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May 22, 2024 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least two people are killed and four are injured by Ukrainian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
Russia returns six Ukrainian children displaced by the war back to Ukraine, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
Disasters and accidents
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. Later, the Nuevo León government pledges 400,000 pesos ($23,900) in compensation to families of the deceased.
International 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.
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.
Law and crime
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.
Politics and elections
President of the United States Joe Biden announces a student loan debt cancellation of $7.7 billion for 160,000 people.
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).
Prime Minister Succès Masra of the transitional government resigns after Mahamat Déby is elected President.
Security Minister 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.
Science and technology
The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space.
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.
Sports
In association football, Atalanta win the UEFA Europa League over Bayer Leverkusen by a score of 3–0 in the final, ending Bayer Leverkusen's record of 51 unbeaten games. It is also Atalanta's first major trophy since 1963.
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