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WHO classifies the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Nearly 90 deaths in DRC, first cases confirmed in Uganda, Bundibugyo strain with no available vaccine.
Over 500 Ukrainian drones targeted Russia during the night of May 17, killing 4 and constituting the largest aerial assault in more than a year, hitting refineries and infrastructure.
Congolese authorities confirm a new Ebola outbreak in Ituri province with at least 80 deaths. WHO and Médecins Sans Frontières are deploying an emergency response.
The successor to Yahya Sinwar at the head of Hamas's military wing was killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, confirmed by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities.
Vladimir Putin will visit Beijing on May 19-20 to deepen the Russia-China strategic partnership, days after Donald Trump's trip and the Xi-Trump summit.
Donald Trump announces the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, ISIS's global second-in-command, in a joint operation between US and Nigerian forces in Nigeria. The event marks an unprecedented security cooperation between Washington and Abuja.
Donald Trump's historic visit to Beijing — the first by a US president in nearly a decade — unfolded under the shadow of the Iran war, Taiwan tensions, and a rare-earths standoff. With Trump arriving as a relative supplicant and Xi holding firm on four non-negotiable red lines, the summit tested the limits of transactional diplomacy between the world's two superpowers.
The King's Speech of May 13, 2026 unfolded against the backdrop of an unprecedented political crisis for Keir Starmer: several Labour ministers resigned, over 100 MPs offered conditional public support, and comparisons emerged with Joe Biden's fall. The British Prime Minister refused to step down, invoking his governing mandate.
With Donald Trump describing the ceasefire with Tehran as being 'on massive life support', the Strait of Hormuz has been sealed for 28 days, pushing US inflation to 3.8% and threatening Asian economies with a second energy shock. Iran rejects the US proposal as illegitimate, Beijing presses Islamabad to intensify its mediation, and the world holds its breath ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.
Eleven confirmed cases, three deaths, one French patient on artificial lung support, and a global split on quarantine protocols: the MV Hondius reveals that each country arbitrates alone against a virus that science still barely understands.
From May 13-15, Donald Trump makes his first state visit to China since 2017, accompanied by Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and roughly a dozen American CEOs. The Trump-Xi summit takes place against a charged backdrop—Iran, Taiwan, tariffs, rare earths—and is being scrutinized by middle powers worldwide as a signal about the international order to come.
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