Nine people were killed after the Taliban launches an attack on the Kabul offices of international non-governmental organization Counterpart International.
agreement between Greece and North Macedonia ending the Macedonia naming dispute
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says Pacific island nations are "running out of time" in regards to climate change and global warming effects.
Italian firm Fiat Chrysler proposes a merger with French carmaker Renault.
Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
Matt Bevin wins the Republican nomination and Andy Beshear wins the Democratic nomination primaries ahead of the November 5 gubernatorial election.
According to South Korean media, North Korea executed five officials back in March, including Kim Hyok-chol, its nuclear envoy to the United States, for their part in the failed second summit in Hanoi. In addition, three other officials involved in the summit have reportedly been sent to a camp for political prisoners.
The United States lifts tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico.
era of Japanese history, starting 1 May 2019
electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions and coordinates the other components
former American multinational mass media corporation
President of the National Assembly of Venezuela
A suicide bombing near a military training center in the Afghan capital city of Kabul kills 6 people and leaves 6 others injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claims responsibility
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) bans Huawei scientists from reviewing submissions to its peer-reviewed journals, due to the "severe legal implications" of U.S. sanctions against the Chinese company.
Government Agency and Armed Civilian Persons
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
Cyclone Fani starts affecting Bangladesh, where over a million people have been evacuated from the storm's path. Authorities say the cyclone has killed at least five people in Bangladesh and damaged over a thousand homes. At least twelve people have been killed in total by the cyclone.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
After several months of negotiations, President Félix Tshisekedi names Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba as the new Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an agreement with former president Joseph Kabila. He had not appointed a prime minister since being elected in December 2018.
Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand since 2016, is officially crowned sovereign. His wife Suthida Tidjai, who he had married only three days prior, is declared Queen consort.
The Golden State Warriors qualify for the NBA Finals for the fifth year in a row by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers, 119–117, in overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador responds with a letter to the U.S. president stating he wants to avoid a confrontation, saying that ideals such as justice and universal brotherhood are more important than borders. He also ordered his foreign minister to travel to Washington on Friday.
announces that it will purchase Peloton Therapeutics Inc.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
An explosion hits a tourist bus carrying South African nationals near the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, injuring at least 14 people.
77th United States Secretary of the Treasury
The initial stage of Sydney Metro, Australia's first automated rapid transit system, opens to the public.
highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival
At least 23 prisoners are killed during a prison riot in Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela.
2019 European Parliament election in Malta
Maltese European Parliament election in 2019
At least three people are killed in southwestern Missouri when a storm system sweeps across the state causing extensive damage.
The new company will be based in the Netherlands and will be listed on the Milan, Paris and New York stock exchanges.
government official that leads the United States Internal Revenue Service
Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic head to the polls to vote for their country's representatives in the European Parliament.
Two people – a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman – have been arrested under suspicion of murder at the property in Sheffield where six children were found.
2019 North Macedonian presidential election
U.S. President Donald Trump bypasses Congress to approve the sale of billions of dollars' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, citing Iranian threats against the latter.
Thirteen people are killed, including the shooter, and four are injured in a shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Brazilian company that operates as a holding company, divided into electricity generation and transmission
U.S. President Donald Trump condemns the early release.
A blast near the 11th-century Data Darbar Sufi shrine in Lahore, Pakistan, kills at least eleven people, half of them police officers.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador responds with a letter to the U.S.
In Gwadar, three insurgents attack a luxury hotel, as a result of the attack, four hotel employees, a soldier and all three attackers have been killed. The Baloch Liberation Army, an ethnic Baloch separatist group fighting for independence for Balochistan province, claimed responsibility for the attack saying that four fighters were involved.
head of the United States Department of Justice
Thirty-two people are killed when Islamic State members started a prison riot and a fire in a prison located in Vahdat, Tajikistan.
A 36-year-old man is arrested just outside Casa Rosada in Argentina, armed with a handgun, after requesting to hold an interview with President Mauricio Macri.
Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. announces that it will purchase Peloton Therapeutics Inc. for $1.05 billion in cash. The catalyst for the deal is Peloton's recent progress in the development of a kidney cancer treatment.
Venezuela's Ambassador to Italy, Isaías Rodríguez, resigns, citing the government's lack of finances amid international sanctions on the Nicolás Maduro government. Rodríguez says, due to the sanctions, he has been unable to pay his staff or the rent for his office in Rome.
List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
The Malawi Electoral Commission reports, with 75% of the vote counted, President Peter Mutharika leads with 40.44% of votes, the opposition Malawi Congress Party's Lazarus Chakwera has 35.34%, and Deputy President Saulos Chilima received 18.35% of the votes cast in Tuesday's presidential election.
state legislature of the U.S. state of New York
The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, owned by British restaurateur Jamie Oliver, collapses into administration, resulting in 1,000 job losses.
Date: 15 March 2019 3 years ago c. 1:40 – 1:59 pm (NZDT; UTC+13)
United States F-22 Raptors intercept four Russian Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighter jets off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a statement from the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
head of state and government of Argentina
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a directive, orders the Intelligence Community to cooperate with U.S. Attorney General William Barr's review of the origins of the Special Counsel investigation. The order allows Attorney General Barr to declassify information he sees fit for the review process.
Argentine lawmaker Héctor Enrique Olivares, who was seriously injured in a shooting attack near the Congress on May 9, dies in hospital as result of the gunshot injuries.
Two people are killed, the pilot and the passenger, when a floatplane crashes into Metlakatla harbor near Ketchikan, Alaska. The pilot and passenger were the only people on board.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority sues the U.S. Transportation Department to block the cancelling of $929 million federal grant for the California High-Speed Rail project. The suit comes after the Trump administration canceled the federal grant for California's bullet train on May 16, 2019.
Alton, Illinois, builds a barrier wall as the Mississippi River rises to levels not seen since the historic 1993 floods.
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
The South Korean military claims that North Korean military has launched an "unidentified projectile" into the sea, marking the second time North Korea has conducted a weapons test in a single week.
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
The United States House Committee on the Judiciary votes to hold United States Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena ordering him to provide them with the full, unredacted version of the Mueller report last week.
North American professional sports league
special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation
United States federal probation and supervised release
U.S. President Donald Trump orders 1,500 troops and several Patriot missile launchers to the Persian Gulf as tensions rise with Iran.
The United Arab Emirates reports four commercial vessels were subject to "sabotage operations" just outside its territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman and two of the vessels suffer "significant damage" to their structure off the coast of Fujairah. One of the vessels was en route to the United Arab Emirates to be loaded with Saudi Arabia crude oil and sent to the United States.
Germany and the Netherlands suspend military training mission in Iraq citing escalating tensions in the region with Iran.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, France
Venezuelan security forces surround the Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas, preventing opposition National Assembly lawmakers from entering the building to discuss a response to the recent arrest of National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano.
county in northern Wyoming, United States
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
UK Prime Minister Theresa May says that she will detail the timetable for her resignation after the Brexit vote in June.
Egils Levits, a Judge of the European Court of Justice, is elected President by the Saeima.
Canadian politician, served as Minister of Justice, Attorney General, and Minister of Veterans Affairs
federal prison after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence.
2020 United States presidential election
The Canberra was being trailed by a Chinese warship.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison declares victory. It remains unclear whether his Liberal-National Coalition has won a majority of seats, or whether it will form a minority government.
In the final stage of the latest European Parliament election, voters in Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Metropolitan France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden elect their country's representatives.
principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive for a court
Brenton Tarrant, accused of killing 51 people and wounding 49 others in two New Zealand mosques, is also charged with committing terrorist acts.
U.S. President Donald Trump notifies the Congress that he will designate Brazil as a major non-NATO ally in light of recent commitments to increase defense cooperation between both countries.
In a referendum, 55.37% of the Belizean population voted in favor of allowing the International Court of Justice to adjudicate Belize's border dispute with its neighbor Guatemala.
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
National legislature of the Federated States of Micronesia
most populous city in the United States of America
Disney was ordered by the U.S. Justice Department to sell FSN as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox last year due antitrust concerns over its ownership of ESPN Inc.
Persons who perform abortion in the state after 8 weeks of pregnancy face 5 to 15 years in prison.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
A blast hits Baghdad's northeastern Sadr City district.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who originally expected to be in Berlin today, makes an emergency trip to Iraq amid escalating tensions with Iran. Earlier this week, the U.S. deployed a bomber task force and the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the region. In today's meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih, Pompeo reaffirmed the longstanding U.S. policy to ensure nobody interferes in their country.
After a narrow victory of Turkey's main opposition party CHP against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's AKP in Istanbul's mayoral election last month, Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council annulled the results and ordered a rerun of the election for the mayor of Istanbul.
census-designated place in Alaska, United States
American politician and lawyer, Louisiana
legendary items used during the enthronement ceremony in Japanese
The United Arab Emirates reports four commercial vessels were subject to "sabotage operations" just outside its territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman and two of the vessels suffer "significant damage" to their structure off the coast of Fujairah.
Multiple homes and businesses were destroyed, with reports of numerous power outages and a boil and water conservation advisory issued for Dayton.
major component of the U.S. criminal justice system
Cyclone Fani, an extremely severe category 4 storm and one of the strongest in recent years, makes landfall at the coastal town of Puri in the Indian state of Odisha. Eight people have been killed in India, according to the Press Trust of India, and hundreds more injured. Severe damage and flooding has been reported. One million Indians and 2.1 million Bangladeshis have been evacuated. A storm surge possibly up to 1.5m (5ft) is expected. The storm, weakening as it travels northeast through India, is expected to reach Chittagong in Bangladesh Saturday.
The United States House Committee on the Judiciary votes to hold United States Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena ordering him to provide them with the full, unredacted version of the Mueller report last week. The full House will vote on the measure in the near future.
In horse racing, Country House wins the 145th Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security is disqualified. The latter horse is the first Kentucky Derby winner ever to have been disqualified for interference.
Sinclair Broadcast Group buys Fox Sports Networks (FSN) from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion. Disney was ordered by the U.S. Justice Department to sell FSN as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox last year due antitrust concerns over its ownership of ESPN Inc.
Brazil prison officials report at least 42 prisoners are found strangled to death in four separate jails in the state of Amazonas. Yesterday, 15 prisoners were killed in a fight between rival prison gangs at a facility near the Amazonas capital Manaus.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
After several months of negotiations, President Félix Tshisekedi names Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba as the new Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an agreement with former president Joseph Kabila.
A man is shot dead and his car set alight in Walshestown near Balbriggan, Dublin. It is believed the shooting is linked to the 2015–19 Irish gangland feud.
2019 European Parliament election in Sweden
European Parliament election in Sweden of 2019
John Walker Lindh, the first person to be convicted of a crime in the War on Terror, is released on probation from a U.S. federal prison after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence. Lindh has refused to renounce Islamist extremism and will be on probation for three years. U.S. President Donald Trump condemns the early release.
