Current events: 2025-05-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 80 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• German automaker Mercedes-Benz announces it will establish its North American headquarters in Metro Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash
  • Six people are presumed dead, including the former drummer of metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, eight others are injured, about 100 people are displaced and damage to houses and vehicles are reported when a Cessna Citation II aircraft crashes after takeoff from Colonel James Jabara Airport in the military neighborhood of Murphy Canyon in San Diego, California, United States. (AP) (NBC News)
• 2025 New South Wales floods
  • At least four people are killed in major flooding in various Mid North Coast areas of New South Wales, Australia. (Nine News Australia)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello announces the arrest of several foreign citizens on "conspiracy" charges. The government of Argentina acknowledged the arrest of an Argentine citizen and warned Argentines against travelling to Venezuela, accusing the Venezuelan government of "taking hostages". (MercoPress)
• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute, Mauritius–United Kingdom relations
  • British prime minister Keir Starmer signs a deal formally handing over sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago in its entirety to Mauritius. The UK and United States will retain control of the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for 99 years as part of the deal. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Prosecutors in Sweden announce that they will charge a Swedish citizen with "aggravated war crimes and terrorist crimes committed in Syria" for the 2015 murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh. (DW)
• United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem orders the termination of Harvard University's Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, removing the institution's ability to enroll new international students and requiring current international students to transfer or lose their legal status. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Philippine general election, 2025 Philippine cabinet reshuffle
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos reshuffles the entire Cabinet, with all Cabinet secretaries ordered to submit their courtesy resignations in the wake of the results of the midterm elections. (Rappler) (Reuters)
• 2025 Polish presidential election
  • Sławomir Mentzen, the presidential candidate who placed third in the first round of the election live streams a political interview on his YouTube channel, which was also broadcasted by major network television. The event became one of the most-watched political broadcasts in Polish internet history. (TVP World) (PolandDaily24)

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