Spirit Airlines has ceased operations following a failed government bailout deal and oil price surges amidst the Iran war.
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AP 
May 2
Business and economy
May 1
Law and crime
Turkish police arrest at least 57 people and use tear gas to disperse May Day demonstrators in Istanbul, where authorities block access to Taksim Square to prevent marches.
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FMT
Protests and demonstrations are held worldwide on May Day to call for peace, higher wages and better working conditions. Additionally, protests are held against the Iran war and the global energy and fuel crisis caused by the war.
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Common Dreams
A Labour Day rally organized by Kilusang Mayo Uno is held in Manila, Philippines. During the rally, protesters attempt to storm the U.S. embassy to demand an end to the Iran war and clash with police, injuring seven officers.
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Xinhua
May Day protests are held across the U.S., including an economic blackout as part of 3,500 "May Day Strong" events across the country. Additionally, demonstrations are held outside institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.
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The Guardian
Leon Botstein, president of Bard College in New York, U.S., announces his retirement over his ties to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Independent
Members of Alice Springs' Aboriginal community in Northern Territory, Australia, clash with police outside a hospital where a man charged with the murder of a five-year-old Warlpiri girl is being treated, demanding the suspect be punished under traditional law. This follows a five-day search for the missing girl with large community participation before she was confirmed dead.
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The Guardian
Rubén Rocha Moya announces he will temporarily step down as governor of Sinaloa, Mexico, after the U.S. files charges alleging links to the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Reuters
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 formally enters force in England, banning Section 21 notices (no-fault evictions), limiting rent increases to once per year, giving tenants the legal right to keep pets, abolishing assured shorthold tenancies, and making it illegal to discriminate against tenants based on them having children, or receiving benefits.
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The Independent
One person is killed and 11 others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The suspect is arrested.
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The Standard
International relations
The European Parliament adopts a resolution supporting the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian leaders for crimes related to the war in Ukraine and calls for sanctions to remain until a peace agreement is fully implemented.
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Euromaidan Press
Politics and elections
Official results from yesterday's election indicated that the ABLP led by Antiguan prime minister Gaston Browne won 15 of 17 seats, while UPP leader Jamale Pringle and BPM leader Trevor Walker each retained their own seats. Browne is sworn in for a fourth term in office.
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AP
Disasters and accidents
Fourteen Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members are killed and two others are injured when an unexploded ordnance detonated in Zanjan province, Iran.
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Al Jazeera
Eleven people are killed after a passenger bus carrying medical staff and patients collided head-on with a truck near Otjiwarongo, Namibia.
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Xinhua
At least 11 people are killed and 31 others are injured when a passenger bus veers off a highway and overturns near Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit, Mexico.
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Reuters
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in Turkish
Two people are killed, another is presumed dead and one person is injured when a bridge collapses in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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The Times of India
Business and economy
Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez raises the minimum income package by 26.3% to US$240 and increases pensions to $70, as the government responds to protests over low wages amid high inflation.
Source:
AFP via France 24
Armed conflicts and attacks
State media IRNA reports that Iran has sent a proposal for negotiations with the United States to mediators from Pakistan in an effort to end the Iran war.
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Reuters
USS officially exits the Middle East after taking part in operations in Iran during the war, leaving only the USS and USS in the region.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
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The Straits Times
U.S. president Donald Trump notifies Congress that the Iran war has been "terminated" ahead of a 60-day deadline under the War Powers Resolution, in which military operations must halt unless lawmakers authorize military force.
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Politico
Reuters says that the U.S. was planning to close the Civil-Military Coordination Center. The Board of Peace denies such reports.
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The Times of Israel
Jihadist group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin takes over a base outside of Tessalit, Kidal Region, Mali, after it is abandoned by Malian troops and Russia's Africa Corps.
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Barron's
Al Qaeda-linked insurgents calls for Malians to rise up against the Mali military junta and transition to Sharia law.
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Reuters
A 45-year-old man is charged with three counts of attempted murder after attacking three people in London, England, on Wednesday.
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BBC News
A World War II-era German SC250 bomb is safely detonated by the British Army in Plymouth, England, following its discovery on a building site that prompted the emergency evacuation of 1,000 homes.
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BBC News
April 30
Disasters and accidents
Residents of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, upload videos to social media appearing to show oil raining from the sky as authorities say the fire at the Tuapse oil terminal has now been extinguished after days of burning.
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Al Jazeera
Camp Mystic in Texas, U.S., withdraws an application to reopen during the summer in the wake of the floods last year, which killed 25 campers and two counsellors.
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NBC News
Twenty people are killed after a jeep carrying pilgrims plunged off a cliff in Rolpa district, Nepal.
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The Tribune
Five people are killed when a Cessna 421 Golden Eagle airplane crashes into wooden terrain in Wimberley, Texas, United States.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
The jury of the Venice Biennale in Italy resigns ahead of the exhibition's opening, amid disagreement involving the government over Russia's participation.
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Lethbridge Herald
Reporters Without Borders reports that global press freedom has declined to its lowest level since the index began in 2002, with more than half of countries classified under severe conditions and the share of the world's population living in countries with strong press freedom falling to below one percent.
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AFP via France 24
Science and technology
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Daily Pakistan
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Ukrainian News
International relations
The first direct commercial flight from the United States to Venezuela in seven years arrives at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas.
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AP
Business and economy
United States president Donald Trump announces that he will lift tariffs on all whisky products, including Scotch whisky.
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Politico
Sports
FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirms that Iran's football team will participate in the upcoming FIFA World Cup, including matches in the United States, despite the Iran war.
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Time
Politics and elections
Antiguans and Barbudans vote to elect 17 members of the House of Representatives. Incumbent prime minister and Labour leader Gaston Browne, who is running for a fourth term, is being challenged by United Progressive leader Jamale Pringle.
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Reuters
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approves a bill passed by the Senate to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in an effort to end the 76-day government shutdown.
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Politico
The bill is signed by U.S. president Donald Trump, officially bringing an end to the shutdown.
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PBS
The Brazilian National Congress overrides a veto by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to reduce the sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro for a coup-related conviction.
Source:
Reuters
Russia announces the creation of a censorship council.
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The Moscow Times
Armed conflicts and attacks
Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda says that his country may consider joining a U.S. campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, he also states that it will need approval by the government and parliament.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz campaignLithuania–United States relations
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RBC-Ukraine
The United Kingdom raises its national terrorism threat level to "severe" following a series of antisemitic attacks in London, with the most recent being a stabbing attack that injured two Jews in Golders Green yesterday.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warAntisemitism during the 2026 Iran war2026 London antisemitic attacks
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CBS News
Israel carries out a series of airstrikes across multiple locations in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)2026 Lebanon war2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire
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Middle East Eye
Russia says that it will continue its military presence in Mali to provide assistance to the Malian government.
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Reuters
Niger announces that the Alliance of Sahel States conducted airstrikes in Mali against Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists hours after the attacks began.
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AFP via Indo Premier
Talks between participants from the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Pakistan are held in Istanbul, Turkey under a Track 1.5 format in an effort to lower tensions between the two countries.
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Pakistan Today
More than 1,000 homes are evacuated in Plymouth, England, following the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era German SC250 bomb on a building site.
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Sky News
Law and crime
Thirty-eight-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum is sentenced to death by hanging for the murders of four children at a nursery school on April 2 in Kampala, Uganda.
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BBC News
Myanmar's president Min Aung Hlaing orders the remaining prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be served under house arrest and announces a one-sixth reduction of sentences for all prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Taipei Times
April 29
Politics and elections
U.S. president Donald Trump says his administration will be soon releasing more classified files and videos related to UFOs and "related material", adding that he had spoken to air force pilots who had seen "things you wouldn't believe".
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NDTV
The Brazilian federal senate rejects attorney general Jorge Messias's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court in a 42–34 secret ballot, marking the first such rejection in more than a century.
Source:
Firstpost
Business and economy
American technology company Alphabet Inc. announces a $40 billion investment into artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic.