Four people are killed and seven others are injured in three blasts in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sixteen soldiers, including a driver, are killed in a landmine explosion in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India.
The catalyst for the deal is Peloton's recent progress in the development of a kidney cancer treatment.
tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
second largest city of Bangladesh, situated at the southwestern part of the country
A man stabs two people to death and wounds 17 others, including sixteen children, in Kawasaki, Japan, before slitting his own throat; he later dies of his wounds. Three people are in critical condition.
head of the executive branch of New York City's government
He also ordered his foreign minister to travel to Washington on Friday.
Linux kernel developers, Apple, Google and Microsoft release emergency patches for their products to mitigate ZombieLoad.
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Taiwan, making Taiwan the first nation in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage.
2016 IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud of France wins the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.
Four hostages, who were being held in northern Burkina Faso, are rescued by French naval commandos, with two French commandos killed during the rescue operation. Those freed include two Frenchmen who had been kidnapped in Benin on May 1 and a pair of women, one an American and the other a South Korean.
port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea
The United States deploys a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to respond to threats from Iran. A U.S. official told CNN, "... the threats were against both U.S. maritime and land-based forces in the region."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison declares victory.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman announces he will resign Wednesday in response to the new president's disbanding of parliament.
Andrea Leadsom resigns as the United Kingdom's Leader of the House of Commons with immediate effect in response to Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of Brexit.
Russian interference in the 2016 election
largest Christian church, led by the pope
Sixty new cases in the past week are reported, bringing this year's total to 971 cases in 26 U.S. states – the highest since 1994. The CDC warns, "If these outbreaks continue through summer and fall, the United States may lose its measles elimination status."
All ministers from the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, who make up close to half of Austria's cabinet, are resigning in response to their party leader, Heinz-Christian Strache being forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor after a video was published Friday showing Strache's participation in a compromising video.
institution that allows people to re-integrate into society
mass shooting in Douglas County, Colorado
The Catalan leaders who are imprisoned accused of rebellion, Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez and Josep Rull, are sworn in as members of the Congress of Deputies after being elected in the 28th April general election by an authorization of the Supreme Court.
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
standing committee of the United States Senate
person below a certain age prescribed by law, usually distinguished to delineate rights, privileges, and responsibilities
Voters in South Africa go to the polls to elect new members of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
One person was killed and eight injured in a shooting after a dispute between two women at a large high school graduation party. The suspect is still at large.
An explosive device is detonated in a commercial center in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, with at least 12 injured.
Actress Felicity Huffman pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and admits to paying $15,000 for a proctor to change her daughter's SAT answers.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Syrian government forces capture the town of Kafr Nabudah in an ongoing offensive, marking the first major territorial change between government and rebel forces since the start of the demilitarization agreement last year.
city in Lehigh and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania, USA
electoral ward of Sheffield City Council
Finland defeats Canada to win gold medal at Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz loses a no-confidence vote following a corruption scandal over a secret video.
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
Almost every computer with an Intel chip dating back to 2011 is affected by these vulnerabilities.
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers, and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil's biggest cities in opposition to large cuts in the education budget.
Over Sunday and Monday, 55 people die of asphyxiation in various prisons across the Brazilian city of Manaus.
A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida slides off the runway into the St. Johns River. All on board survive.
island sovereign state off of Africa in the Indian Ocean
Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir says his country "seeks to avert war, ready to respond with force and determination" to a would-be attack by Iran.
Boko Haram have reportedly continued their incursion into northern Chad.
Vice President of the Republic of Malaŵi | 21 May 2014 - 21 May, 2019
Judge Edgardo Ramos of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rules Deutsche Bank and Capital One can release President Trump's financial records to Congress.
Eleven people were killed in an ambush at 12th mile in Khonsa-Deomali road in Tirap District in Arunachal Pradesh.
One of his advisers dies as a result of the gunshots.
Armed militias kill over 30 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks since a peace deal was reached back in February of this year.
Sixty new cases in the past week are reported, bringing this year's total to 971 cases in 26 U.S.
American multinational mass media company
formal meeting of representatives of different countries, states, organizations, etc.
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (2019)
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs a heartbeat bill that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The law’s effective date is tied to a similar Mississippi law which has already been temporarily blocked by a federal court.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a directive, orders the Intelligence Community to cooperate with U.S. Attorney General William Barr's review of the origins of the Special Counsel investigation.
Panasonic suspends shipments of certain hardware components to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to comply with U.S. restrictions on the company.
In Gwadar, three insurgents attack a luxury hotel, as a result of the attack, four hotel employees, a soldier and all three attackers have been killed.
Former Brazilian President Michel Temer surrenders to the federal police in response to Wednesday's arrest warrant regarding an investigation into an alleged corruption scheme involving an Eletrobras nuclear power plant.
Seven Venezuelan military officers are killed in a helicopter crash.
legislative process of bringing charges of alleged crimes against a public official
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announces that she will run for Vice President in the 2019 Argentine general election, with former Chief of Staff Alberto Fernández as her running mate for President.
2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election
election to fill a U.S. House seat vacated by resignation
upper house of the California State Legislature
Chinese stocks are down, falling more than 5 percent as of midday, following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to raise tariffs against Chinese-made goods on Sunday.
1170 8th Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Myanmar President Win Myint pardons two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who had been imprisoned at Insein Prison for more than 500 days after being charged with possession of classified documents under the Official Secrets Act. The pair were arrested in December 2017 as they were investigating the Inn Din massacre.
Suspected Baloch nationalist gunmen storm a coal mine in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing at least five people.
Another 11 soldiers are missing; six others have been evacuated to a hospital.
win England's 2018–19 FA Cup by defeating Watford F.C.
The first child of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is born; the boy is seventh in line to the British throne.
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Gunmen burn down a Catholic church during mass and kill six people, including a priest, in Dablo, Burkina Faso.
The U.S. Government under the Trump administration cancels $929 million federal grant for California High-Speed Rail project.
city of Baltimore, Maryland's legislative body, with the power to enact all ordinances and resolutions
House of Representatives of the Philippines
American investor, explorer and retired naval officer
The Ukrainian military reports that eight Ukrainian soldiers have been captured by pro-Russian fighters near the village of Novotroyitske.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
An attack on forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Sabha, Libya, kills at least nine people. ISIL claims responsibility.
agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation
The technology used in the cyberattack appears to have originated from NSO Group, a technology company operating out of Israel.
A truck bomb explodes at a popular market in the village of Nineveh, Iraq, killing 5 and injuring 8.
Colleague Richard Blanco of the Brave Peoples’ Alliance party seeks refuge in Argentina's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, following Zambrano's arrest.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Police Sergeant Frank Kilaur says that the quake was "very, very violent" but no immediate reports of major damages or casualties have been reported.
joint-highest civilian award of the United States, bestowed by the President
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks the redrawing of Ohio and Michigan electoral maps while it prepares to rule on whether or not partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. Lower federal courts ordered Michigan and Ohio electoral maps to be redrawn before the 2020 United States presidential election.
major volcanic eruptions in Bali, Indonesia
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Republicans Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley request documents related to Christopher Steele, author of the Trump–Russia dossier, in a letter to United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Two people – a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman – have been arrested under suspicion of murder at the property in Sheffield where six children were found. They remain in police custody. A murder investigation has been opened.
Several other cabinet ministers are reportedly threatening to resign.
Eight miners die in a goldmine explosion in central Zimbabwe.
A 7.5 MMS quake rattles New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party wins Malawi's May 21 presidential election with 39% of the vote, followed by Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party with 36% and Saulos Chilima of the United Democratic Movement with 20%.
A fuel tanker lorry overturns and explodes near the airport in Niamey, Niger, killing at least 58 people.
head of government of the United Kingdom
set of vulnerabilities in Intel x86 CPUs using hyperthreading that leak data across protection boundaries
Supreme Court temporarily blocks the redrawing of Ohio and Michigan electoral maps while it prepares to rule on whether or not partisan gerrymandering is constitutional.
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
Voters in the Philippines go to the polls to elect new members of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines, as well as various other local positions.
A judiciary spokesman alleged that she was recruited by the British Council's Iran desk.
The South Korean film Parasite wins the 2019 Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize.
Abortion law in the United States by state
termination of pregnancy in states of the United States
Four hostages, who were being held in northern Burkina Faso, are rescued by French naval commandos, with two French commandos killed during the rescue operation.
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers, and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil's biggest cities in opposition to large cuts in the education budget. From Dallas, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro calls demonstrators "stupid."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that Russian hackers accessed voter databases in two Florida counties prior to the 2016 presidential election.
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor is found guilty of racketeering in an opioid-related bribery scheme.
law governing who can become British monarch
The U.S. Justice Department agrees to provide the House Intelligence Committee with intelligence files from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, has been battling a ransomware attack that has blocked government email accounts and disabled online payments to city departments. The hackers breached the city's servers on May 7 and demanded $100,000 (£79,000) worth of Bitcoin.
national government of the United States
Citizens in Latvia, Malta, Slovakia and the French overseas territories head to the polls to vote in the latest European Parliament election.
head of the United States Department of State
Voters head to the polls in a special election to elect a new U.S. House Representative to finish the term for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district after Republican Tom Marino resigned on January 23, 2019.
A Taliban suicide car bomber kills four Afghan civilians and injures over 20 including four American soldiers.
Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen calls general elections for Grundlovsdag on 5 June, only a little more than a week after Danish elections for the European Parliament.
Four soldiers of the Chadian Army and a journalist are killed following a Boko Haram attack near the northern shore of Lake Chad.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
annual song competition held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union
Lawyer Michael Avenatti is indicted in separate cases charging him with allegedly stealing about $300,000 from Stormy Daniels and blackmailing Nike.
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan for Canada to be reunited with her daughters.
A 7.5 MMS quake rattles New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Police Sergeant Frank Kilaur says that the quake was "very, very violent" but no immediate reports of major damages or casualties have been reported. A tsunami alert is issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The tsunami threat has now largely passed.
Lithuanian citizens also are heading to the polls to elect their future president in the second round of the latest presidential election.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
policy to ensure nobody interferes in their country.
12th Indonesian Legislative Election and 4th Indonesian Presidential Election
Security researchers from Graz University of Technology and Catholic University of Leuven discover a major new class of Microarchitectural Data Sampling vulnerabilities called ZombieLoad in Intel processors, which, if exploited, can be used to steal sensitive information directly from the processor.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Five foreign tourists, four of whom were Americans, are killed when their Piper PA-32 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Honduras shortly after taking off from Roatán island.
Opposition leaders lead a two-day protest in Sudan over stalemate in negotiations between the military and opposition alliance groups over the transition of government following the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état.
Hall stare decisis set in 1979 which allowed private suits from one state to be brought in another state's court.
The military claim that they were forced to shoot after some of the detainees attempted to seize their weapons, despite warning shots and verbal warnings.
marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
Efforts begin in Solomon Islands to refloat a ship after an oil spill in what the government says will be a "very difficult operation."
