A fight between rival gangs erupts in a jail in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, resulting in the deaths of seven people.
local government area in Western Australia
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is sentenced to a further 10 months imprisonment for participating in an unauthorized assembly on June 4, 2020 to commemorate the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Eleven people are killed and 29 more are injured when a roadside bomb hits a bus in Zabul Province.
Jaudata Faizi Street, 8, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Greece
A car explodes outside an apartment block in Arad, Romania. The driver, Ioan Crișan, a well-known fish farmer and businessman, was killed, and several windows were shattered. The authorities suspect foul play.
A convoy covered with Palestinian flags drives through North London shouting antisemitic language. Four people are arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offenses.
Algeria announces that it will reopen air and land borders on June 1, but only five flights a day from and to Algerian airports will be allowed as precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Second of two referendums that remade Kyrgyzstan a presidential republic
Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate begins its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with a 45-year-old nurse receiving the first dose.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill that would expedite anti-Asian hate crime reviews to the U.S. Justice Department.
Video-sharing platform LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years. The website has been controversial over the years, hosting videos such as the killing of captives by ISIL, the execution of Saddam Hussein and anti-Islamic film Fitna, which have resulted in the website's subsequent censorship in multiple countries.
New footage reveals that William Jennette, a truck driver, died in the Marshall County jail while gasping for breath minutes after police officers held him face down, with one taunting, "You shouldn't be able to breathe." Jennette's official post-mortem examination had ruled the death to be a homicide.
The Facebook Oversight Board upholds the social media giant's ban on former president Donald Trump.
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
Three-fifths of the Lithuanian Parliament vote to pass a nonbinding resolution condemning the forced internment of Muslim Uyghurs as genocide, demanding the repeal of the Hong Kong national security law, and calling for international observers to be allowed to enter Tibet and for the Chinese government to begin negotiations with the current Dalai Lama.
Sri Lanka approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the country faces its third wave of the pandemic and the highest number of active cases since the pandemic began.
nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920)
Indonesians gather at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to stand in solidarity with Palestine and demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
Brazilian social movements organize demonstrations in Brazil's major cities against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. Protestors demand Bolsonaro's impeachment over the perceived mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the government, with calls for faster and wider vaccination campaigns.
The country also reports a record 3,980 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 230,168.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Economic Community of West African States
A major Austrian Muslim organization files a lawsuit against the government for publishing a map on Thursday listing the location of the country's mosques and Islamic associations, saying it "represents an unprecedented crossing of boundaries". The Islamic Religious Community in Austria, the Turkish Foreign Ministry, and members of the ruling Green Party have also criticized the map's publication.
President Alberto Fernández announces a nine-day nationwide lockdown to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
India reports more than 8,800 cases of the deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection has a mortality rate of 50% and is believed to occur 12 to 18 days after recovery from COVID-19. Following the increase in the number of cases, India's states and territories are told to declare the disease as an epidemic.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
The new restrictions will be in effect from May 16 until June 13.
South Korea approves the use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
One Catholic priest is killed and another kidnapped in an armed attack on the parish in Malunfashi, Sokoto State, in northern Nigeria. Several other people are wounded in the assault.
Twenty-one runners die and eight more are injured when high winds and freezing rain strike a long-distance race in Jingtai, Gansu, China.
After compromising the Washington, D.C., police department's computers in April, the Babuk group releases thousands of the department's sensitive documents on the dark web. Hundreds of police officer disciplinary files dating back to 2004 are found, as well as intelligence reports that include feeds from other agencies, including the FBI and the Secret Service. The group reportedly asked for $4 million in ransom and were offered $100,000 at which point negotiations stopped.
The United States denies the claim that it had agreed to exchange either prisoners or money with Iran. The United Kingdom likewise denies that any definitive decision has been made in the case of Zaghari-Ratcliffe's repatriation.
Date: Main phase: 17 May 1980 – December 2000 Low-level resurgence: 22 June 2002 – present
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria
Mexican revolutionary leader and president (1873-1913)
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Mexico
pollution that gets thrown in the oceans
Parliamentary speaker Hammouda Sabbagh declares the re-election of President Bashar al-Assad, who received over 95.1% of votes. Several countries have expressed concerns about the fairness and legitimacy of the election and stated that they would not recognize the results.
Jordan reports its first three cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which originally discovered in India.
Jordan police disperse protesters who are trying to reach the Allenby Bridge near the border with Israel. Additionally, protesters from Lebanon also reach the Israeli border.
The Samoan head of state, Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, issues a proclamation preventing the Legislative Assembly of Samoa from meeting on May 24 without explanation, triggering a constitutional crisis.
Malaysia reports a record 6,075 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 485,496.
The Taipei City Government announces the indefinite closure of entertainment venues and multiple public facilities such as libraries and sports centres beginning tomorrow after Taiwan reports a record 29 new locally transmitted cases in the past 24 hours.
Malaysia reports a record 44 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one foreign citizen.
A Chinese law enacted on 2300 HKT, June 30, 2020, only in Hong Kong, for Safeguarding National Security
when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth
The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi announces a "very, very slow" easing of its lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases in major cities.
Thailand reports its first case of a SARS-CoV-2 variant that originated from Brazil in an overseas traveler who is currently in quarantine.
Rescuers evacuated all crew from the ship and reported that two people were injured.
Horn of Africa, Western Asia and South Asia
The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution drafted by the United States to extend the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan since 2018 until May 31, 2022, due to the increasing violence and repeated human rights abuses in the country.
Tamil Nadu enters a two-week complete lockdown until May 24 amidst an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
elected leader illegally maintaining or increasing power
Malaysia reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant when the authorities screen an Indian national at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Brentford F.C. defeat Swansea City A.F.C. 2–0 in the 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, securing promotion to the 2021–22 Premier League after a 74-year absence from the top flight of English football.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that security forces killed Sofi Nurettin, a high-ranking member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, in northern Iraq.
A US Coast Guard vessel fires roughly 30 warning shots on Monday to drive away Iranian fast-attack boats in an "unsafe" encounter in the Strait of Hormuz.
city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
lower house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan
The Malaysian government announces that all malls will have to close on total lockdown from June 1 to 14, while 17 essential service will be allowed to operate. The government also allow companies under 12 manufacturing sector to be continue operating with 60% capacity.
France sends two patrol boats, the Athos and Le Themis, to Jersey in response to the British deployment of the HMS Severn and the HMS Tamar to Jersey.
group of two double pipelines (i.e. 4 total) including Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2
A court in Paris dismisses the complaint of a French Vietnamese woman against several manufacturers of the Agent Orange chemical used by the United States military during the Vietnam War. The court rules it to be a sovereign case under the jurisdiction of the United States
Former South African President Jacob Zuma pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999. Zuma said that the charges were politically motivated by a rival section of the ruling African National Congress.
The Kyrgyzstan Interior Ministry launches 11 criminal probe investigations into the events on the border with Tajikistan.
Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Lucía Ramírez denies a request by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for on-site visits to investigate growing concerns of police brutality, censorship, and government repression amidst the ongoing civil unrest.
Ethiopia announces that it will proceed with plans to start generating power from the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the coming rainy season between June and August.
runs the diplomatic relations of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with other states
Tata Steel has said that it will support the families of its workers in India who have died of COVID-19. The firm said that it will pay deceased employees' salaries, housing and medical benefits until what would have been their retirement at the age of 60. The company has also pledged to cover the education costs of the children of deceased front line workers until they graduate. This is the third firm to make such an announcement, after hospitality group Oyo Rooms and glass manufacturer Borosil.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signs a decree that declares a two-day nationwide mourning effort for those who have died during border clashes with Tajikistan.
diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the European Union
city in and county seat of Bay County, Florida, United States
An accident, believed to have been caused by an emission of methane, kills ten people, injures four others, and causes several more people to remain missing inside a water treatment plant outside the city of Taganrog, in Russia's Rostov Region.
Iraqi security forces arrest Qasim Muslih, a senior commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces and head of the Anbar faction, for his role in the recent assaults on Al Asad Airbase and the killing of two civil activists.
India surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country to do so after the United States.
International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur
ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court
Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house to avoid capture from the rival IS–West African Province faction.
Malaysia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 8,290 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 549,514.
Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week.
India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil. India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month. Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died.
Runs the diplomatic and trade relations of Ireland with other states
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett announces that he and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid have formed a coalition government to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In response, Netanyahu accuses Bennett of committing the "fraud of the century".
Iran denies yesterday's reports of an agreement to exchange prisoners with the United States and the United Kingdom.
The 27 files include personal records of 12 individuals, including admissions records and laboratory results.
President Rodrigo Duterte receives his first dose of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine.
She had been previously deported from the United States for lying on her naturalization process.
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to remove several judges from the Supreme Court and remove the Attorney General, both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of Nayib Bukele. The event is being referred to as a self-coup by the opposition and by news media outlets.
Manchester City win the Premier League for the fifth time after rivals Manchester United were defeated 2–1 by Leicester City.
The report also claims that Israel is an American puppet state.
The opposition to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accuses the Belarusian government of diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, and forcing it to land in Minsk in order to arrest opposition journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich, who was on board. Although the motive for the forced landing was an alleged bomb threat, no explosives were found.
Several other Boko Haram members are also killed in the attack.
Sixteen Nigerien soldiers are killed and six others wounded when their patrol is ambushed in Tahoua.
large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores
flag-carrier and largest airline in France
14th edition of the Indian Premier League
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
Incumbent Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi refuses to concede power to recently elected Prime Minister Naomi Mataʻafa and a disputed government ensues with a FAST spokesman calling Malielegaoi's move as a "coup". New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls for upholding of democracy and law but rejects any interventionist role whereas the Federated States of Micronesia is the first country to recognize the legitimacy of Mataʻafa's government. Mataʻafa and FAST MPs remain locked out of parliament on the opening day of the new legislative session.
ethnic group; Mexicans of Asian descent.
A landslide at a clandestine gold mine in Siguiri, Guinea, kills at least fifteen miners.
head of state and government of Argentina
At least 22 civilians are killed in a mass stabbing attack with knives and machetes, during a raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2013 to 2019
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces the further easing of the COVID-19 restrictions. Hotels in Ireland can reopen from June 2, followed by cinemas, gyms, outdoor service at restaurants and pubs from June 7. Meanwhile, indoor services of two establishments will be reopened on July 5, and international travel will be resumed on July 17 through EU Digital COVID Certificate.
metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
A total lunar eclipse occurs, the second-shortest of the 21st century, with totality lasting for only 14 minutes. Nicknamed the Super Flower Blood Moon, the eclipse was visible over the Pacific Ocean and Oceania, with South and East Asia seeing the eclipse at moonrise, and the Americas seeing the eclipse at moonset.
offence under the common law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland
capital of Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Three Chinese industry associations announce in a joint statement that financial institutions and payment firms are banned from offering services related to cryptocurrency transactions, highlighting their high volatility. China had previously banned or restricted access to cryptocurrency exchanges, and blocked websites that had initial coin offerings.
Independent candidates win the largest number of seats in the election for the Constitutional Convention. The traditional center-right and center-left alliances reach their worst performance in an election since 1990, while the coalition between Broad Front and the Communist Party becomes the second-largest political force.
Tunisia enters a seven-day strict lockdown during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which includes a curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
ul. Pokoleń Lechii Gdańsk 1, 80-560 Gdańsk, Poland
Algeria reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in people from the coastal province of Tipaza.
The Bundestag votes to ban the culling of male chicks starting on January 1, 2022. The ban makes Germany the first country to ban male chick culling by law. Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner, who sponsored the bill, says that she did not consider chick culling "to be ethically acceptable".
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
The painting, which is signed on the back as "Vincent" and dated 1890, is a 36" by 36" square panorama of the valley of Auvers-sur-Oise, showing its mosaic of wheat fields bisected by a railway line.
Pope Francis condemns the violence and repression in Myanmar and again condemns the coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1.
Ho Chi Minh City implements social distancing measures for the next two weeks following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city.
Israel continues airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing several more people, including 42 in Gaza City, which is the deadliest single attack in the past week. The total death toll there rises to 192 people, including 58 children and 34 women.
The Singaporean Health Sciences Authority approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15.
A day after appearing on Saturday Night Live and causing Dogecoin's value to drop by a third by calling the digital currency a "hustle", SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces that his company will accept the cryptocurrency as payment for a DOGE-1 mission to the Moon.
Taiwan reports a record 11 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 46.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cricket
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announces a new nationwide movement control order from May 12 until June 7, with additional restrictions due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
A whole-genome study confirms the existence of four distinct species of giraffes, corroborating the conclusions of a 2016 DNA study; previously, it was believed that all giraffes were members of a single species. The study also supports the existence of seven subspecies of giraffes.
Kenya reports its first five cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in five Indians who are working at a fertiliser plant in Kisumu.
Nicaragua approves the emergency use of the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine.
Additionally, two men are killed in Lebanon during protests at the border against Israeli soldiers.
The United States formally begins withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan to mark the final phase of the end to its longest war.
children associated with military organisations
From there, the agency said that it will also distribute loan relief for another 3,000 loans which were made by banks and guaranteed by the USDA.
On the third day of economic protests, Omani protestors conduct sit-ins at a bridge in Sohar, and similar protests occur in Rustaq, Nizwa, and Sur.
U.S. President Joe Biden orders intelligence agencies to increase their investigations into the origin of the virus, following reports that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became ill a month before the pandemic began.
Ghali, who is currently hospitalized in northern Spain, refused to sign the summon, saying that he has to refer to the Algerian embassy first.
Lille OSC win Ligue 1, the top tier of the French football league system, after defeating Angers SCO 2–1 on the final match day.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Irish Health Service Executive shuts down its IT systems nationwide after a cyberattack involving ransomware.
means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables
American professional basketball player (born 1976)
The World Health Organization says that nearly half of the worldwide cases reported last week were from India.
nuclides with atomic number Z = 92 and with different mass numbers
Parliamentary speaker Hammouda Sabbagh declares the re-election of President Bashar al-Assad, who received over 95.1% of votes.
Meanwhile, indoor services of two establishments will be reopened on July 5, and international travel will be resumed on July 17 through EU Digital COVID Certificate.
Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel
During a meeting, Chairwoman Nurzhan Shaildabekova called for free elections.
Belgium–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors for allegedly lying to Parliament about his role in the Ibiza affair. Kurz denies the charges.
The death toll from the airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 113 people, while 600 others are wounded.
It is the deadliest police operation to occur in the country since 2016.
Corleonesi Mafia hitman Giovanni Brusca is released from prison after serving his 25-year sentence. He was convicted for his role in the Capaci bombing, which killed anti-Mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone alongside four other people. His release is condemned by the leaders of the ruling Italian Democratic Party and the right-wing Lega Nord.
The study also supports the existence of seven subspecies of giraffes.
A study published in Nature estimates that during the last glacial maximum, low-to-mid latitude land surfaces at low elevation cooled on average by 5.8 °C relative to their present day temperatures. The study was based on an analysis of noble gases dissolved in groundwater rather than examinations of species abundances that have been used in the past.
An outage in the Sabre passenger service system used by multiple airlines causes flight issues in multiple countries. The system is used for check-ins, selling tickets, and dispatching flights. Issues are reported with Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue, Rex Airlines, and Virgin Australia. The vendor's redundancy systems are not activated during the outage.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrest 21 people in Kashmir, India, for organizing protests in support of Palestine.
Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan complete the withdrawal of their forces from the border.
Rescue operations are underway in southwest London to help a small whale, believed to be a Minke, stranded in the River Thames, apparently stuck on the Richmond Lock's boat rollers.
Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal retains both the General Classification and the Young Rider Classification in the 2021 edition of the Giro d'Italia.
Pope Francis formally institutes the office of catechist as a ministry within the Church.
The death toll at the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border rises to 55 people.
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani pledges US$500 million to help rebuild the Gaza Strip following the cessation in violence between Palestine and Israel.
After delaying it twice, the National Election Board of Ethiopia schedules elections for June 21.
extensive and thorough search for a wanted fugitive
In response to the grounding of Ryanair Flight 4978 and the subsequent arrest of activist Roman Protasevich, the Lithuanian government closes its airports to flights from Belarus and urges its citizens to leave the country.
Russia reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in 16 Indian students studying at Ulyanovsk State University.
At least 50 people are killed as suspected Allied Democratic Forces on seven trucks attack the villages of Boga and Tchabi in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
capital city of Texas, United States of America
Wildfires in Attica, Greece, prompt the evacuation of several villages and monasteries as the fires spread throughout the Geraneia mountain range.
process of changing the way taxes are collected or managed by the government, usually undertaken to improve tax administration or to provide economic or social benefits
The Malian constitutional court declares Colonel Assimi Goïta as the country's interim president, following the arrest of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane by the military on May 24.
Swiss President Guy Parmelin announces that his country has broken off talks with the European Union over a possible framework agreement, highlighting impasses on the issues of state aid, wage protections, and freedom of movement.
the process by which a ship is documented
It is the first time that the country has won since 1990.
International reactions to 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
International reactions to the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
British accountant and politician (born 1978)
Kyrgyzs in Germany and the United Kingdom organize rallies and protests at Tajik embassies.
The General Administration of Sport of China announces that the summits of Mount Everest used by climbers in China will remain closed through the spring, citing COVID-19 concerns in both mainland China and neighboring Nepal.
The Kachin Independence Army says that it shot down a military helicopter of the armed forces.
The Norwegian government announces that phase two of easing COVID-19 restrictions will begin on May 27, allowing bars to serve alcohol until midnight and raise the maximum number of guests in one's home to 10 people as the number of cases declined.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Australia
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns the excessive use of force by Colombian security forces during the ongoing protests that have killed at least 19 civilians.
The country also reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa, in a person from Bali.
2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
most populous city in the United States of America
CONMEBOL announces that Argentina will no longer host the Copa América tournament, two weeks before its commencement, due to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Claudia Blum, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, resigns from her post amidst the ongoing anti-government protests that have killed at least 26 people.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that 136 houses and 84 facilities in the Batken region have been destroyed during clashes at the border.
Vietnam reports a record 447 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, prompting the government to expand the lockdown measures in Bac Ninh, such as imposing curfew and travel restrictions.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The United States Navy announces that it has seized a shipment of thousands of weapons in a stateless dhow on the Arabian Sea believed to be en-route to Yemen.
In what is considered a major blow to the opposition Labour Party, the Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer wins the by-election in Hartlepool, becoming the first-ever Conservative and female MP in the constituency's history.
The Dáil Éireann unanimously passes a motion introduced by the oppositional Sinn Féin condemning the Israeli settlements as representing a de facto annexation of Palestinian land, making Ireland the first European Union member to make such a condemnation. Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney called for the government to adopt the motion. However, an amendment calling for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled and for sanctions to be placed on Israel was rejected by a vote of 87–43.
Cruz Azul defeat Santos Laguna in the final of the Guardianes 2021 championship, ending the second-longest championship drought in the top flight of Mexican soccer. Cruz Azul's drought lasted for 23 years and 6 months, while the current longest drought belonging to Atlas F.C. has been ongoing for 66 years.
Restrictions are tightened in Melbourne, Victoria, after an increase in cases, potentially linked to a hotel quarantine breach in South Australia. The mask mandate is reintroduced, public gatherings are limited to 30 people and private gatherings are limited to 5 people. Residents will also be expected to adhere to these rules when leaving the city.
The Japanese government officially approves the use of the Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 18 and older. It comes after the Health Ministry panel recommended the approval of both vaccines.
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
In Manhattan, pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Israeli consulate on East 42nd Street.
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates establish “a safe travel corridor” for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, which will be in effect by the end of this week.
Ethiopian autonomous government agency that supervises national elections
Gyms, theatres, and cinemas are reopened in Denmark as a part of the easing of restrictions and a reliance of the "corona pass", which confirms that a person has either tested negative in the past 72 hours, been vaccinated, or recently recovered from COVID-19.
Hong Kong and Singapore postpone the start date of their air travel bubble agreement, which was initially scheduled to begin on May 26, due to an increase in the number of unlinked community cases of COVID-19 in Singapore.
Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022.
The CDC announces that all fully vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear masks or practice social distancing, unless the person is immunodeficient or still displaying symptoms of the virus.
Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell
Kenya extends its nightly curfew and ban on political gatherings and processions that could turn into superspreader events for 60 days as part of an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Taiwanese government raises the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 for the next two weeks, urging citizens to limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel, and continue wearing masks outside homes.
international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international relations
The government signs a deal with Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp and United Biomedical Inc to provide up to 20 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccines in Taiwan.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Health Service Executive ransomware attack
Mr Justice William Davis of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales dismisses the cases against two retired South Yorkshire Police officers and a lawyer of fabricating police statements on the 1989 disaster at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, after Davis found that they had no case to answer.
At least 30 civilians are killed and 20 more wounded as several armed men assault a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso. It is one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history.
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago. Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular.
The government of Sierra Leone decides to push for the abolition of capital punishment.
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Malta
Malaysia reports a record 26 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,683.
Amazon wins a legal dispute against a European Union order to pay back taxes of €250 million ($303 million). The setback renewed calls from EU lawmakers for a global corporate tax deal and for several to voice their support for the Biden administration's proposed 21% minimum tax rate on multinationals.
military tactics to attack the enemy by surprise
SpaceX space launch site in Boca Chica Village, Texas, United States
final match of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
landmass comprising the continents of North America and South America
Hamas fires over 190 rockets at towns and cities in southern Israel, damaging numerous buildings, including a synagogue. Approximately 3,000 rockets have been fired in the past week.
Roman Catholic sacramental and Marian devotion to prayer
All 21 crew members on board are rescued by a North Korean oil ship passing nearby.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signs Presidential Proclamation No. 1143, declaring a state of calamity for one year due to the African swine fever, two years after the disease was reported in the country.
Tribune Publishing shareholders approve a deal for the sale of nine newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and the New York Daily News, to Alden Global Capital. Alden owns the Boston Herald, The Denver Post, and The San Jose Mercury News through its Digital First Media chain. With Tribune, Alden will be the second-largest newspaper company in the United States, after Gannett.
4th President of South Africa (2009–2018)
global war originating in Europe, 1914–1918
annual knockout football competition in English football
Twenty-nine men are charged with the sexual exploitation and rape of a teenage girl over a seven-year period in Calderdale and Bradford, West Yorkshire, between 2003 and 2010.
In what is considered a major blow to the opposition Labour Party, the Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer wins the by-election in Hartlepool, becoming the first-ever Conservative and female MP in the constituency's history. Mortimer hails it as a "truly historic" result.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry calls on CGTN to take down the video, citing its "racist and dangerous" ideas.
A mass grave containing the remains of 215 indigenous children is discovered on the site of the former residential school in British Columbia, Canada.
SpaceX Starship SN15 makes its first successful vertical landing after launching from Boca Chica, Texas and climbing to an altitude of 10km during a test flight.
The Japanese government officially approves the use of the Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 18 and older.
Corleonesi Mafia hitman Giovanni Brusca is released from prison after serving his 25-year sentence.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Venezuelan politician and military officer
Spain deploys the Army in Ceuta to control the border with Morocco while immigrants continue to arrive in the face of the permissiveness of the Moroccan police. At least one migrant is reported dead while trying to cross the border in Melilla.
Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman orders the Israeli flag to fly at the Prague Castle to show support for the country amidst its conflict with Palestine.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
details regarding the COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Two people are killed and 20 more are wounded in a mass shooting at a hall near Hialeah, Florida, United States.
facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products
Cyprus reports its first four cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India.
most senior politician within the Labour Party in the United Kingdom
The Biden administration approves a $735-million weapons sale to Israel.
mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 from BioNTech in cooperation with Pfizer
Four people are confirmed dead and 156 more are reported missing after a ferry traveling between Niger State and Kebbi, Nigeria, sinks in the Niger River.
The Group of Seven agreed on Friday to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and to phase out such support for all fossil fuels.
Kyrgyzstan accuses 1qTajikistan of building up troops and military equipment on the border.
Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in order to stop airstrikes in Gaza and the launching of rockets in Israel.
Thailand surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Several countries have expressed concerns about the fairness and legitimacy of the election and stated that they would not recognize the results.
overview of the foreign relations of Iran
application of technology for use in warfare
Cambodia ends a three-week blanket lockdown in Phnom Penh despite an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, though tighter restrictions remain in place in some districts.
city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States
Restaurants, bars, and cafés are reopened in France for outdoor dining for the first time in six months. Museums, theatres, and other cultural venues are also reopened as the curfew is changed to 9:00 p.m. as part of an easing of restrictions.
Three people arrested for the cable car crash that killed 14 people in Mottarone, Piedmont, Italy, are released by a court order. A technician who worked on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car line which operated the cable car remains under house arrest and has been named the party responsible for the accident.
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic publishes a bitcoin wallet report showing that $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments were made to DarkSide or DarkSide affiliates over the last year, originating from 47 distinct wallets.
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza increases to 137 people with more than 920 others wounded, as shellings and bombardments increase in the districts of Gaza. The Shati refugee camp is hit by bombings, resulting in the death of ten people, including eight children, thereby bringing the number of children killed to 36. The death toll in Israel rises to nine people killed, including a six-year-old boy. The International Criminal Court says that individuals involved in the conflict may be targeted by an investigation into war crimes. Violence also continues in the West Bank, with Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron, while eleven protestors in the West Bank are shot dead by soldiers, bringing the number of Palestinian protestors killed there to 15. Additionally, two men are killed in Lebanon during protests at the border against Israeli soldiers.
The World Health Organization says that the B.1.617 variant first detected in India in October has now been detected in more than 4,500 samples from 44 countries that were uploaded to an open-access database.
2021 Irish cyberattack on Health Service Executive
The country also reports a record 98 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,650.
political alignment favoring traditional politics
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
In association football, Chelsea defeat Manchester City 1–0 in the final at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, to win their second Champions League title.
2019 coronavirus pandemic in mainland China
The death toll for Kyrgyzstan reaches 36 following the death of a four-year-old boy.
Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain.
Police raid the Delhi and Gurgaon offices of Twitter's Indian branch to search for an alleged toolkit used by the oppositional Indian National Congress to allegedly spread misinformation about the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
Inter Milan wins Serie A, the highest tier in the Italian football league system, for the first time since the 2009–10 season, ending Juventus's run of nine consecutive titles.
Sri Lanka reports a record 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,178.
At least 178 Palestinians are injured in clashes with Israeli police at the al-Aqsa Mosque and elsewhere in East Jerusalem.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel votes to recommend the use of Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years.
The International Criminal Court says that individuals involved in the conflict may be targeted by an investigation into war crimes.
List of international presidential trips made by Emmanuel Macron
head of the executive branch of New York City's government
The government approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15, becoming the first vaccine to be approved used for children in Japan.
Magnetic force microscopy was then used to visualize the magnetic charges present on the device, allowing the team to track the movement of the single-pole magnets across the 3D structure.
barrages of rockets at Israeli cities and towns
The Supreme Court of Samoa overturns a proclamation by head of state Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II which had suspended the opening of parliament on Monday. The ruling, which declared that Sualauvi had acted unlawfully, allows for the opening of parliament, as previously scheduled.
association football club in Lille, France
Sixteen people are killed in a mass shooting in a community in Vizcatán del Ene, department of Junín.
China's fertility rate is currently 1.3, which is below the level needed to maintain a stable population.
In response to the grounding of Ryanair Flight 4978 and the subsequent arrest of activist Roman Protasevich, the Lithuanian government closes its airports to flights from Belarus and urges its citizens to leave the country. Wizz Air, Austrian Airlines, and Air Baltic have all rerouted their flights to avoid Belarusian airspace.
The company has also pledged to cover the education costs of the children of deceased front line workers until they graduate.
A hospital fire in Bharuch, Gujarat, India, kills at least 16 COVID-19 patients and two nurses.
spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Poland in during the 2020 pandemic
Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are reported to have been arrested by the military and taken to a military base in Kati. This follows the detection of an increased military presence in Bamako.
lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic
Italy reaches a milestone of 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, with 9.85 million people fully vaccinated.
federal subject (a republic) of the Russian Federation, located in the Volga Federal District
It is the first use of emergency powers over an Arab community in Israel since 1966.
One protester suffers a minor burn after fireworks were thrown from a car.
Pennsylvania becomes the 10th U.S. state to reach President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
South Korea reports that it now holds the world's largest number of standard-essential patents followed by the United States, Finland, and Japan.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology writes to all social media companies asking them to remove content referring to an "Indian variant" of COVID-19.
A plane crashes into a house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, killing four people.
Residents will also be expected to adhere to these rules when leaving the city.
The Ireland Health Service Executive confirms that private medical data for approximately 520 patients was published online after the recent cyberattack.
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
overview of the procedure of elections in the United Kingdom
A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others. The majority of the casualties are schoolgirls. The Taliban denies involvement in the attack, which is the deadliest in Afghanistan so far this year.
The separatist group's information department head reported that they were attacked with airstrikes and that they shot back.
exclusive economic zone of the Philippines
The Qatari Foreign Ministry condemns the attack.
The United Kingdom lowers its COVID-19 Alert level to level 3 as vaccinations and lockdown restrictions ease pressure on the NHS, which means that the transmission of the virus is no longer rising exponentially.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduces a resolution that would block an arms sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel in response to the conflict between Israel and Gaza.
Bangladesh removes a passage from its passport saying that it cannot be used for travel to and from Israel, thereby formally lifting the travel ban.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cancels a trip to Austria after Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz orders the Israeli flag to be raised at the Chancellery and Foreign Affairs buildings yesterday.
group of people from one state present in another state to represent the sending state
International Institute for Strategic Studies
British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs
United States House Republicans vote to remove Wyoming representative Liz Cheney as Chair of the House of Representatives Republican Conference, following her critical statements about former President Donald Trump.
UEFA decides to relocate the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, which is to be played between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29, to the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally scheduled to host the event, but stricter pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed by the British government on Turkey prompted the move by UEFA.
New York City Mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan is arrested during a protest near the Holland Tunnel.
radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules
Hungary announces that hospitals are resuming elective surgeries, which had been suspended during the pandemic. However, due to the workload, altered circumstances, the vaccination campaign, and other factors, waiting list times have effectively doubled and are now one to two years for most patients.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces the further easing of the COVID-19 restrictions.
Seven people are killed and 14 others are wounded in a bombing at a Palestine solidarity rally in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Bryant is inducted posthumously following his death in January 2020.
Microsoft announces that it will discontinue support for Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022.
The Catalan government is formed after months of negotiations, with Pere Aragonès becoming the 132nd President, the first from the Republican Left of Catalonia in forty years and the youngest in the institution's seven-hundred-year history. Aragonès pledges to immediately restart independence talks with the Spanish government.
The Vietnamese health ministry says the country will receive 31 million Pfizer vaccine ​doses this year and also register to buy about 10 million additional doses through COVAX.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,682.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announces that they have agreed to form a coalition government, which would make Bennett the next Prime Minister of Israel until September 2023, and for Lapid to serve until November 2025. The agreement is expected to be announced by Bennett on Saturday night, and the government will be sworn-in on June 8.
India reports a record 4,329 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 278,719.
Argentina reports a record of 663 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 65,865.
governing body of association football in South America
Department of the Canadian Government that oversees public health
Palau announces their first recorded case of COVID-19 in a fully vaccinated person who travelled from Guam on May 9 and tested positive after 21 days in quarantine.
The Philippines receives its first shipment of 193,050 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative.
In a landmark case, The Hague district court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions to 45% of its 2019 emission levels.
The United States rejects a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Gaza.
organization primarily tasked with preparing for and conducting war
Human Rights Watch reports on the use of "horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers" meant to fire multiples of tear gas or stun grenades simultaneously. The Executive Director of the Americas Division, José Miguel Vivanco, publishes a corroborating video reportedly showing a Venom grenade launcher from Combined Systems being used against protesters.
Namibia bans all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa due to an outbreak of avian influenza that was detected there.
Protesters gather in Paris, France, in support of Palestine following attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Gaza Strip. During the protest, police dispersed crowds.
The Proud Boys announces that they have dissolved in Canada after being labeled as a terrorist organization by the country earlier this year.
In the United Kingdom, protesters gather in Birmingham and Manchester to show solidarity with Palestine. In Manchester, protesters gather at the BBC building in MediaCityUK, while protesters burn Israeli flags in Birmingham.
Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
use of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
The U.S. State Department tells Americans not to travel to Japan due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there.
fungal infection of animals, including humans
Mount Nyiragongo, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, erupts. Thousands evacuate from the nearby city of Goma.
Morocco reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India, in two people from Casablanca.
FC Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scores his 41st goal of the season in a 5–2 win against FC Augsburg during the final matchday, setting the Bundesliga record for the highest number of goals scored by a player in a single season, which was previously held by Gerd Müller for scoring 40 goals during the 1971–72 season.
The killings mark the village's first homicides in nine years.
Kerala enters a nine-day complete lockdown, closing shops, suspending public transport, and severely restricting the on-road movement of people amidst an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
national space agency of the People's Republic of China
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes to remove several judges from the Supreme Court and remove the Attorney General, both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of Nayib Bukele.
Police in Paris, France, use tear gas and water cannons against pro-Palestinian protesters. This comes a day after a French court banned protests in support of Palestine.
The government signs an agreement with Pfizer to purchase 40 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, the Philippines' largest supply agreement for a COVID-19 vaccine.
tall building; as opposed to a low-rise building
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Golf, tennis, basketball, and other outdoor sports will be allowed to reopen on May 22, but the stay-at-home order will remain in place until June 2.
COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago
Madagascar receives its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
hypothetical particle with one magnetic pole
Cities including the National Capital Region and suburbs
Colombia surpasses 80,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Further clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police in East Jerusalem's Old City injure at least 90 Palestinians.
Costa Rica becomes the 38th member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
A Taliban spokesman says that it is for the mujahideen to provide a peaceful and secure atmosphere to their compatriots.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Kosovo
The Hanadi Tower is also destroyed during the incident.
Tláhuac Avenue Tláhuac, Mexico City Mexico
Pakistan surpasses 900,000 cases of COVID-19.
method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water
Bangladesh reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was discovered in India, prompting the authorities to extend the land border closure by two weeks.
India's western state of Gujarat braces for cyclone Tauktae, reported to be the strongest storm to hit the region since 1998.
major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003
These counties join Jefferson and Union counties that have already passed similar measures, while Douglas and Harney counties are voting on similar measure in upcoming elections.
A tabular iceberg slightly larger than the size of Mallorca, dubbed A-76, calves from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
U.S. President Joe Biden raises the cap on the number of refugees accepted each year, from 15,000 to 62,500. The move follows criticism from members of his party and refugee agencies over his prior proposal to retain the Trump-era cap. Biden also announces that he plans to further raise the cap to 125,000 next year.
Malaysia reports a record 6,976 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 512,091.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Singapore
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the European Union
Meanwhile B.1.617, which split into sub-lineage B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2, is called Kappa and Delta respectively.
former quasi-state based mainly in Syria, Africa and southeast Asia
digital medium of exchange using cryptography on a ledger to secure transactions and to verify transfer of ownership
Syrians head to the polls to elect their President.
urban park in Taksim Square, Beyoğlu district, Istanbul, Turkey
private university in New Haven, Connecticut
United Nations Security Council resolution
UN resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council
Seven people, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara, are killed in a plane crash in Smyrna, Tennessee.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson marries political activist Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. Approximately 30 people were in attendance.
Afghan truck drivers, faced with roads that have not been repaired by the Ministry of Public Works, launch a campaign to repair them by themselves by collecting 500 Afs from their trade union members to pay for it. Current efforts are focused on the Kabul–Kandahar Highway and the Salang Pass.
Chileans are summoned to a second consecutive day of voting to elect the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention to change its Pinochet-era constitution.
Date: 28 April 2021 – 31 December 2021 (1 year, 9 months and 2 weeks)
The Galápagos National Park in Ecuador confirms that a female tortoise discovered by scientists two years ago is a Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise, following recent genetic tests performed at Yale University. Prior to this rediscovery, the species was thought to have been extinct for over a century.
The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rises to 212 people, including 61 children.
General classification in the Giro d'Italia
most important classification of the Giro d'Italia
Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina threatens to expel Juventus from Serie A, the highest tier of the Italian football league system, if the club does not withdraw from the proposed European Super League before the start of the next season.
Malaysia reports 4,498 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported 4,000 new cases since February. It subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 432,425.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urges both countries to honor the agreement.
Immunity to this infection can be reduced by the use of steroids in severely ill COVID-19 patients.
The European Union calls for Colombia's security forces to avoid excessive force amidst the ongoing protests.
Montreal Police deploy tear gas to disperse a protest in downtown Montreal, which saw pro-Israeli protesters clash with pro-Palestinian protesters.
global vaccine alliance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic
A symbolic re-trial for medieval Italian writer Dante Alighieri, who was sentenced to exile in absentia in 1302, is held virtually in Florence.
The European Union bans all Belarusian airlines from using its airports and airspace in response to the hijacking, and places sanctions on the officials believed to be involved in the operation.
Thailand reports a record 9,635 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which includes 6,853 cases among prisoners from jail clusters. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 111,082.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency in the city of Lod following rioting between Arabs and Jews. It is the first use of emergency powers over an Arab community in Israel since 1966.
Ambassador Karima Benyaich advises that "there are actions that have consequences, and they have to be assumed", referring to the fact that the Polisario leader is receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Spain.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Two men are arrested and charged with the theft of U.S. government property after allegedly obtaining and selling 1,875 stolen technical orders, including documents detailing the operations, maintenance, and schematics of equipment, from the United States Air Force between 2015 and 2020 in exchange for at least $132,280. The seller worked for Summit Aerospace, while the buyer operated a private company, LTC Products, listed only for aircraft rental services, and they were discovered because of sales to a third company, Newport Aeronautical Sales.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces that all cryptocurrency mining will be banned in the country until September 22, blaming illegal mining for causing a recent series of power outages.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
Date: May-June 2020 July 2020-present, as part of the larger Black Lives Matter movement
Acting Defense Minister General Yasin Zia confirms the fall of the security installation to the Taliban.
The number of people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom surpasses 20 million.
The event is being referred to as a self-coup by the opposition and by news media outlets.
Ministry of Emergency Situations (Kyrgyzstan)
Kyrgyzstan signs an agreement with the World Bank to purchase vaccines developed by Sinopharm.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that, on July 1, the state will suspend all local COVID-19 emergency measures.
The National Audience court sentences three members of the jihadist organization which committed a series of 4 terrorist attacks across southern Catalonia in 2017. Two of the accused are sentenced to 53 and 46 years in prison, and the third is sentenced to eight years in prison for the crime of collaboration. The three accused are also banned from entering the town of Alcanar, where they prepared the attacks.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announces that the Eid Al-Fitr holiday will begin from May 12 until May 16, which means that all gardens, parks, public buses, and public beaches will be closed or will not operate during this period. In addition, all shops, shopping malls, restaurants, cafés, and cinemas will close at 9:00 p.m., and all gatherings at those venues will be banned for two weeks beginning tomorrow as part of measures meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
During an official visit to Kigali, French President Emmanuel Macron admits French involvement in the Rwandan genocide.
Christian minister who hasn't gone through formal training or ordination
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador apologizes for the Torreón massacre that happened during the Mexican Revolution in 1911, in which revolutionaries led by Francisco I. Madero targeted immigrant Asian merchants, among whom 303 Chinese Mexicans and five Japanese Mexicans were slaughtered. This is the first time the Mexican government apologizes for the massacre.
List of Ministers of Health of the Republic of Cyprus
All food and beverage vendors are only allowed to serve takeout or deliveries.
President Rodrigo Duterte signs a law that would divide Maguindanao into two new provinces: Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur. A majority of Maguindanao's residents must approve the creation of the new provinces in a plebiscite to be held within 90 days.
Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 47 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,994.
The Islamic Religious Community in Austria, the Turkish Foreign Ministry, and members of the ruling Green Party have also criticized the map's publication.
The agreement is expected to be announced by Bennett on Saturday night, and the government will be sworn-in on June 8.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage
description of a socio-cultural aspect of the pandemic
Five villagers are killed and two more wounded as militants storm the village of Fantio, in the Tillabéri Region, Niger, during Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
leader of a Nigerian militant group (1973-2021)
General Administration of Sport of China
city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
Brazil reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. The variant had been detected among a group of six crew members of a ship travelling from South Africa to deliver iron ore in São Luís, Maranhão.
A total of 125,900 school teachers have been suspended for joining the civil disobedience movement and opposing the military junta.
Experts warn that the real number of deaths could be much higher as many are not officially recorded; some models speculate that about a million people may have actually died.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at a UAV factory in Leicester over its ties to Israel arms manufacture Elbit Systems.
Haryana imposes a seven-day complete lockdown due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the state.
While the agency did not state where he was captured, he was believed to be residing in Kenya, where a local court on May 6 blocked Turkey's extradition request for him.
The French Rugby Federation allows trans women players to feature in top-level women's rugby union in the country starting next season, overturning World Rugby's advice against this.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
Approximately 3,000 rockets have been fired in the past week.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces that it will begin making $4 billion of loan forgiveness payments for 13,000 loans that were made by the agency to Black, Hispanic and Indigenous farmers beginning in June. From there, the agency said that it will also distribute loan relief for another 3,000 loans which were made by banks and guaranteed by the USDA. The program has been delayed because of accusations of racism and is currently facing multiple lawsuits.
Brunei suspends a reciprocal green lane arrangement with Singapore until further notice following the worsening situation of the pandemic in the latter country.
The death toll from the conflict increases to 46, with hundreds of people injured and more than 100 buildings destroyed.
Over 180,000 protesters gather in Hyde Park in London to show solidarity with Palestine, making it the largest pro-Palestinian protest in British history. Protests also occur in Bristol, Peterborough, and Nottingham.
supreme governing authority of the Indian national capital territory of Delhi and its 9 districts
The system is used for check-ins, selling tickets, and dispatching flights.
Taiwan reports a record 19 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 78.
Yuki Kitazumi becomes the first foreign journalist known to be charged since the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, after being accused of spreading fake news.
Atlético Madrid win La Liga for the first time since the 2013–14 season, after defeating Real Valladolid 2–1 on the final matchday.
association football club in Madrid, Spain
Spain deploys the Army in Ceuta to control the border with Morocco while immigrants continue to arrive in the face of the permissiveness of the Moroccan police.
Josep Almudéver Mateu, the last surviving member of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades, dies in France at the age of 101.
overview about the coronavirus outbreak in Austria in 2020
Fourteen people are killed and another is wounded when the Stresa-Alpino-Mottarone Cable Car in Piedmont, Italy, collapses and falls to the ground.
Argentina reports records of 35,543 new cases of COVID-19 and 745 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the total number of cases to 3.37 million and the death toll to 71,771.
Officials in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan announce that they have agreed to joint security controls following clashes between the two countries at the border.
58th season of Germany top-tier football league
President Rodrigo Duterte approves the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases of downgrading the Greater Manila Area under the General Community Quarantine with "heightened restrictions" on indoor dining and personal care services. These downgrades include the reopening of hair salons and barbershops.
72nd running of the Formula One World Championship
A decryption key for the hospital records has been provided to the Irish Health Service Executive. The government says that it had not paid and would not pay any ransom in exchange for the purported key. The group responsible for the cyberattack continues to threaten to sell patient data.
A total of 52 bodies have been found floating in the Ganges in the state of Uttar Pradesh with suspicions that villages may simply be disposing of pandemic deaths in the river.
commission to investigate the storming of the US Capitol
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
The last Spanish soldiers in Afghanistan arrive in Spain, ending the mission after 19 years.
natural gas converted to liquid form for storage or transport
The DarkSide developer has received bitcoins worth $15.5 million (17%), with the remaining $74.7 million (83%) going to the various affiliates.
In association football, Villarreal win their first Europa League title and first major trophy in the club's 98-year history, after defeating Manchester United on penalties in the final at the Stadion Miejski in Gdańsk, Poland, which ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism
Tribune Publishing shareholders approve a deal for the sale of nine newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, and the New York Daily News, to Alden Global Capital.
to 4:00 a.m., a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people indoors and 250 people outdoors, and a requirement for all non-essential establishments to close at 10:00 p.m.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that airstrikes on Gaza will continue "as long as needed". He also warns Hamas leaders not to hide and that nobody is immune.
These people are also no longer required to enter quarantine unless they have travelled to a high-risk country.
The government announces additional restrictions for the third movement control order, including mandating 80% of public sector workers and 40% of private sector workers to work from home, restricting the operating hours of businesses from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and reducing the capacity of public transport and other mass transportation vehicles to 50 percent. These new restrictions will take effect on May 25.
This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794.
Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reports that the National Intelligence Organization arrested the nephew of exiled Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in an overseas operation, for alleged membership in a terrorist organization. While the agency did not state where he was captured, he was believed to be residing in Kenya, where a local court on May 6 blocked Turkey's extradition request for him.
Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolves parliament and calls for new elections in November. Her office says that the decision was made on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. This is the second time in six months that the parliament has been dissolved amidst a political crisis.
In response to a record number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia, the Prime Minister's Office announces a two-week nationwide "total lockdown" from June 1 to 14, which will ban all social and economic activities with the exception of essential economic and service sectors.
Most of the activists have been denied bail recently, with the latest case being that of Claudia Mo, who was denied bail due to her WhatsApp messages with foreign journalists.
Asylbek Jeenbekov, brother of former President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, is also detained.
domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, or feathers
head of government of the United Kingdom
In Berlin, violent confrontations break out during a protest against Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, with an Israeli TV reporter being attacked.
San Miguel del Ene, Vizcatán del Ene district, Peru
monarchy in Central Europe between 1804 and 1867
United Nations agency dealing with labour issues
Japan extends the state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto until May 31. It also declares a state of emergency for Aichi and Fukuoka Prefectures.
The courts also restart many activities.
A bombing outside a school in a Hazara area of Kabul kills 58 people and injures more than 150 others.
Tajikistan says the border clashes left several people dead on their side. The death toll for Kyrgyzstan reaches 36 following the death of a four-year-old boy.
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
Swiss professional motorcycle racer Jason Dupasquier dies following a collision with Ayumu Sasaki at a qualifying race for the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport
The U.S. surpasses 33 million cases of COVID-19.
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, whose company owns TikTok, announces that he will step down as CEO and that human resources chief Rubo Liang will succeed him.
capital and largest municipality of Spain
association football club in Leicester, England
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
Chinese Mars probe with an orbiter, lander and rover
In the early hours, the Taliban announces a three-day ceasefire to observe the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. A Taliban spokesman says that it is for the mujahideen to provide a peaceful and secure atmosphere to their compatriots.
Namibian businessperson and first lady of Namibia
Cambodia reports a record 938 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 16,299.
The Maldives imposes a curfew from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. and will only allow people to travel for a few hours each day to obtain essential supplies in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
communist state in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Laos reports its first death from COVID-19. The patient is a 53-year-old woman who had been receiving treatment at a designated hospital in Vientiane since April 30.
national government of the United States
This has occurred after China imposed sanctions on Australian wine and coal while failing to renew Australian hay import permits, and Australia states cancelled participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative and are reviewing Chinese company Landbridge Group's lease on the Port of Darwin previously provided for 99 years at A$506 million.
Slovakia suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for people that received the first dose after the State Institute for Drug Control ruled that the death of a 47-year-old woman was likely connected to the jab.
village in Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States
Barcelona wins the team's first Champions League after beating Chelsea in the final match at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden.
overview about the coronavirus outbreak in Belgium in 2020
Eight Asiatic lions in Hyderabad Zoo test positive for COVID-19, the first such case in India.
The CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, announces that Colombia will no longer co-host the 2021 Copa América with Argentina as the country is currently experiencing social unrest.
A protest of over 200 fans causes the postponement of the Manchester United F.C.
head of the United States Department of State
In Toronto, activists paint the Israeli consulate with a "river of blood" to symbolize the 200 Palestinians who were killed during the conflict.
London borough to the east of the City of London, London, England
Member of the British royal family; first wife of Prince Charles (1961–1997)
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium
narcotics used to refer to any psychoactive compound invoking sleep and euphoria. Today often used to point to heroin, morphine and others.
distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccinations
highest political office in Ecuador; head of state and head of government of Ecuador
Nine people are wounded, three of them critically, in a shootout between groups at a residence in Providence, Rhode Island. It is believed to be the largest shooting in Providence's memory.
process for charging a public official with legal offenses by the legislature(s)
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
island territory of the United States of America
Poland reopens bars, restaurants, and other establishments for outdoor usage for the first time in seven months and relaxes its mask requirement as the number of COVID-19 cases declines and the number of vaccinations increases.
city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,017.
Three additional people are killed by Hamas' rockets in Lod, while an IDF soldier is killed as a military jeep outside Gaza is bombed, thereby bringing the Israeli death toll to seven.
Director of the Pan American Health Organization Carissa F. Etienne announces that Latin America and the Caribbean have surpassed one million deaths caused by COVID-19.
football stadium in London, England, UK, inaugurated in March 2007
Argentina reports a record 41,080 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total to 3.66 million.
Some gas stations in the U.S. states of Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina begin to run out of fuel as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown enters its fourth day after a cyberattack on May 7.
Pakistan declares an eight-day partial lockdown until May 16 ahead of the celebration of Eid al-Fitr next week.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
U.S. President Joe Biden condemns Belarus for the hijacking and the arrest of Protasevich, and he says that his administration will "develop appropriate options". U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) urge Biden to ban flights to the country.
The Philippines reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India in two Filipino seafarers who travelled to Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards
At least 26 people are killed when a speedboat collides with a vessel transporting sand on the Padma River in Bangladesh.
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
details of ongoing viral outbreak in North Macedonia
government agency responsible for the collection, analysis or exploitation of information and intelligence
Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan accuses Azerbaijan of moving its army more than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) across Armenia's southern border to try to capture Lake Sev, and convenes an emergency meeting with his security council.
This comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
In response, Netanyahu accuses Bennett of committing the "fraud of the century".
Israeli strikes destroy Hamas' internal security headquarters and Gaza's central bank, as the spokesman of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, says that the group has launched "massive rocket strikes", larger than any launched on Israel since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
In the first global study of its kind, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization find that working more than 55 hours a week can lead to higher risks of strokes and ischemic heart disease. The study, which was conducted between 2000 and 2016, also found that people living in the Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, as well as men that are at least middle-aged, are particularly susceptible to risks from overworking.
India reports a world record of 412,262 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21 million. The country also reports a record 3,980 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 230,168.
2021 conflict between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Although the motive for the forced landing was an alleged bomb threat, no explosives were found.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly in the City of Westminster, London, England
Russian liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped, super-heavy thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile
Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed
France begins implementing a seven-day quarantine and pre-departure testing for EU nationals, French residents, and anyone travelling to the United Kingdom for essential reasons in order to prevent the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India as all non-essential travel to the UK is currently banned.
the 10th and current president of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Leicester City beats Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2020–21 FA Cup with Youri Tielemans scoring the winning goal.
sovereign state (1919–1922) and a republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991); one of the founding members of the UN in 1945
United States government public health agency
46th and current presidential administration of the USA, inaugurated in 2021
The FDA announces its approval for measures allowing the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at regular refrigerator temperatures for up to 30 days before administration. Previously, the agency had only allowed such storage for five days.
Eid al-Fitr, the "Feast of Breaking the Fast" that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, is celebrated in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for the first time in 87 years.
2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election
Fiji reports a record 46 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total to 360.
The United Arab Emirates approves the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15.
White fungus infection is more dangerous because it rapidly affects vital organs and genitals along with the mouth, stomach and skin.
Four people are killed in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in West Jefferson, Ohio.
Taiwan reports a record 21 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 99.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved in the United Kingdom.
Japan opens two mass vaccination centres in Tokyo and Osaka staffed by Japan Self-Defense Forces two months before the delayed Summer Olympics as the country aims to vaccinate up to 10,000 people per day in Tokyo and another 5,000 per day in Osaka for the next three months.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
Malaysia reports 4,498 new cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time the country has reported 4,000 new cases since February.
Spain approves the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people under the age of 60 years.
Islamist militant organization in the Philippines
China reimposes travel restrictions in Guangdong province that require anyone travelling by plane, train, bus, or private vehicle after 10:00 p.m.
The Economic Community of West African States suspends Mali in response to last week's coup d'état.
Police in Paris, France, use tear gas and water cannons against pro-Palestinian protesters.
The Assembly of Madrid holds a snap election after the ruling coalition of the People's Party and Ciudadanos breaks down. The People's Party, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, receives a landslide win in the election, doubling their number of seats, though falling four seats short of an absolute majority.
A week after two power pylons were destroyed in Kabul's Mir Bacha Kot district, an unidentified man blows up another power plant in Kalakan District on Wednesday night, removing a further 260 megawatts of electricity imported from Uzbekistan.
Two people are killed and at least 100 others are injured when a tiered seating structure collapses at a partly-built synagogue in Giv'at Ze'ev, in the West Bank.
Afghan officials confirm that Nirkh District, in Maidan Wardak Province, was captured by the Taliban yesterday as the group seized the district building and set it on fire after days of intense siege.
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announces that Somalia's presidential election will be held within 60 days following a two-month deadlock triggered by incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's refusal to leave office beyond the expiration of his term on February 8.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem amidst speculation that a new government will be formed in Israel. During the meeting, both men discussed protecting Israel from future Hamas attacks.
India reports 401,078 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21.9 million. The country also reports a record 4,187 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 238,270.
Morocco closes its border with Spain following the escalation of diplomatic tensions generated by the massive influx of migrants into Ceuta on Tuesday.
Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi is injured after being shot by Israel Police in Haifa.
capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria Founder ottoman empair
NATO demands an international investigation into Belarus' diversion of the Ryanair flight.
type of business industry usually conducted over the Internet
Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union
The 147th Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs at a 50% capacity, with Medina Spirit winning the race.
Malaysia reports a record 7,478 new cases and 63 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 533,367 and the nationwide death toll to 2,432.
Seven members of the Kurdistan military force Peshmerga are killed in an ISIL attack in the Kirkuk Governorate.
This is the third firm to make such an announcement, after hospitality group Oyo Rooms and glass manufacturer Borosil.
central business district of Chicago, Illinois, United States
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts the lockdown imposed in Nairobi and surrounding counties, allowing bars, restaurants, schools, and religious services to reopen and revising the evening curfew to 10:00 p.m.
A protest of over 200 fans causes the postponement of the Manchester United F.C. v. Liverpool F.C. Premier League football game.
2–0 in the 2021 EFL Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, securing promotion to the 2021–22 Premier League after a 74-year absence from the top flight of English football.
Taipei and New Taipei City close all elementary, middle, and high schools until May 28 amidst an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Mario Draghi's government approves a decree that would gradually phase out curfew to 11 p.m.
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 364–62 to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.
association football club in Vila-real, Spain
The Supreme Court of Samoa overturns a proclamation by head of state Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II which had suspended the opening of parliament on Monday.
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
Argentina reports 39,652 new cases of COVID-19, a record for the second consecutive day. This subsequently brings the national total to 3.4 million.
The Singaporean Health Ministry announces that it will impose the strictest curbs since the circuit breaker last year, including limiting social gatherings to two people, making work from home default, and banning dining at restaurants. The new restrictions will be in effect from May 16 until June 13.
A nationwide lockdown begins as President Alberto Fernández says that the country is experiencing its worst moment of the pandemic. As the number of cases increases, only essential personnel are allowed to travel freely for the next nine days.
Malaysia reports a record 7,289 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 525,889.
Ukrainian scientists report that, for an unknown reason, the levels of nuclear radiation have increased in the remains of the Chernobyl power plant. Most areas of containment have shown decreasing radiation levels, however, in one particular room, radiation counts have doubled over the last four years. These radiation levels are high enough to preclude installing sensors. Additionally, fuel containing materials, which were initially the consistency of lava, are disintegrating into radioactive dust.
The UN Human Rights Council authorizes an open-ended investigation into human rights violations committed during the conflict. The Palestinian National Authority welcomes the decision, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns it as "yet another example of the UN Human Rights Council’s blatant anti-Israel obsession," and declares that Israel will not cooperate with the probe.
Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Japan
public institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates
A total of 125,900 school teachers have been suspended for joining the civil disobedience movement and opposing the military junta. A teachers' union federation spokesman said that this move comes just before the start of the new school year in the country.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin taps Yair Lapid, leader of the oppositional centrist party Yesh Atid, to form a new government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form one yesterday.
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
2020–21 Singapore circuit breaker measures
preventative measure by the Government of Singapore to ease community spread of COVID-19
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Nine people are wounded, three of them critically, in a shootout between groups at a residence in Providence, Rhode Island.
Seven students and two teachers are killed and 21 others are wounded in a mass shooting at a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The attacker has been arrested.
association football club in Manchester, England
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
Kyrgyzstan’s security service detains former Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov in a corruption investigation involving the Kumtor Gold Mine. Asylbek Jeenbekov, brother of former President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, is also detained.
bilateral relations between Austria and Russia
lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament)
facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris.
Pro-Palestinian protesters storm the Queensway tunnel in the United Kingdom, disrupting traffic.
Following recommendations from the Council on Ethics, the Government Pension Fund of Norway drops two firms from its portfolio for doing business with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Norges Bank Investment Management also blacklists a company for owning factories in Myanmar.
Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and communities inside Israel hold a general strike to protest Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah. The Central Committee of Fatah calls it a "day of rage".
Protestors demand Bolsonaro's impeachment over the perceived mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the government, with calls for faster and wider vaccination campaigns.
Of the actions, eight were for homicide, 27 for abuse of authority, and 11 for physical assaults.
In his first interview since the coup, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing says that deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and that she will appear in court soon.
Biden also announces that he plans to further raise the cap to 125,000 next year.
Health Canada approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, becoming the first country to approve the vaccine for use in younger age groups.
Malaysia reports a record 44 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one foreign citizen. This subsequently brings the nationwide death toll to 1,866.
India reports a new global record of 401,993 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby marking the first time a country reported more than 400,000 new cases in a single day. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 19 million.
Wales and Scotland hold elections for their respective national parliaments. The elections use the proportional additional member system, unlike the first past the post system used in House of Commons elections.
The Singaporean government bans all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka in the last two weeks from entering or transiting through the country.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree to a new ceasefire following border clashes, which includes withdrawing troops from the border. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urges both countries to honor the agreement.
The Scottish National Party wins a historic fourth term in office. Along with the Scottish Greens, the majority of seats in the new Scottish Parliament will belong to parties favouring a proposed second independence referendum. Voter turnout also reaches a record high of 64%.
This is the second time in six months that the parliament has been dissolved amidst a political crisis.
company to knowingly pay a ransom to Evil Corp.
Thailand reports a record 34 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 486.
second-largest city in Sweden and capital of the Västra Götaland County
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
Over one million people in Cuba have received a dose of the Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccines.
The Maldives imposes a curfew from 4:00 p.m.
association football position played near the opponent's goal
The painting is being sent to the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam because they have requested to see it and authenticate it.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
American physician and politician (born 1963)
Tata Steel has said that it will support the families of its workers in India who have died of COVID-19.
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 2 months and 4 days)
cylindrical container for storing pressurised gas
Armenia says that it has returned all prisoners of war to Azerbaijan under Article 8 of the November 9 agreement.
President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez orders a mass deployment of troops to the city of Cali and its surrounding area after 12 days of protests.
Kyrgyzs in Germany and the United Kingdom organize rallies and protests at Tajik embassies. Additionally, citizens living in San Francisco protest in support of the residents of Batken and call for international institutions to "bring Tajik President Rahmon to justice".
The Syrian Democratic Forces reports that it apprehended a 39-member ISIL cell in Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, a few days ago.
Santrich's rebel group says that the troops also cut off his little finger before withdrawing back across the border.
association football club based in Paris, France
capital city of Rhode Island, United States
county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States
Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases.
The bill, which would expedite anti-Asian hate crime reviews to the U.S. Justice Department, will head to U.S. President Joe Biden for his signature.
The Israeli Air Force destroys the office and home of Yahya Sinwar, the most senior Hamas official in Gaza.
municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
The European Commission signs a new deal with Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase 900 million doses of its vaccine with an additional option to purchase another 900 million doses for delivery from 2021 to 2023 which they intend to use as booster shots against the illness and to allow for the vaccination of children and teenagers.
Blinken also defends Israel's right to exist and condemns Hamas for firing rockets.
It is Lille's first title since 2011 as they end Paris Saint-Germain's run of three consecutive titles.
A Tajik spokesman speaking from Dushanbe says the country was sticking to the ceasefire and withdrawal of troops.
Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
first-level political and administrative division of Spain
Tesla announces they will no longer accept Bitcoin as payment.
Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, stage a protest across the city during a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the Ford River Rouge Complex over the United States' support of Israel's response to attacks from Gaza.
Cafés, restaurants, and bars in Greece reopen for the first time in six months as the government begins to ease its COVID-19 restrictions. A nightly 9:00 p.m. curfew is also changed to 11:00 p.m.
Thailand reports a record 9,635 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which includes 6,853 cases among prisoners from jail clusters.
Bavarian minister-president Markus Söder announces that the annual Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich, scheduled for late September to October, will be cancelled for a second consecutive year due to the pandemic.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon orders that all residential buildings destroyed in Chorkuh be restored.
Afghanistan reports a record of 929 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 71,690.
The Ministry of Health suspends the distribution of around 450,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from batch CTMAV547 for toxicity and sterility tests following the death of a 22-year-old man who received the vaccine 11 days ago.
Austria announces that they will phase out the Oxford-AstraZeneca from its vaccination programme because of delivery problems and wariness among the population following reports of the vaccine's rare side-effects.
Indian multinational steel-making company
This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 111,082.
The United States approves the release of Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakistani man who is currently the oldest prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He is expected to be formally released in the next few months.
FC Barcelona's women's association football section
air warfare branch of Nigeria's military
At least 25 people are killed in a shootout between police and drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the deadliest police operation to occur in the country since 2016.
New York art collector Stuart Pivar says that he has rediscovered a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece titled "Auvers, 1890" at an auction.
Analysts predict a fragmented parliament, as issues of corruption spurred by a scandal involving the country's "citizenship through investment" program last year, and the lack of progress on the Cyprus dispute, has reduced support for the three main parties.
The variant had been detected among a group of people in the central town of Kwekwe after a student returned from India on April 29.
Gunmen storm a church during a baptism in a village in Burkina Faso and open fire, killing 15 people.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on animals
This is the first time the Mexican government apologizes for the massacre.
Afghanistan reports 166 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the total number of cases to 60,288.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the United States
The carcinogenic dioxins and mineral particles discharged by the steelworks caused an increase in cancers in the city of Taranto.
Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and four other people are injured in a bomb blast in the capital Malé.
Thoroughbred racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
China has "indefinitely" suspended all activity under a China–Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said.
Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas
With 52 out of 60 seats declared, Labour has won 30 seats in the Senedd, reaching a working majority and equalling their best performance.
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
states of emergency and regimes of exception decreed by COVID-19
city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
The Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan announces that it has invalidated the results of the Bishkek City Council elections. During a meeting, Chairwoman Nurzhan Shaildabekova called for free elections.
The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people.
the practice and process of applying Islamic doctrine to personal life and society
set of ideologies holding that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life
A manhunt is ongoing for a far-right extremist, identified as a soldier, in Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Belgium, after threatening virologist Marc Van Ranst. The suspect is heavily armed and considered as a serious threat. Four rocket launchers were found in his car.
Congolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo enacts a "state of siege" over the provinces of Kivu and Ituri for 30 days. During this time, both provinces will be placed under military rule. The provincial governments and entities of these provinces will either be replaced by offices of the FARDC or by the national police. Civil jurisdictions will also be replaced by military jurisdictions.
The Taiwanese government prohibits outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people and indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, as well as banning all food and drink in trains until June 8, after reporting six new domestic COVID-19 cases with no clear source of infection.
French maritime minister Annick Girardin says that France is prepared to impose "retaliation measures" against the United Kingdom over its new guidelines on requiring French fishing vessels to obtain permits to sail by the Channel Islands.
as the country moves to the adjusted level 2 beginning tomorrow amid a third wave of COVID-19.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurates the Taksim Mosque in Istanbul.
massacre occurred in may 2021 at the city of Saudades, Santa Catarina, Brazil
After discussions in Qatar and Pakistan, Taliban representatives have reportedly agreed to substantive talks with the Afghan Republic team in Doha, and to attend a summit in Istanbul that they initially refused to attend.
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Jordan police disperse protesters who are trying to reach the Allenby Bridge near the border with Israel.
due to a surging number of COVID-19 cases.
American multinational technology company
The majority of the casualties are schoolgirls.
Denmark becomes the first country to exclude the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from its vaccination programme over a potential link to a rare but serious form of thrombosis.
President of the Government of Catalonia
head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
China has "indefinitely" suspended all activity under a China–Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said. This has occurred after China imposed sanctions on Australian wine and coal while failing to renew Australian hay import permits, and Australia states cancelled participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative and are reviewing Chinese company Landbridge Group's lease on the Port of Darwin previously provided for 99 years at A$506 million.
The firm said that it will pay deceased employees' salaries, housing and medical benefits until what would have been their retirement at the age of 60.
Thailand surpasses 100,000 cases of COVID-19.
Spain lifts its state of emergency that had been imposed since October, allowing people to travel freely between regions for the first time in months.
or Northeastern Africa or Northern East Africa as it was known in the past
The Spanish Audiencia Nacional summons the leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, to present himself in court on June 1 on accusations of multiple charges related to human rights violations by human rights groups and Western Sahara individuals. Ghali, who is currently hospitalized in northern Spain, refused to sign the summon, saying that he has to refer to the Algerian embassy first.
It comes after the Health Ministry panel recommended the approval of both vaccines.
The International Criminal Court sentences Ugandan warlord and member of the Christian terrorist group Lord's Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison for charges including murder, rape and sexual enslavement.
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
During this time, both provinces will be placed under military rule.
Victoria enters a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown until June 3 at 11:59 p.m. AEST in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 after the outbreak reaches 26 cases. During the lockdown, all public and private gatherings are banned, schools are closed, restaurants and cafés are only allowed to offer takeout or delivery services, and masks must be worn outside homes.
Republicans in the United States Senate block a bill to form a commission to investigate the storming of the United States Capitol as the bill failed to pass by a vote of 54–35, making it the first filibuster used in the 117th United States Congress. However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the Democratic Party will still "proceed to find the truth".
COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
person killing in multiple locations in a short time
Lawmakers in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Parliament, have accused the Ministry of Finance of hiding the names of people accused of embezzling $8 million per day, or $3 billion annually, from customs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency in the city of Lod following rioting between Arabs and Jews.
ground warfare branch of Turkey's military
elder son and heir of Charles III of the United Kingdom
school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about five to twelve
Laos reports its first death from COVID-19.
Prime Minister Keith Rowley declares a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago from midnight and imposes a curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. due to a surging number of COVID-19 cases.
The first semifinal round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 takes place in Rotterdam.
During his visit to Beirut, Le Drian said that punitive actions could be taken by France and the European Union.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the United Kingdom reaches 60 million.
Three children and two staff members are killed during a mass stabbing at a nursery school in Saudades, Brazil. Another child is wounded. The attacker then stabs himself and is currently in critical condition.
Authorities impose a lockdown on the island of Kalymnos beginning tomorrow until May 10 for urgent reasons to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
government property after allegedly obtaining and selling 1,875 stolen technical orders, including documents detailing the operations, maintenance, and schematics of equipment, from the United States Air Force between 2015 and 2020 in exchange for at least $132,280.
Protests break out across the United States to mark the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd. Floyd’s family also met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House and called for U.S. Congress to pass police reform legislation.
combined military forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte receives her first dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine.
Saudi Arabia eases an international travel ban for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Kyrgyzstan parliament announces that they have backed a plan to seize the country's Kumtor Gold Mine after Centerra Gold said it would take the Kyrgyzstan government to an international court.
capital and most populous city of France
Alden owns the Boston Herald, The Denver Post, and The San Jose Mercury News through its Digital First Media chain.
The Swiss government announces that indoor restaurants will be reopened and people will no longer be required to work from home beginning May 31 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.
The Welsh Labour Party wins a record sixth term in office. With 52 out of 60 seats declared, Labour has won 30 seats in the Senedd, reaching a working majority and equalling their best performance.
Ten more bodies are found under the rubble of bombed buildings in Gaza, thereby bringing the Palestinian death toll to 243.
international development strategy and framework proposed by China
bicameral legislature of the United States
In Milwaukee, protesters gather near The Calling sculpture in opposition to Israel's occupation.
Indonesian Islamists protest American support for Israel at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. Protesters also demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire going into force yesterday.
Sporting CP win the Primeira Liga, the top tier of the Portuguese football league system, for the first time since the 2001–02 season. They become the first team other than Porto or Benfica to win the title in 19 years.
Zimbabwe reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant. The variant had been detected among a group of people in the central town of Kwekwe after a student returned from India on April 29.
India reports a new global record of 401,993 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby marking the first time a country reported more than 400,000 new cases in a single day.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signs a decree that grants amnesty and reduces sentences for prisoners ahead of an election on May 26.
A court in Paris dismisses the complaint of a French Vietnamese woman against several manufacturers of the Agent Orange chemical used by the United States military during the Vietnam War.
general election held in Wales on 6 May 2021
Hawaiian Governor David Ige says that the state will keep its mask mandate despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying that fully vaccinated Americans can go to places without wearing a mask.
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
The Israeli Supreme Court agrees to delay its ruling on whether Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood can be evicted to make way for Jewish settlers to later this month, following a series of violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters over this issue.
Indonesia resumes the usage of the temporarily suspended batch of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after tests conducted by the Food and Drug Authority showed that there is no relation between the quality of vaccine batch number CTMAV547 and the death of a young man earlier in the month.
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
the judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match in 1989
most recent glacial maximum during the last glacial period
easternmost coast of the United States, located near the North Atlantic Ocean
At a court in Rwanda, Beatrice Munyenyezi denies the charges against her stemming from the 1994 genocide. Munyenyezi alleges that she was a pregnant teenager at the time and that she could not have been involved in the crimes. She had been previously deported from the United States for lying on her naturalization process. Her husband and mother-in-law Pauline Nyiramasuhuko are already convicted for the genocide.
These sanctions are intended to push all parties in the war to pursue peace.
The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
Process of ending the War in Afghanistan
attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft
Crew Dragon space capsule manufactured by SpaceX
South Africa reports its first four cases of the Lineage B.1.617.2 variant in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, where all of these had a travel history to India.
The World Health Organization classifies the Lineage B.1.617 variant as a "Variant of Concern", becoming the fourth variant to be designated as being of global concern after the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 variants.
group of techniques to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence
The Biden administration announces that it will support waiving patent protections on existing COVID-19 vaccines so that other countries can produce generic variants, following weeks of pressure from the international community.
As the number of cases increases, only essential personnel are allowed to travel freely for the next nine days.
Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)
executive department of the government of the Philippines in charge of foreign affairs
Israel, Palestine, Israel–Lebanon border, Golan Heights
The offices of the Qatar branch of the Red Crescent Society is destroyed by an Israeli air strike, killing two Palestinians and wounding ten others. The Qatari Foreign Ministry condemns the attack.
