Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.

— Rainer Maria Rilke, "Go to the Limits of Your Longing", The Book of Hours

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8 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring three people and damaging critical infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 drones. (AP) (Bloomberg News)
8 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. (AP)
7 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service who were planning an assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials. (Reuters)
Battle of Donbas
Ukrainian forces launch a missile strike on an oil terminal in Luhansk, causing a large fire and injuring at least five workers. (Reuters)
7 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Rafah offensive
Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border. (Haaretz) (AP) (Reuters)
At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
7 May 2024 – M23 offensive
The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo increases to 18. (Reuters)
7 May 2024 –
The Boy Scouts of America announces the renaming of the organization to Scouting America on February 8, 2025, in an effort to make girls feel more welcome. (AP)
7 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
7 May 2024 – Tornadoes of 2024
A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado. (Detroit Free Press)
7 May 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine
The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Eyewitness News Bahamas)
7 May 2024 – Russian undesirable organizations law
Russia declares American nonprofit organization Freedom House an "undesirable organization", effectively outlawing the group, after accusing the group of "discrediting the Russian Army" and advocating sanctions against Russia. (Reuters)
7 May 2024 –
Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, China. A suspect has been detained. (AP)
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sue the United States government over the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, alleging that the law is unconstitutional. (AP)
7 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
Dutch police end a pro-Palestinian occupation at the University of Amsterdam. (Reuters)
7 May 2024 – Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six-year term. (Reuters)
7 May 2024 – Premiership of John Swinney
The Scottish Parliament votes to elect John Swinney as First Minister of Scotland with 64 votes in favour and seven abstentions from the Scottish Greens. (BBC News)
6 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Israel tells civilians to evacuate parts of eastern Rafah ahead of a planned ground invasion. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Hamas states that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal negotiated by Egypt and Qatar. Israel rejects the proposal, claiming that the deal does not meet its "core demands", but confirms that it will continue negotiations in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters) (AP)
6 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Six people are killed and 35 others are injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (The Moscow Times)
6 May 2024 – Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents. (Reuters)
6 May 2024 –
The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme "The Garden of Time", celebrating the Met's exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. (Vanity Fair)
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize ceremony is held, with 16 awards in Journalism and 10 in Letters, Drama, & Music. (NPR)
Steward Health Care, a for-profit hospital chain in the United States, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (CBS News)
6 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85. (Reuters)
6 May 2024 –
Five workers are killed and another is critically injured while carrying out maintenance work on a wastewater lifting tank in Palermo, Italy. (Palermo Today)
The U.S. Storm Prediction Center issues a rare high risk convective outlook ahead of an expected significant tornado outbreak in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. (Storm Prediction Center)
An American soldier is arrested in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct. According to US officials, the soldier was based in South Korea and had been accused of stealing from a woman. (Reuters)
6 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
Japanese students at the University of Tokyo, Sophia University, Tama Art University, International Christian University, and Hiroshima University hold solidarity encampments. (Arab News Japan)
Belgian and Dutch students hold solidarity encampments and occupy parts of the Ghent University, the University of Amsterdam, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. (Reuters)
6 May 2024 – 2024 Chadian presidential election
Chad holds presidential elections under its junta, contested between incumbent Mahamat Déby and Prime Minister Succès Masra. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
6 May 2024 – 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election
John Swinney is elected leader of the Scottish National Party following the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. (The Guardian)
5 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon, cause "massive destruction" according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and injuring three others. In response, Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona, Israel. (Reuters)
Three Israeli soldiers are killed and ten civilians are injured when Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. (Times of Israel) (Reuters) (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks held in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations. (AP)