Prime Minister of Greece (2015; 2015–2019)
Flooding from Michigan to the south damages homes and sends the Mississippi River to a 157-year high in Davenport, Iowa.
since 1969, a Dutch-speaking university, with its main campus in Leuven, Belgium
French anaesthesiologist Frédéric Péchier, previously investigated in the poisoning of seven patients at private clinics in Besançon, France, is being held over suspicions that he poisoned a further 17 - 50. Mr. Péchier has denied all charges, and is scheduled for a hearing later this week.
In today's meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Barham Salih, Pompeo reaffirmed the longstanding U.S.
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sends letters to the P5+1 leaders of the United Kingdom, China, Russia, Germany, France and the European Union announcing the country's partial withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement. Furthermore, Iran announces that it will stop exporting uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program.
The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) issues a new alert to all ships passing Fujairah, off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on the Gulf of Oman over "acts of sabotage" amid heightened regional tensions between the United States and Iran.
Prosecutors in Sweden reopen the rape allegation investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Swedish prosecutors mention their intent to seek extradition of Assange from the United Kingdom after he has served his 50-week prison sentence for skipping bail.
win England's 2018–19 Premier League for the second year in a row with 98 points, while Liverpool F.C.
The plaintiffs plan to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
A bombing at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of the restive province of Balochistan, kills three people, including the prayer leader, and injures at least 28 worshippers.
Voters in Australia go to the polls to elect new members of the House of Representatives and half of the Senate.
election to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky, U.S.
Syrian government airstrikes in Syria’s northwestern de-escalation zones target the towns of Maarrat al-Nu'man and Maarat Herma in Idlib Governorate, killing twelve civilians.
Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.
2019 European Parliament election in Poland
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Poland
The Mississippi River rises to its highest level since the 1993 floods at the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa.
Ascena Retail Group announces it will close all 650 Dressbarn stores by the end of the year.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
The referee subsequently awarded the victory to Espérance Sportive de Tunis for their fourth CAF title.
United States Senate Committee on Finance
social-democratic political party in Turkey
2019 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Luxembourg
James Marape is elected Prime Minister by the National Parliament following the resignation of Peter O'Neill.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
The pair were arrested in December 2017 as they were investigating the Inn Din massacre.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces a second aid package worth $16 billion for farmers impacted by the China–United States trade war.
revised definitions of the SI base units, adopted at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), that came into force on 20 May 2019
For the first time the United States seizes a North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal in the East China Sea sailing toward Indonesia.
Michael Behenna, an American soldier convicted of killing an Iraqi prisoner in 2008, is pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump and invited to dinner.
2019 European Parliament election in Greece
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Greece
Evacuation of approximately 800,000 people is underway as Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani heads toward the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) and is expected to make landfall Friday with wind speeds in excess of 200 km/h (127 mph).
Australian helicopters, from the Royal Australian Navy flagship HMAS Canberra, are forced to make an emergency landing after being targeted by lasers from fishing boats in the South China Sea. The Canberra was being trailed by a Chinese warship.
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
Martin Tower, the tallest building in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is destroyed in a controlled demolition by the Controlled Demolition, Inc. firm. The 21-story building, which was listed on National Register of Historic Places, had been vacant since 2007.
Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Mark Harbers resigns amid a scandal over a government report which played down crimes committed by asylum seekers in the country, including rapes and murders, which were placed under a category called "other". The omission was first highlighted by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners
central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts
Google pulls Android update support for Huawei phones, as well as the Google Play Store and Gmail apps, after the Chinese technology company was blacklisted by the United States Commerce Department.
A boat sinking on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 45 people with 200 passengers still missing. The vessel was carrying more than 400 people, the majority of whom were teachers going to collect their salaries.
office building in Bethlehem, Pennslyvania, USA
At least 45 people die when a boat sinks on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo.
Justin Amash from Michigan's 3rd congressional district becomes the first Republican U.S. Representative to support the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Militants kill at least 17 Niger Armed Forces troops in an ambush near the Malian border. Another 11 soldiers are missing; six others have been evacuated to a hospital. No group has claimed responsibility.
Secretary of State for International Development
Wyoming rules in favor of a Native American elk hunter from Montana who was convicted for hunting off-season in Bighorn National Forest, deciding that the 1868 federal treaty between the Crow Nation and the U.S. Government is still in force even after Wyoming became a state in 1890.
largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
association football club in Manchester, England
American businessman, white supremacist, and politician
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Taiwan
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rules in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, that a state cannot be sued in another state's court, overturning a 40-year-old precedent.
former United States Navy SEAL & founder of Nine Line Apparel
Representatives from 17 world governments and various U.S. technology companies meet in Paris to support a set of anti-terrorism guidelines called the "Christchurch Call to Action" drafted by the governments of France and New Zealand. The White House expressed support for the "overall goals reflected" in this pledge, but refused to back it, citing freedom of speech concerns.
The asteroid will approach even closer at 0.0155 AU (2,320,000 km) from Earth in 2036, and is the largest asteroid to approach Earth until (4953) 1990 MU in June 2027.
American semiconductor chip manufacturer
Venezuelan National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó formally requests help from the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for "strategic and operational planning" against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
In northern Alberta, Canada, an estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated due to fast spreading wildfires.
U.S. President Donald Trump proposes a new immigration plan based on merits such as college degrees and skilled trades and less on family ties.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Former Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi is arrested after confessing to the murder of his wife.
An airplane crashes in Sergipe, Brazil, killing Brazilian singer Gabriel Diniz.
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
The Freewinds cruise ship is quarantined in Saint Lucia over concerns of a measles epidemic after it is reported that one of the passengers has the disease.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
The process is seen as an alternative to traditional cremations and burials.
Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Heinz-Christian Strache, steps down both as Vice-Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria due to an alleged corruption scandal.
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
Fiona Onasanya, the member of the UK Parliament for Peterborough, is removed from her position following a successful recall petition in the wake of her conviction for perverting the course of justice, becoming the first MP in the country's history to lose their seat in this manner. A by-election will be called to elect a replacement MP.
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passes legislation legalizing same-sex marriage and limited joint-custody rights, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to do so.
prime minister of Lithuania from 2016 to 2020
United Nations Convention Against Torture
Rodríguez says, due to the sanctions, he has been unable to pay his staff or the rent for his office in Rome.
The Reserve Bank of Australia confirms it issued approximately 46 million new Australian $50 notes in late 2018 with a typo in the background fine print: "responsibility" is misspelled as "responsibilty", the third "i" is missing. The mistake appears three times on the note and is extremely small requiring magnification to see. Part of the rollout of Australia's redesigned currency, the A$50 notes feature the first female member of an Australian parliament, social reformer Edith Cowan.
One person was killed and eight injured in a shooting after a dispute between two women at a large high school graduation party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is declared the clear victor of the latest Indian general election.
Diplomatic relations between Canada and the United States
The Jeremy Kyle Show, one of the United Kingdom's most watched reality television programmes, is cancelled by ITV Studios following the suicide of a male guest shortly after taking part in the programme. The show has long been criticised for its style, with many describing it as poverty porn.
No executions have been carried out in Brunei since 1957.
Myanmar security forces fire into a crowd of 275 Rakhine people detained during a search for Arakan Army members, killing six and wounding eight. The military claim that they were forced to shoot after some of the detainees attempted to seize their weapons, despite warning shots and verbal warnings.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that Russian hackers accessed voter databases in two Florida counties prior to the 2016 presidential election. No data or vote tallies were affected.
He is accused of sexually abusing minors, distributing and possessing child pornography, including handicapped children and babies.
conservative-democratic political party in Turkey
A French nun is found decapitated in a village in the Central African Republic.
The UK Parliament declares "an environment and climate emergency."
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
The United States House Committee on Ways and Means subpoenas United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and Commissioner of Internal Revenue Charles Rettig to provide President Donald Trump's federal tax returns for the last six years.
International military intervention against ISIL
Mexican cabinet member responsible for foreign policy
WhatsApp confirms a major security bug in the app let hackers remotely install surveillance software on its users' devices.
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thoroughbred racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Imprisoned politician Raül Romeva is suspended as Senator by the Board of the Spanish Senate.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who originally expected to be in Berlin today, makes an emergency trip to Iraq amid escalating tensions with Iran.
high-capacity public transport generally used in urban areas
2019 European Parliament election in Cyprus
election of the delegation from Cyprus to the European Parliament in 2019
PG&E wants the issue settled by the bankruptcy court rather than by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 23 Palestinians, including a senior Hamas commander.
The captain of the M/V Viking Sigyn that was involved in the deadly sinking of the Hableány is questioned and arrested by the Hungarian police.
They had been staying at the embassy at the invitation of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is locked in a dispute over the presidency with Guaidó.
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, name their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose term expires in October, calls for snap elections following his leftist Syriza party's heavy defeat by the opposition conservatives in the European Parliament elections.
independent city in Virginia, United States
census designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, United States
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
A boat sinking on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 45 people with 200 passengers still missing.
Australian helicopters, from the Royal Australian Navy flagship HMAS Canberra, are forced to make an emergency landing after being targeted by lasers from fishing boats in the South China Sea.
2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
2019 election of members of the European parliament for the Netherlands
Eighteen Earth-like exoplanets are discovered via a new algorithm.
cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean
lower house of the federal parliament of Belgium
The Toronto Raptors defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in the team's history.
At least 41 passengers are killed after Sukhoi Superjet 100 (flight SU1492), which suffered an inflight fire, is engulfed by fire after an emergency crash landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia.
individual who seeks refuge, esp. political asylum, in a foreign country
The Governor of Alabama Kay Ivey signs the Human Life Protection Act into law, effective six months after signing, bans all abortions in the state of Alabama, except when "abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk" to the woman according to the bill's text.
capital and most populous city of France
championship series of the National Basketball Association, annual from 1950; officially includes 1947 to 1949 BAA Finals; officially called the National Basketball Association World Championship Series through 1987
Eastern and Western championship series of the NBA
A study, published in the journal Science, finds a genetically enhanced fungus that produces spider toxin can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria. Trials held in Burkina Faso showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within 45 days. The fungus did not affect other insects, such as bees.
The United States increases tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of imports from China after no deal materialized prior to the midnight deadline.
aviation accident in Moscow on 5 May 2019
American multinational technology company
President of the Federated States of Micronesia
state of Wisconsin, Jake Thomas Patterson is sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murders of her parents.
