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May 16, 2020
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2020-05-16
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Rwandan genocide
French police
arrest
Félicien Kabuga
in
Paris
. He is suspected of funding
militias
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.
(Reuters)
Business and economy
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
,
Coronavirus recession
Air Canada
announces it will lay off 20,000 employees starting June 7.
(The Associated Press)
Disasters and accidents
2020 Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical Storm Arthur
The first tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is presently off the
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.
(Weather Channel)
(National Hurricane Center)
At least 11
firefighters
, 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.
(NBC News)
(The Associated Press)
International relations
South China Sea dispute
,
China–Malaysia relations
The
United States Navy
sends three
warships
in support of
Malaysian
oil exploration against diplomatic pressure from
China
in the
South China Sea
.
(
Wall Street Journal
)
Israel–Jordan relations
,
Trump peace plan
,
Annexation of the Jordan Valley
Jordanian
King
Abdullah II
warns
Israel
of a "massive conflict" if it
annexes parts of the West Bank
.
(Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
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.
(Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
Statehood movement in Puerto Rico
Amid growing disillusionment with
Puerto Rico
's
territorial status
,
Governor
Wanda Vázquez Garced
announces a
referendum
in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a
U.S. state
.
(The Associated Press)
Sports
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
2019–20 Bundesliga
Bundesliga
becomes the first major sports league to resume its season since the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
.
(NBC News)
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