Indonesian Islamist militant organization
The New South Wales government restricts the size of gatherings and reintroduces a mandatory mask-wearing policy for indoor areas and public transport after the wife of a man who tested positive for COVID-19 also tests positive. The restrictions will be in effect until Monday at 12:01 a.m.
international border crossings between Jordan and Israel
Executive branch of government made up of the President and the Cabinet of Singapore
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Russia
In the early hours, the Taliban announces a three-day ceasefire to observe the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.
The International Criminal Court begins its trial against Janjaweed senior commander Ali Kushayb, who is charged with 31 counts of war crimes. He is the first person to be prosecuted by the Court for personal involvement in the violence committed during the Darfur conflict.
Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul.
Thirty-two people are confirmed dead following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, two days ago.
formal accusation of wrongdoing in common law
The Board of Control for Cricket in India halts the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League indefinitely following the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country, which several players tested positive.
Approximately 30 people were in attendance.
hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
However, an amendment calling for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled and for sanctions to be placed on Israel was rejected by a vote of 87–43.
Indian biotechnological company, vaccine manufacturer
head of state and head of government of Kenya
history of referendums in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
official currency of Australia; also officially used in Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu
Six people are killed by a gunman in a mass shooting during a birthday party at a residence in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The gunman, who committed suicide at the scene, is believed to have been a boyfriend of one of the victims.
state police force of Jammu and Kashmir, India
first minister of the government of Ontario
Protests against the Glazer ownership of Manchester United
1971 massacre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by the British Army
international armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995
military invasion led by the United States
After compromising the Washington, D.C., police department's computers in April, the Babuk group releases thousands of the department's sensitive documents on the dark web.
The Federal Government of Germany officially recognizes the country's perpetration of the Herero and Namaqua genocide during its colonial rule of Namibia. German foreign minister Heiko Maas pledges reparations worth €1.1 billion (US$1.34 billion) for the descendants of the Herero and Nama people to be paid within 30 years.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns the excessive use of force by Colombian security forces during the ongoing protests that have killed at least 19 civilians. (Al Jazeera)
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
Pakistan reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India.
Spain lifts its state of emergency that had been imposed since October, allowing people to travel freely between regions for the first time in months. The country's curfew is also lifted.
public health emergency of international concern
says that he has convened a grand jury in his criminal investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump over his real estate business, as well as the Trump Organization.
Standard-essential patents refer to major technologies that are vital in producing standardized products and that must be verified by standards organizations.
They become the first team other than Porto or Benfica to win the title in 19 years.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem amidst speculation that a new government will be formed in Israel.
urgent movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard
The acting minister of finance did not deny the claims but did say that there are reports of corruption involving governors, police commanders, and employees of the Ministry of Finance as well as ordinary citizens.
The Kyrgyzstan Interior Ministry and Tajikistan both report that the situation at the border is stable and calm. Both countries also agree to withdraw troops from the border. However, an unexploded air missile is discovered at a house in Batken, Kyrgyzstan, near the border.
Hungary reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India.
overview of gun violence in the United States
Republicans in the United States Senate block a bill to form a commission to investigate the storming of the United States Capitol as the bill failed to pass by a vote of 54–35, making it the first filibuster used in the 117th United States Congress.
The country also reports a record 4,187 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 238,270.
Thirty-seven more Palestinian civilians are killed after further airstrikes are executed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, thereby bringing the death toll to 69.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The 11 days of conflict have killed 232 people in Gaza and 11 in Israel.
executive body of the German Government (part of the Federal Government of Germany)
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
league system for association football in Italy
slavery with the intention of using the slaves for sex
French republic in Northern Italy between 1802 and 1805
American far-right and crypto-fascist male-only organization
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Kerala, India
conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip
The European Medicines Agency authorizes the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12 to 15 years old, becoming the first vaccine to be approved for children in the European Union.
Two women in Kyrgyzstan are arrested for calling for residents of Chaldybar to get rid of Tajikistan citizens.
European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tajikistan says the border clashes left several people dead on their side.
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon
Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Venezuela approves the use of the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine.
2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
ongoing conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia delays the national elections, already postponed from August 2020, from June 5 to an unknown date, citing logistic issues. Prior to this, several oppositional parties were planning to boycott the election over the Tigray War.
She also signs a law that limits vaccine passports in the state.
The Turkish Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June, is canceled due to the recent upgrading by the British government of pandemic-related travel restrictions on Turkey.
Greece officially reopens its borders to all visitors who present a proof of vaccination, a negative PCR test result, or a document certifying a recent recovery from the COVID-19 as tourism season begins, hoping to revive the sector badly affected by the pandemic.
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
police agency protecting the U.S. Congress
Governor Ned Lamont announces that Connecticut has fully vaccinated 50% of its adult population, thereby making it the first state to do so.
After being presented with evidence, the defendants will be able to enter a plea before the case is moved to the High Court.
Video-sharing platform LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years.
Denmark's public service broadcaster DR reveals that the Danish Defence Intelligence Service helped the American National Security Agency spy on European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014.
UEFA reveals that nine of the 12 association football clubs that planned to participate in the suspended European Super League proposal agree, through a "club commitment declaration", to financial sanctions imposed by the governing body. This includes a five percent cut in their revenue for one season. Only Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid did not sign the declaration, although UEFA has committed to "take appropriate action" against clubs still committed to the Super League.
Nine of the people had been shot by the British Armed Forces.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
annual association football competition in Europe
UEFA reveals that nine of the 12 association football clubs that planned to participate in the suspended European Super League proposal agree, through a "club commitment declaration", to financial sanctions imposed by the governing body.
form of government subsidy restricted in EU law
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Date: 29 February 2020 – 30 August 2021 (1 year, 6 months and 1 day)
Kenya Police fire tear gas at a group of crowds protesting the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in Nairobi.
An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales
In Kuwait, protesters burn Israeli flags and rally in support of Palestine. Protesters also reject normalization agreements signed by Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
person who is not a legitimate member of the military
2020–2021 protests against Benjamin Netanyahu
Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
diplomatic relations between Russia and the European Union
Uzbekistan reports 452 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total this year, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,176.
Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol
The elections use the proportional additional member system, unlike the first past the post system used in House of Commons elections.
During the protest, demonstrators are seen calling for a boycott of Israeli and American goods, as well as chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel".
A study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that the true COVID-19 death toll in the United States is more than 900,000 people.
Pakistan surpasses 20,000 deaths from COVID-19.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In the United States, the Oregon counties of Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur, and Sherman all approve measures that would require county officials to take steps to promote moving the Idaho border west to incorporate their populations. These counties join Jefferson and Union counties that have already passed similar measures, while Douglas and Harney counties are voting on similar measure in upcoming elections.
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Moderna says that their vaccine is 100% effective in teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17. They say that they will seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early June.
national interest" to waive the sanctions.
This gradual normalization will last until June 1.
Colonial Pipeline, which supplies 45% of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply, suffers a malware attack that causes a shutdown of their system.
Mount Nyiragongo, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, erupts.
In the United States, protests are held in Atlanta, Boston, Louisville, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and other cities to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
A man also dies in Ramat Gan, in Tel Aviv District, during a rocket attack; another person is also killed in another city, bringing the death toll there to 10.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian officials say that fighting between Israel and Palestine will continue while working toward a ceasefire.
West End of National Mall, Washington, D.C.
proposed annual football club competition
flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river, canal transport of heavy goods, usually moved by pusher or tug boats
political elections for public offices in Chile
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
Armed miners on seven boats attack the indigenous Yanomami community in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, opening fire against them and wounding one person.
Pope Francis formally institutes the office of catechist as a ministry within the Church. With an apostolic letter entitled Antiquum Ministerium, released on May 11, the Pope establishes the lay ministry, and announces that the Vatican would soon publish a ritual for the commissioning of catechists.
Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip including Hamas fire barrages of rockets at Israeli cities and towns near the Gaza border, as well as seven toward Jerusalem, injuring one person.
variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a different genetic sequence
part of the World Wide Web that is only reachable over darknets
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority suspends all commercial flights to Somalia for three months, days after both countries announced the restoration of diplomatic relations. No reason is given for the suspension.
ministry in charge of diplomatic relations of the Republic of Turkey with other countries
These new restrictions will take effect on May 25.
association football club in London, England
The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi announces a "very, very slow" easing of its lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases in major cities. Beginning Monday, construction work and operation of factories will be resumed.
An anti-fungal drug, Amphotericin B, used in the treatment of a rare infection called mucormycosis, or "black fungus", is in short supply across states in India.
Germany begins to implement a two-week quarantine for German citizens and residents who have travelled from the United Kingdom, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated. Additionally, all non-essential travel to the UK is banned amidst an outbreak of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant.
aftermath of the violent disruption of the presidential election certification on January 6, 2021
Protests form outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, accusing him of intentionally escalating the conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip in order to maintain his power.
The Cypriot Ministry of Health issues a new recommendation that people under the age of 50 should not receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine and should receive an mRNA vaccine instead. However, people under the age of 50 who have already received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should proceed normally with the second dose.
Delaware reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India.
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
Argentina surpasses three million cases of COVID-19.
international governing body of rugby union and its variants
A boat crash off the coast of Florida leaves two dead. Eight others have been rescued. The boat had departed from Cuba on May 23.
The European Commission signs a third contract with Pfizer and BioNTech to secure 1.8 billion doses of its vaccine.
republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls for upholding of democracy and law but rejects any interventionist role whereas the Federated States of Micronesia is the first country to recognize the legitimacy of Mataʻafa's government.
101 West Younger Avenue San Jose, California United States
The total death toll there rises to 192 people, including 58 children and 34 women.
Israel launches missiles at Masyaf, Syria, killing one person and injuring six others. Several more missiles are intercepted, including one which reached the port city of Latakia.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football
global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football
helicopter designed or adapted for use by military forces
Restrictions are tightened in Melbourne, Victoria, after an increase in cases, potentially linked to a hotel quarantine breach in South Australia.
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Fiji reports 28 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the most since the second wave began in mid-April, when a soldier breached protocol at the border and did not notify the authorities. This thereby brings the total number of cases to 308.
A total lunar eclipse occurs, the second-shortest of the 21st century, with totality lasting for only 14 minutes.
In Manchester, protesters gather at the BBC building in MediaCityUK, while protesters burn Israeli flags in Birmingham.
This includes a five percent cut in their revenue for one season.
Hamas fires over 190 rockets at towns and cities in southern Israel, damaging numerous buildings, including a synagogue.
head of state and of government of Turkey
international association of professional women tennis players
ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials onboard from one port to another
entirety of an organism's hereditary information; genome of organism (encoded by the genomic DNA) is the (biological) information of heredity which is passed from one generation of organism to the next; is transcribed to produce various RNAs
The country also reports a record 59 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,099.
metropolitan and ceremonial county in England
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
bilateral relations between Czech Republic and Israel
Four Christian farmers are killed by East Indonesia Mujahideen militants during an attack at a coffee plantation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Vietnam discovers a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that combines the mutations from Lineage B.1.617 and Lineage B.1.1.7.
Dame Cindy Kiro is announced as the next Governor-General of New Zealand.
deportation and resettlement campaign of the Ottoman Empire's Armenian population with mass murder
Cuba initiates its mass vaccination campaign for around 1.7 million people, using its locally-developed SOBERANA 02 and ABDALA vaccines, both of which have yet to complete its Phase III clinical trials.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson marries political activist Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral.
The FDA announces its approval for measures allowing the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at regular refrigerator temperatures for up to 30 days before administration.
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Fiji
The Israel Defense Forces says that it has deployed two infantry units and an armoured unit to the border on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and that a ground operation inside Gaza will be submitted to military chiefs later today, ahead of a potential approval by the Israeli government.
In the United States, the Oregon counties of Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur, and Sherman all approve measures that would require county officials to take steps to promote moving the Idaho border west to incorporate their populations.
Afghan security forces fight a huge offensive by the Taliban in Helmand as the United States begins to withdraw troops from the country before the final deadline of September 11.
The number of children killed also increases to 31.
Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez says that he is withdrawing a controversial tax reform proposal after thousands of predominantly working-class people took to the streets to protest against the plans, which they say unfairly target the poor. Seventeen people were killed in the protests.
respiratory syndrome and infectious disease in humans, caused by SARS coronavirus 2
Fabio and Nicola Riva, the former owners of the Ilva steelworks in Taranto, Italy, are sentenced to 22 and 20 years in jail respectively for allowing their company to discharge harmful pollution.
Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad sues units of Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Coutts for a combined amount of US$2.9 billion on the basis of negligence and conspiracy to defraud. The lawsuit is a bid to recover lost assets of more than $23 billion.
It is Castroneves' fourth victory in the race, becoming only the fourth driver to accomplish this feat.
In London, protesters gather at Hyde Park and the Israeli embassy.
Macron is the first French president to visit Rwanda in ten years, with relations between the two countries having deteriorated following the genocide.
The French Constitutional Council strikes down Article 24 of the so-called global security law, which criminalized the sharing of images that could reveal the identity of police officers.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
acts of terrorism commited by Palestinians
Protests against the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
Protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
International protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
Conflict about the result of the 2021 election
Coptic monk Wael Saad Tawadros, better known as Brother Isaiah, is executed over the killing of bishop Anba Epiphanius, the abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Wadi El Natrun, in 2018.
Mexico reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India in the state of San Luis Potosí.
Austrian Airlines cancels a passenger flight from Vienna to Moscow after the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency denied a reroute request to avoid Belarusian airspace. The request was made on the recommendation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for EU carriers to avoid the airspace in response to the hijacking and arrest of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich on May 23.
One protester is killed and dozens are injured after police attack protesters gathered at Baghdad's Tahrir Square in the evening, where hundreds marched to demand the end of targeted killings of prominent journalists and activists.
A decryption key for the hospital records has been provided to the Irish Health Service Executive.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors for allegedly lying to Parliament about his role in the Ibiza affair.
Israeli security forces fire stun grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinians attending Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, and they also hit journalists at the scene with batons, injuring at least 20 people.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates both summon their Lebanese ambassadors after Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe accused the Gulf States of playing a role in the rise of ISIL in a heated exchange with a Saudi guest during an interview yesterday. Wehbe has since apologized for his remarks.
However, citizens from 20 countries remain banned from entering the country and Saudi citizens are banned from travelling to 13 high-risk countries, either directly or indirectly.
Nicknamed the Super Flower Blood Moon, the eclipse was visible over the Pacific Ocean and Oceania, with South and East Asia seeing the eclipse at moonrise, and the Americas seeing the eclipse at moonset.
Lebanon eases some COVID-19 restrictions, allowing cinemas and theatres to reopen as well as allowing organized weddings, conferences, and trade shows at reduced capacity as the number of both cases and deaths continue to decline.
Documented issues include selling false medical equipment or drugs, selling medical equipment or drugs at up to 10x the price, buying all available supplies so they will only be found on the black market, operating hospitals like expensive private hotels, charging twenty times the normal prices for ambulance services, charging a hundred times the regular cost for cremation services or supplies, selling false reports and records, and selling children orphaned by the pandemic.
viral vector vaccine for prevention of COVID-19
The United States sanctions Ethiopian and Eritrean government and military officials for their involvement in the Tigray War. These sanctions are intended to push all parties in the war to pursue peace.
Additionally, fuel containing materials, which were initially the consistency of lava, are disintegrating into radioactive dust.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Pripyat, Chernobyl Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
French professional league for men's association football clubs
vascular disease caused by the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
human settlement in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States of America
He is the first person to be prosecuted by the Court for personal involvement in the violence committed during the Darfur conflict.
Its construction was considered controversial as its location was considered to be secular space, with earlier plans to build it near Gezi Park contributing to protests in 2013.
Following recommendations from the Council on Ethics, the Government Pension Fund of Norway drops two firms from its portfolio for doing business with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
cricket team in the Indian Premier League
party caucus in the US House of Representatives
An outage in the Sabre passenger service system used by multiple airlines causes flight issues in multiple countries.
Brazilian social movements organize demonstrations in Brazil's major cities against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The Scottish National Party wins a historic fourth term in office.
The Federal Parliament of Nepal votes 124–93 in a no confidence vote against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli over both his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his attempts to lead a minority government after his party, the Nepal Communist Party, split into the Communist Party of Nepal–UML and Communist Party of Nepal–Maoist earlier this year.
Chinese international state-media organization
Mataʻafa and FAST MPs remain locked out of parliament on the opening day of the new legislative session.
The Alberta government introduces tougher public health restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19, including moving all kindergarten to Grade 12 students to online learning, closing restaurants and bars to in-person dining, closing down personal care services such as hair salons, limiting outdoor gatherings to five people, and increasing fines for those violating public health measures.
British/American owned Italian cruise line
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
More than 200 BIFF militants storm the town of Datu Paglas, Philippines, forcing many residents to evacuate.
It subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 432,425.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a three-step reopening plan as the number of COVID-19 cases decline. Golf, tennis, basketball, and other outdoor sports will be allowed to reopen on May 22, but the stay-at-home order will remain in place until June 2.
bilateral relations between Kenya and Somalia
Jersey City, New Jersey–Lower Manhattan, New York
Venezuelan authorities seize the headquarters of oppositional newspaper El Nacional for failing to pay a US$13 million fine for allegedly defaming United Socialist Party of Venezuela assemblyman Diosdado Cabello.
Five others were also killed in the operation on May 17.
CNA Financial, the seventh-largest commercial insurer in the United States, reveals that in March 2021, it was the target of a ransomware attack and had paid $40 million to a group named Phoenix two weeks after a trove of company data was stolen, and CNA officials were locked out of their network. The CNA hackers used malware called Phoenix Locker, a variant of ransomware dubbed Hades. Hades was created by a Russian cybercrime syndicate known as Evil Corp., according to cybersecurity experts. In December 2019, the Treasury Department announced sanctions on 17 individuals and six entities linked to Evil Corp. The designation by the Treasury Department made it illegal for a U.S. company to knowingly pay a ransom to Evil Corp.
Americans of ancestry from black ethnic groups of Africa
Two people are killed and 20 more are wounded in a mass shooting at a hall near Hialeah, Florida, United States. The three perpetrators remain at large.
The Attorney General of Samoa, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale, petitions to have the Supreme Court disqualified from presiding over further challenges to the results of the 2021 Samoan general election. Annandale criticized the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the opposition FAST party, led by Naomi Mataʻafa, in four previous decisions.
Israel launches missiles at Masyaf, Syria, killing one person and injuring six others.
European association-football tournament
Furthermore, 100 gigabytes of Colonial Pipeline corporate data was stolen prior to the attack.
Consulate General of the United States, Jerusalem
United States diplomatic mission in Jerusalem
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov signs a decree approving the new constitution, which was approved following a referendum on April 11.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
Alberta expands its vaccine eligibility to people over the age of 12 years.
Germany lifts its curfew and some social restrictions, such as requiring a negative test result to enter certain venues, for those who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. These people are also no longer required to enter quarantine unless they have travelled to a high-risk country.
The normally rare infection has a mortality rate of 50% and is believed to occur 12 to 18 days after recovery from COVID-19.
Nine people are killed by a gunman during a mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, California.
A police officer is shot dead during a narcotics raid in Avignon, France.
These radiation levels are high enough to preclude installing sensors.
Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Taliban to observe Eid al-Fitr remains in place. No group claims responsibility for any of the bombings.
The death toll in Israel rises to nine people killed, including a six-year-old boy.
Wikimedia list of persons by position held (P39)
Denmark's public service broadcaster DR reveals that the Danish Defence Intelligence Service helped the American National Security Agency spy on European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014. Intelligence was also collected on other officials from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway.
Russia denies entry to European airlines for a second consecutive day.
Protesters gather in London and Madrid in solidarity with Palestine.
The Israeli military shells southern Lebanon after several Grad-type rockets were fired at Israel.
Zuma said that the charges were politically motivated by a rival section of the ruling African National Congress.
The United Kingdom adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to its "red list" of countries, where travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days upon their return to the UK at their own expense. Twelve countries are also added to the government's "green list", including Portugal and Israel. This new "traffic light system" will take effect on May 17, when international travel is no longer illegal.
Rebel forces confirm that former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia leader Jesús Santrich has been killed in a cross-border operation in Zulia, Venezuela, by the National Army of Colombia.
105th running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
Taiwan reports a record 335 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 333 of which are locally transmitted cases. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,017.
diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia
However, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the Democratic Party will still "proceed to find the truth".
The Biden administration lifts sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Russia and Germany. Despite Joe Biden's personal opposition to the project, the U.S. State Department says that it concluded that it was in the "U.S. national interest" to waive the sanctions.
Nepal reports a record 9,317 new cases and 225 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the total of confirmed cases to 413,111 and the nationwide death toll to 4,084.
government-imposed limit of two children per family
A man stabs and injures four people in a Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand.
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
List of George Floyd protests outside the United States
worldwide protests against racism and police brutality based on or inspired by seeking justice for George Floyd
India reports a world record of 414,188 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21.49 million.
In Washington, D.C. protesters gather at the Lincoln Memorial to call for an end to aid from the United States to Israel.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
This deadlock has also resulted in violent public protests in Mogadishu.
peninsula in Northeast Africa which juts into the Guardafui Channel
autonomous city of Spain in North Africa
capital and most populous city of the Netherlands
Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded and left in a coma after attackers target the area where he lived in Herat Province.
The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran, Iran, is found dead after accidentally falling from the tower where she lived.
Belgium suspends the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for people under the age of 41 following the death of a woman who had received the vaccine last week and who was showing "serious thrombosis and reduced blood platelets".
pharmaceutical or chemical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis
The results show a majority victory for the center-left, with a very important role for independent candidates.
The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rises to 145 people, including 41 children.
Israel condemns an "antisemitic" report by China's state-owned China Global Television Network that claims that "wealthy Jews dominate the finance, media and internet sectors" in the United States.
Taiwan reports a record 207 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 206 of which are locally transmitted cases. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,682.
Sri Lanka approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the country faces its third wave of the pandemic and the highest number of active cases since the pandemic began. The minister overseeing the situation says that Sri Lanka will try to secure five million doses of the vaccine as India has restricted the supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Iraqi President Barham Salih says that $150 billion in oil has been stolen from the country since the 2003 invasion due to corruption.
Hundreds of Black gun owners from around the US marched in Tulsa, Oklahoma to remember those murdered in the Tulsa race massacre on the eve of its 100th anniversary. The Elmer Geronimo Pratt Gun Club of Austin, Texas and New Black Panther Party organized the event. Slogans of "Black Power" and "Black Lives Matter" were heard during the rally.
Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reports that the National Intelligence Organization arrested the nephew of exiled Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in an overseas operation, for alleged membership in a terrorist organization.
Singapore announces that social gatherings will be reduced to five people per group, and workplace capacity will be reduced to 50% from May 8 to May 30 as part of measures to reduce the community spread of COVID-19.
The four-astronaut crew of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience successfully splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, arriving from a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
A Nigerian Air Force plane crashes near Kaduna International Airport, killing Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and several of his aides.
Greece reopens primary and junior high schools for in-person classes for the first time in months. The courts also restart many activities.
ongoing dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
process of transforming profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly legitimate assets
The mayor-president of Ceuta Juan Jesús Vivas calls the situation an "invasion" and announces the suspension of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for Wednesday as the city is experiencing a "state of emergency atmosphere".
Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, the founder of the Indonesian hardline Islamist group Islamic Defenders Front, is sentenced to eight months in prison for holding several mass events in violation of Indonesia's COVID-19 regulations, and is fined Rp 20 million (US$1,400) for a specific event held at an Islamic boarding school in West Java.
location for storing and sorting railroad cars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the Biden administration will send Hady Amr to help defuse tensions.
The International Criminal Court sentences Ugandan warlord and member of the Christian terrorist group Lord's Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison for charges including murder, rape and sexual enslavement. The former child soldier's lawyers had asked for a lenient sentence considering his childhood trauma.
development history of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft
Europol also says that several paedophile chat sites were taken down in the German-led intelligence operation.
