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- In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating the Gujarat Titans in the final (player of the match Devon Conway pictured).
- In auto racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500.
- Rock singer and actress Tina Turner dies at the age of 83.
- The International Booker Prize is awarded to Time Shelter, written by Georgi Gospodinov and translated by Angela Rodel.
- Twenty children are killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Mahdia, Guyana.
- In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the PGA Championship.
June 1, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia launches cruise missiles and ballistic missiles on Kyiv, killing three civilians and injuring 12 others. (Arab News)
May 31, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russia says that it destroyed the Ukrainian Navy warship Yuri Olefirenko at the Port of Odesa in a missile strike on May 29. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Russian authorities say that a Ukrainian drone strike has caused a fire at an oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, and also caused damage in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- According to Russian authorities, five people are killed and 19 others are injured by Ukrainian shelling in Karpaty, in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. (US News)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command are killed and ten others are injured in an explosion at a base in Qusaya, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022–2023 North Kosovo crisis
- NATO deploys a further 700 troops to North Kosovo to reinforce its KFOR peacekeeping mission amid clashes with Kosovo Serb protesters over the election and installation of ethnic Albanian mayors in several Serb-majority towns following a Serbian election boycott. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Kachin State, Myanmar, with damage reported. (Fresherslive)
International relations
- The United Arab Emirates confirms that it has withdrawn from the United States Navy-led Combined Task Force 150 mission in the Persian Gulf amid recent seizures of oil tankers by Iran. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor-General's Office calls for lawmakers to allow the prosecution of United Kyrgyzstan opposition leader Adakhan Madumarov for alleged attempts to seize power. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
- The Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 bill passes the Australian House of Representatives, thereby allowing for a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament later this year. (ABC News Australia)
- 2023 Latvian presidential election
- Edgars Rinkēvičs is elected the 11th President of Latvia. (LSM)
Science and technology
- The launch of the North Korean spy satellite Malligyong-1 ends in failure due to a malfunction of the second stage of the rocket, causing the satellite to crash into the sea. An emergency evacuation alert was erroneously sent to residents of Seoul, South Korea, after the rocket launch, which also triggered air raid sirens in the city. (AP) (Financial Times)
Sports
- 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
- In association football, Sevilla win a record-extending seventh UEFA Europa League title after defeating A.S. Roma 4–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the 2023 UEFA Europa League final at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary. (The Guardian)
May 30, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian authorities say they have intercepted eight drones over Moscow. (BBC News)
- A Russian drone attack on Kyiv results in the death of a civilian and injures several others. (The New York Times)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An Israeli settler is shot and killed near Hermesh, West Bank by Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade gunmen. (AP)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Four people are killed when armed men attack a checkpoint in Mora, Far North Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Elon Musk meets Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang on a visit to China. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed in a fire at a paper warehouse in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria. (AP)
- Ten Vaishno Devi pilgrims are killed and 57 others are injured when their bus falls from a bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (The Tribune)
Law and crime
- Salvadoran gang crackdown
- Former President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes is sentenced to 14 years in prison for making deals with gangs in El Salvador to start the 2012–2014 Salvadoran gang truce. (AP)
- Three teens are arrested in Manlius, New York, U.S, after allegedly killing a female swan at the pond. Her four offspring cygnets are also reported as missing. (CBS News)
Sports
- Discoveries of exoplanets
- Indian scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory discover TOI 4603b, an exoplanet with a mass that is 13 times of Jupiter. (The Hindu)
May 29, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russian forces strike Kyiv using Iskander ballistic and cruise missiles, with debris injuring one civilian and damaging infrastructure. Ukraine claims to have shot down all of the missiles. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian airstrikes on Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, target a petrol station and a multi-storey building, killing two people and injuring eight others. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria clashes
- Commander-in-chief of the Russian special forces in Syria, Colonel Oleg Pechevisty, is killed by an HTS artillery strike on a military post in Latakia Province. (SOHR) (Enab Baladi)
- Northwestern Syria clashes
- 2022–2023 North Kosovo crisis
- Twenty-five peacekeepers of the NATO-led KFOR are injured after clashes with ethnic Serbs in North Kosovo over the installation of ethnic Albanian mayors. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić places the Serbian Armed Forces on the highest level of combat alert in response to the clashes. (BBC News) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and four others are missing after a chartered boat sinks near Sitka, Alaska, United States. (AP)
