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May 29, 2022 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Anglophone Crisis
- Twenty-four people are killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by Anglophone rebels in Cameroon. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

Tara Air Flight 197
- A Yeti Airlines Twin Otter airplane goes missing with 22 people on board after going over high mountains in Nepal. (AP)
A Cessna 182 takes off from Split, Croatia, and heads to Germany before disappearing from radar north from Rakovica. (The Washington Post) (The Dubrovnik Times)
One person is killed and eleven others injured after a boat capsizes in Lake Pueblo State Park, Colorado, United States; another is reported missing. (AP)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 pandemic in California
    - California Governor Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19. (CNN)
2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Pakistan and Afghanistan report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (24 News HD) (See News)

International relations

Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall calls for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda amid rising tensions between the two countries over the resurgence of the M23 rebels. Rwanda calls it an "internal DR Congo conflict" and also calls for the release of two "kidnapped" Rwandan soldiers along its border with DR Congo. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2022 Colombian presidential election
- Colombians go to the polls to vote in the presidential election. (NPR)
- Left-wing candidate, former 19th of April Movement guerrilla and former Bogotá mayor Gustavo Petro, and populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, win 40% and 28% of the vote respectively. They will face off in the second round in June. (CNN)
Pope Francis appoints twenty-one new cardinals. Most of the cardinals are from outside Europe. (AP)

Sports

2022 in association football
- 2021–22 Liga I, Football in Romania
  - FC Dinamo București will be relegated to the second division for the first time in the 74-year history of the club. (DigiSport)
- 2021–22 in French football, Football in France
  - AS Saint-Étienne is relegated to the second division following a loss to AJ Auxerre. Saint-Étienne fans storm the pitch, throw flares at players, and clash with riot police officers. (France 24) (The Washington Post)
2022 IndyCar Series, 2022 Indianapolis 500
- Marcus Ericsson wins the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500. Ericsson is the first Swedish driver to win the event since 1999. (Yahoo!)

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 '''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
+*[[Anglophone Crisis]]
-*A [[stampede]] breaks out at [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] following a false alarm of an active shooting situation. Around 10 people are injured in the stampede. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stampede-breaks-brooklyns-barclays-center-false-report-active-shooter-rcna31038 (NBC News)] [https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/05/29/10-injured-in-stampede-at-new-yorks-barclays-center-amid-shooting-scare/?sh=da62e0b79f43 (Forbes)]
+**Twenty-four people are killed and more than 60 injured in an attack by [[Anglophone Cameroonian|Anglophone]] rebels in [[Cameroon]]. [https://www.barrons.com/news/gunmen-kill-24-in-anglophone-cameroon-says-mayor-01654014607?tesla=y (''Barron's'')]
 '''Disasters and accidents'''
 *[[Tara Air Flight 197]]
 **A [[Yeti Airlines]] [[Twin Otter]] airplane goes missing with 22 people on board after going over high mountains in [[Nepal]]. [https://apnews.com/article/mountains-nepal-1df6ee1a40a7087d60a6ca593060cee1 (AP)]
 * A [[Cessna 182]] takes off from [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Croatia]], and heads to [[Germany]] before disappearing from radar north from [[Rakovica, Croatia|Rakovica]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/croatian-police-search-for-small-plane-that-went-off-radar/2022/05/29/21651fb4-df50-11ec-ae64-6b23e5155b62_story.html (''The Washington Post'')] [https://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/news/croatia/item/13555-cessna-plane-headed-from-split-to-germany-goes-missing (''The Dubrovnik Times'')]
+*One person is killed and eleven others injured after a boat capsizes in [[Lake Pueblo State Park]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]]; another is reported missing. [https://apnews.com/article/colorado-springs-pueblo-19c78a924e551686beb1afc9bcb5744a (AP)]
 '''Health and environment'''
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 *[[2022 Colombian presidential election]]
 **[[Colombians]] go to the polls to vote in the [[President of Colombia|presidential]] election. [https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101758096/colombia-presidential-election (NPR)]
-**Left-wing candidate, former [[19th of April Movement]] guerrilla and former [[Bogota]] mayor [[Gustavo Petro]], and populist former [[Bucaramanga]] mayor [[Rodolfo Hernández Suárez]], win 40% and 28% of the vote respectively. They will face off in the second round in June. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/29/americas/colombia-election-vote-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
+**Left-wing candidate, former [[19th of April Movement]] guerrilla and former [[Bogotá]] mayor [[Gustavo Petro]], and populist former [[Bucaramanga]] mayor [[Rodolfo Hernández Suárez]], win 40% and 28% of the vote respectively. They will face off in the second round in June. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/29/americas/colombia-election-vote-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
 *[[Pope Francis]] [[Cardinals created by Francis#27 August 2022|appoints]] twenty-one new [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]]s. Most of the cardinals are from outside [[Europe]]. [https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-africa-religion-ghana-9f3e48fb522fe83aa7fea0085f8fdd5c (AP)]
 '''Sports'''
+*[[2022 in association football]]
+**[[2021–22 Liga I]], [[Football in Romania]]
+***[[FC Dinamo București]] will be relegated to the [[Liga II|second division]] for the first time in the 74-year history of the club. [https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/dinamo-a-retrogradat-dupa-74-de-ani-de-istorie-extraordinara-ultimul-meci-in-liga-1-ultima-reprezentatie-in-groapa-1716111 (DigiSport)]
+**[[2021–22 in French football]], [[Football in France]]
+***[[AS Saint-Étienne]] is relegated to the [[Ligue 2|second division]] following a loss to [[AJ Auxerre]]. Saint-Étienne fans [[Pitch invasion|storm the pitch]], throw flares at [[2021–22 AS Saint-Étienne season#Players|players]], and clash with riot police officers. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220529-riot-police-clash-with-fans-as-saint-etienne-relegated-from-ligue-1 (France 24)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/29/saint-etienne-relegation-fans/ (''The Washington Post'')]
 *[[2022 IndyCar Series]], [[2022 Indianapolis 500]]
-**[[Marcus Ericsson]] wins the 106th running of the [[Indianapolis 500]]. Ericsson is the first Swedish driver to win the event since 1999. [https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/marcus-ericsson-wins-indy-500-in-shootout-thriller-as-pit-penalty-leads-to-heartbreak-for-leader-scott-dixon-194615442.html (Yahoo)]
+**[[Marcus Ericsson]] wins the 106th running of the [[Indianapolis 500]]. Ericsson is the first Swedish driver to win the event since 1999. [https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/marcus-ericsson-wins-indy-500-in-shootout-thriller-as-pit-penalty-leads-to-heartbreak-for-leader-scott-dixon-194615442.html (Yahoo!)]
-*[[Football in Romania]], [[2021–22 Liga I]]
-**[[FC Dinamo București]] will be relegated to the [[Liga II|second division]] for the first time in the 74-year history of the club. [https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/dinamo-a-retrogradat-dupa-74-de-ani-de-istorie-extraordinara-ultimul-meci-in-liga-1-ultima-reprezentatie-in-groapa-1716111 (DigiSport)]
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