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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 136715" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" target="_blank">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_offensive" target="_blank">Rafah offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken" target="_blank">Antony Blinken</a> warns that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/israel-lacks-credible-plan-safeguard-rafah-civilians-says-blinken-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kharkiv_offensive" target="_blank">2024 Kharkiv offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Russian Defence Ministry</a> states that its forces have captured several villages in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" target="_blank">Kharkiv Oblast</a>. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/12/europe/russia-kharkiv-region-offensive-ukraine-intl/index.html" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured after a downed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTR-21_Tochka" target="_blank">Tochka missile</a> hits an apartment block in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod" target="_blank">Belgorod</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-belgorod-shelling-building-collapse-259b543bb479bea475051850e0b8fd2a" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-shelling-kills-least-three-russian-apartment-block-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" target="_blank">Vladimir Putin</a> reassigns Russian Defense minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" target="_blank">Sergei Shoigu</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia" target="_blank">National Security Council</a>. Shoigu is succeeded as Defense minister by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Belousov" target="_blank">Andrey Belousov</a>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/12/defense-minister-shoigu-ousted-russia/" target="_blank">(The Washington Post)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_%282023-present%29" target="_blank">War in Sudan (2023-present)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Fasher" target="_blank">Battle of El Fasher</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fighting during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces" target="_blank">RSF</a> attacks on eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fashir" target="_blank">Al-Fashir</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>, kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 over the weekend amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/12/sudan-war-rsf-el-fashir/" target="_blank">(The Washington Post)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_floods" target="_blank">2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from the ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">flooding</a> in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a> rises to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured and 1,000 houses destroyed. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-ministry-death-toll-floods-northern-afghanistan-rises-315-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods" target="_blank">2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" target="_blank">Brazil</a> rises to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_real" target="_blank">R$</a>12.1 billion in emergency spending for the crisis. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-rains-brazils-south-reaches-143-govt-announces-emergency-spending-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall" target="_blank">shopping mall</a> burns down in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw" target="_blank">Warsaw</a> raising suspicions of an arson. Many of the venues were minority-owned. <a href="https://www.pb.pl/splonelo-centrum-handlowe-marywilska-44-1215460" target="_blank">(Puls Biznesu)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Lithuania" target="_blank">Elections in Lithuania</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 Lithuanian presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lithuanians head to the polls to elect the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Lithuania" target="_blank">President of Lithuania</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/lithuanians-vote-presidential-election-anxieties-rise-russia-war-110141236" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" target="_blank">2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lithuanians vote on a constitutional amendment to allow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_citizenship" target="_blank">dual citizenship</a>. <a href="https://lnk.lt/straipsniai/politika/prezidento-rinkimuose-referendume-toliau-balsuojama-vos-aktyviau-nei-pries-penkmeti/251112" target="_blank">(lnk.lt)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Catalan_regional_election" target="_blank">2024 Catalan regional election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia" target="_blank">Socialists' Party of Catalonia</a> wins the elections with its best result since 2003 and the pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Catalonia" target="_blank">Parliament</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/catalans-vote-election-that-offers-new-chance-exiled-separatist-leader-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_North_Macedonian_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 North Macedonian presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordana_Siljanovska-Davkova" target="_blank">Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova</a> is sworn in as the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_North_Macedonia" target="_blank">President of North Macedonia</a>. <a href="https://mk.bloombergadria.com/drugo/politika/58336/gordana-siljanovska-davkova-oficijalno-e-novata-pretsedatelka-na-makedonija/news/" target="_blank">(Bloomberg in Macedonian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Forty-nine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museums" target="_blank">Vatican Museums</a> employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City" target="_blank">the Vatican</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State" target="_blank">Pontifical Commission</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vatican-museums-staff-start-unprecedented-legal-action-over-labour-conditions-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hundreds of protesters march in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis" target="_blank">Tunis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia" target="_blank">Tunisia</a>, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/hundreds-protest-tunisia-demand-date-fair-presidential-elections-2024-05-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_Leverkusen" target="_blank">Bayer Leverkusen</a> extend their record unbeaten streak in European football to fifty unbeaten games. <a