The United States House of Representatives votes to overturn President Donald Trump’s move on the Affordable Care Act.
region of five cities in the US states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in SE Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in NW Illinois
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy
song written and composed by Duncan Laurence, Joel Sjöö, Wouter Hardy and Will Knox, originally performed by Duncan Laurence at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
The Constitutional Court ruled that former Attorney General Thelma Aldana can not participate as a presidential candidate and leaves her out of the elections. Aldana was one of the favorites to succeed the current President Jimmy Morales.
responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons
North American Aerospace Defense Command
Citizens in Latvia, Malta, Slovakia and the French overseas territories head to the polls to vote in the latest European Parliament election. Additionally, voting in the Czech Republic continues for the second day.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
next decade in the Gregorian calendar (2030-2039)
Lower house of the Parliament of South Africa
form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta, Inc.
Classified information in the United States
French police arrest four people in connection with last Friday's bombing in Lyon's historic city center that injured 13 people. Anti-terrorist prosecutors are leading the investigation. District mayor Denis Broliquier said the bomb was a relatively weak explosive that was too small to kill. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces a 5% import tariff on all products from Mexico, effective June 10 and rising in steps to 25% by October, "until the illegal immigration problem is remedied".
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen
agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Process to implement a global standard for units of measurements
Multiple environmentalists groups file a lawsuit to stop the US Forest Service from opening up large tracts of the Tongass National Forest to logging, allegedly without a proper study of the environmental impact.
Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Mark Harbers resigns amid a scandal over a government report which played down crimes committed by asylum seekers in the country, including rapes and murders, which were placed under a category called "other".
The Board of the Congress of Deputies suspends Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Oriol Junqueras and Jordi Sànchez Catalan leaders elected lawmakers due to they judicial situation.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
hotel complex in Montreux in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Laurentino Cortizo of the center-left Democratic Revolutionary Party defeats Rómulo Roux of the center-right Democratic Change party in a narrow election to become the next president of Panama. Cortizo receives 33% of the vote to Roux's 31%, marking the return of the Democratic Revolutionary Party after 10 years out of the presidency.
body that organises elections in Indonesia
international airport serving Moscow, Russia
independent agency of the United States federal government
Opinion polling for the 2019 Australian federal election
county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States
Furthermore, Iran announces that it will stop exporting uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program.
generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
state of Oklahoma in connection with allegations that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Manchester City F.C. win England's 2018–19 FA Cup by defeating Watford F.C. 6-0 in the final, marking the first time that an English club has won all three domestic titles in one season.
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces, via a television broadcast, that he has extended the moratorium on capital punishment for gay sex convictions. No executions have been carried out in Brunei since 1957. There has been overwhelming international backlash against a number of the changes affected by the stricter interpretation of Islamic law published on 3 April 2019. The Sultan also said Brunei will ratify the United Nations Convention against Torture.
courts created under Article I of the United States Constitution
The 5-4 decision overrules the Nevada v.
The annual meeting of the secretive Bilderberg Group takes place at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace in Montreux, Switzerland. The Conference will last for four days.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
The California High-Speed Rail Authority sues the U.S. Transportation Department to block the cancelling of $929 million federal grant for the California High-Speed Rail project.
A five-person crew and 73 passengers were on board.
The Israeli Air Force carries out dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas militants. The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency's media office in Gaza was among those hit by Israeli missiles, prompting outrage from Turkish officials.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
legislative branch of the Libyan government
offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system
30 Sheffield Rd., Wakefield, Massachusetts
U.S. President Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the highest civilian awards in the United States, to Tiger Woods for his accomplishments in professional golf and charitable work.
2019 European Parliament election in Spain
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Spain
Documents filed in a United States bankruptcy court indicate that the bankrupt utility company Pacific Gas & Electric has not been able to reach a settlement with its creditors over billions of dollars it owes under power purchase contracts. PG&E wants the issue settled by the bankruptcy court rather than by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand since 2016, is officially crowned sovereign.
deployed a bomber task force and the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the region.
It remains unclear whether his Liberal-National Coalition has won a majority of seats, or whether it will form a minority government.
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
indirect conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
Israel is expected to hold a new election on September 17 as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government.
The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reports that, due to human activity, the Earth's biodiversity has suffered a catastrophic decline that is unprecedented in human history.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro proposes early elections for Venezuela's National Assembly. Opposition leader and National Assembly President Juan Guaidó has stated a rejection of the proposal.
Date: 16 February 1985 – ongoing (37 years, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Hamas and other militant groups in the Gaza Strip fire hundreds of rockets at Israel, killing two Israeli civilians in Ashkelon and one in Ashdod.
federal agents raid the Venezuelan embassy to evict Code Pink protesters, at the request of National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó.
In addition to the European Parliament and regional elections, voters in Belgium head to the polls to vote for the members of the Chamber of Representatives.
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States
International police organization (founded 1923)
The United States House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenas former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and former Deputy White House Counsel Annie Donaldson in regards to their actions during the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
Péchier has denied all charges, and is scheduled for a hearing later this week.
overview about the education system of Brazil
strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz
family of United States laws authorizing DoD spending
In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, Jake Thomas Patterson is sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murders of her parents.
American online social media and social networking service
About 900 children are released from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a militia formed in Nigeria to counter Boko Haram.
David W. Panuelo is sworn in as President of the Federated States of Micronesia, succeeding Peter M. Christian, after being elected by the Congress.
agency of the California State Transportation Agency
Novotroitske, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast
urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The United States Department of State orders all non-emergency, non-essential government employees at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and Erbil consulate office to leave Iraq amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf between the United States and Iran.
The Libyan National Army shoots down a pro-GNA Mirage F1 fighter jet over Tripoli, capturing its pilot, who claimed to be Portuguese, though the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't confirm his identity. Pictures released by the LNA's media office show the wounded pilot flanked by LNA officials.
Lower federal courts ordered Michigan and Ohio electoral maps to be redrawn before the 2020 United States presidential election.
commune in the metropolis of Lyon, France
royal coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand
come in second with 97 points, continuing their 29-year title drought.
Executive mansion and office of the President of Argentina
suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Two people are killed and several are missing due to a tornado in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by a judge in the United Kingdom for breaching bail in 2012. Assange still faces possible extradition to the United States on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
'Incident' at Sheffield house kills 2 children; 4 more hospitalised
The Swedish prosecutor files an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation.
Swedish prosecutors mention their intent to seek extradition of Assange from the United Kingdom after he has served his 50-week prison sentence for skipping bail.
Multiple people are killed, including three militants, two Mujahideen, two civilians and two Indian soldiers, in Kashmir after a shootout.
European citizens in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands vote in the first day of 2019's European Parliament elections.
Two Saudi Aramco oil pumping stations are attacked in an apparent drone strike according to Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry.
Indonesia's General Elections Commission announces that incumbent President Joko Widodo has won last month's presidential election, with 55.5% of the vote. His rival Prabowo Subianto's team, however, refuses to sign and validate the results.
high-speed rail system under construction and planning in California, United States
private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The European Union and leading member states such as Belgium, France and Germany, criticize the Turkish government's decision to re-run Istanbul's mayoral election, which was won by underdog Ekrem İmamoğlu of the opposition multi-party Nation Alliance.
Whole Foods Market announces it will eliminate disposable plastic straws in July from its stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
China announces its intent to increase tariffs from 10% to 25% on $60 billion worth of imports from the United States effective June 1, 2019.
The Hableány, a sightseeing river cruise ship on the Danube in Budapest, capsizes and sinks with 34 South Korean tourists on board. At least seven people are killed and 19 remain missing.
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announces his resignation over disputes of him holding dual citizenship and after weeks of defections from his coalition government.
person who opens and runs restaurants professionally
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales
constitutional monarchy and monarch of the Kingdom of Thailand
overview of the legal status of same-sex marriage
Four people are killed and seven others are injured in three blasts in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. Police believe a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible.
Cook Islands doctor, researcher and politician
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama asks developed nations, especially the United States, to help fight climate change to "prevent the current crisis from escalating into total chaos."
The United States Department of Justice charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, including provisions that prohibit a conspiracy to obtain, receive and disclose national defense information, attempting to crack computer passwords, and unlawful receipt of sensitive information such as State Department communications and Defense Department logs.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
The Libyan National Army shoots down a pro-GNA Mirage F1 fighter jet over Tripoli, capturing its pilot, who claimed to be Portuguese, though the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't confirm his identity.
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Treaty that lays the framework for most diplomatic relationships
Former comedian and reality television actor Volodymyr Zelensky is sworn in as the 6th President of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada. Zelensky announces the dissolution of parliament and calls a snap parliamentary election.
In African football, the 2019 CAF Champions League Final between Morocco's Wydad Casablanca, and Tunisia's Espérance Sportive de Tunis, is abandoned after Wydad Casablanca players refused to play following a row over a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR). The referee subsequently awarded the victory to Espérance Sportive de Tunis for their fourth CAF title.
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
A 55-year-old pediatrician, Ricardo Russo, is arrested at the Hospital Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was Chief of the Immunology Department.
continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant
2019 European Parliament election in Croatia
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Croatia
United States House Committee on Ways and Means
Assange still faces possible extradition to the United States on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
American multinational pharmaceutical company
Describes the diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Iraq
Voters head to the polls to elect the next President of Malawi, Parliament and local government councillors.
A blast hits Baghdad's northeastern Sadr City district. ISIL claims responsibility. No verified report on casualties is presently available.
The Toronto Raptors host the first National Basketball Association (NBA) finals game in their franchise history, against the Golden State Warriors, and the first outside the United States in NBA history at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
The latter horse is the first Kentucky Derby winner ever to have been disqualified for interference.
Describes the diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Islamic Republic of Iran
U.S. House districts in the state of Michigan
No verified report on casualties is presently available.
Maine becomes the 17th U.S. state to ban conversion therapy for minors.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
The Japanese Era Reiwa (令和) begins as Emperor Naruhito accedes to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The Emperor inherits two of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan during a symbolic ceremony, which formalises his ascension.
thin tube used to suck liquids from a container into the mouth of the drinker
leader of a country or part of a country, usually in republics
Iraq sentences three French militants to death for their involvement in ISIS.
Three Britons and a South African die when their light aircraft crashes on approach to Dubai International Airport, closing the world's busiest airport for 45 minutes.
2019 Portuguesa, Venezuela prison uprising
New documents reveal that Jussie Smollett bought drugs from Abimbola "Abel" and Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo, the two people who accused him of staging an attack on January 29.
The pilot and passenger were the only people on board.
Wikimedia list of persons by position held
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Representatives from 17 world governments and various U.S.
natural body consisting of layers that are primarily composed of minerals
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro proposes early elections for Venezuela's National Assembly.
American songwriter R. Kelly is charged by Cook County prosecutors with 11 counts of sexual assault and abuse.
Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria, announces the dissolution of his government and calls for a snap election.
British Prime Minister Theresa May fires Gavin Williamson as Secretary of State for Defence, following the leaking of information relating to a National Security Council meeting, regarding the security risk posed by Chinese multinational telecommunications company Huawei.
national intelligence agency of the United States
At least seven people are killed and another 20 injured in a shooting at Pavón Prison near Guatemala City.
North Korea fires several short-range projectiles from the east coast city of Wonsan.
