Portal:Current events/2024 May 14

May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Business and economy

China–United States trade war
- United States President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicle batteries, computer chips, medical products, and a 100% electric vehicle tariff. (Reuters)
GameStop short squeeze
- Gamestop's stock rises another 61%. (Quartz) (Yahoo)

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, rises to 33. (Reuters)
Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collided with a truck and overturned in Marion County, Florida, U.S. (AP)
Thirteen people die in a highway crash near Ayacucho in the Peruvian Andes. (Reuters) (Infobae)

Law and crime

Corruption in Russia
- Russian police arrest former head of personnel of the Ministry of Defence Yuri Kuznetsov for bribery of over ₽1 million. His charges carry up to 15 years of jail time. (Al Jazeera)
Two prison guards are killed and three are critically injured during an ambush against a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France. An inmate escaped alongside the attackers. (BBC News)
Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers and arrests Mahdi Zagrouba, known for his opposition to President Kais Saied. This comes two days after the police detained lawyer Sonia Dahmani and two journalists. (Al Jazeera)
The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elecitons

2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that forces media organizations to declare foreign funding. (BBC News)

Science and technology

Russia puts the nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service. (Reuters)