International relations
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–United States relations
- The Russian Interior Ministry issues an arrest warrant for United States Senator Lindsey Graham over comments Graham made about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Russia–United States relations
Law and crime
- Capital punishment for homosexuality, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023
- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law which introduces the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and a sentence of 20 years in prison for the "promotion of homosexuality". (Reuters)
- Nine people are injured after a shooting on a beach in Hollywood, Florida, United States. (AP)
Politics and elections
- The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, unexpectedly announces his intention to resign by the end of the week, citing exhaustion after the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Australia. (ABC)
May 28, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two people are killed and three others are injured in a "record drone attack" on Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities say they have shot down 52 of 54 drones. (Euronews)
- Kivu conflict
- Two rangers are killed in a shooting at Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- 2023 Manipur violence
Arts and culture
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a new parliament building capable of holding 1,272 MPs. The ceremony is boycotted by the opposition for not asking President Droupadi Murmu to inaugurate it and for selecting the birthday of Hindutva founder Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the inauguration date, while Delhi Police detain wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik for protesting the sexual abuse of female athletes at the ceremony. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- The Comac C919, China's first domestically-built passenger jet, completes its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing by China Eastern Airlines. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are injured in Battagram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, when a magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Badakshan, Afghanistan. (Dawn)
- Four people are killed and five others injured when a boat capsizes amid bad weather on Lake Maggiore in Lombardy, Italy. (BBC News)
- Buildings and roads are damaged across Melbourne after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes Victoria, Australia. (AFR)
- An apartment building partially collapses in Davenport, Iowa, leaving two people missing. (Associated Press)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Turkish presidential election
- Citizens in Turkey head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (AP)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is declared the winner by the Supreme Election Council, defeating his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with 52 percent of the vote. (Tagesschau)
- Politics of Spain
- Local and regional elections are held in Spain. (El País)
- Politics of Somalia
- Somalia announces that beginning next year, the country will change to a presidential system and elect officials by direct vote, ending more than three decades of indirect voting where lawmakers elected the country's leaders with the approval of clan and elderly leaders. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023 Indianapolis 500
- Two-time series champion Josef Newgarden wins the 107th Indianapolis 500. (CNN)
May 27, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Russian authorities say that shelling has killed a person in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast and Kursk, Kursk Oblast, respectively. Russia accuses Ukraine of the attacks, although Ukraine denies any involvement. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- Afghanistan–Iran relations
- 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash
- Two Iranians and one Afghan are killed when Taliban troops engage Iranians along the border. (Reuters)
- 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Astore avalanche
- Eleven people are killed and 25 more injured when a nomadic tribe is hit by an avalanche in the Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2023 Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak
- The Afghanistan health department reports two deaths from Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever. (Tolo News)
Law and crime
- Police in the Netherlands announce the arrest of 1,500 Extinction Rebellion protesters, including actress Carice van Houten, after protesters blocked a section of the A12 motorway near The Hague. (BBC News)
- The Texas House of Representatives votes 121–23 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on 20 counts. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election
- Mauritanians head to the polls to vote in the second round of the parliamentary election. (New Arab)
May 26, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikes
- A Russian missile strike on Dnipro damages a medical facility, killing two people and injuring 23 others. (Ukrainska Pravda) (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 Dnipro missile strikes
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
- Seventeen civilians are killed by Allied Democratic Forces members in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Mali War
- Germany's Bundestag votes 375–263, with one abstention, to approve the Bundeswehr's deployment in Mali as part of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission until May 31, 2024. (DW)
International relations
- Foreign nationals detained in Iran
- The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs swaps Asadollah Asadi for Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Guatemalan general election
- The Constitutional Court of Guatemala blocks the candidacy of frontrunner Carlos Pineda in the 2023 Guatemalan general election due to alleged violations of electoral law. (AP)
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