2020 pandemic in Michigan, United States
They say that they will seek approval from the U.S.
representative of the monarch of New Zealand
Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,806 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 492,302.
One Palestinian is killed and dozens more are wounded after Israeli security forces open fire on protesters marching at a military checkpoint in the Beit El settlement in the West Bank.
communist party in Nepal founded in 2018
A major Austrian Muslim organization files a lawsuit against the government for publishing a map on Thursday listing the location of the country's mosques and Islamic associations, saying it "represents an unprecedented crossing of boundaries".
Italian cruise line Costa Cruises returns to service for the first time in nearly five months following a ban of cruises by the Italian government due to the pandemic. Several Costa ships had reported cases on board in the previous year.
One Catholic priest is killed and another kidnapped in an armed attack on the parish in Malunfashi, Sokoto State, in northern Nigeria.
diplomatic relations between Ireland and Palestine
An unidentified source says a North Korean 5,500-ton freighter named Chongbong, which is on the U.N. Security Council blacklist, sinks with 6,500 tons of iron off the coast of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan. All 21 crew members on board are rescued by a North Korean oil ship passing nearby.
2021 aviation incident over Belarus and arrest of journalist Roman Pratasevich
A viaduct collapses in the Tezonco–Olivos elevated interstation of Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces the United States will reopen its consulate in Jerusalem at an unknown date.
Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extends the state of emergency to Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures from May 16 until the end of this month. He alsos declare a quasi-state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures from May 16 until June 13.
United States Federal Law Enforcement Agency
Representatives in the National Assembly of France
industrial park in Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Michigan relaxes several restrictions regarding face mask requirements and outdoor gatherings.
During an official visit to Kigali, French President Emmanuel Macron admits French involvement in the Rwandan genocide. Macron is the first French president to visit Rwanda in ten years, with relations between the two countries having deteriorated following the genocide.
Arab League countries in North Africa and Middle East (i.e. MENA)
The group reportedly asked for $4 million in ransom and were offered $100,000 at which point negotiations stopped.
Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded and left in a coma after attackers target the area where he lived in Herat Province. Three of Niazi's men are also killed and four others wounded during the clash.
British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden says that the government is considering penalizing the BBC for its 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, in which an independent inquiry conducted by former Justice of the Supreme Court John Dyson, Lord Dyson found interviewer Martin Bashir to be guilty of deceit and breaching the network's editorial conduct to obtain the interview.
The Taliban denies involvement in the attack, which is the deadliest in Afghanistan so far this year.
Malaysia reports a record 39 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,761.
The United States sanctions two Houthi leaders for their roles in the Marib campaign.
Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez says that he is withdrawing a controversial tax reform proposal after thousands of predominantly working-class people took to the streets to protest against the plans, which they say unfairly target the poor.
In the municipal elections, the center-right Chile Vamos loses some of the largest cities in the country, while Irací Hassler becomes the first Communist mayor of Santiago. In the first election of regional governors, Christian Democrat Claudio Orrego and leftist Karina Oliva move to the second round in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, while the officialist Catalina Parot gets fourth place.
association football club in Barcelona, Spain
space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of Mars
According to a coroner's inquest report, ten people shot dead in the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre in Belfast were innocent civilians and their killings were unjustified. Nine of the people had been shot by the British Armed Forces.
Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores.
The Kyrgyzstan Interior Ministry and Tajikistan both report that the situation at the border is stable and calm.
Peru announces a sharp increase in the COVID-19 death toll from 69,342 to 180,764 following a government review that reflects the severity of the pandemic.
The prosecutor general's office of Tajikistan launches a criminal investigation into servicemen and citizens of Kyrgyzstan for "unleashing an aggressive war".
The cell was reportedly planning an attack during Eid al-Fitr.
The New South Wales government restricts the size of gatherings and reintroduces a mandatory mask-wearing policy for indoor areas and public transport after the wife of a man who tested positive for COVID-19 also tests positive.
type of bridge crossing a valley or a gorge
U.S. President Joe Biden condemns Belarus for the hijacking and the arrest of Protasevich, and he says that his administration will "develop appropriate options".
Greek Cypriots head to the polls to elect a new session to the House of Representatives.
With multiple electricity pylons near Kabul being destroyed by bomb blasts, electricity supplier Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is reporting a shortage of 530 megawatts of power and announced that it will take 20 days to repair the destroyed pylons. Residents are accusing DABS of discrimination during these outages, as the capital's elite had 24-hour electricity.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian threatens to step up pressure against Lebanese politicians he accuses of committing "collective suicide" by failing to pull the country out of its economic meltdown. During his visit to Beirut, Le Drian said that punitive actions could be taken by France and the European Union.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces that it will begin making $4 billion of loan forgiveness payments for 13,000 loans that were made by the agency to Black, Hispanic and Indigenous farmers beginning in June.
India reports a new world record of 4,529 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 283,248.
The hacker group, DarkSide, attempts to distance itself from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying that it provides ransomware as a service, selling licenses to other criminals.
SpaceX super heavy-lift reusable launch vehicle
In Kuwait, protesters burn Israeli flags and rally in support of Palestine.
Abu Dhabi updates its travel procedures for residents and visitors who are fully vaccinated.
media under financial and/or editorial control of a government
Andorran minister of Finances Èric Jover becomes re-infected with COVID-19, becoming the second minister in the past week to test positive for the virus after Minister of Economy Jordi Gallardo on May 12.
Six people are killed by a gunman in a mass shooting during a birthday party at a residence in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN ad hoc court located in The Hague, Netherlands
former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of the Philippines
first elections in Qatar, held October 2021
association football club in Munich, Germany
and reducing the capacity of public transport and other mass transportation vehicles to 50 percent.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces that Norway will remove the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from its vaccination programme due to the risk of rare blood clots.
The CNA hackers used malware called Phoenix Locker, a variant of ransomware dubbed Hades.
advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
Watchdog organization NetBlocks reports Internet connection disruptions in Cali, Colombia, amidst the ongoing anti-government protests.
Arabic term for people engaged in jihad ("struggle")
Protesters gather in London and Madrid in solidarity with Palestine. In London, protesters gather at Hyde Park and the Israeli embassy. Former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn also speaks at the London protest.
Two separate roadside bombings kill 13 civilians in Helmand and Ghor Provinces.
Advisory body to the President of the Philippines
Intelligence was also collected on other officials from Germany, France, Sweden and Norway.
countries with an originally European shared culture
Germany declares the United Kingdom a "virus variant area" due to the spread of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant. It means that anyone from the UK will be required quarantine for two weeks on arrival, even if they have tested negative.
Thailand reports a record 41 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 873.
person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft
municipality and capital city of Belgium
multiethnic empire with the monarchs from the Ottoman dynasty (1299–1922)
ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019
percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
people native to or citizens of the islands of the Philippines
4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)
bilateral relations between Israel and Bangladesh
Latvia's Saeima votes to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.
designation for parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines
Kurdish autonomous Region in northern Iraq
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Islamist militants are suspected to be behind the attack.
Indian national administrative subdivisions
The program has been delayed because of accusations of racism and is currently facing multiple lawsuits.
Istanbul police announce that, on Wednesday, they arrested an Afghan man who served as a close aide to former ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and who had helped him hide in Syria's Idlib Governorate after the group lost its territory in 2019.
Russia denies entry to European airlines for a second consecutive day. Air France and Austrian Airlines flights were rejected by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency amid the continuing fallout over Ryanair Flight 4978 and the subsequent flight ban in Belarusian airspace.
household or industrial appliance for preserving food at a low temperature
Russian single dose viral vector vaccine
Chileans are summoned to a second consecutive day of voting to elect the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention to change its Pinochet-era constitution. The results show a majority victory for the center-left, with a very important role for independent candidates.
United States intelligence operations abroad
The Philippines surpasses 20,000 deaths from COVID-19.
as the number of infections has declined.
Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner, who sponsored the bill, says that she did not consider chick culling "to be ethically acceptable".
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the COVID-19 restrictions will be strengthened, which will include a nightly curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people indoors and 250 people outdoors, and a requirement for all non-essential establishments to close at 10:00 p.m. as the country moves to the adjusted level 2 beginning tomorrow amid a third wave of COVID-19.
Protests break out in London, New York City, and other cities across the world expressing solidarity with Palestine. In Manhattan, pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Israeli consulate on East 42nd Street. Additionally, U.S. Reps Rashida Tlaib and André Carson participate in a protest at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
The MV X-Press Pearl, a container ship sailing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemicals, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka after an explosion was detected onboard. Rescuers evacuated all crew from the ship and reported that two people were injured.
Farmers have agreed to suspend their sales of cattles to slaughterhouses during the protest.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age
Protesters also reject normalization agreements signed by Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
This is the first time that a company has been legally forced to uphold the obligations laid out in the Paris agreement.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
The Central Committee of Fatah calls it a "day of rage".
The Attorney General of Samoa, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale, petitions to have the Supreme Court disqualified from presiding over further challenges to the results of the 2021 Samoan general election.
2021–2023 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez announces that 65 officers have been given disciplinary actions for acts of brutality allegedly committed while repressing demonstrations.
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
The driver, Ioan Crișan, a well-known fish farmer and businessman, was killed, and several windows were shattered.
U.S. President Joe Biden declares a state of emergency following Friday's ransomware cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., which transports 2.5 million barrels a day – 45 percent of the U.S. East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel.
Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria.
broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword
daily broadsheet newspaper in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States
city in Taiwan, and most populous municipality of Taiwan
The Facebook Oversight Board upholds the social media giant's ban on former president Donald Trump. However, it calls for a review of the indefinite ban within six months.
details regarding the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in Norway
beginning tomorrow and making the six regions an lowest-risk "white zone" by the first week of June.
one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia
Indonesia surpasses 50,000 deaths from COVID-19.
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Andorra
Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region
Indonesian digital payment firm Gojek announces a merger with e-commerce site Tokopedia to form GoTo Group. Aiming for an IPO of between US$35 and 40 billion, Gojek claims that it is the country's largest business deal.
publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom
Attacks by the group have significantly increased as United States troops have started to withdraw from the country before the final deadline of September 11.
More than 200 BIFF militants storm the town of Datu Paglas, Philippines, forcing many residents to evacuate. The town's market is occupied by the fighters, before being reclaimed by the army.
football match between Manchester United and Manchester City
A tower block at New Providence Wharf, London, United Kingdom, catches fire. The block is clad in the same material as that which was on Grenfell Tower, which caught fire in 2017. More than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were sent to the scene.
sovereign microstate between France and Spain, in Western Europe
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
Hélio Castroneves wins the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500. It is Castroneves' fourth victory in the race, becoming only the fourth driver to accomplish this feat.
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Kachin Independence Army says that it shot down a military helicopter of the armed forces. The separatist group's information department head reported that they were attacked with airstrikes and that they shot back. In a separate incident, a junta-appointed local administrator is stabbed to death in Yangon.
restrictions by countries intended to stop spread of disease
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to continue strikes in Gaza, including Hamas targets.
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
Despite this, the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas begins.
The local government wants the army to formally take over the administration of COVID-19 care facilities and intensive care units.
It is revealed that documents and patient records have already been leaked online from the Irish Health Service Executive ransomware cyberattack. These files were offered by the "ContiLocker Team", believed to be related to be the "Wizard Spider" group from Eastern Europe, as samples to prove that they had confidential information. The 27 files include personal records of 12 individuals, including admissions records and laboratory results. The group claims to have stolen 700GB of unencrypted files from the Irish health service, including patient and employee information, contracts, financial statements and payroll records.
Canada announces that it will purchase two million doses of the vaccine produced by Moderna.
Slovakia lifts its national state of emergency that has been in force since October as the number of COVID-19 cases declines, ending the curfew and all nationwide restrictions on gatherings.
Victoria enters a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown until June 3 at 11:59 p.m.
county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
An independent report commissioned by the ruling Conservative Party on discrimination within the party details that two-thirds of the 727 discrimination complaints filed against the party from 2015 to 2020 are classified as Islamophobic incidents. Incidents listed include comments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the attire of Muslim women, and comments by London Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith about his opponent and current Mayor Sadiq Khan during the 2016 election. It also found "no evidence" that these complaints were treated significantly different from other complaints.
The offices of the Qatar branch of the Red Crescent Society is destroyed by an Israeli air strike, killing two Palestinians and wounding ten others.
Four Pakistani soldiers are killed and six others wounded when ambushed by militants near the border with Afghanistan.
legal boundary between two geographic regions
India recorded its last 100,000 deaths in less than a month.
Tennis player Naomi Osaka, ranked Number 2 by the Women's Tennis Association, withdraws from the ongoing French Open, citing her mental health.
border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations
Israel retaliates with airstrikes in Gaza killing 24 people and wounding 103 others.
head of the state and government of Florida
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announces that Somalia's presidential election will be held within 60 days following a two-month deadlock triggered by incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's refusal to leave office beyond the expiration of his term on February 8. This deadlock has also resulted in violent public protests in Mogadishu.
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) urge Biden to ban flights to the country.
criminal offence in Hong Kong, Irish, and Commonwealth law
German men's association football top league
A car explodes outside an apartment block in Arad, Romania.
coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth
The International Criminal Court begins its trial against Janjaweed senior commander Ali Kushayb, who is charged with 31 counts of war crimes.
The Yanomami respond to the fire, killing three miners and wounding four others.
65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar
Seven students and two teachers are killed and 21 others are wounded in a mass shooting at a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
false or misleading information presented as news
In December 2019, the Treasury Department announced sanctions on 17 individuals and six entities linked to Evil Corp.
Malaysia reports a record 45 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,947.
Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announces that Kuala Lumpur will be placed under the movement control order from May 7 until May 20 due to the emergence of seventeen COVID-19 clusters over the past week.
Protesters gather in Sanaa, Yemen, to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip. During the protest, demonstrators are seen calling for a boycott of Israeli and American goods, as well as chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel".
video-focused social media and social networking service owned by ByteDance
In the first global study of its kind, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization find that working more than 55 hours a week can lead to higher risks of strokes and ischemic heart disease.
emergency vehicle intended to put out fires
The government signs an agreement with Moderna to purchase 25 million doses of its vaccine.
Florida has reported more than 10,000 cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7, Lineage P.1, and Lineage B.1.351 variants since spring break.
process of killing newly hatched poultry for which the industry has no use
The boat had departed from Cuba on May 23.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands
The number of people found dead following a boat accident in Kebbi State, Nigeria, three days ago, increases to 76. Many more people are still missing.
The mask mandate is reintroduced, public gatherings are limited to 30 people and private gatherings are limited to 5 people.
The Elmer Geronimo Pratt Gun Club of Austin, Texas and New Black Panther Party organized the event.
protection from infectious disease that occurs when a sufficient fraction of a population has become immune (through vaccination or previous infections)
South Korea reports that it now holds the world's largest number of standard-essential patents followed by the United States, Finland, and Japan. Standard-essential patents refer to major technologies that are vital in producing standardized products and that must be verified by standards organizations.
hacking group believed to be behind the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
Yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney called for the government to adopt the motion.
administrative area, ceremonial county in England (excluding City of London)
Residents are accusing DABS of discrimination during these outages, as the capital's elite had 24-hour electricity.
More than 5,000 migrants cross the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in an unprecedented influx. The Spanish government in Ceuta says 50 additional Guardia Civil agents and 150 national police officers will be deployed to maintain security in the city. The crossings come amid tensions between Spain and Morocco over Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali's hospital treatment in Spain for COVID-19.
India reports more than 8,800 cases of the deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease.
individual or organization that owns part of a corporation through shares of its stock
Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan
During the lockdown, all public and private gatherings are banned, schools are closed, restaurants and cafés are only allowed to offer takeout or delivery services, and masks must be worn outside homes.
Singapore announces that social gatherings will be reduced to five people per group, and workplace capacity will be reduced to 50% from May 8 to May 30 as part of measures to reduce the community spread of COVID-19. In addition, indoor gyms and fitness centers will be closed because they are considered "high-risk settings".
runs diplomatic relations of Spain to other countries
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maine reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India.
The Federal Parliament of Nepal votes 124–93 in a no confidence vote against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli over both his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his attempts to lead a minority government after his party, the Nepal Communist Party, split into the Communist Party of Nepal–UML and Communist Party of Nepal–Maoist earlier this year. President Bidya Devi Bhandari is expected to name Oli caretaker Prime Minister until the next election.
land warfare branch of Spain's military forces
It means that anyone from the UK will be required quarantine for two weeks on arrival, even if they have tested negative.
ongoing persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in northwestern China under Xi Jinping's administration
Leicester City beats Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2020–21 FA Cup with Youri Tielemans scoring the winning goal. It is Leicester City's first ever FA Cup title.
Vice President Leni Robredo receives her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine.
Osaka Prefecture reports a record 1,262 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signs Presidential Proclamation No.
airbase located in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq
119th season of the Italian football championship
Protests break out in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Loop in opposition to Israel's occupation.
Protests also erupt in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of three protesters.
Omani police fire tear gas at protesters in Sohar as protests break out in the country's major cities. Omanis have been protesting since yesterday over a lack of jobs and worsening economic conditions.
China reimposes travel restrictions in Guangdong province that require anyone travelling by plane, train, bus, or private vehicle after 10:00 p.m. to present nucleic acid test results from within the past 72 hours amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
single establishment which prepares and serves food, located in building
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will allow all vaccinated travelers to visit the country starting on June 7 regardless of their country of origin, and it will also allow British holidaymakers to visit as well starting on May 24, as it aims to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry.
The perpetrator commits suicide at the scene.
Two separate roadside bombings kill 13 civilians in Helmand and Ghor Provinces. Meanwhile, militants stop a bus in western Afghanistan, targeting Hazara passengers and killing three of them.
state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease and cancer is compromised or absent
The ban makes Germany the first country to ban male chick culling by law.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
Her office says that the decision was made on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests. Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022.
Thailand reports its first locally transmitted cases of the South African Lineage B.1.351 variant in three test samples from a cluster of infections that could be linked to illegal immigration in the southern portion of the country.
Due to public outrage, President Rodrigo Duterte apologizes for receiving a dose of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine, which has not yet been authorized by the Philippines' Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.
Indonesia reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in two people from Jakarta.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
The study was based on an analysis of noble gases dissolved in groundwater rather than examinations of species abundances that have been used in the past.
He alsos declare a quasi-state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures from May 16 until June 13.
research institute at the University of Washington
seven-member executive council which constitutes the federal government of Switzerland and serves as the collective Swiss head of state
The number of children killed rises to seventeen.
Ethiopia announces that it will proceed with plans to start generating power from the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the coming rainy season between June and August. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also says that it will not tolerate "any move that's aimed at disrupting the water filling process, its operation and water releasing scheme".
At age 50, Mickelson becomes the oldest player to win a major championship.
Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
India surpasses 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Brazil.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
several locations, including Hoge Kempen National Park
Nine people are killed by a gunman during a mass shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, California. The perpetrator commits suicide at the scene. It is the California Bay area's deadliest mass shooting since 1993.
The China Manned Space Engineering Office says that remnants of the Chinese Long March-5B Y2 rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere into the Indian Ocean, just west of the Maldives.
Saudi Arabia eases an international travel ban for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. However, citizens from 20 countries remain banned from entering the country and Saudi citizens are banned from travelling to 13 high-risk countries, either directly or indirectly.
The Shati refugee camp is hit by bombings, resulting in the death of ten people, including eight children, thereby bringing the number of children killed to 36.
geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
The court proceedings against 47 pro-democracy activists accused of subversion will continue on July 8. After being presented with evidence, the defendants will be able to enter a plea before the case is moved to the High Court. Most of the activists have been denied bail recently, with the latest case being that of Claudia Mo, who was denied bail due to her WhatsApp messages with foreign journalists.
President Iván Duque Márquez deploys military forces to Cali following the deaths of at least three people in the protests.
person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution
large family of RNA molecules that convey genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression
Hamas condemns this ruling as "dangerous, racist behavior", threatening retaliation.
American businessman and 89th governor of Connecticut
AEST in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 after the outbreak reaches 26 cases.
The Spectrometer for Heavy Atoms and Nuclear Structure, at the Heavy Ion Research Facility, in Lanzhou, China, is reported to have created a new uranium isotope, uranium-214.
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Canada
An underground train collision between the KLCC LRT Station and Kampung Baru LRT Station on the Kelana Jaya line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, injures 213 people, 47 of them seriously.
Additionally, NATO also starts withdrawing their troops.
terrorist attacks in Spain in August 2017
Date: January 15, 2021 – December 31, 2021 (11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
This follows the detection of an increased military presence in Bamako.
agency overseeing electoral affairs in the Republic of China
France sends two patrol boats, the Athos and Le Themis, to Jersey in response to the British deployment of the HMS Severn and the HMS Tamar to Jersey. The dispute arose after French fishermen threatened to blockade the port of Saint Helier in protest of a new system for obtaining fishing permits.
confrontation on 6 May 2021 where at least 29 people were killed in a shootout between police and drug traffickers
province of Indonesia, on island of Sulawesi
During the 30-minute hearing, Aung San Suu Kyi refused to respond on the protests due to alleged lack of information from the outside, wished her people good health and expressed support for her party, which faces dissolution under the junta.
meeting place of the United States Congress
Thirty-seven more Palestinian civilians are killed after further airstrikes are executed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, thereby bringing the death toll to 69. Among the victims are a five-year-old child and their parents, who died when a residential building collapsed, while five more are farmers killed at their farms. The number of children killed rises to seventeen. At least 390 people have also been injured. The main Palestinian headquarters and all of the police stations in Gaza are destroyed by the strikes. Protests also erupt in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of three protesters.
At least 390 people have also been injured.
Singaporean ministry responsible for education
constitutional institution and the highest office of Spain
document attesting that its bearer is immune to a contagious disease
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa Leaupepe Toleafoa Faafisi announces that he will not convene the new session of parliament on Monday, defying the new ruling by the Supreme Court.
India reports a record 4,205 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 254,197.
However, activists say that protests will go as planned.
A report is published documenting the ways people have been taking advantage of the pandemic to enrich themselves. Documented issues include selling false medical equipment or drugs, selling medical equipment or drugs at up to 10x the price, buying all available supplies so they will only be found on the black market, operating hospitals like expensive private hotels, charging twenty times the normal prices for ambulance services, charging a hundred times the regular cost for cremation services or supplies, selling false reports and records, and selling children orphaned by the pandemic.
one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands
Meta Platforms-owned mobile instant messenger and social media service
Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
violent act where the offender pulls up a knife
Five Abu Sayyaf militants are killed during a shootout with police in Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia. All of those killed are Filipinos.
The Government of Tanzania announces that all travellers will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results at border points in order to reduce the spread of new variants.
According to the new system, B.1.1.7 becomes Alpha, B.1.351 becomes Beta, and P.1 becomes Gamma.
Boko Haram jihadists raid the town of Diffa, killing four civilians and four soldiers. Six attackers are killed by responding security forces.
international governing body for association football in Europe
The United Kingdom adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to its "red list" of countries, where travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days upon their return to the UK at their own expense.
It is one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history.
capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia
The IDF reports the death of 160 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members. However, the deaths are not confirmed by either the groups or Palestinian authorities, who reported a lower number of militants killed.
immense active volcano & lava lake in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pope Francis condemns the violence and repression in Myanmar and again condemns the coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. He tells protesters to not despair "in the face of evil or allow themselves to be divided".
Date: March 15, 2020 – August 31, 2022 (2 years, 10 months and 4 weeks)
area of 27 European states without mutual border controls
American lawyer and politician (born 1966)
Investigations into the origin of COVID-19
inquiries into the origins of SARS-CoV-2
The death toll from the airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 113 people, while 600 others are wounded. The city of Rafah is attacked by multiple Israeli raids. Protests continue in the West Bank, resulting in injuries to 35 more Palestinian protesters. The number of children killed also increases to 31.