Maduro's government considers the raid to be a violation of the Vienna convention.
The Syrian Arab Army launches a ground offensive against HTS and NFL-held areas in northern Hama and southern Idlib, after six days of intensive airstrikes on the region.
Four soldiers of the Chadian Army and a journalist are killed following a Boko Haram attack near the northern shore of Lake Chad. Boko Haram have reportedly continued their incursion into northern Chad.
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
person who delivers sermons or gives homilies
The eldest two children, aged 13 and 14, subsequently died at Sheffield Children's Hospital; the other four children remain hospitalised.
A federal lawsuit is filed to block Alabama’s abortion ban.
List of Chinese spy cases in the United States of America
Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Saulius Skvernelis is about to resign after the bad results of his candidature.
In horse racing, Country House wins the 145th Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security is disqualified.
SEBIN agents detain Juan Guaidó's deputy Edgar Zambrano, the Vice President of the opposition-held National Assembly, and are reported to have taken him to El Helicoide prison.
2019 European Parliament election in Romania
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Romania
The United Nations General Assembly passes a non-binding resolution demanding the United Kingdom return control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. The Mauritians claim they were forced to give up the islands to the British in 1965 in exchange for independence.
president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
standardized college admission test in the United States
The Freewinds cruise ship is quarantined in Saint Lucia over concerns of a measles epidemic after it is reported that one of the passengers has the disease. The cruise ship is reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology, a religious organization that opposes vaccinations against diseases such as measles.
Minister of State for Development and Africa
The ship is suspected of violating sanctions.
2019 Conservative Party leadership election
The injured have been taken to hospital.
American white nationalist and politician
List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner is released from a halfway house in the Bronx, completing his 21-month federal prison sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.
The show has long been criticised for its style, with many describing it as poverty porn.
Despite opinion polls predicting a Labor victory, the Labor Party loses several seats, with support in the key state of Queensland far lower than expected. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten concedes defeat and steps down as party leader.
Facebook and Instagram ban political figures Alex Jones, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Nehlen, David Duke and Laura Loomer, from their platforms and remove their pages for allegedly engaging in "violence and hate".
The omission was first highlighted by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
pseudoscientific or religious attempt to convert gender or sexual orientation
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
Four people are killed when two sightseeing planes, with a total of 14 Royal Princess ship tourists, collide near Ketchikan, Alaska.
Sinclair Broadcast Group buys Fox Sports Networks (FSN) from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion.
Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
The Swedish prosecutor files an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation. Assange is serving a 50-week prison sentence in the United Kingdom for skipping bail.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 up to 2018
The Israeli Air Force carries out dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas militants.
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
Harvard announces that they will not renew law professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.'s appointment as dean of Winthrop House after he joined the defense of Harvey Weinstein. He remains a regular professor.
Yesterday, 15 prisoners were killed in a fight between rival prison gangs at a facility near the Amazonas capital Manaus.
One of the vessels was en route to the United Arab Emirates to be loaded with Saudi Arabia crude oil and sent to the United States.
region in the province of Alberta, Canada
Temer's lawyer's appeal will be heard on Tuesday.
At least twelve people have been killed in total by the cyclone.
sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses
type of worship service within many Christian denominations
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announces, two days before their scheduled trial, it has agreed to pay $85 million to the U.S. state of Oklahoma in connection with allegations that it helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.
horse race held at Churchill Downs in 2019
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and has scheduled a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron for next week.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
The New York State Legislature passes a bill that will authorize state tax officials to release U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the Internet Sovereignty Bill [ru] into law.
Anti-terrorist prosecutors are leading the investigation.
Four people are killed in an attack on a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso, the latest in a string of assaults on Christian places of worship in the region.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
A North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal, seized by the United States in the East China Sea for suspected sanctions violation, arrives in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
The law reclassifies abortion as a Class A felony and attempted abortion as a Class C felony.
Rare-earth metals are discovered in KELT-9b, an exoplanet located 650 light-years away from Earth.
Additionally, voting in the Czech Republic continues for the second day.
French overseas country in the Southern Pacific ocean
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America
head of the state and government of Florida
elections for the regional parliaments of Belgium on 26 May 2019
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
criminal offence in Hong Kong, Irish, and Commonwealth law
WhatsApp confirms a major security bug in the app let hackers remotely install surveillance software on its users' devices. All 1.5 billion users are urged to update WhatsApp as a precaution. The technology used in the cyberattack appears to have originated from NSO Group, a technology company operating out of Israel.
ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
One day after peace talks between the Taliban and the United States ended with no resolution, Taliban militants attack government outposts in northwestern Afghanistan, killing at least twelve Afghan soldiers.
The High Court of Kenya rules against a bid to strike down Section 162 and 165 of the Kenyan Penal Code, a sodomy law. The plaintiffs plan to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Taliban insurgents kill 13 and injure 55 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Puli Khumri, Afghanistan, using guns and suicide vests.
total value of a public company's outstanding shares
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sends letters to the P5+1 leaders of the United Kingdom, China, Russia, Germany, France and the European Union announcing the country's partial withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement.
election for the 46th Parliament of Australia
Italian-American multinational automotive manufacturing (2014-2021)
The Governor of Missouri Mike Parson signs House Bill 126 into law, effective on August 28, 2019, bans all abortions in the state of Missouri at or beyond 8 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of medical emergencies. Persons who perform abortion in the state after 8 weeks of pregnancy face 5 to 15 years in prison.
San Francisco becomes the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition systems by law enforcement.
A 55-year-old pediatrician, Ricardo Russo, is arrested at the Hospital Garrahan in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was Chief of the Immunology Department. He is accused of sexually abusing minors, distributing and possessing child pornography, including handicapped children and babies. He was wanted by the U.S. FBI and public prosecutors in Brazil.
designation given by the United States government to close allies
John Walker Lindh, the first person to be convicted of a crime in the War on Terror, is released on probation from a U.S.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) rules in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, that a state cannot be sued in another state's court, overturning a 40-year-old precedent. The 5-4 decision overrules the Nevada v. Hall stare decisis set in 1979 which allowed private suits from one state to be brought in another state's court.
The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Denver Nuggets 140-137 in quadruple overtime, making the game the first quadruple overtime game in the playoffs since 1953.
direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology
In separate press conferences, former Liberal cabinet members Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, who both resigned over the government's handling of the SNC-Lavalin criminal case, announce they are running as independents in the October 2019 elections.
Date: First phase: 4 April 2019 – 25 March 2020 (11 months and 3 weeks) Second phase: 26 March – 5 June 2020 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott loses his seat to independent candidate and former Olympian Zali Steggall.
Several unusual things are discovered at the bottom, including four new species of prawn-like crustaceans, a new species of snailfish, strange brightly coloured rocky outcrops and a plastic bag.
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia
List of timeline articles about investigations into Donald Trump and Russia
2019 European Parliament election in Denmark
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Denmark
A rocket explodes inside the heavily fortified Green Zone sector of Iraq's capital, landing less than a mile from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad amid heightened tensions in the region between the United States and Iran.
Taiwan passes a law under which spies from China would be subject to life imprisonment or even the death penalty.
Lower house of the Parliament of Australia
legal right conferred to citizens of European Union member states
A man stabs two people to death and wounds 17 others, including sixteen children, in Kawasaki, Japan, before slitting his own throat; he later dies of his wounds.
city ​​and county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
The Syrian Army and Iran-back militants shell the town of Khan Sheykhun and the villages of Al-Kassabiyya, Abdin, Karasaa, Kafr Sajna and Al-Naqeer.
President Donald Trump's financial records.
2019 Belizean territorial dispute referendum
Allegations of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein
2019 European Parliament election in Portugal
Portuguese European elections to Parliament in 2019
legislative branch of a South African province
bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Meta Platforms-owned mobile instant messenger and social media service
combined organization of the US and Canada providing air defence for North America
24th season of the IndyCar Series and the 98th official championship season of American open wheel racing
American serial killer Bobby Joe Long who murdered 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area during an eight month period in 1984 is executed by lethal injection.
commissioner of US Internal Revenue Service
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Northwestern Syria offensive (April 2019–present)
Three people, including a senior Muslim preacher, are killed and at least 20 injured after an explosion in a mosque during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
lower house of the United States Congress
The current negotiations for a new deal between the two countries, originally planned for Wednesday, are now in question.
During a police raid, six children are found unconscious inside a residential property in the Shiregreen suburb of Sheffield, England.
During a police raid, six children are found unconscious inside a residential property in the Shiregreen suburb of Sheffield, England. The eldest two children, aged 13 and 14, subsequently died at Sheffield Children's Hospital; the other four children remain hospitalised.
President Bolsonaro expresses support for comedian Danilo Gentili who was sentenced to six months in prison for a sexually graphic rant against a congresswoman, saying that she was a transexual or a prostitute.
covert counterintelligence investigation into links between Trump associates and Russian officials
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
movement that claims the Baloch people are a distinct nation
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Several gunmen open fire inside a bar in Belém, Brazil, killing at least eleven people.
island of the Bismarck Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean
Six explosive devices detonated in several locations in Kirkuk, Iraq kill 5 people and injure 20 others.
The Cook Islands secretary of health, Josephine Herman, says that the country is holding and containing the latest outbreak of Dengue, which has killed 22 people and infected another 28.
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
A helicopter with only the pilot onboard crashes into the Hudson River shortly after taking off from the West 30th Street Heliport in New York City injuring the pilot and the dockworker on the ground.
legal recognition of same-sex unions in Taiwan
At least 41 passengers are killed after Sukhoi Superjet 100 (flight SU1492), which suffered an inflight fire, is engulfed by fire after an emergency crash landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. A five-person crew and 73 passengers were on board.
The Sultan also said Brunei will ratify the United Nations Convention against Torture.
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
The redefinition of the SI system of measurement adopted by the majority of countries in the world takes effect.
The law’s effective date is tied to a similar Mississippi law which has already been temporarily blocked by a federal court.
Uber makes its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, starting by selling stocks at $42 and closing at $41.60. Uber's market cap drops from over $80 billion to about $72 billion.
Houthi forces begin to withdraw from several Yemeni ports, including Al Hudaydah, As-Salif and Ras Isa. The withdrawal is part of a UN-brokered ceasefire deal that aims to end the blockade of Yemen.
The suit comes after the Trump administration canceled the federal grant for California's bullet train on May 16, 2019.
Interstellar Technologies successfully launches uncrewed rocket MOMO-3 from its launch facility in Taiki, Hokkaido, becoming the first commercially developed Japanese rocket to reach the Kármán line.
Multiple destructive tornadoes strike Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding communities. There was at least one known fatality in Celina. Multiple homes and businesses were destroyed, with reports of numerous power outages and a boil and water conservation advisory issued for Dayton.
Militants kill at least 17 Niger Armed Forces troops in an ambush near the Malian border.
