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May 24: Aldersgate Day (Methodism)

Eric XIV of Sweden, portrait by Domenicus Verwilt.

• 1567 – The mentally ill King Eric XIV of Sweden (pictured) and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family.
• 1689 – The Act of Toleration became law, granting freedom of worship to English nonconformists under certain circumstances, but deliberately excluding Catholics.
• 1798 - The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the country.
• 1963 – United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.
• 2014 – A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

• Robert Hues (d. 1632)
• Philip Pearlstein (b. 1924)
• Magnus Manske (b. 1974)
• Stormé DeLarverie (d. 2014)

More anniversaries:

• May 23
• May 24
• May 25

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May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24) (Friday)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • China confirms its ongoing drills encircling Taiwan are testing the People's Liberation Army's ability to seize control of the self-ruled island. (Reuters) (AFP via Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

A building fire kills 14 people in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Reuters)

May 23, 2024 (2024-05-23) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
    • Seven people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in Russian missile strikes in Liubotyn and Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Crimea attacks
    • At least two people are killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Alushta, Crimea. Explosions are reported across the peninsula and Ukrainian media reports that multiple targets were hit. (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia captures the village of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast. (The Daily Telegraph)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Pope Francis and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints approves the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial saint. (Holy See) (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a sugar factory in Morogoro, Tanzania. (AP)
• At least four people are killed and at least 21 others are injured when the second floor of a restaurant collapses in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (AP)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • China's People's Liberation Army begins two days of military drills around Taiwan. In response, Taiwan mobilizes its military. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Diplomatic missions to Palestine
  • President of Colombia Gustavo Petro orders the opening of an embassy in Ramallah in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Kenya–United States relations
  • President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by President of Kenya William Ruto that he will designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally. (Reuters) (NPR)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and five others are injured in a shootout between two groups at a café in Istanbul, Turkey. (Metro)
• The United States Department of Justice sues Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, seeking the breakup of the company and accusing the company of creating a monopoly by eliminating competition and increasing prices. (AP)

Politics and elections

• The United Nations General Assembly votes 84–19, with 68 abstentions, to establish July 11 as an annual day of remembrance for the Srebrenica genocide, despite receiving opposition from Serbia and Bosnian Serbs. (Al Jazeera)

May 22, 2024 (2024-05-22) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia captures the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least two people are killed and four are injured by Ukrainian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Sweden announces US$7 billion in military aid to Ukraine from 2024 to 2026. (Bloomberg)
  • Russia returns six Ukrainian children displaced by the war back to Ukraine, in a deal brokered by Qatar. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating their citizens from New Caledonia amid civil unrest. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• San Pedro Garza García stage collapse
  • At least nine people are killed, including a child, and 121 are injured after a temporary stage collapses in high winds at a campaign event for the Citizens' Movement party in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico. (AP) (El País)

International relations

• International recognition of the State of Palestine
  • Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
    • The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce that they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state beginning on May 28, and also call for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries. (BBC News)
• Russia–NATO relations
  • The Russian Ministry of Defence proposes to unilaterally adjust Russia's maritime border in the Baltic Sea, prompting comments of concern made by Baltic members of NATO, including Finland and Lithuania. The Ministry of Defense later retracts the proposal. (Reuters) (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bishkek riots
  • The Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs announces that ten people, including four foreigners, have been detained in connection with violent riots that occurred in Bishkek last week. (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Chadian presidential election
  • Chadian Prime Minister Succès Masra of the transitional government resigns after Mahamat Déby is elected President. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 United Kingdom general election
  • UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the next general election will be held on 4 July. (CNN)
• 2024 Vietnamese presidential election
  • Vietnam's security minister, General Tô Lâm, is elected President by the National Assembly, two months after the resignation of Võ Văn Thưởng amid the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. (DW)
• President of the United States Joe Biden announces a student loan debt cancellation of $7.7 billion for 160,000 people. (Al Jazeera)
• German far-right party Alternative for Germany bans Maximilian Krah, its leading candidate in European elections, from further activities due to his comments defending members of the Schutzstaffel (SS). (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Russia launches a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Kosmos 2576 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch site in Arkhangelsk Oblast. The United States Space Command accuses it of being an anti-satellite weapon capable of attacking other satellites, and is in the same orbit as a satellite operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. (Al Jazeera)
• The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space. (Space.com)

Sports

• 2024 UEFA Europa League final
  • Atalanta win the Europa League Final over Bayer Leverkusen by a score of 3–0, ending Bayer Leverkusen's record of 51 unbeaten games (The Guardian)

May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas War
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The UNRWA suspends food distribution in Rafah due to insecurity and a lack of supplies. (Reuters)
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The Israeli army launches a raid on the city of Jenin in the West Bank, with sources claiming that seven Palestinians were killed. (Reuters)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Gunmen kill 40 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's Plateau State. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• Pixar Animation Studios lays off 14% of its workforce, approximately 175 people. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Singapore Airlines Flight 321
  • A Singapore Airlines flight from London, England, to Singapore makes an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, after experiencing severe air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, resulting in one death and at least 30 injuries. (BBC News)
• Eleven workers drown after a microbus falls off a ferry into the Nile River in Giza, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
• At least five people are killed and 35 are injured as a strong tornado devastates the town of Greenfield, Iowa, United States. A Doppler on Wheels unit records a wind gust of between 250 mph (400 km/h) and 290 mph (470 km/h) over Greenfield, the strongest winds recorded inside a tornado by a mobile weather radar since the 2013 El Reno tornado, equivalent to EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale. (AP) (University of Illinois)

