Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 May 30, 2024 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Russia–NATO relations The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-provided weapons, excluding long-range missiles. (Politico) Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark has approved Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory using Danish-supplied F-16 jets. (Pravda) Israel-Hamas War Humanitarian aid during the Israel-Hamas war The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and occupied West Bank. (Reuters) Korean conflict North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Sunan-guyok towards the sea near South Korea. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents A person is killed after falling into a spinning aircraft engine of a departing plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. (Al Jazeera) International relations International recognition of the State of Palestine Slovenia's ruling cabinet approves a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent nation, and sends it to the National Assembly for adoption. (AP) Law and crime Catalan independence movement The Spanish parliament votes 177–172 to pass a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in the Catalan declaration of independence from 2011–2017. (Al Jazeera) Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera) The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor in the company's manufacturing factory in Alabama amid a general surge of child labor in the US. (Reuters) Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records. (CNN) Politics and elections 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses Detroit police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News) (AP) Science and technology OpenAI removes online influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, due to the usage of AI to generate propaganda and fake content. (NPR) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Russia–NATO relations The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-provided weapons, excluding long-range missiles. (Politico) Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says Denmark has approved Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory using Danish-supplied F-16 jets. (Pravda) Israel-Hamas War Humanitarian aid during the Israel-Hamas war The Israeli military lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and occupied West Bank. (Reuters) Korean conflict North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Sunan-guyok towards the sea near South Korea. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents A person is killed after falling into a spinning aircraft engine of a departing plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. (Al Jazeera) International relations International recognition of the State of Palestine Slovenia's ruling cabinet approves a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent nation, and sends it to the National Assembly for adoption. (AP) Law and crime Catalan independence movement The Spanish parliament votes 177–172 to pass a bill granting amnesty to hundreds of Catalan secessionists involved in the Catalan declaration of independence from 2011–2017. (Al Jazeera) Hong Kong convicts fourteen activists and politicians guilty of subversion under its national security law. (Al Jazeera) The United States Department of Labor files a lawsuit against Hyundai Motors over illegal use of child labor in the company's manufacturing factory in Alabama amid a general surge of child labor in the US. (Reuters) Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York Former President of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records. (CNN) Politics and elections 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses Detroit police dismantle and remove the student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (The Detroit News) (AP) Science and technology OpenAI removes online influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, due to the usage of AI to generate propaganda and fake content. (NPR) Continue reading...