin America, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- Huge swarms of desert locusts destroy crops in central and western India prompting authorities to step up their response to the country's worst plague in nearly three decades. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Costa Rica
- Costa Rica becomes the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage. (Reuters)
- LGBT rights in Zambia
- homosexual acts amid a mass wave of pardons of nearly 3,000 inmates to celebrate Africa Freedom Day. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- The Social Democratic Liberal Party, the main opposition party in Fiji's parliament, is suspended from parliament for 60 days amid a political feud which has caused its appointments to be declared null and void. The party's parliament leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, said the decision will not be appealed. (RNZ)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for
International relations
- 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
- United States–Hong Kong Policy Act. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- George Floyd protests in Minnesota
- Rioting and looting take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, following the death of African-American man George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department officers. Several buildings are looted and burned down, and riot police have been deployed. (Fox News) (NBC News)
- A 43-year-old protester is shot dead outside a pawnshop. The shooting is carried out by the owner of the shop. He is arrested. (Star Tribune)
- George Floyd protests in Minnesota
- Kyoto Animation arson attack
- In Kyoto, Japan, Shinji Aoba is arrested. He was moved from the hospital and charged for an arson attack at an animation center in July 2019, which killed 36 people. Aoba had been unable to be arrested due to the severe injuries he sustained during the attack. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- Terrorism in the United States, crime in Florida
- The May 24 arrest of a 23-year-old man in ISIS. (WTSP)
- The May 24 arrest of a 23-year-old man in
- Essex lorry deaths
- Judicial authorities in U.K. (Daily News)
- Judicial authorities in
- Zambian police arrest three people suspected of murdering three Chinese nationals three days prior and burning their bodies. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan, Afghan peace process, May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- In the first attack since the end of a truce declared by the Taliban, and despite a petition of the government for the Taliban to extend the ceasefire, at least 14 security forces members are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Parwan. A government spokesperson says the Taliban also suffered casualties. The group has not commented on the attack. (Al Jazeera)
- In the first attack since the end of a
- Rwandan genocide
- A court in Rwanda sentences former Mayor of Nyakizu Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life imprisonment for his role in orchestrating the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in the 1994 genocide. His lawyer is planning to appeal the ruling. (Al Jazeera)
- Somali Civil War
- Gunmen healthcare workers in Balad, Middle Shabelle, before killing seven of them and another civilian. (Reuters)
- Gunmen
- Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeds 100,000. (CNN)
- The death toll from
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- 2020 China–India skirmishes, China–India relations
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- Killing of George Floyd, George Floyd protests in Minnesota
- Protests continue for a second day in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities after an unarmed man, George Floyd, died while being arrested. Some of them have escalated into riots, including looting and arson. (CNN)
- A Minneapolis Police Department station is abandoned by police after being overran by protesters and is then looted and set on fire. An MPD spokesman confirmed the Third Precinct building had been evacuated "in the interest of the safety of our personnel". (Politico)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
- A manhunt is launched after hundreds of people, some with COVID-19, escape from quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi, with authorities worried that they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed. (AP News)
- A manhunt is launched after hundreds of people, some with
Sports
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts
- The 2020 Boston Marathon is officially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first time in the event's 123-year history that the annual running had to be canceled. A modified version of the race, scheduled for September 14, will be run virtually, and runners who complete the marathon track in six hours or less will be eligible for the 2021 Boston Marathon. (ESPN)
- The
Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least 15 people are killed in northern
International relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating the country's relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the WHO has become a "puppet of China" and that American funding will be redirected to "other global public health needs". (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Killing of George Floyd
- George Floyd protests
- George Floyd protests in the United States
- George Floyd protests in California
- George Floyd protests in Los Angeles County, California
- In Los Angeles, more than 500 people are arrested as the city declares the protest an "unlawful assembly". (Deadline)
- George Floyd protests in Los Angeles County, California
- George Floyd protests in Georgia
- George Floyd protests in Atlanta
