Portal:Current events/2024 May 24
May 24, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sources claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is interested in negotiating a ceasefire, which would freeze the conflict at the current frontlines. (Reuters)
- The European Union makes a decision allowing Ukraine to use interest funds from frozen Russian bank accounts, totaling €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) per year. (Al Jazeera)
- Haitian crisis
- Two American Christian missionaries, one of them the daughter of a Missouri State Representative, and a Haitian pastor are killed in a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (The Wall Street Journal)
Arts and culture
- 2024 Cannes Film Festival
- Norah becomes the first film from Saudi Arabia to screen as part of the official calendar at the Cannes Film Festival. (Arab News)
- Black Dog, a Chinese film directed by Guan Hu, wins the Un Certain Regard prize for international films at the Cannes Film Festival. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Enga landslide
- Four people are confirmed killed and many others are presumed dead in a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Post-Courier) (RNZ)
- Fourteen people are killed and three others are injured in a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (VnExpress) (Reuters)
- Dozens of people are killed across Mexico in a deadly heatwave, with temperatures as high as 45 °C (113 °F) recorded. (France 24) (DW)
Law and crime
- 2024 Bishkek riots
- Hundreds of international students from Pakistan and other Asian countries leave Kyrgyzstan following attacks by Kyrgyz nationalist mobs on student hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. (Reuters)
- Crocus City Hall attack
- Russia arrests more than 20 people in connection with the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, in March. (Reuters)
- South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- The International Court of Justice, in a 13–2 decision, orders Israel to stop their military offensive in Rafah. (Reuters)
- United States v. Live Nation Entertainment
- The first consumer class action lawsuit by ticket buyers is filed against Ticketmaster and Live Nation Entertainment, following the lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice. (Reuters)
- Uvalde school shooting
- Families in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., file a lawsuit against Daniel Defense and Activision Blizzard for creating the DDM4 V7 gun and promoting the weapon through the game Call of Duty, respectively. They also sue Meta Platforms for owning Instagram, which was used by the gunman. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United Kingdom general election
- A record number of Conservative MPs stand down ahead of the UK election. (BBC News) (Sky News)
- Jeremy Corbyn is expelled from the Labour Party after confirming that he will stand as an independent candidate in the election. (The Independent)