Places as far south as Calgary have reached 10+ on the Air Quality Health Index, and rated worse than some of the most polluted cities in the world.
variety of Marxism–Leninism developed by Mao Zedong
The White House is expected to announce the first part of their Middle East peace proposal in what officials are calling an economic "workshop" to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, Gaza, and the region. The workshop is expected to happen on June 25 and 26 in Manama, Bahrain.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, effective June 7.
British Prime Minister Theresa May fires Gavin Williamson as Secretary of State for Defence, following the leaking of information relating to a National Security Council meeting, regarding the security risk posed by Chinese multinational telecommunications company Huawei. Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt is appointed the first-ever female British Defence Secretary.
British Steel Limited goes into compulsory liquidation after rescue talks between the British government and the company's owners, Greybull Capital, fail. Around 5,000 workers are employed by the company, 3,800 of whom are based in the UK.
sovereign state in northern South America
The Toronto Raptors host the first National Basketball Association (NBA) finals game in their franchise history, against the Golden State Warriors, and the first outside the United States in NBA history at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The Raptors win 118–109.
A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida slides off the runway into the St. Johns River.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs the Internet Sovereignty Bill [ru] into law. The bill has drawn fierce criticism from civil society groups over fears that it would lead Russia to establish an isolated internet landscape.
The French Senate approves the reworded autonomy statute for French Polynesia.
2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania
Lithuanian European Parliament elections of 2019
anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails, screws, or similar objects
Six people die and more than 200 are injured in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, after protesters of the announced results of the presidential election clash with security forces and set fire to a police dormitory and vehicles.
National Security Council (United Kingdom)
UK government forum for collective discussion of the government’s objectives for national security
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
group of countries which in 2006 joined the diplomatic efforts with Iran in regard to its nuclear program
A suicide bombing near a military training center in the Afghan capital city of Kabul kills 6 people and leaves 6 others injured.
bill in the United States Congress that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
head of state and head of government of Brazil
ongoing indirect conflict between Iran and Israel
Interpol's Operation Blackwrist arrests nine people in Australia, Thailand and the United States, and rescues 50 children in connection with a 63,000-member online pedophilia ring.
American multinational technology corporation
Binary Aten asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4 and its minor-planet moon make their closest-ever recorded flyby of Earth at 3.2 million miles away. The asteroid will approach even closer at 0.0155 AU (2,320,000 km) from Earth in 2036, and is the largest asteroid to approach Earth until (4953) 1990 MU in June 2027.
President Donald Trump's state returns to Congress.
sharp increase in measles cases between 2010 and 2019
Uber's market cap drops from over $80 billion to about $72 billion.
political and economic union of 27 European states
dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom
Republican Fred Keller wins the special election against his Democratic opponent Marc Friedenberg.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
2016 alleged Russian-backed coup d'état plot in Montenegro
The treaty gave tribe members hunting rights on "unoccupied" lands.
county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
municipality in Brazil, the capital and largest municipality of state of Pará in the country's north
There has been overwhelming international backlash against a number of the changes affected by the stricter interpretation of Islamic law published on 3 April 2019.
Sky News journalist Alex Crawford and her media team are fired on by Syrian Army tanks in the Tahrir al-Sham-held village of Hbit, Idlib Governorate, while covering the fighting there. Their guide, Bilal Abdul Kareem, is injured by shrapnel to his chest.
city in Madison County, Illinois, United States
At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in a school shooting in Douglas County, Colorado. Two suspects are in custody.
It is the country's first win since 1975.
2019 edition of the NBA Finals, between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors
Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney
2019 business transaction involving Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passes legislation legalizing same-sex marriage and limited joint-custody rights, making Taiwan the first country in Asia to do so. President Tsai Ing-wen and her cabinet helped draft the bill, and she will sign it into law on or before May 24.
Sheridan, Big Horn, Johnson, and Washakie counties, Wyoming, USA
Prosecutors in Sweden reopen the rape allegation investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Trump's U.S. Attorney General William Barr appoints Republican U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham to investigate the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane and Special Counsel investigations, and any criminality that may have occurred.
2019 European Parliament election in Italy
2019 election of members of the European Parliament for Italy
Fifteen days after the first wave of protests, millions of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations in over a hundred Brazilian cities against massive cuts in the education budget. Brazilian Education Minister Abraham Weintraub accuses teachers of "coercing" students into participating in the protests.
At least nine people are killed when a car bomber attacks a police checkpoint in the Bondhere District of Mogadishu
prison located in Yangon Division, Myanmar, infamous for its poor conditions and torture of inmates
Catherine Pugh, Mayor of Baltimore, resigns under investigation for alleged financial improprieties.
She will remain Prime Minister until a successor is elected.
A former CIA officer, Kevin Patrick Mallory, is sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Virginia for spying for China.
A powerful tornado hits Jefferson City, Missouri, leaving people trapped or injured and structural damage according to city and state officials. At least three people are killed in southwestern Missouri when a storm system sweeps across the state causing extensive damage.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya
Huawei files for a summary judgment, seeking to expedite its March lawsuit against the U.S. Government, challenging the constitutionality of Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act that bans U.S. executive government agencies from procuring Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment based on national security.
state to ban conversion therapy for minors.
2019 terrorist attack by Naxalites in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India
It is believed the shooting is linked to the 2015–19 Irish gangland feud.
SEBIN agents detain Juan Guaidó's deputy Edgar Zambrano, the Vice President of the opposition-held National Assembly, and are reported to have taken him to El Helicoide prison. He is the most high profile opposition politician arrested since the presidential crisis began in January.
Member of the British royal family and former actress
The withdrawal is part of a UN-brokered ceasefire deal that aims to end the blockade of Yemen.
The workshop is expected to happen on June 25 and 26 in Manama, Bahrain.
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
French anaesthesiologist Frédéric Péchier, previously investigated in the poisoning of seven patients at private clinics in Besançon, France, is being held over suspicions that he poisoned a further 17 - 50.
Venezuela's Ambassador to Italy, Isaías Rodríguez, resigns, citing the government's lack of finances amid international sanctions on the Nicolás Maduro government.
2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia
Slovenian European Parliament election in 2019
Sky News journalist Alex Crawford and her media team are fired on by Syrian Army tanks in the Tahrir al-Sham-held village of Hbit, Idlib Governorate, while covering the fighting there.
Italian jurist and politician (born 1964)
The New York State Legislature passes a bill that will authorize state tax officials to release U.S. President Donald Trump's state returns to Congress.
Indian record label and film production company T-Series' most-subscribed YouTube channel reaches 100 million subscribers.
Washington becomes the first U.S. state to legalize human composting, the right to allow people to have their body turned into soil after death. The process is seen as an alternative to traditional cremations and burials.
Alaska Panhandle, Alaska, U.S. Interactive map of Tongass National Forest
The United States deploys a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to respond to threats from Iran.
Uber makes its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, starting by selling stocks at $42 and closing at $41.60.
president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, vicepresident of Argentina
American serial killer and rapist (1953-2019)
subject of controversy for the past several years
Western Bank, Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
The stations are linked to a pipeline transporting oil from the eastern fields to the western coast port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences
Catherine Pugh, Mayor of Baltimore, resigns under investigation for alleged financial improprieties. Baltimore City Council president Jack Young has been serving as acting mayor since April 2.
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado announces he is running for the Democratic Party's nomination to be President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.
The California Senate passes a bill that would keep Donald Trump out of the 2020 presidential primaries until he releases his tax returns.
Voters in North Macedonia head to the polls for the second round of the 2019 presidential election. Stevo Pendarovski of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia wins over his opponent Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
U.S. federal executive department overseeing commerce
Trials held in Burkina Faso showed mosquito populations collapsed by 99% within 45 days.
2016 United States presidential election
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
President of the Federated States of Micronesia (2019-present)
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Her constitutional impediment is for being the daughter of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.
association football club in Watford, England
far-right YouTuber, radio host, writer and editor
The Constitutional Court determines that Zury Ríos has a constitutional impediment to be a presidential candidate and leaves her out of the electoral contest.
The bill has drawn fierce criticism from civil society groups over fears that it would lead Russia to establish an isolated internet landscape.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and warns Russia to not interfere in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Twenty children die in a fire in Surat, India.
legal regime of the United States of America at all levels of government
division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination
Multiple people are injured in Lyon, France, by a bomb filled with bolts.
Argentine congressman Héctor Enrique Olivares of the UCR party is shot by two assailants and is in critical condition.
chief prosecutor representing the United States federal government
Security researchers from Graz University of Technology and Catholic University of Leuven discover a major new class of Microarchitectural Data Sampling vulnerabilities called ZombieLoad in Intel processors, which, if exploited, can be used to steal sensitive information directly from the processor. Almost every computer with an Intel chip dating back to 2011 is affected by these vulnerabilities.
77th & 85th United States Attorney General
international military campaign that started after 11 September 2001
Laurentino Cortizo of the center-left Democratic Revolutionary Party defeats Rómulo Roux of the center-right Democratic Change party in a narrow election to become the next president of Panama.
federal crimes in the United States that involve mailing or electronically transmitting something associated with fraud
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announces, two days before their scheduled trial, it has agreed to pay $85 million to the U.S.
political opposition research report regarding the 2016 US election
2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
2019 election of members of the European parliament for the Czech Republic
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
The 21-story building, which was listed on National Register of Historic Places, had been vacant since 2007.
bilateral relations between United Arab Emirates and Iran
American undersea explorer Victor Vescovo sets a new world record for the deepest ever sea dive at 10,972 metres (35,997 ft) in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. Several unusual things are discovered at the bottom, including four new species of prawn-like crustaceans, a new species of snailfish, strange brightly coloured rocky outcrops and a plastic bag.
Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia rules that accounting firm Mazars must comply with a subpoena issued by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform to turn over U.S. President Donald Trump's financial records.
South Korea vows to send humanitarian aid to North Korea through international organizations as it suffers droughts.
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
American legislative committee overseeing intelligence
Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt is appointed the first-ever female British Defence Secretary.
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
heliport on the west side of Manhattan in New York City
Chinese stocks are down, falling more than 5 percent as of midday, following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to raise tariffs against Chinese-made goods on Sunday. The current negotiations for a new deal between the two countries, originally planned for Wednesday, are now in question. U.S. stock futures fell sharply as well.
American undersea explorer Victor Vescovo sets a new world record for the deepest ever sea dive at 10,972 metres (35,997 ft) in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.
act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees
Forty-seven insurgents and five Egyptian soldiers are killed in a gunfight in the Sinai Peninsula.
At least one person is killed and eight people are injured in a school shooting in Douglas County, Colorado.
A strong earthquake measuring .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 8.0 strikes northeastern Peru, causing one death and several injuries.
Maoist insurgents are currently active in the area, leading officials to believe them to be responsible.
form of property deposited or pledged to a court
Former comedian and reality television actor Volodymyr Zelensky is sworn in as the 6th President of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada.
state to legalize human composting, the right to allow people to have their body turned into soil after death.
prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
He is the most high profile opposition politician arrested since the presidential crisis began in January.