- In Atlanta, the CNN Center is vandalized and police vehicles are attacked and set on fire as protests spread. Seven people are reportedly arrested. (Newsweek)
- George Floyd protests in Atlanta
- George Floyd protests in Illinois
- George Floyd protests in Minnesota
- George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
- Hundreds of Minnesota National Guard are deployed in Minneapolis to enforce a night curfew, after Mayor Jacob Frey declared a state of local emergency amid civil unrest, but rioting and arson fires continue. (Star Tribune)
- George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
- George Floyd protests in Michigan
- George Floyd protests in Texas
- George Floyd protests in California
- Several other protests against police brutality and systemic racism take place in large cities across the United States, some of which included arson, vandalism, and looting. (CNN)
- George Floyd protests in the United States
- Former
- George Floyd protests
- Taiwan decriminalises adultery in what is considered a landmark ruling. Marital infidelity was a crime with a maximum sentence of a year in prison. (Reuters)
- Lesotho's Appeal Court revokes former First Lady Maesiah Thabane's bail. Thabane and her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, are accused of ordering the murder of his first wife, Lipolelo. Both deny involvement in the crime. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- LGBT rights in Hong Kong
- Pro-democracy and activist Jimmy Sham files a petition to the High Court to recognize his same-sex marriage, which was registered in New York City in 2014. Sham argues that not recognizing same-sex marriages violates the Basic Law. (South China Morning Post)
- Pro-democracy and
Science and technology
- A SpaceX South Texas Launch Site. (CNBC)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan; May 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Abdullah Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, which leads peace efforts with the Taliban, says that his team is ready to start discussions with the armed group "at any moment". The group has not commented on Abdullah's remarks. (Al Jazeera)
- A journalist and a technician are killed and seven others wounded when a private bus carrying network employees is bombed in ISIL – Khorasan Province claims responsibility. (Reuters)
- Shooting of Iyad Halaq
- autism; the man dies at the scene. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- COVID-19 and 956 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 498,440 and 28,834 deaths, the fourth highest in the world. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
International relations
- Ethiopia–Sudan relations
- Ethiopian government. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- George Floyd protests in Illinois
- George Floyd protests in Chicago
- A man is killed and five others are injured in four shootings at protests in Chicago, Illinois. It is not known if the attacks were carried out by the same assailant. (WMAQ-TV)
- A man is killed and five others are injured in four shootings at protests in
- George Floyd protests in Chicago
- 2020 boogaloo killings, George Floyd protests in California
- A killing of George Floyd five days prior. (NBC News)
- A
- A protester in St. Louis dies after being accidentally struck by a truck during the protests. (The Mercury News)
- Many major cities around the United States implement curfews meant to prevent a second night of riots, including Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rochester, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. (NBC News)
- George Floyd protests in Illinois
Politics and elections
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the adoption of a new package of measures to support the economy and citizens in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. This payment does not cancel but supplements the previously introduced support measures. Additionally, Putin proposed to establish a monthly payment of five thousand rubles for families with children under three years of age. (RT)
Science and technology
- Crew Dragon Demo-2
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:22 pm Eastern U.S. time. (CNN)
- Crew Dragon's mission is to check the ship's systems and the crew's readiness to work with it. Crew Dragon is heading to the ISS. It is the first time since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 that American astronauts have been launched into orbit from the United States, and is the first ever crewed commercial space flight. (WSJ)
- Researchers announce a 2.5cm millipede fossil discovered on the island of Kerrera, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, is the world's oldest-known land animal, which lived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- At least six civilians are killed when a minibus hits a
- Second Libyan Civil War
- At least three civilians are killed and several others are injured in Tripoli when a park comes under shelling from suspected Libyan National Army forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Reuters)
- Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
- Hundreds of men on motorcycles, some armed with
- A 20-year-old
Disasters and accidents
- Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto admits blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara, Western Australia, on May 24. The firm issues an apology to Aboriginal Australians who are the traditional owners of the site, saying "We are sorry for the distress we have caused". (BBC News)
- A plane crash in Nettuno, Lazio, Italy, kills two Italian competitive swimmers, Fabio Lombini and Gioele Rossetti. (Khaleej Times)
- A plane crash near St. Louis, Missouri kills four people. (WCRZ)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
- COVID-19, a 65-year-old who had severe respiratory complications and was being treated at a specialised center. (Reuters)