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett announces that he and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid have formed a coalition government to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Louisiana reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India.
In a landmark case, The Hague district court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions to 45% of its 2019 emission levels. This is the first time that a company has been legally forced to uphold the obligations laid out in the Paris agreement. A spokesperson for Shell states that the company will appeal the decision.
Munyenyezi alleges that she was a pregnant teenager at the time and that she could not have been involved in the crimes.
In Midtown Manhattan, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters clash at Times Square despite a ceasefire being announced between Israel and Hamas militants. One protester suffers a minor burn after fireworks were thrown from a car.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Panama closes its border with Colombia due to COVID-19 concerns. The Colombian government had recently reopened the border, which had been closed since March 2020. Panama has so far recorded more than 370,000 COVID-19 cases and 6,300 deaths.
The incident is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Capitol Police.
A court in Kyrgyzstan fines a company owned by Centerra Gold 261.7 billion soms for environmental pollution at the Kumtor Gold Mine.
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
African American man who was a victim of police violence in the United States, killed by Derek Chauvin
Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are reported to have been arrested by the military and taken to a military base in Kati.
Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic
overview about the social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic
harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws
Sixth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The government also allow companies under 12 manufacturing sector to be continue operating with 60% capacity.
American government official and diplomat (born 1962)
At least one migrant is reported dead while trying to cross the border in Melilla.
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
Sri Lanka reports a record 2,672 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the cumulative number of patients to 125,906.
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 252–175 to approve a commission that will investigate the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol.
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
region to the center-east of America composed of many islands / coastal regions surrounding the Caribbean Sea
At least 30 civilians are killed and 20 more wounded as several armed men assault a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso.
Israel condemns an "antisemitic" report by China's state-owned China Global Television Network that claims that "wealthy Jews dominate the finance, media and internet sectors" in the United States. The report also claims that Israel is an American puppet state. The Israeli Foreign Ministry calls on CGTN to take down the video, citing its "racist and dangerous" ideas.
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
public transportation and congestion management agency for Santa Clara County, California, United States
2021 military overthrow of the Myanmar's officially elected government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurates the Taksim Mosque in Istanbul. Its construction was considered controversial as its location was considered to be secular space, with earlier plans to build it near Gezi Park contributing to protests in 2013.
diplomatic relations between Ireland and the State of Israel
lower house of the United States Congress
head of government of Norway and the most powerful person in Norwegian politics
The Palestinian National Authority welcomes the decision, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemns it as "yet another example of the UN Human Rights Council’s blatant anti-Israel obsession," and declares that Israel will not cooperate with the probe.
Desert valley near the Egyptian Nile delta
Thailand reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in a woman and her four-year-old son who traveled from Pakistan and are currently in quarantine.
demonstrations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–2022 coup resistance movement in Myanmar
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
police department for the city of Montreal, Canada
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
Prior to this rediscovery, the species was thought to have been extinct for over a century.
Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, 10-time WNBA All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings, three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan, and 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett are inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Bryant is inducted posthumously following his death in January 2020.
However, it calls for a review of the indefinite ban within six months.
Cafés, restaurants, and bars in Greece reopen for the first time in six months as the government begins to ease its COVID-19 restrictions.
Following the increase in the number of cases, India's states and territories are told to declare the disease as an epidemic.
metropolitan county in North West England
Date: 3 January 2021–ongoing (2 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also says that it will not tolerate "any move that's aimed at disrupting the water filling process, its operation and water releasing scheme".
malodorant, non-lethal weapon used for crowd control
Darwin's Arch collapses in the Galapagos Islands.
More than 5,000 migrants cross the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in an unprecedented influx.
Kosovo signs an agreement with Pfizer to buy 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, with the vaccine rollout expected to begin on June 15.
German politician (SPD), federal minister for foreign affairs
Taiwan raises its COVID-19 alert level to level 3 nationwide, which is the same level as Taipei and New Taipei City, where masks are required to be worn at all times and gatherings of more than five people indoors and ten people outdoors are banned amid an increase in the number of locally transmitted cases.
central business district in New York City
The World Health Organization announces a new system of naming the COVID-19 variants using the Greek alphabet in order to avoid stigmatizing countries where variants are first detected.
Al-Sadoun Street and Jamhouriyya Bridge Baghdad, Iraq
A whole-genome study confirms the existence of four distinct species of giraffes, corroborating the conclusions of a 2016 DNA study; previously, it was believed that all giraffes were members of a single species.
The Supreme Court of Samoa clears the way for Naomi Mata'afa to form a new government and thereby become the first female Prime Minister of Samoa, ending a political deadlock. This would end a long tenure by current Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, who has held power since November 1998.
Malaysia reports a record 61 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,309.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
head of the government of Greater London
Floyd’s family also met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House and called for U.S. Congress to pass police reform legislation.
Indonesian hardline Islamist organization
Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 others are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Indonesia reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, first discovered in India, in two people from Jakarta. The country also reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant, first discovered in South Africa, in a person from Bali.
most common type of large domesticated ungulate
The French National Assembly approves the creation of a COVID-19 health pass to enable international travel and organization of large events. MPs also agree to end the state of emergency on June 1 and replace it with a transitional period that will last until the end of September, which will allow the prime minister to extend the 9 p.m. curfew until June 30.
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha González Laya summons the Moroccan ambassador, who is later recalled to Rabat for consultations.
association football club in Swansea, Wales
Lockdown restrictions are eased in England, Wales, and Scotland with museums, cinemas, children's play areas, and hotels reopening. Pubs, bars, and restaurants can now serve customers indoors again with social distancing rules in place. In England, people can now gather in groups of 30 outdoors and meet indoors in groups of up to six. A ban on international travel is also lifted.
Air France and Austrian Airlines flights were rejected by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency amid the continuing fallout over Ryanair Flight 4978 and the subsequent flight ban in Belarusian airspace.
A suspicious package is sent to the home of U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
The law also provides guidelines for voter registration and campaigning, such as allowing government employees to run and limiting expenditures to QAR2 million per candidate.
Istanbul police announce that, on Wednesday, they arrested an Afghan man who served as a close aide to former ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and who had helped him hide in Syria's Idlib Governorate after the group lost its territory in 2019. The man lived in the Ataşehir district on the Asian side of the city.
United Kingdom government cabinet minister heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tunisia enters a seven-day strict lockdown during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which includes a curfew from 7:00 p.m.
Two of the accused are sentenced to 53 and 46 years in prison, and the third is sentenced to eight years in prison for the crime of collaboration.
Thailand reports a record 31 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 276.
governing body for rugby union in France
Greece reopens primary and junior high schools for in-person classes for the first time in months.
Thailand reports a record 35 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 649.
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
Cambodia reports a record 730 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 14,520.
Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Canada
British multinational oil and gas company
Indian metropolis and union territory that includes New Delhi
Afghan truck drivers, faced with roads that have not been repaired by the Ministry of Public Works, launch a campaign to repair them by themselves by collecting 500 Afs from their trade union members to pay for it.
president of the United States since 2021
Incumbent Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi refuses to concede power to recently elected Prime Minister Naomi Mataʻafa and a disputed government ensues with a FAST spokesman calling Malielegaoi's move as a "coup".
minister in the Federal Republic of Germany
At least seven police officers are killed in a shooting spree in Rivers State, Nigeria.
business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies for other assets
The handover ceremony is expected to take place on either June 21 or 22 in Brussels.
government official who confirms and certifies the death of an individual
The restrictions will be in effect until Monday at 12:01 a.m.
The man lived in the Ataşehir district on the Asian side of the city.
More than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were sent to the scene.
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
In the aftermath of the attack, it is revealed at a Senate Armed Services cyber subcommittee hearing that the Department of Homeland Security was not alerted to the ransomware attack and that the Justice Department was not alerted to the ransom type or the amount of money demanded, prompting discussion about the numerous information silos in the government and difficulties of information-sharing between them.
The Galápagos National Park in Ecuador confirms that a female tortoise discovered by scientists two years ago is a Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise, following recent genetic tests performed at Yale University.
Scarperia e San Piero, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
city in Oklahoma, United States and county seat of Tulsa County
The National Audience court sentences three members of the jihadist organization which committed a series of 4 terrorist attacks across southern Catalonia in 2017.
Chinese inactivated virus candidate vaccine against COVID-19
Fabio and Nicola Riva, the former owners of the Ilva steelworks in Taranto, Italy, are sentenced to 22 and 20 years in jail respectively for allowing their company to discharge harmful pollution. The carcinogenic dioxins and mineral particles discharged by the steelworks caused an increase in cancers in the city of Taranto. Several other people are also sentenced, including former President of Apulia Nichi Vendola, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
An Israeli-Arab man is killed and two more are wounded after a Jewish gunman opens fire against a group of protestors in Lod.
The Executive Director of the Americas Division, José Miguel Vivanco, publishes a corroborating video reportedly showing a Venom grenade launcher from Combined Systems being used against protesters.
South Africa begins the second phase of its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for people aged 60 or older as the government has set a goal to vaccinate five million people by the end of June.
sovereign state in northern South America
Jan Graffius, the curator of the Stonyhurst Collections states that the theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history. Thieves broke into Arundel Castle in West Sussex, southern England, stealing the rosary and other items worth more than $1.4 million.
The Samoan head of state, Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, issues a proclamation preventing the Legislative Assembly of Samoa from meeting on May 24 without explanation, triggering a constitutional crisis. Opposition leader Naomi Mataʻafa of FAST was expected to be elected prime minister at the upcoming session following a Supreme Court ruling upholding the results of the general election.
Kyrgyzstan receives the second component of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
However, the deaths are not confirmed by either the groups or Palestinian authorities, who reported a lower number of militants killed.
region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
city in the Palestinian National Authority
Over 1,000 people gather at the Place de la République in Paris to protest in solidarity with Palestine. Unlike protests that occurred earlier this month, this one was approved by authorities.
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Lithuania
steps for human subject medical research
Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago. Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week.
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announces that they have agreed to form a coalition government, which would make Bennett the next Prime Minister of Israel until September 2023, and for Lapid to serve until November 2025.
Voter turnout also reaches a record high of 64%.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
standing committee of the United States Senate
Argentine cattle farmers begin a nine-day protest against the government's implementation of a month-long restriction on meat exports to deter inflation. Farmers have agreed to suspend their sales of cattles to slaughterhouses during the protest.
southernmost region of the African continent
The government announces additional restrictions for the third movement control order, including mandating 80% of public sector workers and 40% of private sector workers to work from home, restricting the operating hours of businesses from 8:00 a.m.
Turkish preacher, former imam, writer, and political figure
regional airline based in New South Wales, Australia
The newly identified white fungus is known as candidiasis.
women's association football club based in Kingston upon Thames, England
In the United Kingdom, protesters gather in Birmingham and Manchester to show solidarity with Palestine.
An anti-fungal drug, Amphotericin B, used in the treatment of a rare infection called mucormycosis, or "black fungus", is in short supply across states in India. Immunity to this infection can be reduced by the use of steroids in severely ill COVID-19 patients.
continent on the Earth's Southern Hemisphere
Nine children and a Hamas leader are among the dead.
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Saudi Arabia
He was convicted for his role in the Capaci bombing, which killed anti-Mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone alongside four other people.
when a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence
process of extracting gold from the ground
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Saskatchewan, Canada
time of human offspring development in mother's body
Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
bicameral federal legislature of Austria
Laos extends its nationwide lockdown for another 15 days until June 4 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.
The Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 15 years.
French combatant of the International Brigades (Spanish Civil War 1936-39)
status declared in the Philippines in response to natural disaster
head of state and head of government of Brazil
The Spanish Audiencia Nacional summons the leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, to present himself in court on June 1 on accusations of multiple charges related to human rights violations by human rights groups and Western Sahara individuals.
The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration issues an emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
American multinational technology corporation
German police say that they have dismantled one of the world's largest child pornography networks on the dark web, with over 400,000 registered users.
It also declares a state of emergency for Aichi and Fukuoka Prefectures.
A suspicious package is sent to the home of U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). The incident is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Capitol Police.
The attacker then stabs himself and is currently in critical condition.
bilateral relations between Libya and Tunisia
Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extends the state of emergency to Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima prefectures from May 16 until the end of this month.
2021 tennis tournament held in Paris, France
largest city in California, United States of America
bilateral relations between Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates
political and economic union of 27 European states
Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,806 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 492,302. The country also reports a record 59 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,099.
A ban on international travel is also lifted.
Ukrainian scientists report that, for an unknown reason, the levels of nuclear radiation have increased in the remains of the Chernobyl power plant.
China announces that it will replace their existing two-child policy with a new three-child policy, allowing couples to have three children, in order to increase the country's declining birth rates. China's fertility rate is currently 1.3, which is below the level needed to maintain a stable population.
Prior to this, several oppositional parties were planning to boycott the election over the Tigray War.
The headquarters of many media organizations in Gaza, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, are destroyed by bombings.
A tower block at New Providence Wharf, London, United Kingdom, catches fire.
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev receives his first dose of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
The court proceedings against 47 pro-democracy activists accused of subversion will continue on July 8.
disease characterized by plaque building up in the arteries of the heart
The Spanish government in Ceuta says 50 additional Guardia Civil agents and 150 national police officers will be deployed to maintain security in the city.
county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
The Taiwanese government raises the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 for the next two weeks, urging citizens to limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel, and continue wearing masks outside homes. This comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours.
At least 26 people are dead and 53 more are missing after an ONGC barge P305 sailing off the coast of Mumbai, India sank during severe weather.
British politician and journalist (born 1975)
Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic publishes a bitcoin wallet report showing that $90 million in bitcoin ransom payments were made to DarkSide or DarkSide affiliates over the last year, originating from 47 distinct wallets. According to a DarkTracer release of 2,226 victim organizations since May 2019, 99 organizations have been infected with the DarkSide malware – suggesting that approximately 47% of victims paid a ransom, and that the average payment was $1.9 million. The DarkSide developer has received bitcoins worth $15.5 million (17%), with the remaining $74.7 million (83%) going to the various affiliates.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari is expected to name Oli caretaker Prime Minister until the next election.
The Catalan government is formed after months of negotiations, with Pere Aragonès becoming the 132nd President, the first from the Republican Left of Catalonia in forty years and the youngest in the institution's seven-hundred-year history.
person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago.
daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, US, since 1851
Natura 2000 protected area and national park in Limburg, Belgium
international airport in Selangor, Malaysia
In golf, Phil Mickelson wins his 6th major by winning the 2021 PGA Championship. At age 50, Mickelson becomes the oldest player to win a major championship.
special municipality and capital city of Taiwan
Taiwan reports a record 16 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,231.
Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic
part of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon
Russia authorizes the use of a single-shot "Sputnik Light" vaccine, which it says has an efficacy rate of 79.4%.
rescuer trained to extinguish hazardous fires
Afghan officials confirm that Nirkh District, in Maidan Wardak Province, was captured by the Taliban yesterday as the group seized the district building and set it on fire after days of intense siege. Attacks by the group have significantly increased as United States troops have started to withdraw from the country before the final deadline of September 11.
The United States reports nearly 11,976 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest in the country since March 23, 2020.
Further clashes are also reported in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, and Budrus.
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
sovereign state situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Argentina
government led by a committee of military leaders
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
Date: 22 January 2021 – present (2 years, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Taipei bans all on-site dining and drinking in response to the continued increase in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases. All food and beverage vendors are only allowed to serve takeout or deliveries.
Ten more bodies are found under the rubble of bombed buildings in Gaza, thereby bringing the Palestinian death toll to 243. Despite this, the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas begins.
Nigerian intelligence officials say that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has either been killed or critically injured after detonating explosives in his house to avoid capture from the rival IS–West African Province faction. Several other Boko Haram members are also killed in the attack. However, no secondary sources have confirmed Shekau's death.
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office accuses the Tajikistan Armed Forces of invading the country and seizing their sovereign territory.
Jan Graffius, the curator of the Stonyhurst Collections states that the theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history.
The treatment of and laws concerning non-human animals in Germany
The Israel Defense Forces says that it has conducted a "complex and first-of-its-kind operation" in the Gaza Strip, killing several senior members of Hamas.
Constitutional monarchy which governs Japan
It is revealed that the Ganges river in India has had hundreds of human bodies floating in its waters and buried in its banks in recent days, including some thought to have died of COVID-19.
Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority announces that it will take legal action against the owners of the Singaporean container ship X-Press Pearl for the marine pollution caused by the ship's fire off the coast of Colombo on May 20.
diplomatic relations between the Swiss Confederation and the European Union
ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says that he has convened a grand jury in his criminal investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump over his real estate business, as well as the Trump Organization.
Belarusian journalist and opposition activist
The UK's post-Brexit relationship with the EU
city in and county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
He instead voices his support for a unity government.
In Hollywood, Florida, United States, Andrea Meza of Mexico is crowned Miss Universe.
runs the diplomatic relations of the State of Israel with other countries
India releases information on a second, deadlier form of "white fungus" infection that has begun spreading among patients initially placed at risk because of COVID-19.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
The Jerusalem District Court orders at least six families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem to vacate their homes, following decades of litigation by Jewish settler organizations claiming they are the rightful owners of the property. Hamas condemns this ruling as "dangerous, racist behavior", threatening retaliation.
During the meeting, both men discussed protecting Israel from future Hamas attacks.
Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in order to stop airstrikes in Gaza and the launching of rockets in Israel. The 11 days of conflict have killed 232 people in Gaza and 11 in Israel. Egypt agrees to observe the implementation of the ceasefire.
sector of the economy run by non-state entities
tripartite statement by the US, Israel and the UAE
President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez announces that 65 officers have been given disciplinary actions for acts of brutality allegedly committed while repressing demonstrations. Of the actions, eight were for homicide, 27 for abuse of authority, and 11 for physical assaults.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte issues a gag order that forbids his cabinet from publicly discussing the South China Sea dispute, which comes after some of his secretaries criticized the government of China over the presence of Chinese vessels in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
Turkic ethnic group of Central and East Asia
China had previously banned or restricted access to cryptocurrency exchanges, and blocked websites that had initial coin offerings.
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rise to at least 217 Palestinians killed, including 63 children. About 1,500 others have been wounded. Gaza's main COVID-19 laboratory is destroyed by a strike, stopping all COVID-19 tests as a result. Four more protesters are also killed in the West Bank.
in vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments from small amounts of short oligonucleotide primers
A team at Cardiff University has created the first 3D replica of a spin-ice material that allows for the generation of magnetic monopoles-like quasi-particles. Magnetic force microscopy was then used to visualize the magnetic charges present on the device, allowing the team to track the movement of the single-pole magnets across the 3D structure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that 50% of the American adult population has been fully vaccinated.
Måneskin, representing Italy, wins in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the song "Zitti e buoni". It is the first time that the country has won since 1990.
lock and pedestrian bridge, situated on the River Thames in south west London
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Maguindanao
Israeli police fire stun grenades, rubber bullets, and spray skunk water at protesters gathered at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.
participation of transgender and transsexual individuals in competitive sports
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs files a diplomatic complaint against China for the continued presence of Chinese maritime and fishing vessels near Thitu Island, making this the 84th diplomatic complaint the Philippines has filed against China since the start of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration in 2016.
Thailand reports a record 47 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 920.
President Hage Geingob and his wife Monica test positive for COVID-19.
political justice concept that argues that reparations should be paid to the descendants of enslaved Africans
school which children attend between primary school and secondary school
Date: In whole of the United States: May 26, 2020 – May 26, 2021 (1 year)
Taiwan reports a record 13 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 59.
Gaza's main COVID-19 laboratory is destroyed by a strike, stopping all COVID-19 tests as a result.
At least 23 people are killed and at least 70 others injured a train subsequently fell onto the road below.
bilateral relations between Lebanon and France
Meanwhile, militants stop a bus in western Afghanistan, targeting Hazara passengers and killing three of them.
Authorities in Delhi request help from the Indian Armed Forces amidst shortages of medical oxygen and a lack of beds in intensive care units in the city's overwhelmed hospitals. The local government wants the army to formally take over the administration of COVID-19 care facilities and intensive care units.
conference on international security policy
insolvent development company embroiled in scandals
landing by aircraft or spacecraft that does not result in significant damage or destruction of the vehicle
However, people under the age of 50 who have already received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should proceed normally with the second dose.
Israeli police announce they have arrested over 1,550 demonstrators, most of them Palestinians, since May 9 for allegedly disrupting the peace, and that they will arrest hundreds more in the upcoming days.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
democratic political movement in the Republic of Belarus
Food and Drug Administration (Philippines)
Taiwan reports a record 207 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 206 of which are locally transmitted cases.
India reports 401,078 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21.9 million.
major city in Greater Manchester, England, UK
This comes a day after a French court banned protests in support of Palestine.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in India
historical development of the British Isles
Cruz Azul's drought lasted for 23 years and 6 months, while the current longest drought belonging to Atlas F.C.
Aiming for an IPO of between US$35 and 40 billion, Gojek claims that it is the country's largest business deal.
city in and county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States
Civil jurisdictions will also be replaced by military jurisdictions.
The United Kingdom becomes the first country to achieve "Nul points" from both the televote and jury since the current voting system was implemented in 2016.
President of the Czech Republic since 2013
Tajikistan authorities say that 19 people were killed and 87 others were injured during border clashes with Kyrgyzstan.
China National Space Administration rover Zhurong successfully lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the third nation on Earth to achieve a soft landing on the planet.
Belgian officials announce that they will return the remains of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba to his family, which is just a single tooth as his body was dissolved in acid following his assassination in 1961. The handover ceremony is expected to take place on either June 21 or 22 in Brussels.
replacement prayer for Dhuhr on Fridays when performed in a mosque in congregation
MPs also agree to end the state of emergency on June 1 and replace it with a transitional period that will last until the end of September, which will allow the prime minister to extend the 9 p.m.
United States Department of Homeland Security
Christian rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water
Persian-speaking people native to central Afghanistan
division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination
presidential and legislative elections in Ecuador
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum rejects the claim by Belarusian authorities that the diversion was caused by a bomb threat from them.
incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence
The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rises to 145 people, including 41 children. A second refugee camp is also bombed, after another was bombed yesterday resulting in multiple deaths. At least 950 people are wounded, while two protesters are killed in the West Bank. The headquarters of many media organizations in Gaza, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, are destroyed by bombings. A man also dies in Ramat Gan, in Tel Aviv District, during a rocket attack; another person is also killed in another city, bringing the death toll there to 10.
Over 30,000 Kyrgyz civilians are evacuated from the Batken Region near the border with Tajikistan.
Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person in court for the first time since the February coup to face various charges, including "incitement to sedition".
An active-duty major with the U.S. Marine Corps is arrested and charged for assault and obstruction in relation to the storming of the United States Capitol, thereby making him the first known active-duty service member to be charged in relation to the events of January 6.
Canadian Indian residential school system
American multinational banking and financial services holding company
social class composed of members of the society employed in lower tier jobs
However, due to the workload, altered circumstances, the vaccination campaign, and other factors, waiting list times have effectively doubled and are now one to two years for most patients.
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 364–62 to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. The bill, which would expedite anti-Asian hate crime reviews to the U.S. Justice Department, will head to U.S. President Joe Biden for his signature.
Cruz Azul defeat Santos Laguna in the final of the Guardianes 2021 championship, ending the second-longest championship drought in the top flight of Mexican soccer.
political tactic of avoiding economic, political and cultural ties with the State of Israel
Brazil – 26 states and the federal district, with solidarity protests worldwide
Hades was created by a Russian cybercrime syndicate known as Evil Corp., according to cybersecurity experts.
However, no secondary sources have confirmed Shekau's death.
Slogans of "Black Power" and "Black Lives Matter" were heard during the rally.
The Welsh Labour Party wins a record sixth term in office.
La Rambla, Barcelona and Cambrils, Catalonia, Spain
A convoy covered with Palestinian flags drives through North London shouting antisemitic language.
