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Tina Turner in 2009
- Rock singer and actress Tina Turner (pictured) dies at the age of 83.
- In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the PGA Championship.
- American football Hall of Fame fullback Jim Brown dies at the age of 87.
- Amid a political crisis in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lasso dissolves the National Assembly and triggers an early general election.
- Flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy causes 17 deaths and widespread disruption, including the cancellation of its Formula One Grand Prix.
May 28, 2023 (Sunday)
May 27, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Shelling kills a person in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast and Kursk, Kursk Oblast, respectively. Russia accuses Ukraine of the attacks, although Ukraine denies any involvement. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Afghanistan–Iran relations
- Two Iranians and one Afghan are killed when Taliban troops engage Iranians along the border. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2023 Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak
- The Afghanistan health department reports two deaths from Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever. (Tolo News)
Law and crime
- Police in the Netherlands announce the arrest of 1,500 Extinction Rebellion protesters, including actress Carice van Houten, after protesters blocked a section of the A12 motorway near The Hague. (BBC News)
- The Texas House of Representatives votes 121–23 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on 20 counts. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election
- Mauritanians head to the polls to vote in the second round of the parliamentary election. (New Arab)
May 26, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikes
- A Russian missile strike on Dnipro damages a medical facility, killing two people and injuring 23 others. (Ukrainska Pravda) (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikes
- Mali War
- Germany's Bundestag votes 375–263, with one abstention, to approve the Bundeswehr's deployment in Mali as part of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission until May 31, 2024. (DW)
International relations
- Foreign nationals detained in Iran
- The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs swaps Asadollah Asadi for Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Guatemalan general election
- The Constitutional Court of Guatemala blocks the candidacy of frontrunner Carlos Pineda in the 2023 Guatemalan general election due to alleged violations of electoral law. (AP)
May 25, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Wagner Group forces begin withdrawing from Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, transferring control over to the Russian Ground Forces. (BBC News)
- Battle of Bakhmut
Business and economy
- 2021–2023 inflation surge
- The German economy enters a recession for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic amid high levels of inflation. (BBC News)
- Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
- Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 606,000, mostly due to non-EU arrivals, according to the Office for National Statistics. In response, Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick reaffirmed the governments commitment "to reducing overall net migration to sustainable levels". (Sky News)
International relations
- Belarus–Russia relations
- Russian military presence in Belarus
- Russia and Belarus sign an agreement in Minsk allowing the stationing of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that the weapons are already being transferred to Belarus. (Reuters)
- Russian military presence in Belarus
- Afghanistan–Iran relations, Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran does not recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan due to the lack of an inclusive government as well as recent tensions between Iran and the Taliban over border incidents and a dispute over the Helmand River. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attacks on the Capitol. (CNN)
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- 2023 Nagano attack
- A man kills four people in a shooting and stabbing attack in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (BBC News)
- The Supreme Court of Russia orders the liquidation of the People's Freedom Party, the oldest opposition party in the country. (The Moscow Times)
- Police in South Africa arrest Fulgence Kayishema, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2001 for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide. (Al Jazeera)
- Police arrest a man after he crashed his car into the gates outside Downing Street in London, which houses the official residences and offices of the prime minister Rishi Sunak. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves Neuralink's first-in-human clinical study of brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness. (Reuters)
- A potent new antibiotic, abaucin, capable of killing Acinetobacter baumannii (one of three superbugs the World Health Organization has identified as a "critical threat" to humanity), is created using artificial intelligence. (BBC News)
May 24, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Japan announces that it will donate 100 military vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (ABC News)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 North Waziristan suicide bombing
- Four people are killed and several others are injured by a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- 2023 North Waziristan suicide bombing
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- People in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are told to seek refuge as Typhoon Mawar approaches with winds reaching 282 km/h (175mph). (RNZ)
- The historic Cotton Tree, a large Ceiba pentandra, is felled during a rainstorm in Freetown, Sierra Leone. President Julius Maada Bio calls the destruction of the iconic tree a "great loss to the nation". (Reuters)
International relations
- Canada–Saudi Arabia relations
- Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations and to appoint new ambassadors for the first time since a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces his campaign for the 2024 United States presidential election. (Reuters) (AP)
- Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign
Science and technology
- In a medical first, a paralyzed man is able to walk naturally through the use of electronic brain implants implanted by Swiss scientists. (BBC News)
May 23, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Three Sinjar Resistance Units militants are killed by a Turkish drone strike in Sinjar District, Iraq. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Mawar officially strengthens into a category 4 super typhoon as it approaches the US territory of Guam. (CNN)
- Nine people are injured in a fire caused by an explosion in Eshtehard, Alborz province, Iran. (Reuters)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- 2023 Cardiff riot
- Rioting occurs in Ely, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, after two teenage boys were killed when their e-bike collided with a bus as they were being pursued by police. (BBC News)
May 22, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- 2023 Belgorod Oblast attack
- Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that Ukrainian "sabotage groups" have entered Grayvoronsky District. Ukrainian media reports that the cross-border excursion is being performed by the Russian rebel opposition groups, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion. The Freedom of Russia Legion reports that it has captured the Russian towns of Kozinka and Gora-Podol. A bridge crossing the Vorskla near Grayvoron is destroyed in an explosion. (The New York Times) (Ukrainska Pravda via Yahoo! News) (Meduza) (Reuters)
- 2023 Belgorod Oblast attack
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli security forces kill three Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants and injure six others during a raid in Nablus, West Bank. (ABC News)
Business and economy
- The Irish Data Protection Commissioner fines Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, a record €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) for violating General Data Protection Regulations protections. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Mahdia school fire
- At least 19 children are killed in a fire at a secondary school in Mahdia, Guyana. (BBC News)
- Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a fire at a house in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP)
- Seventeen people are injured by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Sarab, East Azerbaijan, Iran. (Kuwait Times)
- Seven people are killed and 18 others are injured after a roof collapses at a school during a storm in Phichit province, Thailand. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2020–2023 H5N1 outbreak
- Brazil declares an animal health emergency for the next 180 days after the detection of the influenza A virus subtype H5N1 for the first time in the country. (Reuters)
International relations
- Papua New Guinea–United States relations
- Papua New Guinea and the United States sign a security pact that will see American troops stationed in the country. (RNZ)
- Palau–United States relations
- Palau and the United States sign an agreement to renew the countries' Compact of Free Association for an additional 20 years. (Island Times)
Law and crime
- Belarusian democracy activist Roman Protasevich is pardoned by president Alexander Lukashenko and released from custody. Protasevich had been sentenced to eight years in prison on May 3. (Al Jazeera)
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