May 2024 is the fifth month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, will end on a Friday after 31 days. It is the current month.
Portal:Current events edit
May 1, 2024
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Two Russian ballistic missiles strike in the port city of Odesa, killing three people and injuring sixteen others. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Kyiv Post)
- Russia displays captured NATO military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Among the captured vehicles are a German Leopard 2 tank and an American M1 Abrams tank. (BBC News) (Fox News)
- Odesa strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Amid pressure from the United States, Israel reopens the Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Guangdong floods
- 2024 Kenya floods
- Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (ABC News)
- At least nine people are killed in an ongoing heatwave in eastern India. (Reuters)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Colombia–Israel relations
- President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. (Reuters)
- Colombia–Israel relations
Law and crime
- Rwanda asylum plan
- British authorities begin detaining migrants ahead of deportation flights to Rwanda. (Reuters)
- Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the border with Northern Ireland amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. (The Telegraph) (BBC News)
- Abortion in North Carolina
- U.S. federal judge Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
- A student is fatally shot by police officers outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States, after the police received reports of someone carrying a weapon. (AP)
- 217 people are detained by Turkish police during May Day rallies in Istanbul, after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. (Reuters)
- 45 people are arrested and 12 police officers are injured at May Day protests in Paris. French police use tear gas and batons on several protests. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Pro-Israel counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. (Reuters)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2024 Scottish government crisis
- The Scottish National Party administration survives the vote of no confidence earlier this week, prompting the party to seek a replacement for outgoing First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Al Jazeera)
- Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy while additionally prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)
May 2, 2024
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces take control of the village of Berdychi in Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
- At least nine people, including eight children, are injured in a Russian guided airstrike in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. (AFP via Barron's) (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Syria, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Nigerien crisis
- Russian military personnel enter the United States–operated Niger Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger. (Reuters)
- A Palestinian National Security Forces patrol kills a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza and demands that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip uninterrupted, after previously suspending some exports to Israel in April. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)
International relations
- Korean conflict
- South Korea raises its terrorism alert level to the second-highest level, citing strong chances of an attack from North Korea on its overseas diplomatic offices. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)
- International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Trinidad and Tobago formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Middle East Eye)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Joe Biden, in an address regarding ongoing student protests at universities, expresses support for the right to peacefully protest, while denouncing hate speech of any kind. Biden previously condemned "antisemitic protests" and "those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians." (The Guardian) (NPR)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Protests occur in Batumi, Georgia, against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (OC Media)
- 2024 Solomon Islands general election
- Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
- 2024 United Kingdom local elections
- The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Blackpool South constituency. The Labour Party wins most councils. (BBC News)
May 3, 2024
(Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus plunges into a ravine in Diamer District, Pakistan, killing 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others. (AP)
- Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 31, with more than 70 still missing. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar is indicted for accepting over $600,000 worth of bribes from Azerbaijan. (AP)
- Canada–India diplomatic row
- Three Indian men are arrested in Canada and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year. The Canadian government is probing whether the men had ties to the Indian government.(Reuters)(Toronto Star)
Politics and elections
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- French police evacuate Sciences Po University in Paris, France, and close the university in response to students' pro-Palestine protests and building occupations.(Reuters)(Le Monde)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- The China National Space Administration launches the Chang'e 6 spacecraft on a two-month mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon. (Reuters) (AP)
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May 31, 2024
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