5 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
A woman is killed and 17 other people are injured in Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
5 May 2024 – Terrorism in Australia
A man is injured in a stabbing at a car park in Perth, Australia. The 16-year-old perpetrator is killed by police officers and is described as a "religious radicalized individual". A possible Islamist motive is behind the attack. (DW)
5 May 2024 –
With the closing performance of the Celebration Tour at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, American singer Madonna attracts 1.6 million people in a free concert and breaks the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist. (Billboard)
5 May 2024 – 2024 Kenya floods
The death toll from the ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 228. (Reuters)
5 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 78, with more than 100 people still missing. (Reuters)
5 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
Virginia State Police dismantle a pro-Palestine encampment on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, and arrest more than 15 students. (The Daily Progress)
5 May 2024 – 2024 Panamanian general election
Panamanians elect their President and members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
José Raúl Mulino, the stand-in for former president Ricardo Martinelli, wins the presidential election with more than 35% of the vote, after his three nearest opponents conceded. He will assume office in July. (AP)
5 May 2024 – 2024 Togolese parliamentary election
The ruling Union for the Republic party wins 108 out of 113 seats in the National Assembly. (AP)
5 May 2024 – Censorship in Israel
The Israeli Cabinet votes to close all Al Jazeera offices in Israel, with Israeli authorities later raiding these offices. (AP) (Reuters)
5 May 2024 –
Thousands of Hungarians protest in Debrecen, Hungary, against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's rule and policies. (Reuters)
5 May 2024 – 2024 Formula One World Championship
2024 Miami Grand Prix
In auto racing, McLaren driver Lando Norris wins his first Formula One race at the Miami Grand Prix. (DW)
5 May 2024 – 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
2024 AdventHealth 400
Kyle Larson edges out Chris Buescher in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history, winning a photo finish by one-thousandth (0.001) of a second. (AP)
4 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Two people are killed and six others are injured in Russian overnight drone strikes on the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions of Ukraine. (Reuters) (VOA)
4 May 2024 – Terrorism in Germany
German MEP Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" in Dresden, Germany, in what is suspected to be a politically-motivated attack against the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (Reuters)
4 May 2024 – 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
The death toll from ongoing heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 56, with 67 people still missing and nearly 25,000 displaced. The airport in Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, suspends all flights until further notice. (Reuters)
4 May 2024 –
At least 14 people are killed by floods and landslides in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)
4 May 2024 – Greece–Israel relations
Israeli police forcibly removes and arrests a guard of the Greek consulate inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem, during Holy Saturday. (Al Jazeera) (Anadolu Ajansı)
4 May 2024 – India–United States relations
Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar rejects comments made by US President Joe Biden saying that India's economic growth was being held back by "xenophobia". (Reuters)
4 May 2024 – International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
Palestinian doctor and rector at the University of Glasgow Ghassan Abu-Sittah is denied entry into France after landing at Charles de Gaulle airport on his way to speak at the French Senate. Last month, he was denied entry into Germany. (Al Jazeera)
4 May 2024 –
Russian state media reports that a number of officials from Ukraine and NATO countries have been placed on Russia's wanted list, including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former president Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Pavlyuk, and Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas. The Ministry of Internal Affairs neither states what crimes the wanted individuals are being charged with, nor clarifies the allegations that are being brought against them. (AP)
4 May 2024 – 2024 London mayoral election
Sadiq Khan wins re-election as mayor of London, England, with 43.8% of the vote, becoming the first London mayor to be elected to a third term. (BBC News)
4 May 2024 – 2023–24 La Liga
Real Madrid are crowned champions of La Liga after Barcelona's 4–2 defeat at Girona. (BBC News)
4 May 2024 – 2023–24 Liga F
Barcelona are crowned champions of Liga F after winning 1–4 at Granada. (Mundo Deportivo)
4 May 2024 – 2024 Kentucky Derby
The 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby is held, with American thoroughbred racehorse Mystik Dan winning in a photo finish. (AP)
4 May 2024 –
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) bans Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from all positions within the committee for 15 years over ethics breaches. Sheik Ahmad was previously banned by the IOC for three years in 2023 over his alleged interference in the Olympic Council of Asia elections, as well as for forgery and a fake arbitration procedure. (Reuters)