Two Palestinians are killed by Israeli soldiers during confrontations in the West Bank, while an Israeli policeman is stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem, hours after the perpetrators of the El'ad stabbing are arrested.
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May 8, 2022 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Thirty-five civilians are killed during an attack on a gold mine by CODECO rebels in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
International relations
The European Union recommends that the United States remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from their terrorist organization blacklist.
U.S. First Lady Jill Biden makes an unannounced visit to Uzhhorod, Ukraine, and holds a Mother’s Day meeting with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska.
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Minister of Foreign Affairs MĂ©lanie Joly make an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Trudeau announces the reopening of the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv.
Law and crime
The office of Wisconsin Family Action, an anti-abortion group in Madison, Wisconsin, catches fire and is looted. Police discover a molotov cocktail and begin an arson investigation.
Politics and elections
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany wins in a landslide, claiming 43.4 percent of the vote with a swing of over eleven percentage points and falling one seat short of an absolute majority in the Landtag. This is the biggest vote share for the party in any state election since 2006.
The South Schleswig Voters' Association, a party representing the Danish and Frisian minorities in Schleswig-Holstein, wins its biggest vote share since 1947, and for the first time since 1950 the party crosses the 5-percent threshold that it is otherwise exempt from as a minority party.
Sports
Carlos Alcaraz defeats defending champion Alexander Zverev to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open.
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