Current events: 2024-05-23

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia takes the village of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Telegraph)
  • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
    • Seven people are killed and at least 28 are injured in Russian missile strikes in Liubotyn and Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Crimea attacks
    • At least two people are killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Alushta, Crimea. Explosions are reported across the peninsula and Ukrainian media reports multiple targets being hit. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• A miracle is attributed, by the approval of Pope Francis and the Roman Curia's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, to the intercession of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial to become a saint, after a forthcoming routine meeting of cardinals and bishops to authorize it. The teenager, who died of leukemia, was famous for his computer skills, his cataloging of miracles, his kindness, and devotion to the Eucharist. (Holy See) (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Palma de Mallorca accident
  • Four people are killed and 21 more are injured during the collapse of the second floor in the Medusa Beach Club in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It is expected that the number of dead will rise in the next 24 hours. (AP)
• Eleven people are killed and two injured during an explosion at a sugar factory in Morogoro, Tanzania. (AP)

International relations

• Cross-Strait relations
  • China's People's Liberation Army begins two days of military drills around Taiwan. Taiwan mobilizes its military in response. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Diplomatic missions to Palestine
  • President of Colombia Gustavo Petro orders the opening of an embassy in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
• Kenya–United States relations
  • President Joe Biden announces his intent to designate Kenya a major non-NATO ally during President William Ruto's visit. (Reuters) (NPR)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed and five injured during a shootout between two groups after an argument at a café in Istanbul, Turkey. (Metro)
• The United States Department of Justice sues Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, seeking the breakup of the company and accusing them of creating a monopoly by eliminating competition and increasing prices. (AP)

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