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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153798" data-attributes="member: 524">Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Korea" target="_blank">Economy of South Korea</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korea</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Korea" target="_blank">central bank</a> cuts its key <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate" target="_blank">interest rate</a> by a quarter percentage point to 2.5%, marking its fourth cut since October, and sharply lowered its 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%, nearly halving the previous projection of 1.5% announced in February after a monetary policy meeting. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_%28finance%29" target="_blank">Share</a> prices rise following the report, with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kospi" target="_blank">Kospi</a> gaining 1.7%. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/korea-economy-rate-tariffs-trump-d2cf5ea0db7ad02147f144ba50c7ee4b" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_South_Korean_Lockheed_P-3_Orion_crash" target="_blank">2025 South Korean Lockheed P-3 Orion crash</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_Navy" target="_blank">South Korean Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" target="_blank">Lockheed P3-C Orion</a> aircraft crashes into a hill in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohang" target="_blank">Pohang</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongsang" target="_blank">Gyeongsang</a>, South Korea. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/29/south-korean-p3-c-orion-navy-plane-crash-kills-all-four-crew-members-investigation-under-w" target="_blank">(Euronews)</a></li>
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</ul>Health and environment<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_impact_of_the_Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The health ministry of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_State" target="_blank">Khartoum State</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a> reports a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera" target="_blank">cholera</a> outbreak in the state, with 2,119 cases and 242 deaths in the past week and this week, including 70 in the last two days. <a href="https://newscentral.africa/cholera-outbreak-hits-sudan-capital-70-killed-in-two-days/" target="_blank">(News Central TV)</a></li>
</ul></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlements" target="_blank">Israeli settlements</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> announces 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>, the biggest expansion in decades. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j5954edlno" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Slovakia" target="_blank">Corruption in Slovakia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" target="_blank">Slovakia</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_Slovakia" target="_blank">central bank</a> chief, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ka%C5%BEim%C3%ADr" target="_blank">Peter Kažimír</a>, a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank" target="_blank">European Central Bank</a> committee, is convicted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery" target="_blank">bribery</a> and fined 200,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euros" target="_blank">euros</a>. The verdict was issued by Judge Milan Cisarik at the Special Criminal Court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pezinok" target="_blank">Pezinok</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-corruption-central-bank-governor-convicted-fico-f45809aa68c11d530935dc696755bd29" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lliuya_v_RWE_AG" target="_blank">Lliuya v RWE AG</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a> rejects a lawsuit filed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" target="_blank">Peruvian</a> farmer against German energy firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWE" target="_blank">RWE</a>. Saúl Luciano Lliuya alleged that the firm's global emissions contributed to the melting of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier" target="_blank">glaciers</a> in Peru, threatening his hometown of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaraz" target="_blank">Huaraz</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding" target="_blank">flooding</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5lwveqzno" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona_massacre" target="_blank">Pamplona massacre</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine" target="_blank">Philippine</a> lawmaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfo_Teves_Jr." target="_blank">Arnolfo Teves Jr.</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deport" target="_blank">deported</a> back to the Philippines from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor-Leste" target="_blank">Timor-Leste</a> following his arrest yesterday. <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/29/teves-back-from-timor-leste-2-years-after-degamo-slay-2001" target="_blank">(ABS-CBN News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank">Argentina</a> nullifies the ongoing trial of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona" target="_blank">Diego Maradona</a>'s former medical personnel accused of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpractice" target="_blank">malpractice</a> following the removal of one of the trial's judges for alleged lack of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impartiality" target="_blank">impartiality</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/americas/diego-maradona-homicide-trial-declared-invalid-latam-intl" target="_blank">(CNN)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_president" target="_blank">US president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutation_%28law%29" target="_blank">commutes</a> the federal prison sentence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hoover" target="_blank">Larry Hoover</a>, the founder of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_gang" target="_blank">street gang</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_Disciples" target="_blank">Gangster Disciples</a>, who was sentenced to six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_sentence" target="_blank">life sentences</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy" target="_blank">conspiracy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion" target="_blank">extortion</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug" target="_blank">drug</a> and other criminal charges in the 1990s. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk27003pv7o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Minister of Security of Argentina <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bullrich" target="_blank">Patricia Bullrich</a> announces the arrest of 12 alleged members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_de_Aragua" target="_blank">Tren de Aragua</a>, which Argentina recently designated as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_organization" target="_blank">terrorist organization</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-arrests-12-suspects-linked-tren-de-aragua-gang-2025-05-29/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_pro-monarchy_protests" target="_blank">2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tens of thousands of people <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_demonstration" target="_blank">demonstrate</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu" target="_blank">Kathmandu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" target="_blank">Nepal</a>, asking for the restoration of the country's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy" target="_blank">monarchy</a> and for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank">Hinduism</a> to be declared the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion" target="_blank">state religion</a>. Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nepal-protest-restoration-monarchy-king-b6646466a04558c3cfa61b669acc726e" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Portuguese_legislative_election" target="_blank">2025 Portuguese legislative election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" target="_blank">Portugal</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing" target="_blank">right-wing</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chega_%28political_party%29" target="_blank">Chega</a> party becomes the lead <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition" target="_blank">parliamentary opposition</a> with the second-most seats in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Portugal" target="_blank">parliament</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/portugal-politics-chega-far-right-elections-1681e21359a16ea4cd4c38efeeeada0e" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_South_Korean_presidential_election" target="_blank">2025 South Korean presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_voting" target="_blank">Early voting</a> begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea" target="_blank">South Korea</a>, from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_South_Korea" target="_blank">KST</a> on today and tomorrow, with a record early voting turnout rate being observed. <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-begin-early-voting-in-presidential-poll" target="_blank">(The Straits Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_29" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153798, member: 524"] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Korea']Economy of South Korea[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korea[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Korea']central bank[/URL] cuts its key [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate']interest rate[/URL] by a quarter percentage point to 2.5%, marking its fourth cut since October, and sharply lowered its 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%, nearly halving the previous projection of 1.5% announced in February after a monetary policy meeting. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_%28finance%29']Share[/URL] prices rise following the report, with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kospi']Kospi[/URL] gaining 1.7%. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/korea-economy-rate-tariffs-trump-d2cf5ea0db7ad02147f144ba50c7ee4b'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_South_Korean_Lockheed_P-3_Orion_crash']2025 South Korean Lockheed P-3 Orion crash[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four people are killed when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_Navy']South Korean Navy[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion']Lockheed P3-C Orion[/URL] aircraft crashes into a hill in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohang']Pohang[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongsang']Gyeongsang[/URL], South Korea. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/29/south-korean-p3-c-orion-navy-plane-crash-kills-all-four-crew-members-investigation-under-w'](Euronews)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Health and environment[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_impact_of_the_Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The health ministry of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_State']Khartoum State[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL] reports a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera']cholera[/URL] outbreak in the state, with 2,119 cases and 242 deaths in the past week and this week, including 70 in the last two days. [URL='https://newscentral.africa/cholera-outbreak-hits-sudan-capital-70-killed-in-two-days/'](News Central TV)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlements']Israeli settlements[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] announces 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL], the biggest expansion in decades. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j5954edlno'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Slovakia']Corruption in Slovakia[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia']Slovakia[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_Slovakia']central bank[/URL] chief, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ka%C5%BEim%C3%ADr']Peter Kažimír[/URL], a member of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank']European Central Bank[/URL] committee, is convicted of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery']bribery[/URL] and fined 200,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euros']euros[/URL]. The verdict was issued by Judge Milan Cisarik at the Special Criminal Court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pezinok']Pezinok[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-corruption-central-bank-governor-convicted-fico-f45809aa68c11d530935dc696755bd29'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lliuya_v_RWE_AG']Lliuya v RWE AG[/URL][/I] [LIST] [*]A court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany']Germany[/URL] rejects a lawsuit filed by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru']Peruvian[/URL] farmer against German energy firm [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWE']RWE[/URL]. Saúl Luciano Lliuya alleged that the firm's global emissions contributed to the melting of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier']glaciers[/URL] in Peru, threatening his hometown of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaraz']Huaraz[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding']flooding[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5lwveqzno'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona_massacre']Pamplona massacre[/URL] [LIST] [*]Former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine']Philippine[/URL] lawmaker [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfo_Teves_Jr.']Arnolfo Teves Jr.[/URL] is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deport']deported[/URL] back to the Philippines from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor-Leste']Timor-Leste[/URL] following his arrest yesterday. [URL='https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/29/teves-back-from-timor-leste-2-years-after-degamo-slay-2001'](ABS-CBN News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina']Argentina[/URL] nullifies the ongoing trial of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona']Diego Maradona[/URL]'s former medical personnel accused of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpractice']malpractice[/URL] following the removal of one of the trial's judges for alleged lack of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impartiality']impartiality[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/americas/diego-maradona-homicide-trial-declared-invalid-latam-intl'](CNN)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_president']US president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutation_%28law%29']commutes[/URL] the federal prison sentence of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hoover']Larry Hoover[/URL], the founder of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago']Chicago[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_gang']street gang[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_Disciples']Gangster Disciples[/URL], who was sentenced to six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_sentence']life sentences[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy']conspiracy[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion']extortion[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug']drug[/URL] and other criminal charges in the 1990s. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk27003pv7o'](BBC News)[/URL] [*]The Minister of Security of Argentina [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bullrich']Patricia Bullrich[/URL] announces the arrest of 12 alleged members of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_de_Aragua']Tren de Aragua[/URL], which Argentina recently designated as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_organization']terrorist organization[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-arrests-12-suspects-linked-tren-de-aragua-gang-2025-05-29/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nepalese_pro-monarchy_protests']2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests[/URL] [LIST] [*]Tens of thousands of people [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_demonstration']demonstrate[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu']Kathmandu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal']Nepal[/URL], asking for the restoration of the country's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy']monarchy[/URL] and for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism']Hinduism[/URL] to be declared the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion']state religion[/URL]. Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/nepal-protest-restoration-monarchy-king-b6646466a04558c3cfa61b669acc726e'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Portuguese_legislative_election']2025 Portuguese legislative election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal']Portugal[/URL]’s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing']right-wing[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chega_%28political_party%29']Chega[/URL] party becomes the lead [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition']parliamentary opposition[/URL] with the second-most seats in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Portugal']parliament[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/portugal-politics-chega-far-right-elections-1681e21359a16ea4cd4c38efeeeada0e'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_South_Korean_presidential_election']2025 South Korean presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_voting']Early voting[/URL] begins in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea']South Korea[/URL], from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_South_Korea']KST[/URL] on today and tomorrow, with a record early voting turnout rate being observed. [URL='https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-begin-early-voting-in-presidential-poll']([I]The Straits Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_May_29"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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