International relations

• Argentina–Spain relations
  • Spain permanently recalls its ambassador from Argentina amid a diplomatic crisis over President of Argentina Javier Milei's comments about Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez. (CNN)
• Moldova–European Union relations
  • Moldova becomes the first non-European Union (EU) signatory country to sign a security and defense pact with the EU to receive assistance in strengthening and managing its borders, facilitating cooperation in cybersecurity, and combating disinformation. (Politico)
• A Swiss parliamentary committee rejects a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that alleged the country violated its citizens' human rights by not doing enough to prevent climate change. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Censorship in Israel
  • The Israeli Ministry of Communications seizes broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press and suspends their live feed of Gaza, accusing them of breaking the new media law by supplying images to Al Jazeera. (AP)
• Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton is reported to be on life support after being physically attacked in a prison in Port-Cartier, Quebec. (Vancouver Sun)
• The European Union passes the Artificial Intelligence Act, to be applied in 2026. The act imposes strict transparency obligations on AI systems, restricts governments from using real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces, and bans social scoring, predictive policing, and untargeted scraping of facial images. (Reuters)
• A court in Saint Petersburg, Russia, sentences Anatoly Maslov, a 77-year-old hypersonic missiles expert, to 14 years in prison for state treason. (Reuters)
• The Netherlands moves to ban international adoptions. (Reuters)

May 20, 2024 (2024-05-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
    • Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas political leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, and Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Al-Masri for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
• Haitian crisis
  • Gang war in Haiti
    • Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention. (AP)

Business and economy

• Red Lobster, an American restaurant chain, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
  • The container ship Dali is freed from bridge debris since its initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the port of Baltimore. (AP)

Law and crime

• Russian military commissariats attacks
  • A court in Novosibirsk, Russia, sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an arson attack on a military recruitment office with alleged directions from Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• Judges grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 19th Congress of the Philippines
  • Migz Zubiri resigns as President of the Senate of the Philippines and is replaced by Francis Escudero. (KPL/VNA)
• 2024 South African general election
  • The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that former President Jacob Zuma is ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his 2021 jail sentence. (Al Jazeera)
• First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. (Al Jazeera)
• Lai Ching-te is sworn in as President of Taiwan, with Hsiao Bi-khim as his Vice President. (Al Jazeera)

May 19, 2024 (2024-05-19) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
  • The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that they foiled a coup by armed men in Kinshasa that killed two police officers and four attackers, including the coup's leader, Christian Malanga, a opposition leader of the United Congolese Party. Around 50 attackers, including Malanga's 20-year-old son and a US citizen from Maryland, are arrested. (AP)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • France deploys law enforcement to New Caledonia to regain control of the road to La Tontouta International Airport, which is currently controlled by protesters. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • At least six people are killed and 27 others are injured in a Russian double tap missile strike on a recreation area near Kharkiv. Separately, five people are killed and nine others are injured in a Russian strike using a multiple launch rocket system on two villages in Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
  • A Bell 212 helicopter crashes in Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, killing all the eight people on board, including President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. (AP)
• Two people are killed and five others are missing after a boat collision on the Danube river near Verőce, Hungary. (Reuters)
• Seven villages on the island of Halmahera, Indonesia, are forced to evacuate after the Mount Ibu volcano erupts. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Spain relations
  • Spain recalls its ambassador to Argentina after President of Argentina Javier Milei calls Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez corrupt during a rally in Madrid and also refuses to meet with King Felipe VI. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Dominican Republic general election
  • President Luis Abinader wins re-election with 59% of the popular vote. (BBC Mundo)

Sports

• 2023–24 Premier League
  • Manchester City win the Premier League, becoming the first team in the 136-year history of the Football League to win four consecutive top-flight titles. (The Guardian)

May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli war cabinet
    • Benny Gantz threatens to withdraw his party from the unity coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't submit a post-war plan for Gaza by June 8. (Al Jazeera)
  • Rafah offensive
    • The Israeli army recovers the body of Ron Binyamin, who was killed and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the 7 October attacks. (Reuters)
  • Austria unfreezes €3.4 million (US$3.7 million) in funds to the UNRWA. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Rakhine offensive
    • The Arakan Army seizes control of Buthidaung after the army captures Tatmadaw positions in the surrounding area. The town, which hosts a majority Rohingya population, is burned amidst the crossfire. (AP)
• 2024 New Caledonia unrest
  • The death toll from the ongoing protests and riots in New Caledonia increases to six. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • At least 68 people are killed by floods in Ghor and Faryab provinces, Afghanistan. (AP)
• Three people are killed and five others are injured in a boat collision on Bobs Lake in Ontario, Canada. (CBC News)
• At least 23 migrants are missing after boarding a boat travelling from Tunisia to Italy. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2024 Bishkek riots
  • The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan asks that Pakistani nationals in Kyrgyzstan stay indoors after mob attacks on Pakistanis and other foreign nationals are reported. (AP)

Law and crime

• Italian financial police seize 134 Fiat cars imported from Morocco following a dispute on stickers indicating the origin of the car. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Georgian protests
  • President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili vetoes the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence". (The Guardian)
• LGBT rights in Peru
  • Hundreds of protesters march in Lima, Peru, to demand the reversal of a new law that describes transgender people as having a mental illness. (Reuters)
• The Communist Party of Vietnam nominates Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm as the next President after Võ Văn Thưởng resigned as President in March due to the party's anti-corruption campaign. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2023–24 Bundesliga
  • In association football, Bundesliga champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen become the first Bundesliga team to finish a season unbeaten after defeating FC Augsburg on the final matchday. (The New York Times)
• 2023–24 Women's Super League
  • In association football, Chelsea F.C. Women wins their 7th Women's Super League title after defeating Manchester United W.F.C. 6–0 in the final match. (Reuters)
• Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk
  • In boxing, Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury by split decision and becomes the first undisputed four-belt heavyweight champion in history. (BBC Sport)

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