Portal:Current events/2019 May 31
May 31, 2019 (Friday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- A Taliban suicide car bomber kills four Afghan civilians and injures over 20 including four American soldiers. (VOA)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Alberta wildfires
- In northern Alberta, Canada, an estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated due to fast spreading wildfires. (Global News)
- Air quality warnings are issued for most of Alberta as a result of the thick smoke moving across the province. Places as far south as Calgary have reached 10+ on the Air Quality Health Index, and rated worse than some of the most polluted cities in the world. (Calgary Herald)
Law and crime
- North Korea–United States relations
- According to South Korean media, North Korea executed five officials back in March, including Kim Hyok-chol, its nuclear envoy to the United States, for their part in the failed second summit in Hanoi. In addition, three other officials involved in the summit have reportedly been sent to a camp for political prisoners. (Reuters) (Fox News)
- Eddie Gallagher, a U.S. Navy Seal charged with the murder of an ISIL prisoner, attempted murder of civilians, and obstruction of justice, is temporarily released from custody amidst allegations of misconduct by Navy prosecutors. (CBS News)
- 2019 Virginia Beach shooting
- Thirteen people are killed, including the shooter, and four are injured in a shooting at a municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (WAVY)
Sports
- 2018–19 CAF Champions League
- In African football, the 2019 CAF Champions League Final between Morocco's Wydad Casablanca, and Tunisia's Espérance Sportive de Tunis, is abandoned after Wydad Casablanca players refused to play following a row over a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR). The referee subsequently awarded the victory to Espérance Sportive de Tunis for their fourth CAF title. (BBC Sport)