Voters in North Macedonia head to the polls for the second round of the 2019 presidential election.
Japanese multinational electronics corporation
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
Police believe a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible.
U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Multiple people were rescued though two others are missing.
A by-election will be called to elect a replacement MP.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
right to communicate one's opinions and ideas and right to speak
Manchester City F.C. win England's 2018–19 Premier League for the second year in a row with 98 points, while Liverpool F.C. come in second with 97 points, continuing their 29-year title drought.
Around 5,000 workers are employed by the company, 3,800 of whom are based in the UK.
Hundreds of counter-protesters show up and protest against an estimated nine attendees of a planned rally by a Ku Klux Klan-affiliated group in Dayton, Ohio.
American radio host and conspiracy theorist (born 1974)
2019 European Parliament election in Ireland
Irish component of the 2019 European Parliament election
additional period of play to bring a game to a decision
Opposition leader and National Assembly President Juan Guaidó has stated a rejection of the proposal.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Herrera v. Wyoming rules in favor of a Native American elk hunter from Montana who was convicted for hunting off-season in Bighorn National Forest, deciding that the 1868 federal treaty between the Crow Nation and the U.S. Government is still in force even after Wyoming became a state in 1890. The treaty gave tribe members hunting rights on "unoccupied" lands.
Kidnapping and double homicide in Barron, Wisconsin in October 2018
Houthi forces begin to withdraw from several Yemeni ports, including Al Hudaydah, As-Salif and Ras Isa.
2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
Catalan leader Raül Romeva is sworn in as Senator.
period of the Government of the United Kingdom
Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
setting electoral district boundaries to favor specific political interests in legislative bodies
Ingrida Šimonytė wins the first round and will dispute the second round with Gitanas Nausėda.
An Iranian woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison for suspected spying for the United Kingdom.
He had not appointed a prime minister since being elected in December 2018.
city of Baltimore, Maryland, has been battling a ransomware attack that has blocked government email accounts and disabled online payments to city departments.
2019 European Parliament election in Estonia
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Estonia
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
United States federal district court of Connecticut
upper house of the United States Congress
bilateral relations between Italy and Venezuela
Danish elections for the European Parliament
professional basketball tournament to determine the 2019 champion of the NBA
His rival Prabowo Subianto's team, however, refuses to sign and validate the results.
mass extrajudicial killing of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia rules that accounting firm Mazars must comply with a subpoena issued by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform to turn over U.S.
Indonesia's General Elections Commission announces that incumbent President Joko Widodo has won last month's presidential election, with 55.5% of the vote.
type of container made of thin, flexible, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, or plastic textile
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs a heartbeat bill that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
The cruise ship is reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology, a religious organization that opposes vaccinations against diseases such as measles.
open-source operating system for mobile devices created by Google
109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022
capital of the Punjab province, Pakistan
United States territory in the Pacific Ocean
general election held in the Republic of South Africa
digital cash system and associated currency
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
security weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance
20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Stevo Pendarovski is sworn in as the President of North Macedonia after winning the election, the first after the Prespa agreement.
Air quality warnings are issued for most of Alberta as a result of the thick smoke moving across the province. Places as far south as Calgary have reached 10+ on the Air Quality Health Index, and rated worse than some of the most polluted cities in the world.
Interpol's Operation Blackwrist arrests nine people in Australia, Thailand and the United States, and rescues 50 children in connection with a 63,000-member online pedophilia ring. More arrests are expected. Investigators from nearly 60 countries participated in this operation.
city in and seat of Mercer County, Ohio, United States
Four Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on their base in Iraq by Kurdish forces.
overview of the economy of the United Kingdom
The High Court of Kenya rules against a bid to strike down Section 162 and 165 of the Kenyan Penal Code, a sodomy law.
An attack on forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in Sabha, Libya, kills at least nine people.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
scholarly society, publisher and standards organization, headquartered in the US
The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó tells the BBC he is considering formally requesting the United States to launch a military intervention to topple President Nicolás Maduro. Guaidó led a failed uprising against Maduro last month.
French police arrest four people in connection with last Friday's bombing in Lyon's historic city center that injured 13 people.
three cup wins in a season in association football
group of centre-right political parties in Australia
international airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
2019 report by the United Nations on mass extinction
senior staff of the President of the United States in charge of leading the White House's media campaign
capital and most populous city of Russia
Martin Tower, the tallest building in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is destroyed in a controlled demolition by the Controlled Demolition, Inc.
British Conservative Party leadership election
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
Aldana was one of the favorites to succeed the current President Jimmy Morales.
ongoing and extensive overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources, which began in the United States in the late 1990s, when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management
President Tsai Ing-wen and her cabinet helped draft the bill, and she will sign it into law on or before May 24.
pedestrian street in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France
federal list of historic sites in the United States
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Myanmar President Win Myint pardons two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who had been imprisoned at Insein Prison for more than 500 days after being charged with possession of classified documents under the Official Secrets Act.
The Reserve Bank of Australia confirms it issued approximately 46 million new Australian $50 notes in late 2018 with a typo in the background fine print: "responsibility" is misspelled as "responsibilty", the third "i" is missing.
German global banking and financial services company
A powerful tornado hits Jefferson City, Missouri, leaving people trapped or injured and structural damage according to city and state officials.
Ongoing corruption scandal involving major universities in the U.S.
Xavier Espot Zamora is elected the new Prime Minister by the General Council, succeeding Antoni Martí.
a suicide bomb attack on 8 May 2019 outside Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan
The White House expressed support for the "overall goals reflected" in this pledge, but refused to back it, citing freedom of speech concerns.
citizens or residents of the United States of America
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
The United Nations General Assembly passes a non-binding resolution demanding the United Kingdom return control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius.
series of events relating to legal proceedings by the United Kingdom, Sweden and United States of America against Julian Assange
An Iranian woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison for suspected spying for the United Kingdom. A judiciary spokesman alleged that she was recruited by the British Council's Iran desk.
highest electoral authority of the Republic of Turkey
Terrorist mass shooting attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Russian officials are sentenced for a 2016 coup attempt in Montenegro.
The Emperor inherits two of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan during a symbolic ceremony, which formalises his ascension.
state in the western and central peninsular region of India
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is sentenced to 50 weeks in prison by a judge in the United Kingdom for breaching bail in 2012.
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
Indian music record label and film production company
head of the United States Department of the Treasury
supreme court in the European Union, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten concedes defeat and steps down as party leader.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó tells the BBC he is considering formally requesting the United States to launch a military intervention to topple President Nicolás Maduro.
legislation banning abortions after the conceptus' heartbeat can be detected
Four Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on their base in Iraq by Kurdish forces. Twenty PKK members were also killed in the attack.
Hamas and other militant groups in the Gaza Strip fire hundreds of rockets at Israel, killing two Israeli civilians in Ashkelon and one in Ashdod. Retaliatory Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 23 Palestinians, including a senior Hamas commander.
psychiatric disorder paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to prepubescent children
British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Huawei files for a summary judgment, seeking to expedite its March lawsuit against the U.S. Government, challenging the constitutionality of Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act that bans U.S.
Four people are killed when two sightseeing planes, with a total of 14 Royal Princess ship tourists, collide near Ketchikan, Alaska. Multiple people were rescued though two others are missing.
According to South Korean media, North Korea executed five officials back in March, including Kim Hyok-chol, its nuclear envoy to the United States, for their part in the failed second summit in Hanoi.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Taliban insurgents kill 13 and injure 55 people in an attack on a police headquarters in Puli Khumri, Afghanistan, using guns and suicide vests. The Taliban's high command recently rejected a ceasefire offer from the Afghan government.
Cyclone Fani starts affecting Bangladesh, where over a million people have been evacuated from the storm's path.
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
British Conservative party politician (born 1976)
64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
piece of software designed to update a computer program to fix or improve it
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, effective June 7. She will remain Prime Minister until a successor is elected.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
A study, published in the journal Science, finds a genetically enhanced fungus that produces spider toxin can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria.
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
The full House will vote on the measure in the near future.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
At least seven people are killed and 19 remain missing.
The hackers breached the city's servers on May 7 and demanded $100,000 (£79,000) worth of Bitcoin.
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
collective grouping of all French-administered territories and collectivities outside Europe
September 2019 Israeli legislative election
Duncan Laurence, representing the Netherlands, wins the 2019 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Arcade". It is the country's first win since 1975.
any of the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium
Lithuanians are called to the polls to elect the new President. Ingrida Šimonytė wins the first round and will dispute the second round with Gitanas Nausėda. Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Saulius Skvernelis is about to resign after the bad results of his candidature.
association football club in Liverpool, England
The mistake appears three times on the note and is extremely small requiring magnification to see.
The Japanese Era Reiwa (令和) begins as Emperor Naruhito accedes to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan.
Twenty PKK members were also killed in the attack.
List of notable tornadoes occurring in 2019
The Hableány, a sightseeing river cruise ship on the Danube in Budapest, capsizes and sinks with 34 South Korean tourists on board.
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
7th election of the 1990 Republic of Lithuania
Brazilian Education Minister Abraham Weintraub accuses teachers of "coercing" students into participating in the protests.
Former Brazilian President Michel Temer surrenders to the federal police in response to Wednesday's arrest warrant regarding an investigation into an alleged corruption scheme involving an Eletrobras nuclear power plant. Temer's lawyer's appeal will be heard on Tuesday.
Security forces have regained control of the facility.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) bans Huawei scientists from reviewing submissions to its peer-reviewed journals, due to the "severe legal implications" of U.S.
The Governor of Missouri Mike Parson signs House Bill 126 into law, effective on August 28, 2019, bans all abortions in the state of Missouri at or beyond 8 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of medical emergencies.
Cortizo receives 33% of the vote to Roux's 31%, marking the return of the Democratic Revolutionary Party after 10 years out of the presidency.
ritual act of placing a dead person into the ground
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Romania's Supreme Court denies Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea's appeal of his conviction and three-and-a-half year prison sentence for corruption.
2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Bulgaria
2019 UK Conservative Party leadership election
building in Massachusetts, United States
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
in association football, match official that reviews decisions made by the head referee with the use of video footage
U.S. federal agents raid the Venezuelan embassy to evict Code Pink protesters, at the request of National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó. They had been staying at the embassy at the invitation of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is locked in a dispute over the presidency with Guaidó. Maduro's government considers the raid to be a violation of the Vienna convention.
American lawyer, and current director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donald Trump Jr., son of U.S. President Donald Trump, is subpoenaed to testify before the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about the Trump Tower Moscow project and his Russian contacts in June 2016.
Part of the rollout of Australia's redesigned currency, the A$50 notes feature the first female member of an Australian parliament, social reformer Edith Cowan.
The Taliban's high command recently rejected a ceasefire offer from the Afghan government.
