Portal:Current events/2024 May 14
May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Kharkiv strikes
- At least 20 people are injured when Russian airstrikes hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Ukraine pulls back from positions near Lukyantsi and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive, Kharkiv strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
Arts and culture
- The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award. (AP)
Business and economy
- China–United States trade war
- U.S. President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and batteries, computer chips, and medical products. (Reuters)
- GameStop short squeeze
- The share price of GameStop increases by a further 61%. (Quartz) (Yahoo! News)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, last week, increases to 33. (Reuters)
- Thirteen people are killed in a bus crash in Vinchos, Huamanga Province, Peru. (Reuters) (Infobae)
- Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County, Florida, United States. (AP)
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 ($15,000). Kuznetsov's charges carry up to 15 years of jail time. (Al Jazeera)
- Two prison guards are killed and three others are critically injured in an ambush against a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France, which also caused an inmate to escape. (BBC News)
- Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers in Tunis and arrest Mahdi Zagrouba, who is known for his opposition to President Kais Saied. (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)
- Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza loses his appeal against 25-year prison sentence. (Reuters)
- A court in Germany convicts and fines Alternative for Germany member Björn Höcke €13,000 ($14,000) for using a Nazi slogan that once belonged to the Sturmabteilung. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 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 requires media organizations to declare foreign funding. (BBC News)
- The United States warns Georgia that $390 million in planned economic support will be "under review" if the Georgian government considers the U.S. as an "adversary", and not as a strategic partner. (The Guardian)
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- A curfew is imposed in Nouméa, New Caledonia, after violent protests and riots occur in response to planned changes to the constitution. (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Russia places its nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service. (Reuters)