May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 20 people are injured when Russian airstrikes hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Ukraine pulls back from positions near Lukyantsi and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

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Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city.

(Reuters)

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Riots erupt in New Caledonia as France plans to change the constitution, allowing more recent white French settlers to vote in the island's provincial elections, which protesters claim would marginalise the Indigenous Kanak people.

(Al Jazeera), (The Guardian)

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At least 54 officers are injured and more than 130 people are arrested. Shops and cars are looted, while a prison breakout has been prevented.

(AP), (Al Jazeera)

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Three Kanak residents are killed and many more injured during a drive-by shooting by a group of French settlers.

(Reuters)

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Israeli protestors attack a convoy of aid trucks in the West Bank, damaging 15 trucks and causing $2 million worth of damage.

(Reuters)

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Arts and culture

The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award.

(AP)

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Business and economy

U.S. President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and batteries, computer chips, and medical products.

(Reuters)

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The share price of GameStop increases by a further 61%.

(Quartz), (Yahoo! News)

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Inflation in Argentina slows to a single digit number of 8.8 percent amid severe austerity plans by president Javier Milei.

(AP)

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Disasters and accidents

The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, last week, increases to 33.

(Reuters)

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Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County, Florida, United States.

(AP)

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Thirteen people, including former Congressman Édgar Alarcón, are killed in a bus crash in Vinchos, Huamanga Province, Peru.

(Reuters), (Infobae)

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Law and crime

The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife.

(Al Jazeera)

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Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers in Tunis and arrest Mahdi Zagrouba, who is known for his opposition to President Kais Saied.

(Al Jazeera)

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A court in Germany convicts and fines Alternative for Germany member Björn Höcke €13,000 ($14,000) for using a Nazi slogan that once belonged to the Sturmabteilung.

(Al Jazeera)

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Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza loses his appeal against a 25-year prison sentence.

(Reuters)

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Two prison guards are killed and three others are critically injured in an ambush of a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France, to free an inmate with ties to a drug dealing gang.

(BBC News)

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Russian police arrest former head of personnel of the Ministry of Defence Yuri Vasilievich Kuznetsov [ru] for bribery of over $1 million. Kuznetsov's charges carry up to 15 years of jail time.

(Al Jazeera)

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Politics and elections

Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that requires media organizations to declare foreign funding.

(BBC News)

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The United States warns Georgia that $390 million in planned economic support will be "under review" if the Georgian government considers the U.S. as an "adversary", and not as a strategic partner.

(The Guardian)

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Science and technology

Russia places its nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service.

(Reuters)

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The sun emits the largest solar flare since 2005, days after producing auroras in the Northern and Southern Hempisheres.

(Axios)

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May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Science and technology