Panasonic suspends shipments of certain hardware components to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
Those freed include two Frenchmen who had been kidnapped in Benin on May 1 and a pair of women, one an American and the other a South Korean.
In African football, the 2019 CAF Champions League Final between Morocco's Wydad Casablanca, and Tunisia's Espérance Sportive de Tunis, is abandoned after Wydad Casablanca players refused to play following a row over a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).
The Constitutional Court determines that Zury Ríos has a constitutional impediment to be a presidential candidate and leaves her out of the electoral contest. Her constitutional impediment is for being the daughter of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.
overview of Internet censorship in the Russian Federation
system of units, based on the International System of Quantities, their names and symbols, including a series of prefixes and their names and symbols, together with rules for their use (International Vocabulary of Metrology)
Sixteen soldiers, including a driver, are killed in a landmine explosion in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Maoist insurgents are currently active in the area, leading officials to believe them to be responsible.
White House Communications Director for U.S. President Donald Trump
The United Nations states that at least 65 people are dead after a boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia while carrying migrants from Libya to Europe.
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time
Assange is serving a 50-week prison sentence in the United Kingdom for skipping bail.
Chinese multinational technology company
metropolitan area on the west coast of Florida, USA
The Constitutional Court ruled that former Attorney General Thelma Aldana can not participate as a presidential candidate and leaves her out of the elections.
Guaidó led a failed uprising against Maduro last month.
The order allows Attorney General Barr to declassify information he sees fit for the review process.
Argentine congressman Héctor Enrique Olivares of the UCR party is shot by two assailants and is in critical condition. One of his advisers dies as a result of the gunshots.
Myanmar security forces fire into a crowd of 275 Rakhine people detained during a search for Arakan Army members, killing six and wounding eight.
command responsible for South American area
Eight people have been killed in India, according to the Press Trust of India, and hundreds more injured.
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Brazil prison officials report at least 42 prisoners are found strangled to death in four separate jails in the state of Amazonas.
2019 European Parliament election in Latvia
Latvian European elections to Parliament in 2019
Authorities say the cyclone has killed at least five people in Bangladesh and damaged over a thousand homes.
A storm surge possibly up to 1.5m (5ft) is expected.
Eddie Gallagher, a U.S. Navy Seal charged with the murder of an ISIL prisoner, attempted murder of civilians, and obstruction of justice, is temporarily released from custody amidst allegations of misconduct by Navy prosecutors.
computer application capable of identifying or verifying an individual person from a digital image
Two Saudi Aramco oil pumping stations are attacked in an apparent drone strike according to Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry. The stations are linked to a pipeline transporting oil from the eastern fields to the western coast port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.
2019 U.S. government report on Russian interference in the 2016 election
Baltimore City Council president Jack Young has been serving as acting mayor since April 2.
Duncan Laurence, representing the Netherlands, wins the 2019 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Arcade".
American supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods
talks and activities of attempted approaches into the possible impeachment of Donald Trump
son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
A man is shot dead and his car set alight in Walshestown near Balbriggan, Dublin.
Italian firm Fiat Chrysler proposes a merger with French carmaker Renault. The new company will be based in the Netherlands and will be listed on the Milan, Paris and New York stock exchanges.
United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform
protecting information by mitigating information risks
concept in economics & game theory: a relative measure of happiness or satisfaction
The Governor of Alabama Kay Ivey signs the Human Life Protection Act into law, effective six months after signing, bans all abortions in the state of Alabama, except when "abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk" to the woman according to the bill's text. The law reclassifies abortion as a Class A felony and attempted abortion as a Class C felony.
International non-governmental organization
At least seven people are killed and another 20 injured in a shooting at Pavón Prison near Guatemala City. The injured have been taken to hospital. Security forces have regained control of the facility.
The annual meeting of the secretive Bilderberg Group takes place at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace in Montreux, Switzerland.
election for the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium on 26 May 2019
president stating he wants to avoid a confrontation, saying that ideals such as justice and universal brotherhood are more important than borders.
occurrence in which gun violence takes place at an educational institution
Pictures released by the LNA's media office show the wounded pilot flanked by LNA officials.
naval warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force
National forest in Wyoming, United States
military coup against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 April 2019
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies
one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA, located on Ford Island, Hawaii
The tsunami threat has now largely passed.
The Mauritians claim they were forced to give up the islands to the British in 1965 in exchange for independence.
Australian politician - first female in an Australian parliament
assessment of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
2019 European Parliament election in France
2019 election for members of the European Parliament in France
Fifteen days after the first wave of protests, millions of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations in over a hundred Brazilian cities against massive cuts in the education budget.
Lindh has refused to renounce Islamist extremism and will be on probation for three years.
The Jeremy Kyle Show, one of the United Kingdom's most watched reality television programmes, is cancelled by ITV Studios following the suicide of a male guest shortly after taking part in the programme.
2019 European Parliament election in Belgium
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Belgium
lower house of the Spanish legislative branch
cabinet whose political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority in the parliament
capital city of North Santander, Colombia
Severe damage and flooding has been reported.
2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
2019 election of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom
Two people are killed and several are missing due to a tornado in the U.S.
Date: 10 December 2012 – present (10 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
head of government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The vessel was carrying more than 400 people, the majority of whom were teachers going to collect their salaries.
Upper house of the Parliament of Australia
Dutch politician and communication employee
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
Binary Aten asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4 and its minor-planet moon make their closest-ever recorded flyby of Earth at 3.2 million miles away.
His wife Suthida Tidjai, who he had married only three days prior, is declared Queen consort.
Documents filed in a United States bankruptcy court indicate that the bankrupt utility company Pacific Gas & Electric has not been able to reach a settlement with its creditors over billions of dollars it owes under power purchase contracts.
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems / Linux distributions
American politician and accountant (born 1955)
Lithuanians are called to the polls to elect the new President.
Securities market located in Paris, France
International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis
A militant Baloch freedom movement. Balochistan is occupied by Pakistan.
annual private conference of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with other countries
executive government agencies from procuring Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment based on national security.
2019 European Parliament election in Finland
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Finland
Harvard announces that they will not renew law professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.'s appointment as dean of Winthrop House after he joined the defense of Harvey Weinstein.
The fungus did not affect other insects, such as bees.
Date: 30 April – 31 August 2019 (4 months and 1 day)
American pornographic actress and director
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
The Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency's media office in Gaza was among those hit by Israeli missiles, prompting outrage from Turkish officials.
association football club in Casablanca, Morocco
Saudi diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (born 1962)
Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district
congressional district in Pennsylvania, U.S.
city in Cole and Callaway counites in Missouri, United States; capital city of Missouri
chief tax-writing comittee of the United States House of Representatives
26th Minister of Defense of Indonesia and Indonesian politician
head of state and head of government of Burma
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
aircraft equipped with floats for operation from water surfaces
Two people are killed, the pilot and the passenger, when a floatplane crashes into Metlakatla harbor near Ketchikan, Alaska.
United States Department of Transportation
U.S. federal executive department overseeing highways, railroads, aviation, transit, and other modes of transportation
The Baloch Liberation Army, an ethnic Baloch separatist group fighting for independence for Balochistan province, claimed responsibility for the attack saying that four fighters were involved.
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
Their guide, Bilal Abdul Kareem, is injured by shrapnel to his chest.
Investigators from nearly 60 countries participated in this operation.
District mayor Denis Broliquier said the bomb was a relatively weak explosive that was too small to kill.
chemical compound with two deuterium atoms and one oxygen atom
city in Amazonas federated state, Brazil
a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme
British Steel Limited goes into compulsory liquidation after rescue talks between the British government and the company's owners, Greybull Capital, fail.
Cyclone Fani, an extremely severe category 4 storm and one of the strongest in recent years, makes landfall at the coastal town of Puri in the Indian state of Odisha.
2019 amendments to Russian Internet legislation
rapid transit system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
United States Navy air base in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Japanese imperial abdication and transition
another planet with environmental conditions similar to those found on the planet Earth
There was at least one known fatality in Celina.
United States federal executive department
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
2019 European Parliament election in Austria
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Austria
Fiona Onasanya, the member of the UK Parliament for Peterborough, is removed from her position following a successful recall petition in the wake of her conviction for perverting the course of justice, becoming the first MP in the country's history to lose their seat in this manner.
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
describes the effects created by human caused climate change
upgraded series of the Su-27 fighter aircraft
For the first time the United States seizes a North Korean merchant ship loaded with coal in the East China Sea sailing toward Indonesia. The ship is suspected of violating sanctions.
Despite opinion polls predicting a Labor victory, the Labor Party loses several seats, with support in the key state of Queensland far lower than expected.
2019 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
A tsunami alert is issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
2019 Crash of a Miami Air International Boeing 737-800
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces, via a television broadcast, that he has extended the moratorium on capital punishment for gay sex convictions.
Air quality warnings are issued for most of Alberta as a result of the thick smoke moving across the province.
political party (Founded 1959; sole legal party 1966-1993)
former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)
bilateral relations between Australia and China
2019 European Parliament election in Germany
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Germany
capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala
Zelensky announces the dissolution of parliament and calls a snap parliamentary election.
2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia
Slovakian European Parliament election in 2019
In addition, three other officials involved in the summit have reportedly been sent to a camp for political prisoners.
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
military intervention for humanitarian reasons
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
technology companies meet in Paris to support a set of anti-terrorism guidelines called the "Christchurch Call to Action" drafted by the governments of France and New Zealand.
The storm, weakening as it travels northeast through India, is expected to reach Chittagong in Bangladesh Saturday.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
private investment company that specializes in medium to long term investments in UK companies
Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Representative districts in the U.S. state of Ohio
overview of capital punishment in Taiwan
All 1.5 billion users are urged to update WhatsApp as a precaution.
Nigerian militants that oppose Boko Haram
medical specialty concerned with anesthesia and perioperative care
Andrea Leadsom resigns as the United Kingdom's Leader of the House of Commons with immediate effect in response to Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of Brexit. Several other cabinet ministers are reportedly threatening to resign.
One million Indians and 2.1 million Bangladeshis have been evacuated.
unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea
Stevo Pendarovski of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia wins over his opponent Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.
Multiple destructive tornadoes strike Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding communities.
The White House is expected to announce the first part of their Middle East peace proposal in what officials are calling an economic "workshop" to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, Gaza, and the region.
6-0 in the final, marking the first time that an English club has won all three domestic titles in one season.
American specialty pharmaceutical company based in Chandler, Arizona
presiding officer (speaker) of the National Assembly, Venezuela's unicameral legislature
earthquake in the Department of Loreto in Peru, struck on May 26, 2019
city to ban the use of facial recognition systems by law enforcement.
bilateral relations between Brazil and United States
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
overview of the links between Trump associates and Russian officials
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
former U.S. Representative from Michigan
2019 European Parliament election in Hungary
2019 election of members of the European parliament for Hungary
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL