User:Khronicle I
Lists are the best thing since sliced bread, even though lists are older than sliced bread. Anyway pretty much the only thing I edit is lists and typos here and there
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Pronouns | They/them |
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Languages | English |
Race | im not a fan of exercise |
Hair | yes |
Eyes | probably |
Handedness | blue |
Blood type | friendly |
Sexuality | reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
IQ | i am an intelligent |
Personality type | the letter 3 wrapped in a pancake |
Family and friends | |
Pets | got a cat |
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs | |
Religion | just kinda sitting here |
Politics | Very |
Music | |
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Joined | March 2020 |
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todo list
- add proper lists to the lists of Ukrainian oblast governors
- add proper lists to the lists of Afghan province governors (Balkh done)
Pages I've created
it ain't much, but it's honest work
- Russ Kun
the Russ Kun page was originally a redirect to another politician called Russell Kun, ends up Russ is a separate person - 2023 Sudanese Armed Forces-Rapid Support Forces confrontation
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- 24 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Israeli army recovers the bodies of three captives who were killed and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the 7 October attacks. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sources say Russian President Vladimir Putin interested in a ceasefire negotiation in Ukraine, freezing the current frontlines in place. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 –
- Kabosu, the Shiba Inu dog who was the face of the Doge meme and Dogecoin, dies at the age of 18. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Enga landslide
- Four people are confirmed killed and many are presumed dead among three thousand buried by a landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Post-Courier) (RNZ)
- 24 May 2024 –
- Fourteen people are killed and three are injured by a building fire in a densely populated area of Hanoi, Vietnam. (Reuters)
- Dozens of people are killed after a deadly heatwave across Mexico. (France 24)
- 24 May 2024 – South Africa's genocide case against Israel
- The International Court of Justice, in a 13–2 decision, orders Israel to halt the military offensive in Rafah. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – Crocus City Hall attack
- Russia arrests more than 20 people in connection with the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- 24 May 2024 – 2024 Bishkek riots
- Students from Pakistan and other Asian countries leave Kyrgyzstan after angry mobs attacked their hostels in Bishkek earlier this month. (Reuters)
- 23 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Seven people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in Russian missile strikes in Liubotyn and Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Crimea attacks
- At least two people are killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Alushta, Crimea. Explosions are reported across the peninsula and Ukrainian media reports that multiple targets were hit. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces captures the village of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast. (The Daily Telegraph)
- 23 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City, Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- 23 May 2024 –
- Pope Francis and the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints approves the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first millennial saint. (Holy See) (BBC News)
- Eleven people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a sugar factory in Morogoro, Tanzania. (AP)
- Four people are killed and 16 others are injured when the second floor of a restaurant collapses in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (AP)
- 23 May 2024 – Cross-Strait relations
- China's People's Liberation Army begins two days of military drills around Taiwan. In response, Taiwan mobilizes its military. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- 23 May 2024 – Diplomatic missions to Palestine
- President of Colombia Gustavo Petro orders the opening of an embassy in Ramallah in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 23 May 2024 – Kenya–United States relations
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by President of Kenya William Ruto that he will designate Kenya a major non-NATO ally as it is expected to lead the international intervention in Haiti. (Reuters) (NPR)
- 23 May 2024 –
- Three people are killed and five others are injured in a shootout between two groups at a café in Istanbul, Turkey. (Metro)
- 23 May 2024 – United States v. Live Nation Entertainment
- The United States Department of Justice sues Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, seeking the breakup of the company and accusing the company of creating a monopoly by eliminating competition and increasing prices. (AP)
- 23 May 2024 –
- The United Nations General Assembly votes 84–19, with 68 abstentions, to establish July 11 as an annual day of remembrance for the Srebrenica genocide, despite receiving opposition from Serbia and Bosnian Serbs. (Al Jazeera)
- 22 May 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia captures the village of Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- At least two people are killed and four are injured by Ukrainian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Sweden announces US$7 billion in military aid to Ukraine from 2024 to 2026. (Bloomberg)
- Russia returns six Ukrainian children displaced by the war back to Ukraine, in a deal brokered by Qatar. (Al Jazeera)
- 22 May 2024 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- Australia and New Zealand begin evacuating their citizens from New Caledonia amid civil unrest. (AP)
- 22 May 2024 – San Pedro Garza García stage collapse
- At least nine people are killed, including a child, and 121 are injured after a temporary stage collapses in high winds at a campaign event for the Citizens' Movement party in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico. (AP) (El País)
- 22 May 2024 – International recognition of the State of Palestine
- Norway–Palestine relations, Ireland–Palestine relations, Palestine–Spain relations
- The governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain announce that they will recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state beginning on May 28, and also call for a two-state solution. In response, Israel recalls its ambassadors to these countries. (BBC News)
- 22 May 2024 – Russia–NATO relations
- The Russian Ministry of Defence proposes to unilaterally adjust Russia's maritime border in the Baltic Sea, prompting comments of concern made by Baltic members of NATO, including Finland and Lithuania. The Ministry of Defense later retracts the proposal. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 22 May 2024 – 2024 Bishkek riots
- The Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs announces that ten people, including four foreigners, have been detained in connection with violent riots that occurred in Bishkek last week. (RFE/RL)
- 22 May 2024 – 2024 Chadian presidential election
- Chadian Prime Minister Succès Masra of the transitional government resigns after Mahamat Déby is elected President. (Al Jazeera)
- 22 May 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election
- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the next general election will be held on 4 July. (CNN)
- 22 May 2024 – 2024 Vietnamese presidential election
- Vietnam's security minister, General Tô Lâm, is elected President by the National Assembly, two months after the resignation of Võ Văn Thưởng amid the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. (DW)
- 22 May 2024 –
- President of the United States Joe Biden announces a student loan debt cancellation of $7.7 billion for 160,000 people. (Al Jazeera)
- German far-right party Alternative for Germany bans Maximilian Krah, its leading candidate in European elections, from further activities due to his comments defending members of the Schutzstaffel (SS). (Al Jazeera)
- Russia launches a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Kosmos 2576 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch site in Arkhangelsk Oblast. The United States Space Command accuses it of being an anti-satellite weapon capable of attacking other satellites, and is in the same orbit as a satellite operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. (Al Jazeera)
- The United Nations Security Council votes against a resolution introduced by Russia and China banning member states from placing weapons in outer space. (Space.com)
- 22 May 2024 – 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
- In association football, Atalanta win the UEFA Europa League over Bayer Leverkusen by a score of 3–0 in the final, ending Bayer Leverkusen's record of 51 unbeaten games. It is also Atalanta's first major trophy since 1963. (The Guardian)
- 21 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas War
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- The UNRWA suspends food distribution in Rafah due to insecurity and a lack of supplies. (Reuters)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- The Israeli army launches a raid on the city of Jenin in the West Bank, with sources claiming that seven Palestinians were killed. (Reuters)
- 21 May 2024 – Nigerian bandit conflict
- Gunmen kill 40 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's Plateau State. (Reuters)
- 21 May 2024 –
- Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann. (The Guardian)
- Pixar Animation Studios lays off 14% of its workforce, approximately 175 people. (Reuters)
- 21 May 2024 – Singapore Airlines Flight 321
- A Singapore Airlines flight from London, England, to Singapore makes an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, after experiencing severe air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, resulting in one death and at least 30 injuries. (BBC News)
- 21 May 2024 –
- Eleven workers drown after a microbus falls off a ferry into the Nile River in Giza, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
- At least five people are killed and 35 are injured as a strong tornado devastates the town of Greenfield, Iowa, United States. A Doppler on Wheels unit records a wind gust of between 250 mph (400 km/h) and 290 mph (470 km/h) over Greenfield, the strongest winds recorded inside a tornado by a mobile weather radar since the 2013 El Reno tornado, equivalent to EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale. (AP) (University of Illinois)
- 21 May 2024 – Argentina–Spain relations
- Spain permanently recalls its ambassador from Argentina amid a diplomatic crisis over President of Argentina Javier Milei's comments about Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez. (CNN)
- 21 May 2024 – Moldova–European Union relations
- Moldova becomes the first non-European Union (EU) signatory country to sign a security and defense pact with the EU to receive assistance in strengthening and managing its borders, facilitating cooperation in cybersecurity, and combating disinformation. (Politico)
- 21 May 2024 –
- A Swiss parliamentary committee rejects a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that alleged the country violated its citizens' human rights by not doing enough to prevent climate change. (Reuters)
- 21 May 2024 – Censorship in Israel
- The Israeli Ministry of Communications seizes broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press and suspends their live feed of Gaza, accusing them of breaking the new media law by supplying images to Al Jazeera. (AP)
- 21 May 2024 –
- Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton is reported to be on life support after being physically attacked in a prison in Port-Cartier, Quebec. (Vancouver Sun)
- The European Union passes the Artificial Intelligence Act, to be applied in 2026. The act imposes strict transparency obligations on AI systems, restricts governments from using real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces, and bans social scoring, predictive policing, and untargeted scraping of facial images. (Reuters)
- A court in Saint Petersburg, Russia, sentences Anatoly Maslov, a 77-year-old hypersonic missiles expert, to 14 years in prison for state treason. (Reuters)
- The Netherlands moves to ban international adoptions. (Reuters)
- 20 May 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas political leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, and Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Al-Masri for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
- 20 May 2024 – Haitian crisis
- Gang war in Haiti
- Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, reopens after being closed for three months due to gang violence, as the US military flies in supplies and civilian contractors to help the police in order to pave a way for an intervention. (AP)
- 20 May 2024 –
- Red Lobster, an American restaurant chain, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (NPR)
- 20 May 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
- The container ship Dali is freed from bridge debris since its initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the port of Baltimore. (AP)
- 20 May 2024 – Russian military commissariats attacks
- A court in Novosibirsk, Russia, sentences a 24-year-old man to 25 years in prison for allegedly plotting an arson attack on a military recruitment office with alleged directions from Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
- 20 May 2024 –
- Judges grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States. (Reuters)
- 20 May 2024 – 19th Congress of the Philippines
- Migz Zubiri resigns as President of the Senate of the Philippines and is replaced by Francis Escudero. (KPL/VNA)
- 20 May 2024 – 2024 South African general election
- The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that former President Jacob Zuma is ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his 2021 jail sentence. (Al Jazeera)
- 20 May 2024 –
- First vice president of Iran Mohammad Mokhber becomes acting president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi. (Al Jazeera)
- Lai Ching-te is sworn in as President of Taiwan, with Hsiao Bi-khim as his Vice President. (Al Jazeera)