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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 137585" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<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/International_reactions_to_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Ahmad_Khan" target="_blank">Karim Khan</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor_of_the_International_Criminal_Court" target="_blank">Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court</a>, requests <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_warrant" target="_blank">arrest warrants</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" target="_blank">Israeli Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29" target="_blank">Israeli Defense Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Gallant" target="_blank">Yoav Gallant</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> political leaders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh" target="_blank">Ismail Haniyeh</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Sinwar" target="_blank">Yahya Sinwar</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qassam_Brigades" target="_blank">Al-Qassam Brigades</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Deif" target="_blank">Mohammed Al-Masri</a> for alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime" target="_blank">war crimes</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" target="_blank">crimes against humanity</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrants-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-defense-2024-05-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis" target="_blank">Haitian crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_war_in_Haiti" target="_blank">Gang war in Haiti</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture_International_Airport" target="_blank">Toussaint Louverture International Airport</a> reopens after being closed for three months due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Haiti" target="_blank">gang violence</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/haiti-airport-reopening-portauprince-gangs-violence-4db3189b511bdcb4633b395ebf545194" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aftermath of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse" target="_blank">Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ship" target="_blank">container ship</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali" target="_blank">Dali</a> is refloated and escorted by tugboats back to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Baltimore" target="_blank">port of Baltimore</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-ship-refloating-83dde05d3ad999c88dd5270bb0cea1c6" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_military_commissariats_attacks" target="_blank">Russian military commissariats attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosibirsk" target="_blank">Novosibirsk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>, sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson_attack" target="_blank">arson attack</a> against a military recruitment office with directions from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/russian-court-hands-25-years-to-arson-plotter-accused-of-ukraine-links" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange" target="_blank">Julian Assange</a> is allowed to appeal extradition order from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/wikileaks-julian-assange-faces-us-extradition-judgment-day-2024-05-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Congress_of_the_Philippines" target="_blank">19th Congress of the Philippines</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Miguel_Zubiri" target="_blank">Juan Miguel Zubiri</a> resigns as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_the_Philippines" target="_blank">Senate president</a>. Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Escudero" target="_blank">Francis Escudero</a> is elected to the position. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535" target="_blank">(ABS-CBN News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election" target="_blank">2024 South African general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">Constitutional Court of South Africa</a> rules former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Africa" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Zuma" target="_blank">Jacob Zuma</a> ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his jail sentence in 2021. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/south-african-court-rules-zuma-not-eligible-to-run-for-parliament" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran%23First_vice_president" target="_blank">First vice president of Iran</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mokhber" target="_blank">Mohammad Mokhber</a> becomes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_government" target="_blank">acting</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iran" target="_blank">president</a> following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Varzaqan_helicopter_crash" target="_blank">death of</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi" target="_blank">Ebrahim Raisi</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/irans-khamenei-confirms-mohammad-mokhber-as-interim-president" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> Sports and Chess </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chess Championship 2024<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magnus Carlsen triumphs in first Casablanca Chess Variant Tournament <a href="https://www.fide.com/news/3031" target="_blank">https://www.fide.com/news/3031</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_20" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 137585, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Ahmad_Khan']Karim Khan[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor_of_the_International_Criminal_Court']Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court[/URL], requests [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_warrant']arrest warrants[/URL] for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel']Israeli Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu']Benjamin Netanyahu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_%28Israel%29']Israeli Defense Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Gallant']Yoav Gallant[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL] political leaders [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh']Ismail Haniyeh[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Sinwar']Yahya Sinwar[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qassam_Brigades']Al-Qassam Brigades[/URL] leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Deif']Mohammed Al-Masri[/URL] for alleged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime']war crimes[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity']crimes against humanity[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrants-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-defense-2024-05-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis']Haitian crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_war_in_Haiti']Gang war in Haiti[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture_International_Airport']Toussaint Louverture International Airport[/URL] reopens after being closed for three months due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Haiti']gang violence[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/haiti-airport-reopening-portauprince-gangs-violence-4db3189b511bdcb4633b395ebf545194'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Aftermath of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse']Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_ship']container ship[/URL] [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali']Dali[/URL][/I] is refloated and escorted by tugboats back to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Baltimore']port of Baltimore[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-ship-refloating-83dde05d3ad999c88dd5270bb0cea1c6'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_military_commissariats_attacks']Russian military commissariats attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*]A court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novosibirsk']Novosibirsk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arson_attack']arson attack[/URL] against a military recruitment office with directions from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/russian-court-hands-25-years-to-arson-plotter-accused-of-ukraine-links'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange']Julian Assange[/URL] is allowed to appeal extradition order from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL] to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/wikileaks-julian-assange-faces-us-extradition-judgment-day-2024-05-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Congress_of_the_Philippines']19th Congress of the Philippines[/URL] [LIST] [*]Senator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Miguel_Zubiri']Juan Miguel Zubiri[/URL] resigns as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_the_Philippines']Senate president[/URL]. Senator [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Escudero']Francis Escudero[/URL] is elected to the position. [URL='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535'](ABS-CBN News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election']2024 South African general election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_South_Africa']Constitutional Court of South Africa[/URL] rules former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Africa']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Zuma']Jacob Zuma[/URL] ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his jail sentence in 2021. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/south-african-court-rules-zuma-not-eligible-to-run-for-parliament'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran%23First_vice_president']First vice president of Iran[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mokhber']Mohammad Mokhber[/URL] becomes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_government']acting[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Iran']president[/URL] following the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Varzaqan_helicopter_crash']death of[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi']Ebrahim Raisi[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/irans-khamenei-confirms-mohammad-mokhber-as-interim-president'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [B]Sports and Chess [/B] [*]Chess Championship 2024 [LIST] [*]Magnus Carlsen triumphs in first Casablanca Chess Variant Tournament [URL]https://www.fide.com/news/3031[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_May_20"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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