href="https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bochum-bayern-leverkusen-preview-live-blog-report-xabi-alonso-wirtz-27265" target="_blank">(Bundesliga)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_12" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 136715, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict']Israeli–Palestinian conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_offensive']Rafah offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken']Antony Blinken[/URL] warns that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/israel-lacks-credible-plan-safeguard-rafah-civilians-says-blinken-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Kharkiv_offensive']2024 Kharkiv offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Russia%29']Russian Defence Ministry[/URL] states that its forces have captured several villages in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast']Kharkiv Oblast[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/12/europe/russia-kharkiv-region-offensive-ukraine-intl/index.html'](CNN)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least thirteen civilians are killed and 20 others are injured after a downed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTR-21_Tochka']Tochka missile[/URL] hits an apartment block in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod']Belgorod[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/russia-belgorod-shelling-building-collapse-259b543bb479bea475051850e0b8fd2a'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-shelling-kills-least-three-russian-apartment-block-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin']Vladimir Putin[/URL] reassigns Russian Defense minister [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu']Sergei Shoigu[/URL] to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia']National Security Council[/URL]. Shoigu is succeeded as Defense minister by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Belousov']Andrey Belousov[/URL]. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/12/defense-minister-shoigu-ousted-russia/']([I]The Washington Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_%282023-present%29']War in Sudan (2023-present)[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Fasher']Battle of El Fasher[/URL] [LIST] [*]Fighting during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces']RSF[/URL] attacks on eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fashir']Al-Fashir[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL], kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 over the weekend amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/12/sudan-war-rsf-el-fashir/']([I]The Washington Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_floods']2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']flooding[/URL] in northern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL] rises to 315, with more than 1,600 people injured and 1,000 houses destroyed. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-ministry-death-toll-floods-northern-afghanistan-rises-315-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_floods']2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the ongoing flooding in southern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil']Brazil[/URL] rises to 143, with 125 people still missing. The Brazilian government has announced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_real']R$[/URL]12.1 billion in emergency spending for the crisis. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-rains-brazils-south-reaches-143-govt-announces-emergency-spending-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall']shopping mall[/URL] burns down in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw']Warsaw[/URL] raising suspicions of an arson. Many of the venues were minority-owned. [URL='https://www.pb.pl/splonelo-centrum-handlowe-marywilska-44-1215460'](Puls Biznesu)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Lithuania']Elections in Lithuania[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_presidential_election']2024 Lithuanian presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]Lithuanians head to the polls to elect the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Lithuania']President of Lithuania[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/lithuanians-vote-presidential-election-anxieties-rise-russia-war-110141236'](ABC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum']2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum[/URL] [LIST] [*]Lithuanians vote on a constitutional amendment to allow [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_citizenship']dual citizenship[/URL]. [URL='https://lnk.lt/straipsniai/politika/prezidento-rinkimuose-referendume-toliau-balsuojama-vos-aktyviau-nei-pries-penkmeti/251112'](lnk.lt)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Catalan_regional_election']2024 Catalan regional election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialists%27_Party_of_Catalonia']Socialists' Party of Catalonia[/URL] wins the elections with its best result since 2003 and the pro-independence parties lose their absolute majority in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Catalonia']Parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/catalans-vote-election-that-offers-new-chance-exiled-separatist-leader-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_North_Macedonian_presidential_election']2024 North Macedonian presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordana_Siljanovska-Davkova']Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova[/URL] is sworn in as the first female [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_North_Macedonia']President of North Macedonia[/URL]. [URL='https://mk.bloombergadria.com/drugo/politika/58336/gordana-siljanovska-davkova-oficijalno-e-novata-pretsedatelka-na-makedonija/news/'](Bloomberg in Macedonian)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Forty-nine [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museums']Vatican Museums[/URL] employees start an unprecedented labor dispute over unfair and poor working conditions against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City']the Vatican[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State']Pontifical Commission[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vatican-museums-staff-start-unprecedented-legal-action-over-labour-conditions-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Hundreds of protesters march in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis']Tunis[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia']Tunisia[/URL], to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/hundreds-protest-tunisia-demand-date-fair-presidential-elections-2024-05-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_Leverkusen']Bayer Leverkusen[/URL] extend their record unbeaten streak in European football to fifty unbeaten games. [URL='https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bochum-bayern-leverkusen-preview-live-blog-report-xabi-alonso-wirtz-27265'](Bundesliga)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_12"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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