Portal:Current events/2014 May 17
May 17, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, and Chad join together to combat Boko Haram. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- A Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force plane creashes carrying twenty people killing the Deputy PM and Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit. (AP via ABC News America) (Bangkok Post)
- A landslide in the Dariali Gorge in northeastern Georgia kills at least three people, blocks the Terek River, and disrupts gas supply to Armenia. (Voice of Russia)
- Sinking of the MV Miraj-4:
- Officials call off rescue operations as 54 dead bodies recovered with an unknown number of people missing in a ferry disaster in the Meghna River of Bangladesh.(Biharprabha News)
Law and crime
- A pregnant Sudanese woman Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag is set to receive 100 lashes for being married to a Christian man and is sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christianity causing international outrage. (CNN)
Science
- Palaeontologists report that the remains of the largest dinosaur ever discovered have been unearthed in Patagonia, Argentina. (BBC News)
Sport
- Football
- In Spain, Atlético Madrid draws with FC Barcelona to win the 2013–14 La Liga. (France 24)
- In England, Arsenal defeats Hull City to win the 2014 FA Cup Final. (ITV)
- In Scotland, St Johnstone defeats Dundee Utd 2-0 to win the 2014 Scottish Cup Final. (BBC Sport)
- In Germany, Bayern Munich defeats Borussia Dortmund to win the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal. (L'Équipe)
- Horse racing:
- Frankie Dettori wins his 200th group one race riding "Olympic Glory" at the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, the first time that a Europe-based jockey achieves this milestone. (The Guardian)
- California Chrome wins the 2014 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, run in Baltimore. (Yahoo! Sports)