Portal:Current events/2016 May 26
May 26, 2016 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi civil war
- Operation Breaking Terrorism
- Iraqi security forces and Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces recapture Al-Karmah, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Fallujah. (CNN)
- Operation Breaking Terrorism
Arts and culture
- Archaeologists announce the discovery of a 2,400-year-old tomb which they believe to be that of Aristotle based on its grandiosity, and its location atop a hill in Stagira, the city of his birth. (UPI) (The New York Times)
- 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee
- The Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States finishes with a tie between Jairam Hathwar and Nihar Janga. This is the third successive year the event has finished in a tie. (The Guardian)
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 pilots safely ejected from the planes and are being examined in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. (Virginian-Pilot) (UPI)
- European migrant crisis
- At least 20 people drown in the southern Mediterranean Sea when a repurposed fishing boat sinks 35 nautical miles north of Zuwara, Libya. (The Guardian)
Health and medicine
- Researchers at the United States Department of Defense report, in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, the discovery in the United States of a strain of E. coli that includes the new gene MCR-1, which is resistant to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic. (National Geographic) (The Washington Post) (Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
International relations
- Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency criticizes Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen as politically extreme 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)
- Ethiopia-South Korea relations
- South Korean President Park Geun-hye, during her state visit to Ethiopia to work toward full-scale defense cooperation, pledges $1 million in aid for drought recovery. Park is expected to continue to Uganda and Kenya after this visit. (UPI)
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. (UPI) (Time)
- Ken Starr, the president of Baylor University, is stripped of his title after an investigation revealed the university mishandled accusations of sexual assault against its football players. The university's football coach, Art Briles, is also fired. (The New York Times)
- A lawsuit brought against Google by Oracle Corporation accusing Google of using copyrighted code for the Android operating system is decided in Google's favor. (The New York Times) (The Guardian)
- A bill that punishes hate crimes against law enforcement is signed by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. It is the first state to pass such a law. (The New York Times)
- A Muslim mob is found to have attacked Coptic homes and stripped a woman in public in Minya Governorate, Egypt, on 20 May 2016. (U.S. News & World Report)
Politics and elections
- French labor unions, led by the CGT, implement a strike in protest of proposed reforms to labor laws. (BBC)
- 2016 United States presidential election
- The Associated Press reports that Donald Trump has secured enough delegates to secure the Republican Party nomination for President. (AP)
Sports
- 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs:
- The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals; they will face the San Jose Sharks. (ESPN)