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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 29 José Raúl Mulino won the Panamanian general election on May 5. 
Apr 30 The G7 countries agree to phase out unabated coal power by 2030-2035
May 04 Largest concert of Madonna 's career as she ends her "Celebration" world tour with a free concert in front of 1.6 million at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1]
May 05 Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visits Europe for the inaugural time in five years, arriving in France [1].
May 05 Panamanian general election: José Raúl Mulino is elected president.
May 06 In this year, Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby claims election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby
May 07 In this year, The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden.Swiss contestant Nemo claims with the song "The Code"
May 07 Stormy Daniels testifies in court to a 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump as part of a hush money trial against Trump [1].
May 07 Vladimir Putin sworn in for his fifth term as Russian President at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow, in a ceremony boycotted by many world leaders [1]
May 08 In this year, In North Macedonian elections, the right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE claims in a landslide in the parliamentary elections, while its presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is elected as the inaugural female president of the country in the second round of the presidential election
May 10 A series of solar storms and intense solar flares impact the Earth, rated G5 by NOAA, creating aurorae at more southerly and northerly latitudes than usual. This was the inaugural G5 storm since 2003.
May 10 Luis Abinader won the Dominican Republic general election on May 19
May 10 The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution to grant the State of Palestine the right to be seated among member states in alphabetical order. This will go into effect at the next session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 2024.
May 13 Kendrick Lamar 's diss track "Not Like Us" is recorded as becoming his 4th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [1]
May 15 Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is succeeded by former Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as prime minister, ahead of the next general election to be held by 2025
May 15 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and hospitalized while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová
May 15 Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong steps down after 20 years in office, replaced by deputy PM Lawrence Wong [1].
May 19 A coup d'état attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reportedly led by Christian Malanga leads to unrest in Kinshasa.Government soldiers quickly intervene, arresting the coup leaders and reportedly restoring calm.
May 19 Dominican Republic general election: Incumbent Luis Abinader is reelected for a second term as president
May 19 In this year, PGA Championship Men's Golf, Valhalla GC: Xander Schauffele claims his inaugural major title with a 1 stroke win over fellow American Bryson DeChambeau
May 19 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian are killed, along with seven other passengers and crew, in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
May 19 Sean " Diddy " Combs issues an apology after a video is released by CNN of him assaulting his ex-girlfriend in 2016, after previously denying it happened [1].
May 20 Actress Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI tried to hire her voice and when she refused created a synthetic voice, known as Sky, for an update to ChatGPT very similar to hers [1].
May 20 Lai Ching-te is sworn in as the 8th President of Taiwan, after his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen stepped down after eight years [1]
May 20 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes
May 23 Apple Music names Lauryn Hill 's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" the best album ever made [1].
May 23 President Joe Biden says he will work to make Kenya the US's 1st key non-NATO ally during state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto at the White House [1].
May 23 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls an early general election for the 4th of July.
May 24 A major landslide in Papua New Guinea results in the deaths of 160-2000+ people, with many more buried
May 24 The UN's highest court, the ICJ, rules that Israel must halt its military offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza.
May 28 Spain, Ireland and Norway recognize the State of Palestine
May 29 Malagasy parliamentary election: President Andry Rajoelina's party, Tanora Malagasy Vonona, loses their majority at the National Assembly, winning only 80 seats out of 163.
May 29 President Cyril Ramaphosa 's ANC government loses its majority in parliament in South African elections, for the inaugural time since apartheid ended 30 years ago [1].
May 29 South African general election: The ANC party fails to win a majority of the vote for the inaugural time in South Africa's democratic history
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