Current events: 2025-05-15

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-05-15T20:28:09-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

A long-lost version of the British Magna Carta, dating to 1300 in the reign of King Edward I, is believed to have been found at Harvard University, United States. (BBC) (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

Sinking of the Bayesian
- British investigators say the cause of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht that killed seven people, including billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch in Italy in 2024, is from being knocked over by extreme wind and could not recover. (CTV News)
Five people are killed and three others are injured after a van drives into the back of a truck on the national road 2 in Konotopa, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. (TVN24)

International relations

Iran–United States relations
- 2025 US–Iran negotiations
  - U.S. President Donald Trump says that the U.S. and Iran have "sort of" agreed on the terms of a deal on Iran's nuclear program, which reportedly includes Iran agreeing to give up highly enriched uranium while keeping lower-grade uranium needed for civilian nuclear power, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. (AP)
Visa policy of mainland China
- At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry announces it will allow nationals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a travel visa starting June 1. (AP)

Law and crime

Capital punishment in Florida
- The U.S. state of Florida executes serial killer Glen Edward Rogers for the 1995 murder of a woman at a motel in Tampa. (The Washington Post)
Russian media reports that police raided the publisher office of Eksmo Publishing House yesterday and arrested several of its employees, accusing them of spreading "LGBTQ+ extremism". (The Moscow Times)

Politics and elections