Portal:Current events/2015 May 8: Difference between revisions

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

*[[2015 Al Khalis prison break]]

**a prison break occurred in the Iraqi town of Al Khalis. More than fifty prisoners escaped in the break, including nine who had been facing terrorism charges. An estimated fifty other prisoners and twelve police officers died in the prison break. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32671524 (BBC)]

*[[Saudi-led intervention in Yemen]]

**[[Saudi Arabia]] announces a five day ceasefire in [[Yemen]] starting Tuesday next week. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/world/middleeast/saudia-arabia-announces-cease-fire-in-yemen.html (''The New York Times'')]

;Arts and culture

*[[Bill Simmons]] will leave American broadcaster [[ESPN]] in fall 2015 when his contract expires. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/sports/bill-simmons-and-espn-are-parting-ways.html (''The New York Times'')]

*[[Syngenta AG]], the world's largest maker of [[agrochemical]]s, rejected a 41.7 billion [[Swiss franc]] takeover offer from [[Monsanto Co.]] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-08/syngenta-rejects-45-billion-takeover-offer-from-monsanto (Bloomberg)]

*The [[economy of the United States]] adds 223,000 jobs in April with unemployment falling to 5.4%. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/business/economy/jobs-report-unemployment-april.html?_r=0 (''The New York Times'')]

;Disasters and accidents

*At least six people including diplomats are killed when a [[2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash|Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes]] into a school in the [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] region of northern [[Pakistan]]. [http://www.dawn.com/news/1180757/helicopter-crash-in-gilgit-kills-two-foreign-envoys-four-others (Dawn)]

*A [[Piper PA-32]] plane crashes onto the motorway near [[DeKalb–Peachtree Airport]], [[Atlanta]], killing all four passengers. [[Interstate 285 (Georgia)|Interstate 285]] is closed in both directions. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32632519 (BBC)]

*Russia and China agree to a US$2 billion fund for agricultural investments in both countries. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150530154056/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102661351 (CNBC)]

*[[Burkina Faso]] and [[Niger]] agree to exchange 18 towns in order to resolve a long-running border dispute with Burkina Faso receiving 14 and Niger 4. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/08/burkina-faso-niger-exchange-18-towns-settle-border-dispute (AFP via ''The Guardian'')]

;Law and crime

*[[Death of Freddie Gray]]

**The [[United States Department of Justice]] announces an inquiry into the [[Baltimore Police Department]] following the death of Freddie Gray. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32632516 (BBC)]

**The officers accused in the case file a motion for [[Marilyn Mosby]], the [[State's Attorney]] for the city of [[Baltimore]], to recuse herself from the case. [http://www.wbaltv.com/news/Motion-filed-to-have-Marilyn-Mosby-recuse-herself/32895776 (WBAL)]

*A mistrial is declared in a murder case of a man in relation to the 1979 [[disappearance of Etan Patz]] in New York City. [https://news.yahoo.com/jury-1979-missing-boy-etan-patz-case-deadlocked-190829175.html (AP via Yahoo! News)]

*According to the [[Centre Daily Times]], a [[Pennsylvania State University]] undergraduate student, Jon S. Steindorf, 23, goes missing, vanishing without a trace, the day his parents had expected him to graduate from the University, only to find when they arrived at 4 PM that he had dropped out in the fall 2014 semester. He was last seen by his roommate at 11 AM; he is brown-haired and blue-eyed, and he may be toting a red backpack and riding a black bicycle. [[State College, Pennsylvania]] police have put out a missing persons alert for him. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150514014835/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ex-penn-state-student-disappears-on-the-day-of-graduation/ar-BBjAzLL (''New York Daily News'' via MSN)]

**The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] has won a majority in the 2015 general election, enabling them to lead without requiring a coalition government. The [[Scottish National Party]] claims all but three seats in Scotland. [https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32633099 (BBC)]

**[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]] meets with [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] to get permission to form a new administration of government, while [[Ed Miliband]], [[Nick Clegg]] and [[Nigel Farage]], respectively the leaders of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] and [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]], resign their positions. [https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-2015-32594267 (BBC)]

*[[Roxana Baldetti]], the [[Vice President of Guatemala]], resigns over a corruption scandal. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150511185145/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guatemala-vice-president-resigns-amid-corruption-scandal-30917256 (AP via ABC News America)]

*[[2015 Burundian protests]]

**The [[President of Burundi]] [[Pierre Nkurunziza]] officially registers to run for a third time sparking violent protests in the Nyakabiga district of [[Bujumbura]]. [http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5N0XZ1VR20150508 (Reuters)]

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