- The number of worldwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpasses six million. The United States remains the global epicenter, accounting for approximately 29% of all reported and confirmed cases in the world. (CNN)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
International relations
Law and crime
- George Floyd protests
- Shooting of James Scurlock
- Police investigate the overnight shooting death of a protester, James Scurlock, by a bar owner in Omaha, Nebraska. Eyewitness video indicates the shooter was attacked by a group of people, one of whom was apparently Scurlock, before the fatal shots were fired. (Omaha World-Herald)
- George Floyd protests in New York City
- A woman is facing four counts of reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon, and assault for throwing a Molotov cocktail at an occupied NYPD van during a riot in Brooklyn. (Fox News)
- A woman is facing four counts of
- Rioting and looting continue overnight in cities all over the national guard to defuse the situation. (Al-Jazeera) (Voice of America)
- At least 1,383 people have been arrested in 17 cities during the protests since Thursday. (Yahoo! News)
- During protests in Indianapolis, two people are shot dead and two others injured after unidentified assailants open fire against protesters. (Fox News)
- government and non-government officials claim that designating domestic terrorist groups is prohibited by the First Amendment. (CNN)
- The media is revealed to have been the target of violence and harassment at least 50 times on Friday and Saturday. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
- Anti-fascist protesters gather in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte in response to police brutality and President Bolsonaro's defence of unconstitutional measures. A pro-government crowd forms in São Paulo, with police reporting neo-Nazi flags hung from a sound truck. (The Republic)
- 2020 New Caledonian independence referendum
- In New Caledonia, the largest pro-independence party Caledonian Union agrees to postpone the referendum on independence from France due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Anti-independence parties welcome the decision. (RNZ)
- 2020 Niuean general election
- In Niue, Sir Toke Talagi loses his seat at the Common Roll and is now leaving his position as Premier of Niue. Former Secretary to Government Richard Hipa, a first-time candidate, topped the Common Roll votes with 440 and now looks to be a contender for the premiership. (RNZ)
Science and technology
- Crew Dragon Demo-2
- Douglas Hurley joining the existing crew aboard the space station. (CNN)
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- 2020 Pacific hurricane season
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- Iran: Fariba Adelkhah
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- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Cambodia: Kem Sokha
- Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti, Juan Carlos Monzón and others
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- Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum, Benjamin Netanyahu
- Malaysia: Najib Razak
- Malta: Murder of Daphne Caruana
- Philippines: Leila de Lima, Maria Ressa, Marcos vs. Robredo electoral protest
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma
- Spain: Bárcenas affair, Catalan police leadership
- United States: North Korean Embassy in Madrid raid, 6ix9ine
- International: The Gambia v. Myanmar
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- Japan: Carlos Ghosn
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- 28: Gustavo Guillén
- 26: Stanley Ho
- 25: Hyun Soong-jong
- 24: Mukar Cholponbayev
- 24: Jimmy Cobb
- 23: Hana Kimura
- 22: Mory Kanté
- 22: Saturn
- 22: Jerry Sloan
- 19: Annie Glenn
- 18: Ken Osmond
- 17: Shad Gaspard
- 16: Julio Anguita
- 16: Arthur Summons
- 15: Lynn Shelton
- 15: Fred Willard
- 14: Phyllis George
- 14: Ronald J. Shurer
- 14: Bob Watson
- 13: Gabriel Bacquier
- 11: Jerry Stiller
- 10: Jack Mundey
- 10: Betty Wright
- 9: Little Richard
- 8: Roy Horn
- 8: Byron Mallott
- 7: Maria Teresa Beccari
- 7: Andre Harrell
- 7: Mike Storen
- 7: Ty
- 6: Barry Farber
- 6: Brian Howe
- 6: Florian Schneider
- 5: Millie Small
- 4: Don Shula
- 2: Cady Groves
- 2: Gil Schwartz
- 2: Arif Wazir
- 1: Augustine Mahiga
April 2020
- 30: Tony Allen
- 30: Rishi Kapoor
- 30: Sam Lloyd
- 29: Giacomo Dalla Torre
- 29: Irrfan Khan
Africa
- Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
- Cameroon
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Civil War
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Libya
- Second Civil War
- American intervention in Libya
- Turkish intervention in Libya
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Civil war
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Mexican War on Drugs
- Peru
- Internal conflict in Peru
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan War
- China
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Internal conflict in Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Communist rebellion in the Philippines
- Philippine Drug War
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
- Georgian–Ossetian conflict
- Russia
- Ukraine
- War in Donbass
- Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Middle East
- Egypt
- Sinai terror attacks
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iraq
- American-led intervention in Iraq
- Iranian intervention in Iraq
- )
- International military intervention against ISIL
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Israeli-Syrian border conflict
- Syria
- American-led intervention in Syria
- Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
- Turkey
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Yemenand Saudi Arabia
- Yemeni Civil War
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border conflict
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