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May 26, 2016 (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

Two United States Navy FA-18's crash in the Atlantic Ocean near the Outer Banks off the coast of the US state of North Carolina. The four people on board safely ejected from the plane and are being examined in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. (RT) (UPI)

International relations

Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency criticizes Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as "extreme" politically and lacking emotional balance because she is unmarried and does not have children. (BBC) (The New York Times)
South Korea plans to import arms worth about 3.5 trillion won (US$3 billion) this year to enhance its defense capabilities. (UPI) (Yonhap)

Law and crime

Indonesian President Joko Widodo issues an executive order (Perppu) making child sexual abuse punishable by chemical castration and extends the maximum penalty to death. The move comes after a teenage girl was gang raped and murdered by a group of 14 men and boys while walking home from school in Sumatra last month. (UPI) (Time)

Politics and elections

French labor unions implement a strike in protest of proposed reforms to labor laws. (BBC)
United States presidential election, 2016
- The Associated Press reports that Donald Trump has secured enough delegates to secure the Republican Party nomination for President. (AP)

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