Current Events/May 2023
Palestinian sources say that Abu Akleh was shot by Israeli soldiers, while Israeli sources say that she was likely killed by indiscriminate fire by Palestinian militants. The attack is believed to be connected to the current insurgency in Burkina Faso, making it the first Islamic extremist attack in Togo. Eight soldiers are killed and 13 others are injured during an ambush by Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Kpendjal Prefecture, Togo. Another journalist and two other Palestinians are injured in the shooting. A Palestinian is shot dead after charging at police officers in Jerusalem.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says that Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from the city in order to avoid capture. Indonesian rescuers search for 26 people who went missing after a boat capsized last Thursday in the Makassar Strait with 43 people on board. Ukraine confirms that it has received shipments of Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark, and self-propelled howitzers from the United States in order to counter the Russian invasion. At least 106 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in the Recife metropolitan area, Pernambuco, Brazil. Thirty-one people are killed and seven others are injured in a stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The Russian State Duma passes a bill that will allow state prosecutors to close Russian bureaus of media outlets from countries that Russia deems “unfriendly”. The company expects to pay total fines of $1.5 billion. A policeman is shot dead by a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf official, leading to a police crackdown on pro-Imran Khan demonstrators. Anglo-Swiss commodity trading company Glencore pleads guilty to fraud charges related to bribery and price manipulation when pursuing preferential access to oil contracts. Ugandan police arrest veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye for “inciting violence” and also disperse a crowd protesting against the government. The bill will now need to be passed by the upper house and receive President Putin’s signature.
Yoon Suk-yeol is sworn in as the 13th President of South Korea. Russian forces continue to fire missiles at the Ukrainian port city of Odessa in an apparent attempt to cut supplies to the city. Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Katalin Novák takes office as the first female President of Hungary. Ukrainian military forces recapture several settlements north of Kharkiv, driving Russian troops to less than a dozen miles from the Russian border.
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