Portal:Current events/2020 May 16: Difference between revisions

**[[French police]] arrest [[Félicien Kabuga]] in [[Paris]]. He is suspected of funding [[militia]]s that massacred around 800,000 [[Tutsis]] and moderate [[Hutus]] in 1994. Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years and was living under a false identity. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-rwanda-arrest/rwanda-genocide-suspect-kabuga-arrested-in-paris-region-french-justice-ministry-idUSKBN22S0G5?il=0 (Reuters)]

**[[Air Canada]] announces it will lay off 20,000 employees starting June 7. [https://nbc25news.com/news/nation-world/air-canada-laying-off-at-least-20000-employees (The Associated Press)]

;Disasters and accidents

*[[2020 Atlantic hurricane season]]

**[[2020 Atlantic hurricane season#Tropical Storm Arthur|Tropical Storm Arthur]]

***The first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is presently off the [[East Coast of the United States|United States eastern coast]]. Arthur has sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), is moving north-northeast at 13 mph (20 km/h), and will move near or east of the [[North Carolina]] coast on Monday. The official start of the [[Atlantic hurricane season]] is June 1. [https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-05-16-future-arthur-invest-90l-subtropical-tropical-florida-southeast (Weather Channel)] [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/170254.shtml (National Hurricane Center)]

*At least 11 [[firefighter]]s, who had gone inside a [[hash oil]] manufacturing building in [[downtown Los Angeles]] after an initial report of a fire, are injured following an explosion. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-firefighters-injured-downtown-l-explosion-blaze-n1208776?cid=ed_npd_bn_tw_bn (NBC News)] [https://apnews.com/597864b3e0f1c56ccee2d51f7e4e572c (The Associated Press)]

*[[Territorial disputes in the South China Sea|South China Sea dispute]], [[China–Malaysia relations]]

**The [[United States Navy]] sends three [[warship]]s in support of [[Malaysia|Malaysian]] oil exploration against diplomatic pressure from [[China]] in the [[South China Sea]]. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sends-warships-to-support-malaysia-in-south-china-sea-amid-china-pressure-11589382717 (''Wall Street Journal'')]

*A court in [[Iran]] sentences French–Iranian academic [[Fariba Adelkhah]] to six years in prison for breaching [[national security]] laws. Her lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/iran-sentences-french-academic-years-prison-lawyer-200516095926825.html (Al Jazeera)]

**Amid growing disillusionment with [[Puerto Rico]]'s [[Territories of the United States|territorial status]], [[Governor of Puerto Rico|Governor]] [[Wanda Vázquez Garced]] announces a [[referendum]] in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a [[U.S. state]]. [https://apnews.com/cdf24e971c469dcea977cbb1ccded453?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow (The Associated Press)]

***[[Bundesliga]] becomes the first major sports league to resume its season since the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Germany]]. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/soccer-kicks-germany-first-major-sports-league-reopens-amid-pandemic-n1207956 (NBC News)]