Portal:Current events/2024 May 29
May 29, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
- The Egyptian government raises the subsidized price of a bread loaf for the first time in three decades, from E£0.05 to E£0.20. (Ahram Online)
Disasters and accidents
- The town of Grindavik and the Blue Lagoon in Iceland is evacuated following volcanic activity. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Egyptian police arrest an Egyptian-American Tiktoker suspected of being a serial killer who is suspected of murdering at least three women after torturing them.(Ahram Online)
- Amnesty International says that the number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and more than 30% up on 2022, Iran alone carried out 74% of those executions. The figures exclude China, which is thought to execute thousands of people each year.(BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 South African general election
- South Africans vote for members of the National Assembly and elect provincial legislatures. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Vanuatuan constitutional referendum
- Vanuatuans hold the first national constitutional referendum to vote on amendments related to party switching. (Radio Free Asia)
- 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election
- Citizens of Madagascar vote for members of the National Assembly. (Radio France Internationale)