Portal:Current events/2013 May 24
May 24, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan War:
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- A suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least three people and leaves several injured. (Dawn)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
- Attackers blow up Yemen's main oil pipeline, halting the flow of crude oil. (The Star)
Disasters and accidents
- A collision between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer occurs near the Atlanta airport, injuring eighteen people. (AP via News24)
- An 8.3 magnitude earthquake in East Russia leads to widespread evacuations, but no casualties. (New York Times)
- Five mountain climbers are missing and feared dead on Kanchenjunga. (AP via USA Today)
Health and environment
- A study of more than 10,000 people finds a correlation between cesarean section birth and childhood obesity. (Reuters)
- Main Street Family Pharmacy of Newbern, Tennessee, US voluntarily recalls a steroid injection (preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate), used for arthritis and allergy relief in at least 11 states. No serious infections are reported. (CNN)
Law and crime
- As part of "a policy of reducing the impact of rough sleepers on the community" London's Metropolitan police seize belongings including sleeping bags from homeless people. (The Guardian)
- Malaysian police arrest four people for sedition including opposition politician Chua Tian Chang, the Vice-President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. (Radio Australia)
- The 2013 Stockholm riots enter their fifth night. (UPI)
- A necklace worth €1.9 million is stolen during the Cannes film festival. (BBC)
- Police arrest two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft, after British fighter jets escort a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport. (Reuters via News24)
Politics and elections
- Rafael Correa is sworn in as President of Ecuador for an unprecedented third term. (BBC)
- President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni removes Aronda Nyakairima as head of the military and names him as Minister of the Interior. (Reuters)
Sport
- In association football, Gibraltar is accepted as a full UEFA member at the organization's XXVIII congress. (Panorama)
- In cycling, 2007 Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca of Italy tests positive for Erythropoietin (EPO). (Cycling Weekly)