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- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- The Israeli military advances into northern and southern Gaza. (Reuters)
- A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah. (United Nations)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Hamas says it has "lost contact" with the militants holding four Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- GameStop short squeeze
- Three years after the previous GameStop stock squeeze, Redditors return to artificially inflate GameStop's share price by 75%, to an 18-month high. AMC's stock also soars more than 70%. (Reuters) (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- The death toll from the flash flood and the cold lava flow in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 43, while fifteen others are still missing. (Reuters)
- At least four people are killed, 61 injured and more than 40 trapped after a billboard fell during heavy rainstorm in Mumbai, India. (Reuters)
- Canadian National Railway suspends traffic on some railway lines due to wildfires. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The Airlines for America trade association, along with major US airlines American, Delta, United, JetBlue, Hawaiian, and Alaska, files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Transportation over a rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
- Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election, which will be held on May 26th. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum
- A German administrative court in Münster rules that the Alternative for Germany political party may threaten democracy and can be spied on. (The Washington Post)
Science and technology
- The final remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, are demolished by explosives. (East Bay Times)
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