A woman is killed in Thessaloniki, Greece, after a bomb she was carrying explodes in her hands, also damaging several nearby storefronts and vehicles. The bomb was possibly intended to be placed outside a nearby bank.
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May 3, 2025 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Four people are injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike that struck an apartment building on Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The mayor of Novorossiysk declares a state of emergency following the strikes.
The Ukrainian intelligence directorate claims it has shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet using a MAGURA naval drone over the Black Sea.
At least seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in an airstrike on a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Old Fangak, Fangak County, South Sudan.
Hamas releases a video allegedly showing Israeli hostage Maxim Hirkin, who was abducted during the Nova music festival massacre in 2023, alive.
Business and economy
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett announces that he will step down as CEO by the end of the year at the company's annual shareholder meeting. Greg Abel will take over as CEO, pending board approval.
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Brazil's Social Security Minister, Carlos Lupi, resigns after police announce a corruption scandal which alleges he defrauded pensioners of $1.1 billion. Federal police say that the National Social Security Institute made unauthorised deductions from payments made to millions of pensioners over the past decade.
Politics and elections
Singaporeans vote to elect 92 out of 97 members of the Parliament of Singapore across 32 of the 33 constituencies in the 19th general election since 1948.
The Australian Labor Party under current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese increases its majority in the House of Representatives, winning a second term. .
Opposition Leader and Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton loses his seat of Dickson, marking the first time an Opposition Leader has lost their seat in Australian electoral history.
Former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo wins the presidential nomination of South Korea's main conservative party, People Power.
The People’s Action Party wins the election, receiving 65.57% of the vote, surpassing the 61.2% received in the 2020 election.
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé is sworn-in as President of the Council of Ministers. Following constitutional reform that introduced a parliamentary system, this new post becomes the highest office in the government's executive branch.
Thousands of Bangladeshi Islamists protest government proposals, including equal inheritance rights for women, a ban on polygamy, and recognition of sex workers as laborers.
Sports
In thoroughbred racing, Sovereignty ridden by Junior Alvarado wins the 151st Kentucky Derby in a upset over Journalism ridden by Umberto Rispoli.
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