Source:
Reuters
Finnish elevator manufacturer Kone announces the acquisition of its German competitor, TK Elevator, in a €29.4 billion (US$34.4 billion) deal, described by Bloomberg L.P. as one of Europe's largest private equity-related takeovers and the largest corporate acquisition in Finland.
Source:
Bloomberg
Sports
Concordia University Irvine (CUI) introduces Scott Clark as the new head coach for CUI Basketball.
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CUI Golden Eagles
Law and crime
The United States Supreme Court rules that Louisiana's new redistricting map from 2024 is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Source:
Reuters
The Thai corrections department approves the early release of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is serving a one-year prison sentence for corruption, citing his age and the limited time remaining on his sentence, with his release subject to probation conditions.
Source:
AFP via France 24
The Seoul High Court increases former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's sentence to seven years in prison for obstruction of justice and abuse of power, citing his use of presidential security personnel to interfere with his arrest and other actions.
Source:
AFP via France 24
Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, arrest 276 individuals linked to a transnational fraud network in a joint operation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Chinese police, targeting multiple criminal groups and dismantling several scam centers involved in investment and cryptocurrency scams.
Crime in the United Arab EmiratesChina–United Arab Emirates relationsUnited Arab Emirates–United States relations
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Arab News
The United States charges Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Sinaloa, Mexico, and nine other current and former politicians, with alleged drug and weapons trafficking charges and allegedly working with Mexican cartels, including Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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CNN
A 21-year-old is detained in Rome, Italy, for shooting and wounding two people with a non-lethal airsoft gun during the celebrations for Liberation Day four days ago. The suspect claims to be affiliated with the Jewish Brigade, whose representatives deny his involvement with the group.
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Il Messaggero
Health and environment
A barge carrying Timmy, a humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany's coast in the Baltic Sea for several weeks, departs for the North Sea where Timmy is set to be freed. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern environment minister Till Backhaus says the whale is showing signs of good health.
Source:
AP
Disasters and accidents
At least 16 people, including 6 children and 7 women, are killed, and around 25 others are injured after a pickup truck carrying 46 laborers overturns and collides with an SUV in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source:
The Statesman
Two people are killed and 11 others are injured when a Diamond DA42 Twin Star crashes into a hangar at Parafield Airport in South Australia.
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BBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Two Jewish men are injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, London, England, which police describe as a terrorist attack. A 45-year-old man is arrested, and a political motive is being investigated.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warAntisemitism during the 2026 Iran war2026 London antisemitic attacks2026 Golders Green attack
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The Guardian
The Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia takes responsibility for the attack.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warAntisemitism during the 2026 Iran war2026 London antisemitic attacks2026 Golders Green attack
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i24NEWS TV
Anadolu Agency reports that Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing deadlock between the Iran and the United States in ceasefire talks, including finding a new "formula" for an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's nuclear program.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefire
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Pakistan Today
United States president Donald Trump says that he rejected an Iranian offer to end the Strait of Hormuz closure in exchange for lifting the naval blockade of Iran, and that the blockade will continue until an agreement is reached on Iran's nuclear program.
Source:
Axios
Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi confirms that the Japan-flagged crude oil tanker has successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz, making it the first direct passage of a Japanese oil tanker to cross the waterway since the war began on February 28.
Source:
Newsweek
reports that the USS will exit the Middle East and return to the U.S. state of Virginia in the coming days around mid-May after spending 10 months at sea.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East
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WTKR
Three people are killed and eight others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger bus in Voznesenovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
Source:
Al-Arabiya
A Ukrainian SBU drone strikes an oil refinery near Perm, Perm Krai, Russia, causing a large fire at the facility.
Source:
AP
During a phone call with U.S. president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers a ceasefire for Victory Day on May 9.
Source:
Kyiv Independent
Three police officers are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a police patrol in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Source:
Al Jazeera
International relations
A local board in the Auckland Region of New Zealand rejects a proposal to install a memorial statue for World War II-era comfort women in Takapuna following public consultation and diplomatic representations from Japan.
Source:
AFP via ABS-CBN News