The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk grants an emergency use authorization for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Date: 3 November 2020 – 3 November 2022 (2 years)
2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
association football club in Turin, Italy
In Toronto, several pro-Israel protesters are injured in clashes with pro-Palestine protesters at the Nathan Phillips Square.
President Rodrigo Duterte approves the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases of downgrading the Greater Manila Area under the General Community Quarantine with "heightened restrictions" on indoor dining and personal care services.
The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination.
Additionally, protesters from Lebanon also reach the Israeli border.
port city in Rostov Oblast in southern Russia
ministry in the government of Afghanistan
This would end a long tenure by current Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, who has held power since November 1998.
walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 6 months and 3 days)
Taliban insurgents overrun an Afghan National Army base in Ghazni Province, capturing dozens of troops and killing a "number of others".
Hamas responds to the attacks by launching rockets towards Israel, including several towards Tel Aviv, killing three people.
Leader of the right-wing Yamina coalition Naftali Bennett calls off talks with oppositional leader Yair Lapid to form a new government in light of escalating violence. He instead voices his support for a unity government.
establishments that primarily sell gasoline, lubricating oils, and other merchandise, such as tires and batteries, for motor vehicles and that often also perform minor repair work
city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
Six attackers are killed by responding security forces.
bank building in Washington, North Carolina
A second refugee camp is also bombed, after another was bombed yesterday resulting in multiple deaths.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Chinese pro-democracy movement and subsequent massacre
The IDF reports the death of 160 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members.
List of airlines banned in the European Union
The Syrian Democratic Forces reports that it apprehended a 39-member ISIL cell in Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, a few days ago. The cell was reportedly planning an attack during Eid al-Fitr.
The curfew then will start at midnight from June 7 and be abolished completely on June 21.
These downgrades include the reopening of hair salons and barbershops.
The Qatari cabinet approves a draft law scheduling elections to the Shura Council for October, after several years of delays. The law also provides guidelines for voter registration and campaigning, such as allowing government employees to run and limiting expenditures to QAR2 million per candidate.
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
This thereby brings the total number of cases to 308.
German police say that they have dismantled one of the world's largest child pornography networks on the dark web, with over 400,000 registered users. Four people have been detained in raids, including a man from Paraguay, on suspicion of running the network. Europol also says that several paedophile chat sites were taken down in the German-led intelligence operation.
yearly period of high rainfall, especially in the tropics
American comedian Bill Cosby is denied parole, and will remain in prison.
Egypt receives its first shipment of raw materials used to manufacture the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine, as well as a shipment of 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
administration of a vaccine to protect against disease
Lille OSC win Ligue 1, the top tier of the French football league system, after defeating Angers SCO 2–1 on the final match day. It is Lille's first title since 2011 as they end Paris Saint-Germain's run of three consecutive titles.
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
attempted medical remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis
president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020
The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree to a new ceasefire following border clashes, which includes withdrawing troops from the border.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Israel launches another series of strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing eight people and wounding several others, thereby bringing the total death toll from the strikes to 32. The Hanadi Tower is also destroyed during the incident. Hamas responds to the attacks by launching rockets towards Israel, including several towards Tel Aviv, killing three people.
southernmost part of the island of Manhattan in New York City, United States
2021 UEFA Women's Champions League final
Three children and two staff members are killed during a mass stabbing at a nursery school in Saudades, Brazil.
The Kyrgyz side also accuses Tajik forces of opening fire on Kyrgyz vehicles in the area.
international agreement between the United States and the Pacific Island nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau
Legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Greece
According to a coroner's inquest report, ten people shot dead in the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre in Belfast were innocent civilians and their killings were unjustified.
federal agency on cabinet-level, serving as the executive office of the Chancellor of Austria
organization where secondary education is provided
Bay Street and Queen Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mario Draghi's government approves a decree that would gradually phase out curfew to 11 p.m. beginning tomorrow and making the six regions an lowest-risk "white zone" by the first week of June. The curfew then will start at midnight from June 7 and be abolished completely on June 21.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
association football club in Milan, Italy
The Assembly of Madrid holds a snap election after the ruling coalition of the People's Party and Ciudadanos breaks down.
transitional stage of physical and psychological development
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
In a separate incident, a junta-appointed local administrator is stabbed to death in Yangon.
additional period of play to bring a game to a decision
Kyrgyz politician and the president of Kyrgyzstan
Poland reports its first three cases of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was first discovered in Brazil, in the southern voivodeship of Silesia.
Five Abu Sayyaf militants are killed during a shootout with police in Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia.
Chilean politician and commercial engineer
terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals
communist organization labeled as a terrorist group in Peru
Annandale criticized the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the opposition FAST party, led by Naomi Mataʻafa, in four previous decisions.
The move follows criticism from members of his party and refugee agencies over his prior proposal to retain the Trump-era cap.
The World Health Organization announces a new system of naming the COVID-19 variants using the Greek alphabet in order to avoid stigmatizing countries where variants are first detected. According to the new system, B.1.1.7 becomes Alpha, B.1.351 becomes Beta, and P.1 becomes Gamma. Meanwhile B.1.617, which split into sub-lineage B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2, is called Kappa and Delta respectively.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announces that the Eid Al-Fitr holiday will begin from May 12 until May 16, which means that all gardens, parks, public buses, and public beaches will be closed or will not operate during this period.
Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, primarily Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan surpasses 100,000 cases of COVID-19.
The Qatari cabinet approves a draft law scheduling elections to the Shura Council for October, after several years of delays.
The minister overseeing the situation says that Sri Lanka will try to secure five million doses of the vaccine as India has restricted the supply of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority announces that it will take legal action against the owners of the Singaporean container ship X-Press Pearl for the marine pollution caused by the ship's fire off the coast of Colombo on May 20. The authority reports that plastic granules from spilled cargo had been washing up on the Sri Lankan coast since May 27.
Beginning Monday, construction work and operation of factories will be resumed.
Lawmakers in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Parliament, have accused the Ministry of Finance of hiding the names of people accused of embezzling $8 million per day, or $3 billion annually, from customs. The acting minister of finance did not deny the claims but did say that there are reports of corruption involving governors, police commanders, and employees of the Ministry of Finance as well as ordinary citizens.
Several other people are wounded in the assault.
The painting also bears the label of art collector Jonas Netter.
List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by topic
non-governmental organization that monitors cybersecurity and the governance of the Internet
Saskatchewan reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India.
35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
It is believed to be the largest shooting in Providence's memory.
Penalty shoot-out (association football)
method used in association football to decide the winner of a drawn match
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the Biden administration will send Hady Amr to help defuse tensions. Blinken also defends Israel's right to exist and condemns Hamas for firing rockets.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reports that war criminal and former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadžić will serve the rest of his life sentence in the United Kingdom. Karadžić was handed the sentence by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 2019 for crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War.
suppression of speech or other public communication in India
Mayor of Quezon City, Philippines since 2019
world's largest Volks festival in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
combined military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
He tells protesters to not despair "in the face of evil or allow themselves to be divided".
Despite Joe Biden's personal opposition to the project, the U.S. State Department says that it concluded that it was in the "U.S.
American politician and lawyer (born 1971)
Rebel forces confirm that former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia leader Jesús Santrich has been killed in a cross-border operation in Zulia, Venezuela, by the National Army of Colombia. Five others were also killed in the operation on May 17. Santrich's rebel group says that the troops also cut off his little finger before withdrawing back across the border. Santrich was wanted by the United States on charges of drug trafficking.
Hotels in Ireland can reopen from June 2, followed by cinemas, gyms, outdoor service at restaurants and pubs from June 7.
India reports a record 3,780 deaths from COVID-19 during the past 24 hours and 382,315 new cases. The World Health Organization says that nearly half of the worldwide cases reported last week were from India.
Official travel document issued by Bangladesh Government
city and capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship on the Baltic coast of northern Poland
50th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
shared transportation service for use by the general public
Former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn also speaks at the London protest.
Additionally, citizens living in San Francisco protest in support of the residents of Batken and call for international institutions to "bring Tajik President Rahmon to justice".
Several other people are also sentenced, including former President of Apulia Nichi Vendola, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
bilateral relations between Spain and Morocco
Indonesian digital payment firm Gojek announces a merger with e-commerce site Tokopedia to form GoTo Group.
Killing of captives by the Islamic State
Nepal reports a record 9,127 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 403,794.
U.S. President Joe Biden raises the cap on the number of refugees accepted each year, from 15,000 to 62,500.
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
His release is condemned by the leaders of the ruling Italian Democratic Party and the right-wing Lega Nord.
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 252–175 to approve a commission that will investigate the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. The bill will head to the U.S. Senate.
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
government organization in Prague, Czech Republic
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Along with the Scottish Greens, the majority of seats in the new Scottish Parliament will belong to parties favouring a proposed second independence referendum.
mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado
The main Palestinian headquarters and all of the police stations in Gaza are destroyed by the strikes.
Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
first-level administrative division of the Democratic Republic of Congo
residential tower in London known for the 14 June 2017 fire
At least 950 people are wounded, while two protesters are killed in the West Bank.
rubber or rubber-coated projectiles that can be fired from either standard firearms or dedicated riot guns
The MV X-Press Pearl, a container ship sailing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemicals, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka after an explosion was detected onboard.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact
one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the extension of the state of emergency to Okinawa from May 23 until June 20 after a record 207 new cases of COVID-19 are reported in the prefecture in the past 24 hours.
In addition, indoor gyms and fitness centers will be closed because they are considered "high-risk settings".
civil conflict that began in November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
He is also injured and has been hospitalised.
digital cash system and associated currency
Turkey begins to gradually lift its COVID-19 restrictions, including the 17-day full lockdown, which will end at 5:00 a.m. as the number of infections has declined. This gradual normalization will last until June 1.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
This subsequently brings the national total to 3.4 million.
2021 mob attempt to prevent or influence Presidential electoral vote count
Authorities in Delhi request help from the Indian Armed Forces amidst shortages of medical oxygen and a lack of beds in intensive care units in the city's overwhelmed hospitals.
Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and that the physical resource supply was turned off in response to the attack.
The United States sanctions Ethiopian and Eritrean government and military officials for their involvement in the Tigray War.
The Federal Police of Brazil reveals an investigation against Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, IBAMA president Eduardo Bim and other high-ranking officials for facilitating illegal logging in the Amazon region.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Salles's fiscal and banking secrecies are lifted, and Bim is suspended from his post.
Florentine poet, writer and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
A Hamas rocket kills two Thai workers and injures ten others in southern Israel, thereby bringing the death toll in the country to 12.
People's Party of the Community of Madrid
establishment serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
Guillermo Lasso is sworn in as the 47th president, succeeding Lenín Moreno.
capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany
increase in prejudice against Asians as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
It is the California Bay area's deadliest mass shooting since 1993.
Open source peer-to-peer digital currency
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs a law prohibiting schools and businesses from imposing mask mandates. She also signs a law that limits vaccine passports in the state.
The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart a resource movement after a cyberattack six days ago. The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and that the physical resource supply was turned off in response to the attack. Furthermore, 100 gigabytes of Colonial Pipeline corporate data was stolen prior to the attack. The hacker group, DarkSide, attempts to distance itself from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying that it provides ransomware as a service, selling licenses to other criminals.
National governing body for cricket in India
The French National Assembly approves the creation of a COVID-19 health pass to enable international travel and organization of large events.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Hélio Castroneves wins the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolves parliament and calls for new elections in November.
Germany begins to implement a two-week quarantine for German citizens and residents who have travelled from the United Kingdom, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.
device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water
Independent candidates win the largest number of seats in the election for the Constitutional Convention.
A technician who worked on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car line which operated the cable car remains under house arrest and has been named the party responsible for the accident.
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
protesters gather at the Lincoln Memorial to call for an end to aid from the United States to Israel.
Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1, Nepal; Tingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation
National public health and social services authority in Ireland
migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
Three people arrested for the cable car crash that killed 14 people in Mottarone, Piedmont, Italy, are released by a court order.
The Singaporean Ministry of Education announces that they will close all schools and shift all primary, secondary, and junior college students to full home-based learning beginning May 19 due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the community.
In the municipal elections, the center-right Chile Vamos loses some of the largest cities in the country, while Irací Hassler becomes the first Communist mayor of Santiago.
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Brazil)
capital and most populous city of Russia
Mijiashan Hill, Yellow River Stone Forest, Jingtai County, China
Ottoman-era grand mosque and former Byzantine Orthodox patriarchal cathedral
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
Protests break out across the United States to mark the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd.
In addition, all shops, shopping malls, restaurants, cafés, and cinemas will close at 9:00 p.m., and all gatherings at those venues will be banned for two weeks beginning tomorrow as part of measures meant to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Cypriot Ministry of Health issues a new recommendation that people under the age of 50 should not receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine and should receive an mRNA vaccine instead.
national constitutional ruling body of France
Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person in court for the first time since the February coup to face various charges, including "incitement to sedition". During the 30-minute hearing, Aung San Suu Kyi refused to respond on the protests due to alleged lack of information from the outside, wished her people good health and expressed support for her party, which faces dissolution under the junta.
France's role in assisting the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Thailand reports a record 21 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 224.
Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Austrian Airlines cancels a passenger flight from Vienna to Moscow after the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency denied a reroute request to avoid Belarusian airspace.
1992 terrorist attack by Italian Mafia in Capaci, Italy
multiple launch rocket system family of Soviet origin
Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signs a decree that will remove quarantine rules for travelers from the European Union, the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, and Israel, as long as they have tested negative for COVID-19. The decree will take effect on May 16.
During the protest, police dispersed crowds.
Thailand reports a record 4,887 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to the emergence of jail clusters that have infected 2,835 prisoners. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794.
Taiwan reports a record 335 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 333 of which are locally transmitted cases.
Issues are reported with Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, JetBlue, Rex Airlines, and Virgin Australia.
group of football players (any type of football)
city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
the people who makes up an organization's workforce
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
German global banking and financial services company
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the extension of the state of emergency in nine prefectures for three weeks until June 20, the last day of emergency in Okinawa Prefecture, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to remain high.
Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, 10-time WNBA All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings, three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan, and 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett are inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Singaporean Health Ministry announces that it will impose the strictest curbs since the circuit breaker last year, including limiting social gatherings to two people, making work from home default, and banning dining at restaurants.
The Dáil Éireann unanimously passes a motion introduced by the oppositional Sinn Féin condemning the Israeli settlements as representing a de facto annexation of Palestinian land, making Ireland the first European Union member to make such a condemnation.
influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds
The vendor's redundancy systems are not activated during the outage.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs a law prohibiting schools and businesses from imposing mask mandates.
Karadžić was handed the sentence by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 2019 for crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War.
residential school in the Canadian Indian residential school system located in Kamloops, British Columbia
constituent political entity of the United States of America
Wales and Scotland hold elections for their respective national parliaments.
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
law enforcement agency in Washington, D.C., United States
armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
ongoing immunization against SARS-CoV-2 in Mexico
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Uttar Pradesh, India
Both countries also agree to withdraw troops from the border.
Ordsall, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England
The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States decide to suspend Mali's membership in the organization until the end of February 2022 or when the country appoints a civilian prime minister.
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
With multiple electricity pylons near Kabul being destroyed by bomb blasts, electricity supplier Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is reporting a shortage of 530 megawatts of power and announced that it will take 20 days to repair the destroyed pylons.
rebel movement formed by Joseph Kony in northern Uganda in 1987, incorporating remnants of Alice Lakwena's Holy Spirit Mobile Forces/Movement and Odong Latek's Uganda People's Democratic Army
capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia, and the surrounding area
State government of New South Wales, Australia
horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Indian glassware company based in Mumbai
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
sexual exploitation of minors in the United Kingdom
Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration
overview of the foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration from 2021-present
2021 election to elect the 13th Parliament of Catalonia
The Singaporean government bans all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who have been in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka in the last two weeks from entering or transiting through the country. It also tightens its social distancing rules in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
With Tribune, Alden will be the second-largest newspaper company in the United States, after Gannett.
United Nations body tasked with the promotion of human rights
The Democratic Republic of the Congo enacts a "state of siege" over the provinces of Kivu and Ituri for 30 days.
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
This subsequently brings the nationwide death toll to 1,866.
New York art collector Stuart Pivar says that he has rediscovered a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece titled "Auvers, 1890" at an auction. The painting is being sent to the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam because they have requested to see it and authenticate it. The painting, which is signed on the back as "Vincent" and dated 1890, is a 36" by 36" square panorama of the valley of Auvers-sur-Oise, showing its mosaic of wheat fields bisected by a railway line. The painting also bears the label of art collector Jonas Netter. If authenticated, the work would be van Gogh's largest painting and his only painting in a square format.
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
South American association football tournament for men's national teams
Protests break out in London, New York City, and other cities across the world expressing solidarity with Palestine.
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on India's economy
The United States approves the release of Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakistani man who is currently the oldest prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Malaysia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 9,020 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 558,534. The country also reports a record 98 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,650.
Jewish (or rarely Samaritan) house of prayer
part of the United Kingdom Labour Party that operates in Wales
reduction of human social interaction in an effort to prevent the spread of infectious disease
facility where goods are industrially made, or processed
overview about face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
The United States formally begins withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan to mark the final phase of the end to its longest war. Additionally, NATO also starts withdrawing their troops.
Guadalajara, Mexico association football club
psychiatric disorder paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to prepubescent children
Amazon wins a legal dispute against a European Union order to pay back taxes of €250 million ($303 million).
legal order restricting making public of information or comments
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Argentina reports 39,652 new cases of COVID-19, a record for the second consecutive day.
Unlike protests that occurred earlier this month, this one was approved by authorities.
The referendums will allow the public to decide on banning pork containing ractopamine, on holding referendums on the same day as general elections, and whether to change the location of a planned new liquefied natural gas terminal to protect the maritime environment.
Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)
Pubs, bars, and restaurants can now serve customers indoors again with social distancing rules in place.
Current efforts are focused on the Kabul–Kandahar Highway and the Salang Pass.
It also found "no evidence" that these complaints were treated significantly different from other complaints.
rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level
The International Institute for Strategic Studies cancels the Shangri-La Dialogue intergovernmental forum which would have been held in Singapore on June 4–5 due to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country.
Several more missiles are intercepted, including one which reached the port city of Latakia.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Incidents listed include comments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the attire of Muslim women, and comments by London Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith about his opponent and current Mayor Sadiq Khan during the 2016 election.
It is Leicester City's first ever FA Cup title.
The Jerusalem District Court orders at least six families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem to vacate their homes, following decades of litigation by Jewish settler organizations claiming they are the rightful owners of the property.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Former South African President Jacob Zuma pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999.
The lawsuit is a bid to recover lost assets of more than $23 billion.
Fiji reports 28 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the most since the second wave began in mid-April, when a soldier breached protocol at the border and did not notify the authorities.
Museums, theatres, and other cultural venues are also reopened as the curfew is changed to 9:00 p.m.
A dissident faction of the Shining Path is suspected to be behind the attack.
Governments' recognition of the Ottoman empire's mass killing of Armenians as genocide
A majority of Maguindanao's residents must approve the creation of the new provinces in a plebiscite to be held within 90 days.
King Felipe VI receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The block is clad in the same material as that which was on Grenfell Tower, which caught fire in 2017.
France reaches a milestone of administering 20 million first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A bomb explodes near a school in Farah, injuring 21 people, including ten students.
Boko Haram jihadists raid the town of Diffa, killing four civilians and four soldiers.
ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant
Five members of the National Directorate of Security, the head of the economy directorate of the province, and a manager of the Central Bank branch in Logar Province are killed in three separate incidents, all of which involved attacks by unknown gunmen.
paramilitary supporting the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
The antifungal drugs fluconazole, itraconazole, caspofungin, and micafungin are being prescribed to treat patients.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scores his 40th goal of the season to equal the Bundesliga record set by Gerd Müller during the 1971–72 season of the highest number of goals scored by a player in a season.
overview of ongoing viral outbreak onboard cruise ships
At least 22 civilians are killed in a mass stabbing attack with knives and machetes, during a raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Islamist militants are suspected to be behind the attack.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Catanduanes
South Africa's head of state and head of government
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
Aragonès pledges to immediately restart independence talks with the Spanish government.
A spokesperson for Shell states that the company will appeal the decision.
Panama closes its border with Colombia due to COVID-19 concerns.
This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 19 million.
Five members of the National Directorate of Security, the head of the economy directorate of the province, and a manager of the Central Bank branch in Logar Province are killed in three separate incidents, all of which involved attacks by unknown gunmen. In a fourth incident in the same province, two civilians are killed and six more are wounded after two mortar shells hit their house on Sunday evening.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk
Israel-based defense electronics company
Argentine cattle farmers begin a nine-day protest against the government's implementation of a month-long restriction on meat exports to deter inflation.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said he was “filled with deep sadness” after learning of the discovery of the children's remains that were found buried on the site.
Armed miners on seven boats attack the indigenous Yanomami community in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, opening fire against them and wounding one person. The Yanomami respond to the fire, killing three miners and wounding four others.
Most areas of containment have shown decreasing radiation levels, however, in one particular room, radiation counts have doubled over the last four years.
Lockdown restrictions are eased in England, Wales, and Scotland with museums, cinemas, children's play areas, and hotels reopening.
A boat crash off the coast of Florida leaves two dead.
Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in the Republic of Ireland
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Hungary
74th professional season of the top-flight football league in Mexico
216 W. Main St., Washington, North Carolina
form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest
Customs of clothing associated with Islam
The study, which was conducted between 2000 and 2016, also found that people living in the Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, as well as men that are at least middle-aged, are particularly susceptible to risks from overworking.
Chinese next-generation heavy lift launch system
national government of the Argentine Republic
A man stabs and injures four people in a Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is also injured and has been hospitalised.
association football club in Liverpool, England
fungal infection due to any type of Candida
At a court in Rwanda, Beatrice Munyenyezi denies the charges against her stemming from the 1994 genocide.
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha González Laya summons the Moroccan ambassador, who is later recalled to Rabat for consultations. Ambassador Karima Benyaich advises that "there are actions that have consequences, and they have to be assumed", referring to the fact that the Polisario leader is receiving treatment for COVID-19 in Spain.
Over 180,000 protesters gather in Hyde Park in London to show solidarity with Palestine, making it the largest pro-Palestinian protest in British history.
Protests continue in the West Bank, resulting in injuries to 35 more Palestinian protesters.
region of the Americas where Romance languages are primarily spoken
indigenous people who live in the Amazonas basin
Protesters gather in Paris, France, in support of Palestine following attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Gaza Strip.
overview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on animals
Date: 30 January 2020 – ongoing (2 years, 11 months and 4 weeks)
public research university in Cardiff, United Kingdom
active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power
murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
The United Kingdom likewise denies that any definitive decision has been made in the case of Zaghari-Ratcliffe's repatriation.
overview of the foreign relations of Austria
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
2020 civil unrest after the death of George Floyd
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian threatens to step up pressure against Lebanese politicians he accuses of committing "collective suicide" by failing to pull the country out of its economic meltdown.
In Midtown Manhattan, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters clash at Times Square despite a ceasefire being announced between Israel and Hamas militants.
capital of the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca
January 2020 helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, USA
The suspect is heavily armed and considered as a serious threat.
imposition of direct military control of a government
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
city in South West England, United Kingdom
2021 dispute over Jersey fishing licences
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
Israel launches another series of strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing eight people and wounding several others, thereby bringing the total death toll from the strikes to 32.
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
A report is published documenting the ways people have been taking advantage of the pandemic to enrich themselves.
Malaysia reports a record 7,857 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 541,224.
Her husband and mother-in-law Pauline Nyiramasuhuko are already convicted for the genocide.
ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa
In golf, Phil Mickelson wins his 6th major by winning the 2021 PGA Championship.
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
The group claims to have stolen 700GB of unencrypted files from the Irish health service, including patient and employee information, contracts, financial statements and payroll records.
Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia
Citizens who evacuated from the Batken Region due to clashes at the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border return to the area for the first time since the clashes.
epidemiological intervention of restriction on the movement of people and goods, which is intended to prevent the spread of infectious disease or pests
Date: 13 November 1996 – present (26 years)
national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ecuador
Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip including Hamas fire barrages of rockets at Israeli cities and towns near the Gaza border, as well as seven toward Jerusalem, injuring one person. Israel retaliates with airstrikes in Gaza killing 24 people and wounding 103 others. Nine children and a Hamas leader are among the dead.
road tunnel under the River Mersey in England
Date: 26 December 2018 – 29 December 2022 (4 years and 3 days)
2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries participants
Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular.
Official residence of the Prime Minister of Israel
Libraries and collections of Stonyhurst College
Malta has vaccinated 70% of its adult population with at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, thereby becoming the first country in the European Union to achieve this herd immunity-related milestone.
Al-Shabaab militants ambush a patrol in Lamu County, Kenya, killing seven soldiers.
One Palestinian is killed and dozens more are wounded after Israeli security forces open fire on protesters marching at a military checkpoint in the Beit El settlement in the West Bank. Further clashes are also reported in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, and Budrus.
Protesters also demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire going into force yesterday.
The Federal Police of Brazil reveals an investigation against Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, IBAMA president Eduardo Bim and other high-ranking officials for facilitating illegal logging in the Amazon region. Salles's fiscal and banking secrecies are lifted, and Bim is suspended from his post.
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia delays the national elections, already postponed from August 2020, from June 5 to an unknown date, citing logistic issues.
Human Rights Watch reports on the use of "horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers" meant to fire multiples of tear gas or stun grenades simultaneously.
Indian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
actions by the Indian government on COVID-19 pandemic
Hundreds of Black gun owners from around the US marched in Tulsa, Oklahoma to remember those murdered in the Tulsa race massacre on the eve of its 100th anniversary.
India reports a record 3,689 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 215,542.
Additionally, U.S. Reps Rashida Tlaib and André Carson participate in a protest at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
port of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
details of ongoing viral outbreak in Turkey
rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time
The Biden administration lifts sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Russia and Germany.
protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the late 2010s
organization of workers with common goals
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Russia surpasses five million cases of COVID-19.
The three accused are also banned from entering the town of Alcanar, where they prepared the attacks.
Legislative Branch of the El Salvador Government
A viaduct collapses in the Tezonco–Olivos elevated interstation of Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. At least 23 people are killed and at least 70 others injured a train subsequently fell onto the road below.
The authority reports that plastic granules from spilled cargo had been washing up on the Sri Lankan coast since May 27.
Twelve countries are also added to the government's "green list", including Portugal and Israel.
The government says that it had not paid and would not pay any ransom in exchange for the purported key.
India reports a world record of 412,262 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21 million.
Slovakia authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the second European Union country to do so after Hungary.
Måneskin, representing Italy, wins in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the song "Zitti e buoni".
land warfare branch of Colombia's military
Belgian officials announce that they will return the remains of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba to his family, which is just a single tooth as his body was dissolved in acid following his assassination in 1961.
event where a disease host disproportionally infects more secondary contacts than others infected with the same disease
Thailand orders strict controls on the movements of cattle and buffalo following an outbreak of a rarely-fatal disease that causes lumps to form on the animals’ skin and which can also reduce milk production.
ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
details of ongoing viral outbreak in the United Arab Emirates
Head of state of The Republic of Colombia
Among the victims are a five-year-old child and their parents, who died when a residential building collapsed, while five more are farmers killed at their farms.
General election to the Scottish Parliament
Over 1,000 people gather at the Place de la République in Paris to protest in solidarity with Palestine.
Four people are killed in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in West Jefferson, Ohio. The killings mark the village's first homicides in nine years.
Israeli forces shoot Zakaria Hamayel, a 28-year-old Palestinian man during a protest near Nablus.
Protests also occur in Bristol, Peterborough, and Nottingham.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Metro Manila in the Philippines
Russian viral vector vaccine based on human adenovirus
United States (sporadic protests in other countries)
Welfare Hospital, Bharuch, Gujarat, India
A match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore is postponed amidst a breach of the IPL's biosecure bubble as Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier, as well as a senior coach, all tested positive for COVID-19.
Malaysia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 9,020 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 558,534.
location where key leadership and coordination functions take place, often recognized as the central home for a disparate organization
molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses
The crossings come amid tensions between Spain and Morocco over Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali's hospital treatment in Spain for COVID-19.
Thieves broke into Arundel Castle in West Sussex, southern England, stealing the rosary and other items worth more than $1.4 million.
political and social movement and ideology
electoral system in which voters indicate the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins
Italian cruise line Costa Cruises returns to service for the first time in nearly five months following a ban of cruises by the Italian government due to the pandemic.
A nationwide lockdown begins as President Alberto Fernández says that the country is experiencing its worst moment of the pandemic.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021
The dispute arose after French fishermen threatened to blockade the port of Saint Helier in protest of a new system for obtaining fishing permits.
The Supreme Court of Samoa clears the way for Naomi Mata'afa to form a new government and thereby become the first female Prime Minister of Samoa, ending a political deadlock.
ongoing wave of civil unrest against systemic racism in the United States, 2020–2023
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally scheduled to host the event, but stricter pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed by the British government on Turkey prompted the move by UEFA.
The patient is a 53-year-old woman who had been receiving treatment at a designated hospital in Vientiane since April 30.
Turkey begins to gradually lift its COVID-19 restrictions, including the 17-day full lockdown, which will end at 5:00 a.m.
COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines
COVID-19-related curfews and lockdowns in the Philippines
Date: 2 June 2004 – 27 February 2009 (First phase) 4 April 2012 – 7 November 2013 (Second phase) 31 January 2015 – present (Third phase) (19 years)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Steroid treatment can cause white fungal infection in COVID patients while unsterile use of oxygen cylinders can also be a cause.
India releases information on a second, deadlier form of "white fungus" infection that has begun spreading among patients initially placed at risk because of COVID-19. The newly identified white fungus is known as candidiasis. Steroid treatment can cause white fungal infection in COVID patients while unsterile use of oxygen cylinders can also be a cause. White fungus infection is more dangerous because it rapidly affects vital organs and genitals along with the mouth, stomach and skin. The antifungal drugs fluconazole, itraconazole, caspofungin, and micafungin are being prescribed to treat patients.
A team at Cardiff University has created the first 3D replica of a spin-ice material that allows for the generation of magnetic monopoles-like quasi-particles.
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Cyprus
Santrich was wanted by the United States on charges of drug trafficking.
Sixteen people are killed in a mass shooting in a community in Vizcatán del Ene, department of Junín. A dissident faction of the Shining Path is suspected to be behind the attack.
The ruling, which declared that Sualauvi had acted unlawfully, allows for the opening of parliament, as previously scheduled.
officer position within the Nigerian army charged with command of the army
66th season of the UEFA club football tournament
Syunik Province, Armenia Lachin District, Azerbaijan
COVID-19 vaccination programme in Canada
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
In Kebbi State, Nigeria, 45 people are found dead following the sinking of a boat yesterday. More than 100 others are still missing.
American history museum and basketball hall of fame
List of diplomatic missions of Tajikistan
until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases.
The traditional center-right and center-left alliances reach their worst performance in an election since 1990, while the coalition between Broad Front and the Communist Party becomes the second-largest political force.
The seller worked for Summit Aerospace, while the buyer operated a private company, LTC Products, listed only for aircraft rental services, and they were discovered because of sales to a third company, Newport Aeronautical Sales.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils a three-step reopening plan as the number of COVID-19 cases decline.
Germany lifts its curfew and some social restrictions, such as requiring a negative test result to enter certain venues, for those who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration
Taipei bans all on-site dining and drinking in response to the continued increase in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases.
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola / Province of Novara, Italy
English men's association football top league
capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
The People's Party, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, receives a landslide win in the election, doubling their number of seats, though falling four seats short of an absolute majority.
racially charged mass attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA in May-June 1921
Four people are arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offenses.
An independent report commissioned by the ruling Conservative Party on discrimination within the party details that two-thirds of the 727 discrimination complaints filed against the party from 2015 to 2020 are classified as Islamophobic incidents.
CNA Financial, the seventh-largest commercial insurer in the United States, reveals that in March 2021, it was the target of a ransomware attack and had paid $40 million to a group named Phoenix two weeks after a trove of company data was stolen, and CNA officials were locked out of their network.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France.
measure of the number of deaths in a population from a given cause, scaled by population, in a set period of time
Israeli settlement just north of Jerusalem
collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies
The Bundestag votes to ban the culling of male chicks starting on January 1, 2022.
daily tabloid newspaper in New York City
name commonly given to local Islamic clerics or mosque leaders
first act of genocide in the 20th century
association football stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden inaugurated in April 2009
international intergovernmental economic organization
Germany declares the United Kingdom a "virus variant area" due to the spread of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant.
military formation size, generally subordinate to a squadron in cavalry
bilateral relations between United States and Belarus
Malaysian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
presiding member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council
However, an unexploded air missile is discovered at a house in Batken, Kyrgyzstan, near the border.
Seventeen people were killed in the protests.
Omanis have been protesting since yesterday over a lack of jobs and worsening economic conditions.
neighborhood and square in Manhattan, New York City, United States
Protesters gather in Sanaa, Yemen, to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Muslim jurist and theologian, generally Sunni
one of the 20 administrative districts of Paris, France
Two men are arrested and charged with the theft of U.S.
overview about the asylum in the United States
city of the United Kingdom, capital of Northern Ireland
Ground warfare branch of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
The Malaysian government announces that all malls will have to close on total lockdown from June 1 to 14, while 17 essential service will be allowed to operate.
holy month of fasting for Muslims, observed on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Israeli diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom
governing body of association football in Italy
zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The United States denies the claim that it had agreed to exchange either prisoners or money with Iran.
Chair of the House of Representatives Republican Conference
final stage of the 1947–1949 Palestine war
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
A manhunt is ongoing for a far-right extremist, identified as a soldier, in Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Belgium, after threatening virologist Marc Van Ranst.
major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States
cabinet whose political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority in the parliament
The city of Rafah is attacked by multiple Israeli raids.
The opposition to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accuses the Belarusian government of diverting Ryanair Flight 4978 from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, and forcing it to land in Minsk in order to arrest opposition journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich, who was on board.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Algeria
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates both summon their Lebanese ambassadors after Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe accused the Gulf States of playing a role in the rise of ISIL in a heated exchange with a Saudi guest during an interview yesterday.
national space program of the People's Republic of China
Leader of the right-wing Yamina coalition Naftali Bennett calls off talks with oppositional leader Yair Lapid to form a new government in light of escalating violence.
Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago.
former Chief of General Staff in Afghanistan
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
The Federal Government of Germany officially recognizes the country's perpetration of the Herero and Namaqua genocide during its colonial rule of Namibia.
20th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA
If authenticated, the work would be van Gogh's largest painting and his only painting in a square format.
incident involving unlawful seizure of an aircraft in operation
to present nucleic acid test results from within the past 72 hours amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
diplomatic and economic cultural ties between the People's Republic of China and the State of Israel
The former child soldier's lawyers had asked for a lenient sentence considering his childhood trauma.
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Communist political party in Nepal founded in 1994
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Hawaii
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
armistice agreement ending the Nagorno-Karabakh war
United States Compact of Free Association: Palau Marshall Islands Micronesia
16th presidential administration and cabinet of the Philippines (2016-2022)
Four rocket launchers were found in his car.
Prosecutor General's Office of Kyrgyzstan
person assigned male at birth who identifies as a woman
Date: May 26, 2020 – 2023 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the COVID-19 restrictions will be strengthened, which will include a nightly curfew from 11:00 p.m.
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rise to at least 217 Palestinians killed, including 63 children.
Opposition leader Naomi Mataʻafa of FAST was expected to be elected prime minister at the upcoming session following a Supreme Court ruling upholding the results of the general election.
No group claims responsibility for any of the bombings.
first-level administrative territorial entity of Afghanistan
The Colombian government had recently reopened the border, which had been closed since March 2020.
Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m.
The group responsible for the cyberattack continues to threaten to sell patient data.
city in Lamar County and Forrest County, Mississippi, United States; county seat of Forrest County, Mississippi
It also tightens its social distancing rules in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
polar continent in the Southern Hemisphere
Maldivian politician, 4th president of the second republic of Maldives
conflict between Israelis and Palestinians beginning in May 2021
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, causing climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas.
He is expected to be formally released in the next few months.
President Rodrigo Duterte signs a law that would divide Maguindanao into two new provinces: Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.
formal procedure of investigating an important matter
decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, known by Chernobyl disaster
international relationship between Israel and the United States
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
war between the Republicans and the Nationalists in Spain from 1936 to 1939
Omani police fire tear gas at protesters in Sohar as protests break out in the country's major cities.
Responses to the ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the European Union
preschool educational approach traditionally based on playing
American multinational nonprofit news agency
series of interconnected leagues for club football
With an apostolic letter entitled Antiquum Ministerium, released on May 11, the Pope establishes the lay ministry, and announces that the Vatican would soon publish a ritual for the commissioning of catechists.
overview about the use of social media by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States
2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Egypt agrees to observe the implementation of the ceasefire.
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Three Chinese industry associations announce in a joint statement that financial institutions and payment firms are banned from offering services related to cryptocurrency transactions, highlighting their high volatility.
The gunman, who committed suicide at the scene, is believed to have been a boyfriend of one of the victims.
Sporting CP win the Primeira Liga, the top tier of the Portuguese football league system, for the first time since the 2001–02 season.
German foreign minister Heiko Maas pledges reparations worth €1.1 billion (US$1.34 billion) for the descendants of the Herero and Nama people to be paid within 30 years.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority suspends all commercial flights to Somalia for three months, days after both countries announced the restoration of diplomatic relations.
In Kebbi State, Nigeria, 45 people are found dead following the sinking of a boat yesterday.
British press officer, wife of Boris Johnson
diagnostic testing for the respiratory illness COVID-19 and the underlying pathogen SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests.
transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined
Israel continues airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing several more people, including 42 in Gaza City, which is the deadliest single attack in the past week.
details of ongoing viral outbreak in South Africa
Four people have been detained in raids, including a man from Paraguay, on suspicion of running the network.
The town's market is occupied by the fighters, before being reclaimed by the army.
Paulus Potterstraat 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Taliban to observe Eid al-Fitr remains in place.
overview about Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
stabbing attack in Dunedin, New Zealand on 10 May 2021
lineage of SARS-CoV-2, including the variants Kappa and Delta
part of the Southern Ocean between Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula
city and largest settlement in the City of Bradford district, Yorkshire, England
68th season of top-tier Portuguese football
Date: November 17, 2019 – present (3 years and 2 months)
Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night.
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
The Norges Bank Investment Management also blacklists a company for owning factories in Myanmar.
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2021
American multinational pharmaceutical corporation
domesticated bird kept by humans primarily as a food source
prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
In the first election of regional governors, Christian Democrat Claudio Orrego and leftist Karina Oliva move to the second round in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, while the officialist Catalina Parot gets fourth place.
a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme
Tezonco–Olivos elevated interstation Tláhuac Avenue, Tláhuac, Mexico City
Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases
bilateral relations between United states and Palestine
Brazil reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India.
Zimbabwe reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant.
hospital ward that provides intensive care medicine
1858–1947 British colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent
large piece of fresh-water ice floating in the ocean or other body of water
human mortality as a result of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
At least 25 people are killed in a shootout between police and drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
Taliban insurgents overrun an Afghan National Army base in Ghazni Province, capturing dozens of troops and killing a "number of others". Acting Defense Minister General Yasin Zia confirms the fall of the security installation to the Taliban.
central business district of Montreal, Quebec
Mortimer hails it as a "truly historic" result.
Kyrgyzstan’s security service detains former Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov in a corruption investigation involving the Kumtor Gold Mine.
British-Iranian dual citizen, journalist
sovereign state in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea
The designation by the Treasury Department made it illegal for a U.S.
The UN Human Rights Council authorizes an open-ended investigation into human rights violations committed during the conflict.
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
dtstart: 2019-10-01 00:00:00 Date: 1 October 2019 – 24 July 2021 (Occasional protests until 5 November 2021)
castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, dating from the 9th century
An unidentified source says a North Korean 5,500-ton freighter named Chongbong, which is on the U.N. Security Council blacklist, sinks with 6,500 tons of iron off the coast of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan.
and will only allow people to travel for a few hours each day to obtain essential supplies in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse
Restaurants, bars, and cafés are reopened in France for outdoor dining for the first time in six months.
Several Costa ships had reported cases on board in the previous year.
Latvian airline; flag-carrier airline of the Baltic states; Latvia | Estonia | Lithuania
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
plaza in front of Toronto, Ontario's City Hall named in honour of the above
It is revealed that documents and patient records have already been leaked online from the Irish Health Service Executive ransomware cyberattack.
Arab ethnic group in Israel who mostly adhere to Islam
The website has been controversial over the years, hosting videos such as the killing of captives by ISIL, the execution of Saddam Hussein and anti-Islamic film Fitna, which have resulted in the website's subsequent censorship in multiple countries.
Additionally, all non-essential travel to the UK is banned amidst an outbreak of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant.
Deputy head of state and head of government of the Philippines
latest phase of the conflict which started after the escalation in 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that airstrikes on Gaza will continue "as long as needed".
In England, people can now gather in groups of 30 outdoors and meet indoors in groups of up to six.
cable car disaster on 23 May 2021 in Piedmont, Italy
Between Kampung Baru LRT Station and KLCC LRT Station
Hungary announces that hospitals are resuming elective surgeries, which had been suspended during the pandemic.
In a fourth incident in the same province, two civilians are killed and six more are wounded after two mortar shells hit their house on Sunday evening.
Violence also continues in the West Bank, with Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron, while eleven protestors in the West Bank are shot dead by soldiers, bringing the number of Palestinian protestors killed there to 15.
Taiwan's Central Election Commission approves three referendums in late August. The referendums will allow the public to decide on banning pork containing ractopamine, on holding referendums on the same day as general elections, and whether to change the location of a planned new liquefied natural gas terminal to protect the maritime environment.
China announces that it will replace their existing two-child policy with a new three-child policy, allowing couples to have three children, in order to increase the country's declining birth rates.
political and military crisis on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border
Only Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid did not sign the declaration, although UEFA has committed to "take appropriate action" against clubs still committed to the Super League.
According to a DarkTracer release of 2,226 victim organizations since May 2019, 99 organizations have been infected with the DarkSide malware – suggesting that approximately 47% of victims paid a ransom, and that the average payment was $1.9 million.
mass shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, California, United States, on May 26, 2021; the deadliest mass shooting in San Francisco Bay Area history
Food and Drug Administration in early June.
Thousands evacuate from the nearby city of Goma.
Panama has so far recorded more than 370,000 COVID-19 cases and 6,300 deaths.
insurgency waged by armed communist groups in Peru
type of sailing vessel from the Indian Ocean
head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic
Prejudice towards Muslims in the United Kingdom
Previously, the agency had only allowed such storage for five days.
These files were offered by the "ContiLocker Team", believed to be related to be the "Wizard Spider" group from Eastern Europe, as samples to prove that they had confidential information.
Four more protesters are also killed in the West Bank.
The setback renewed calls from EU lawmakers for a global corporate tax deal and for several to voice their support for the Biden administration's proposed 21% minimum tax rate on multinationals.
Japan extends the state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto until May 31.
The request was made on the recommendation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for EU carriers to avoid the airspace in response to the hijacking and arrest of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich on May 23.
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero, Italy
The Central Electoral Commission of Kyrgyzstan announces that it has invalidated the results of the Bishkek City Council elections.
state that is supposedly independent but is in fact dependent upon an outside power
municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
German politician (CSU), Minister President of Bavaria
American politician and activist (born 1941)
The variant had been detected among a group of six crew members of a ship travelling from South Africa to deliver iron ore in São Luís, Maranhão.
Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signs a decree that will remove quarantine rules for travelers from the European Union, the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, and Israel, as long as they have tested negative for COVID-19.
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Three of Niazi's men are also killed and four others wounded during the clash.
Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad sues units of Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Coutts for a combined amount of US$2.9 billion on the basis of negligence and conspiracy to defraud.
Indonesian Islamists protest American support for Israel at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
Greek Cypriots head to the polls to elect a new session to the House of Representatives. Analysts predict a fragmented parliament, as issues of corruption spurred by a scandal involving the country's "citizenship through investment" program last year, and the lack of progress on the Cyprus dispute, has reduced support for the three main parties.
one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank
UEFA decides to relocate the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, which is to be played between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29, to the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal.
head of state and government of the Maldives
The provincial governments and entities of these provinces will either be replaced by offices of the FARDC or by the national police.
substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute
part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean; typically includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
Thailand reports a record 4,887 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to the emergence of jail clusters that have infected 2,835 prisoners.
2020–2022 protests following the police murder of George Floyd
The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart a resource movement after a cyberattack six days ago.
Date: 24 May 2021 20:33 MYT (Malaysia Time)
Senate Armed Services cyber subcommittee
Southeast of Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and communities inside Israel hold a general strike to protest Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the evictions of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah.
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
Brazilian federal autarchy, linked to the Ministry of the Environment, responsible for the preservation and conservation of natural heritage
Taiwan's Central Election Commission approves three referendums in late August.
Date: 27 January 2020 – ongoing (3 years, 2 weeks and 3 days)
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
The 120th season of top-tier Italian football
head of government or prime minister of Ireland
India reports a record 3,780 deaths from COVID-19 during the past 24 hours and 382,315 new cases.
Italian magistrate murdered by the Mafia (1939-1992)
NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station
removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord
Kyrgyzstan accuses 1qTajikistan of building up troops and military equipment on the border. The Kyrgyz side also accuses Tajik forces of opening fire on Kyrgyz vehicles in the area. A Tajik spokesman speaking from Dushanbe says the country was sticking to the ceasefire and withdrawal of troops.
Wizz Air, Austrian Airlines, and Air Baltic have all rerouted their flights to avoid Belarusian airspace.
easterly region of the African continent
business enterprise established for the processing of animal milk
1143, declaring a state of calamity for one year due to the African swine fever, two years after the disease was reported in the country.
New Zealand Governor-General, former academic and social justice advocate
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reports that war criminal and former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadžić will serve the rest of his life sentence in the United Kingdom.
The number of people found dead following a boat accident in Kebbi State, Nigeria, three days ago, increases to 76.
This new "traffic light system" will take effect on May 17, when international travel is no longer illegal.
ministry in the government of Kyrgyzstan
The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza increases to 137 people with more than 920 others wounded, as shellings and bombardments increase in the districts of Gaza.
Prime Minister Keith Rowley declares a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago from midnight and imposes a curfew from 9:00 p.m.
69th edition of the Miss Universe competition
Hundreds of police officer disciplinary files dating back to 2004 are found, as well as intelligence reports that include feeds from other agencies, including the FBI and the Secret Service.
men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system
residential development in London's Docklands
Racially motivated massacre in 1911 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
A study published in Nature estimates that during the last glacial maximum, low-to-mid latitude land surfaces at low elevation cooled on average by 5.8 °C relative to their present day temperatures.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador apologizes for the Torreón massacre that happened during the Mexican Revolution in 1911, in which revolutionaries led by Francisco I. Madero targeted immigrant Asian merchants, among whom 303 Chinese Mexicans and five Japanese Mexicans were slaughtered.
He also warns Hamas leaders not to hide and that nobody is immune.
A teachers' union federation spokesman said that this move comes just before the start of the new school year in the country.
killing of a human being by another human being. Use as value for "manner of death" (P1196)
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL
A state in the northern part of Nigeria
internment camps in Xinjiang Province, China, established by the Chinese Communist Party
military service branch concerned with combat by individuals on foot
Moderna says that their vaccine is 100% effective in teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17.
Wehbe has since apologized for his remarks.